I think it's the rule but that's just my opinion. People are moaning. Maybe they black out quickly or don't vomit for a few minutes so enough gets absorbed that it does the job. And look at all the ones who call for an ambulance. It's from the pain.
I don't think we're on the same page. I'm not saying these symptoms don't happen. I'm saying that, in the reading I've done (mostly off of the googledoc of a compilation of successes and failures taken right here from SS, it's posted all over the SN threads if you want to search for it,) it seems like extreme pain is a lot more uncommon than common. Even in the cases where people chose to seek help after ingestion, it seemed
to me to be more commonly due to regret about the decision to drink the poison than some unbearable pain. And also, vomiting is just as possible after unconsciousness as when a person is conscious. All I'm asking is we be careful about phrasing our opinions like "And look at all the ones who call for an ambulance. It's from the pain." as facts, because I'm not coming to the same conclusion you are from my research. But I'm not saying "SN doesn't cause pain for anybody." I'm trying to phrase it so people know that its only my own opinion and they should research and come to their own conclusion.
I know you'll probably feel like I'm arguing with you, I'm really not trying to do that. I just think there's a lot of misconceptions about SN floating around and people are making a life-or-death decision about it based on other peoples' opinions. I feel like its really important that we all do our best to work together to try to clear up as much of the mystery surrounding SN as we can.