Is chocolate a sedative?

[Accy cyclist]

It happened again last night. I'd only eaten about a third of a 200g bar of dark hazelnut when i began to feel drowsy. I tried to fight it but it was if i'd been given sedation before an operation. I woke up a few hours later, absolutely covered in melted chocolate and hazelnuts! I'd prepared myself before,knowing this might happen,by putting on an old t-shirt and shorts,not wanting to ruin anything decent. However,the t-shirt and shorts were that covered in the stuff that i had to take them off and chuck them on the floor. My dog was straight in there,licking the stuff off. This has been happening to me for a few years now. I eat chocolate then it knocks me out! I once had a small bar on a bike ride,thinking the sugar content would give me energy,but no,i had to stop riding and walk around to keep myself from falling asleep. I mentioned this to my GP once. He laughed and said it wasn't possible. He said if i'd eaten a very large amount, the blood would rush to the stomach to help in the digestion,which could make me feel slightly drowsy as the blood isn't reaching my brain and stuff,but it shouldn't quite knock me out.
Have any of you experienced this happening to you?

 

[Custom24]

Don't let your dog eat chocolate. It is toxic to them

 

[Accy cyclist]

[QUOTE 4951097, member: 259"]Do you buy the chocolate from Amsterdam?[/QUOTE]
Not particularly.This one was a dark chocolate hazelnut one from Aldi.

 

[Brandane]

'Course it's nnnn...........

 

[Accy cyclist]

Chocolate can kill dogs, you do know that right?

My beloved JR had a small bar nearly every night and lived to 16 and a half. Everything in moderation,as they say.

 

[Custom24]

Chocolate can kill dogs, you do know that right?

TMN to TMN by a matter of milliseconds

 

[Brandane]

lived to 16 and a half

Stone??

 

[Drago]

You've been buying bars of Chloroform, not Chocolate. Easy mistake.

 

[NorthernDave]

Chocolate can kill dogs, you do know that right?

I was just going to say the same. It's incredibly irresponsible to let a dog eat any chocolate, and dark chocolate is the worst of the lot.

https://www.vets-now.com/pet-care-advice/dog-eaten-chocolate/

 

[Accy cyclist]

Stone??

No it was dementia that finished her off. She started eating her own poop at the end,probably thinking it was chocolate?

 

[Drago]

Chocolate with peanuts.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Don't let your dog eat chocolate. It is toxic to them

Yet they make chocolates for dogs.

 

[KnackeredBike]

I'm too new to these forums to know if the accy threads are a wind up or not

 

[Fonze]

I'm not sure if chocolate is a sedative , I know for darn sure it's ' addictive '

 

[Custom24]

Yet they make chocolates for dogs.
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That's a chocolate substitute. You could avoid a lot of arguments here by searching Google first