Source Naturals Theanine Serene with Relora, Calm Mind and Body* - 120 Tablets

First time I got this was at the Vitamin Shoppe 12 years ago. I was overwhelmed with work and life pressures to point of freezing and I went there as part of an effort to make some healthy changes. I thought I'd get a multi-vitamin, work out more and drink more water. The shop attendant had experience with Theanine Serene with Relora and she highly recommended it to calm my present state. I went to my car and took it with a protein bar and within 15 minutes I was ready to tackle my next task without any hang up. It was erie and amazing. I took it for 3 years, it helped my sleep and my high stress job was more than manageable. I stopped when I got pregnant with great hesitation, but something about pregnancy and breastfeeding kept my nerves at bay. I was pregnant or breastfeeding for the next 8 years and when I weened my 4th my nervous system lost it's ever loving mind. At that time, this wasn't my end all be all, so I went searching for other fixes. I spent 4 years trying to address different things to fix it and recently discovered it's definitely ADHD exacerbated by the noise and demands of raising small children and running multiple businesses...During the years of chasing solutions, I learned a lot of very valuable tools to help with emotional regulation, Nervous system regulation, Self control, Self Care and developed a lot of very healthy habits and a tool box to manage myself. I still found myself overstimulated, irritable, overwhelmed, unable to think and often stuck in those states no matter what I did to help it. Never able to "Come down". Waking in a state of alert. A seemingly constant headache. Decision fatigue the minute I opened my eyes. Always at the end of my rope. I decided to loop back around and try Theanine Serene with Relora paired with everything I learned to manage myself. WOW, Yes! If I decide to relax, I do. I take 2 in the evening or before bed. On really challenging days circumstantially, I will take one with lunch if it's been a tough morning. I wake without overwhelm or dread. WHEN things get overstimulating, I step out to ground myself and it works! When I choose to focus, I do. When I exhale and do breathing exercises, I feel the stress melt away and can be focused in the present with a little work...I feel myself calm down. I still need to know what I need and I need to take the time to address it, but with Theanine Serene with Relora....my efforts in dealing with myself are effective and I'm MUCH less reactive. I have also tried it without Relora at a few junctures and it hasn't worked as well. All that being said, neither this or anything else is everything, but this helps make my efforts effective and keeps me in a state of truly "Ok" with a lot more "doing great" days.

I haven't written a review in years but this product has helped me so much and wanted to share my expetiences in hopes someone will find it helpful.The experience: This does not make me tired which is so amazing. It makes me calm/normal. It has made me sleep soundly throughout the night without waking up. I feel completely rested when I get up and it seems to have regulated my sleep cycle. I have completely forgotten about taking the clonazepam I've been taking for 10 years and have been trying to get off of. I bought this for that reason.With regards to the sleep regulation: I could not go to sleep and now I want to get in bed and snuggle up! I am not forcing myself because I have to try to get some rest. That is a vicious and exhausting everyday cycle. Thank God it is over. I'm relaxed and fall asleep easily-probably in 20 minutes max or less. I used to wake up every couple of hours or more, sweating and anxious and I was exhausted. I slept soundly for 14 hours the first night. The second night I slept for 10. The thing is, I felt like going to sleep. Like it should feel normally. I used to take 15 mg of melatonin and still woke up all night and was exhausted all the time. This supplement has literally been life changing.The Clonazepam: 10 years ago my Dr prescribed 4 mg per day. Over the past 2.5 years I was able to get down to 1.5. I recently started seeing a new Dr and she immefiately wanted to taper me off which I wanted too. She moved me to 1 mg and since taking this, I am at .5 literally without even trying. I don't even think about it. This whole process of tapering even down to 1 mg was consuming-both psychologically and physically. Now I don't even want it and I think the normal sleep pattern has helped this. I used to think about it constantly and was anxious all the time, withdrawl, etc. That is gone and I feel completely calm. It's a Christmas Miracle! :)I also have been taking Buspar along with the Clonazepam. I've completely forgotten about it.My body and mind are calm, like it should feel 'normally'. I can't remember the last time I've slept so peacefully and with a normal cycle...years, like more than 20. And I am not tired. It is a really weird feeling not to grab for the melatonin, not to be exhausted constantly, thinking about the medications all the time and just a s*it show in my mind to make it through the day.Oh, it has also helped with constipation! I will spare you the details but that has been an unexpected benefit for sure.I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me.