Who says you can't suffer when you're unconscious? Maybe you simply have no recollection of it after; there are arguments both ways on this.
Lots of people on here would rather SN and slowly rot their brain over 4 hours than just shoot themselves. All the people recommending SN as a painless and easy death are leading people to a pretty awful death IMO. Hanging/jumping/firearm is the way to go.
You don't know how much of it you're unconscious for. Also, there are conflicting theories on whether you can still suffer if you're unconscious. It's very possible that the part of the brain that handles memory is inactive however you are still suffering.
This is what I worry about, but I think a lot of people, like myself, may not have access to a firearm and are resorting to SN as it at least seems pretty reliable when not found, and those who are found seem relatively unscathed compared to other methods.
Unless you have information that I don't, which I would appreciate if you share, as my method, as of now, will be SN.
Hanging freaks me the fuck out, I tried it and my eyeballs felt squeezed from my head, I just can't manage it.
I'm also pretty sure it's just as likely to cause brain damage if done wrong or found. SN is harder to screw up imo.
I've thought of jumping but that also seems pretty painful if done improperly and I do not have access to a high enough building/bridge, nor the ability to drive to one, nor the funds and wherewithal to be driven by someone else (a service).
I don't look forward to the period after ingesting the SN, I am a panicky person though I know I will not call for help or risk being put in the hospital, I still worry about the unpleasantness of it all.
I really hope I do not feel the suffocation as oxygen is depleted from my system, I do wish I had an instantaneous method but I simply do not.
What I need above all else, is a high likelihood of success. I can handle some discomfort but I do hope it's not too much.
When you say 4 hours, did you get that number from somewhere?
Every time someone brings up the pitfalls of SN, none of them follow up with me to back up their claims (at least, not to my knowledge).