Tylenol PM: Insomniac Crack

Tylenol PM is a terrific pill, but it should only be taken before bed. Of course it's Tylenol, so it's not meant to cure something like insomnia (even though it does). If you've got a horrible headache or a bad back ache, Tylenol PM will help you get some Z's. It's available at any drugstore, over the counter. WARNING: the rest of this product review promotes the used of Tylenol PM for ailments it is not meant to aide. Reader discretion is advised.

I am an insomniac. Sometimes I put this malady to good use by writing Associated Content articles late into the night or going for a post midnight run, sometimes I do these things. Other times I need to sleep (as most humans do). I don't have health insurance so I can't get a prescription drug to help my restlessness. I need something over the counter. And about two or three years ago, I found it.

Tylenol PM is so good it should be illegal. It's one of the most addictive non-drugs that I have ever come across. Let me tell you what I mean by non-drugs (and my perception of pharmaceutical and recreational drugs as well). I realize there is probably nothing in the physical composition of Tylenol PM that would warrant anyone to describe it as "addictive" (it has nothing like the components of crack that would lead everyone to describe that drug as "highly addictive"). But Tylenol PM is addictive.

It's funny to me that drug stores are allowed to sell such crazy drugs. If you are the kind of person who likes to get "messed up" then go out and drink a bottle of cough syrup. Most Americans would not consider things like cough syrup or Tylenol PM to be "drugs", at least not in the same vein as real drugs like cocaine and pot. But there are plenty of things at your local pharmacy that can get you high and many of these are highly addictive (even when they're not).