[CQ-Contest] Contest sleep assist

[Ken Alexander]

Dave,

Aren't you supposed to go on for a few thousand words about the possible side effects now?  8-)

73,

Ken Alexander, VE3HLS



--- On Tue, 3/1/11, Dave Hachadorian <k6ll at arrl.net> wrote:

> From: Dave Hachadorian <k6ll at arrl.net>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest sleep assist
> To: "cq-contest reflector" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 12:02 PM
> I'll probably draw some flak for this
> posting from the purists, but here
> goes.
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> If one is participating in a 48 hour contest, and wants to
> take a 4 hour
> snooze, sometimes it is difficult to unwind and fall asleep
> right away.
> There is a rapid-acting prescription sleep aid, "Sonata,"
> that causes a
> rapid onset of sleep, and then clears itself out of the
> body rapidly.
> Assisted sleep time is about four hours.  If you sleep
> longer than that, it
> is not caused by the drug.  The drug used to be very
> expensive, but has
> recently gone off-patent, and is now available as a
> generic, "Zaleplon," at
> about 60 cents per capsule.
> 
> I recommend talking to your doctor, telling him exactly
> what you have in
> mind for this drug, and getting a prescription for a few 10
> mg. capsules.
> Test it on yourself before a contest to make sure it works
> for you.
> Whatever you do, do not buy this medication from a
> questionable internet
> source.
> 
> It has helped me.  Naturally one is a little groggy
> after only four hours
> of sleep, but coffee quickly solves that little issue.
> 
> Now we will all get lectured by the guys who boast about
> being able to stay
> awake and function at 100% for 48 hours.  For the rest
> of us, help is
> available.
> 
> By the way, I have no medical credentials.
> 
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> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
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