A cure for thinking... a mind clearer! (Bach Rescue Night)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Bach Rescue Night
Date:	16/01/09 (397 review reads)
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Advantages: Do help relax and fog up the mind

Disadvantages: Don't make me sleep as such

When it comes to sleeping I'm the worlds worst at it. I rarely get over more than a couple of hours kip and it's mainly due to repetive thoughts. I'm a worrier and make like very complicated for myself! Not only that if there's any noise (and I mean anything) that's it I'm up as it gets on my nerves. The slightest movement, noise anything at all disturbs me. I even lose patience if there's any light coming from anywhere!

Add to that the stress I had at Christmas. I got involved in a relationship that wasn't right for me. I liked the bloke loads but it was too complicated and all over Christmas although we were seeing eachother I felt bad then new Year I ended it which really upset me to admit defeat. Already I was down about other things as well. I have an eating disorder I see a councillor for and suddenly it all felt very pointless indeed and I was getting nowhere fast. My Step Dad is travelling 6 hours a day to and from work and looks like he may have to quit his job which has caused stress and worry in my household (I live at home with the folks at the moment) and he isn't a well man after having a two heart attacks. My very good friend was rushed into hospital with Anorexia on Christmas Eve which gutted me (and feels close to home with my own eating disorder to contend with too, I have a kidney stone which moved and kept growling at me and I have a spine condition called coxidinia (a lump at the base of my spine) which I recieve injections for every 3 months to keep me pain free that was starting to act up which gave me anxiety over the holidays with me praying it wouldn't get bad for me cos I'd need to suffer and go on a waiting list and of course I missed my own Dad I lost to cancer 9 years ago. I felt sorry for myself and really, really horribly down. I couldn't speak without crying and it wasn't one problem that upset me more than another it was just life felt crap and of course when that happens you eat to comfort yourself or you stop and I stopped eating completely. Then cos I have an eating disorder my periods stopped (the pmt didn't of course) and I couldn't sleep through hunger and I dehydrated mself and you get the picture I was in a viscious circle!

I'm quite a positive person and have found my councillor to be wonderful but for two sessions all I could do was cry at him and it wasn't simply a cry to be honest it was more of a wail and me staring into space alot I just went blank alot. He's always felt like my friend but I felt so distant from him and my hackles were up. Life was awful and it got so bad he brought a Phychologist in at one point to have a word with me. I had nothing to say to anyone and when I did go to speak it was angry spite or nothing would come out but said wails. I didn't feel like me, I just felt wrong and full of fear and anxiety.

Eventually though I did get my period which I'm sure helped alot lol. (I am meant to take medication for pmt and don't) and I picked myself up (God knows how though) and after talking to my councillor I went and invested in some Bach products in Boots as a last resort. I didn't want medication as I'm trying to solve my issues myself after all and face them all head on so I didn't want happy pills (which in my experience dont help much anyway!).

I decided to try and look after myself alot more and I invested in vitamins, and calming bath and body products, bottles of posh waters and teas I would buy and try anything even calming lavender air freshener. I was on my knees and it was time to drag myself up out of the mire by the short and curlies lol. At the time of purchasing this I must have spent a fortune! I don't even remember I was so down and dazed lol but I bought this and the Bach Pastilles and the Rescue Cream in bulk as I was determined to get back to my old happy self.

I bought this to try and relax me at night and again like not wanting happy pills I really didn't want to get myself hooked on sleeping pills or anything strong and I've never found Nytol and Kalms Night in the past not to help me at all. I like alternative treatments and felt this was very worth a go as life (for me) was at bad as it gets.

The Packaging....

Small, bright yelow, oblong cardboard box. On the front in black, grey, yellow and white writing I'm told it's Bach, Original Flower remedies, Rescue Night, Bach Flower Essences For A Natural Nights Sleep and that it's Alcohol Free and at the bottom of the box I'm told it has a 10ml dropper. In largish yellow writing on the left hand side of the box Rescue is written there and there is a small dark blue piece of world pattern on there with a half yellow moon on it. On one side of the box I'm told again it's Rescue Night which is suitable for all the family, it's alcohol free, free from artificial additives, suitable for Vegans and there is a bar-code on there. On the other side of the box the ingredients are listed and contact details for Bach are given. On the back of the box I'm told a bit about the product, how to use them, and told the best before date is on the bottom of the pack and finally that it's a 10ml dropper again. The bottle is an amber colour with a twist on/off dropper with a piece of pink rubber sticking out of the top. On the front of it there's a sticky yellow label on there (same sort of design as the box) which again tells me what it is and who it's by and the size is stated, ingredients are listed, directions for use are given, storage instructions are there and finally once again contact details for Bach are given.. Simple informative packaging is what this is.

A Bit About The Product According to The Box....

Rescue Night Drops, Flower Essences In A Glycerine Solution.

Rescue night is a unique combination of the flower essences of Rock Rose, impatiens, Clematis, Star Of Bethlehem, Cherry Plum (Rescue) With White Chesnut.

Resue is the most famous combination of flower essences deceloped by Dr.Bach. The Bach essence White Chesnut has been used to help switch off the mind from unwanted repetive thought. These flower essences combine to help you enjoy a natural nights sleep.

Suitable for the whole family.

Directions For Use....

Put 4 drops directly on the tongue or add 4 drops to water and sip at intervals.

My Experience With The Product....

Well I didn't know what to expect and to be fair I don't believe in miricles so I didn't expect much to happen. Before using them though I always prepare myself as I dont believe they could work alone. I always drink warm milk, settle down with soothing music, soft lights or a gentle, unexciting book. I light a small smelly candle and/or have a warm bath and basically I encourage mself to relax even if it's just rubbing in some sleep massage oil on my shoulders before putting my pjs on! My prefered method for this is to drop the drops straight on to my tongue. Of course you can put a few drops in water if desired and I tried it and it doesn't taste at all that way so best way of giving it to children if you want to I think.

The biggest problem with this however is giving yourself the recommended dosage. You unscrew it and suck some liquid up into the see through 'wand'. It fills up easy enough with clear liquid and then you squirt some onto the tongue via squeezing the light pink rubber top (you use that to suck the liquid up too). The problem is you can't see what your doing so you can't obviously see the amount and for me its hard to feel it. This is because my tongue always goes a bit warm where I apply it and therefore a bit numb. Not boiling or uncomfortable or anything awful I just can't feel my tongue to good for about 10 seconds. Now it doesn't matter if you use too much in the way of over dosing yourself because after-all it's a natural product so you won't but I do want to get my dosage right as I don't want to waste any product as it isn't cheap and it's only a small bottle at the end of the day and I'd like it to last me as long as possible!

Taste wise I love it. Bit odd the first time I used it coupled with the numbeness I felt but now I really like it's sweet tangy flavour and that flavour stays on the tongue for a good hour slightly after using it which is rather pleasant.

I then try and chill and the results... well they're hard to explain. Put it this way if I had some of these and someone called me and said do you want to go out clubbing I could get up and go clubbing and last the duration no problems lol They are not knock out drops and a cup of coffee and a glass of water even after my natural ritual of trying to get to sleep would be corrected easily, so you have to chill out and help them to work to get any effects from them.

However I do think they help to relax me (with the helping hand I give them) but I can't take them and expect to instantly fall asleep they simply don't work that way! I do feel calmer and thoughts go out of my head and I whole heartidly agree that they switch off repetitive thoughts as I struggle to think clearly when I've had these but as I said I feel like I can turn off the drops and continue in my usual manner if I desire.

Do I rate them? Absoloutely yes I do cos although they don't knock me unconcious they fog up my thinking which helps me drift off in the long run as I feel I have nothing to stay awake for and think of lol I do really like them but all I would say is don't expect them to knock you out cos they cant. They switch off my repetitive thoughts and for me...well that's enough they really do help me out! Brilliant Bach!

I paid £7.92 for my dropper in Boots but they are available in all sorts of places including Supermarkets!

Summary: I love them and highly recomend them just understand what they are meant to do before slating them!