Suck a pastille wave goodbye to stress! (Bach Rescue Remedy Pastilles)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Bach Rescue Remedy Pastilles
Date:	11/01/09 (584 review reads)
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Advantages: They work 100% for me

Disadvantages: Can work out expensive

Christmas and New Year was a truly horrible time for me. I let things muff up my head big time. Of course Christmas and New Year is a difficult time for the majority of us with people we've lost and money problems etc. For me I missed my Dad terribly (who died of cancer 9 years ago). Ok I could deal with that though. Then however I got into a relationship I wanted but couldn't deal with and knew it wasn't going anywhere which upset me greatly. I have a condition called coxidinia in my spine which I have injections for every 3 (ish) months for life to keep me pain free but I could start to feel the lump again and although I wasn't in pain as such I was upset at the thought of having to go and have another jab (which makes me ill for a few days after having it) and was also concerned that I would need said jab over Christmas and I would have to go on the long waited list and be in pain I can't actually bear. Along with that I suffer kidney stones and know after having one removed a few months back that there was one was left and I felt sure I could feel pain from it and with me I never simply pass them they get stuck which is why I have operations to remove them quite regularly!

I felt down with all that and I have admitted on other reviews that I'm Bulimic. I have been for over 4 years now and I struggle like hell with it on a day to day basis. I went to therapy for a year which actually never helped me at all and now I see a councillor once a week to tackle a few issues I have before trying my luck again with the eating disorder clinics programme once more. What intensified my anxious feelings about my own disorder is that one of my closest friends was admitted to hospital dying of anorexia on Christmas Eve. I took that very hard and was devasted by that news.

Because I was down about all the above stuff and suddenly my house was full of food I simply stopped eating which made everything else ten times worse. I felt grumpy, lethargic (couldn't sleep), anxious, impatient, tearful and well just the worst I've ever felt and still at the same time tried to b brave about things and not spoil the holidays for other people. I mean I had a new bf with a lovely child to spend time and I wanted to but it was hard to impress and be smily when you feel rubbish inside but insecure I was about all that too!

All Christmas I felt sad but painted on a smile, then New Year I fell apart. New years Eve I split with the bf after rowing for hours about not alot realising it was for the best that we part and that was when the rot really set in for me. I spent well over a week constantly crying, never celebrated New Year with my family nothing. I saw no end to my eating disorder ever and I couldn't smile. I had two sessions with my councillor and wasn't my usual self so much so that after one session he brought in a clinical phychologist to speak to me. Life felt pointless though I wasn't apparently clinically depressed and I wasn't suicidal, just down and blue. I had real issues and I felt so bad about everything I couldn't see a path back to feeling happy at all.

I'm actually a very positive person in life. I don't think my problems are any worse than anyone else's but suddenly I really did and I felt envoius of other people and spiteful as hell. I took no pleasure in anything at all. I still wrote reviews on here and in fact that's all I did really. I came off every other site I was registered to, stop watching tv and listening to music I felt bleak. I walked around with my head down and taking no pride in my appearance which actually made everything so much worse!

However although I didn't believe I was going to make myself feel better I came up with a plan with the help of my councilor. I decided the medication route wasn't what I wanted for myself. I've done the happy pills route before and it was addictive and gave me minimal results anyway. I'm working through my issues and a mask isn't part of it the plan. I wasn't up for joining social groups and going out with my mates but I did feel that looking for alternative happiness ways may work. I looked in my purse had a few quid in it for once (due to not going out lol) and decided on pampering myself and trying to get myself feeling better!

So off I trotted (in tears) shopping. I adore shopping (especially (when its for me normally) but not this time though. I wanted to run out of the shops and home to bed and to stay there and hide. However I went to my favourite shop, Boots and decided I was spending all my money in there (cried as I browsed too!). Well that never quite happened! Firstly I decided as my reward for braving the cold and taking decisive action over my state of mind I deserved a few treats so I bought myself some really nice new smellies that I never purchased cos they were cheap or as a part of an offer (as usual) but I'd buy me exactly what I what I fancied. I purchased stuff containing natural invigorating oils and things like that to uplift my mood. I then went and looked at the herbal remedies.

I have tried Kalms and Nytol and all that stuff in the past. Not sure if it works or not but I decided that as I couldn't decide if it had helped back then or not I wouldn't bother.

Now Bach is a line of products I have heard about and seen. I remember Trinny and Susannah saying how brilliant they were on one of their tv shows once way back and a few celebrities in magazines swearing by the stuff. However I know people personally who have tried things from within the range and it's been a mixed bag of results and I was wary as this isn't a 'cheap' range of products and I didn't want to become depressed even further at wasting my money lol

However I decided that with nothing else taking my fancy in the herbal remedy department that this brightly packaged range may be worth a go and so much so did I think that, that I actually bought 3 different products. I got these pastilles with the hope of some instant stress busting relief. The Rescue Cream to use before going out on my body to instill confidence and the Night Rescue Remedy Dropper of course to help me relax at night (boy I needed that!). The whole purchase wasn't cheap but I did feel positive it could work as I paid for them at the tills after talking myself into the fact that they COULD work!

The pastilles working was my biggest suspicion. Afterall in my view they are expensive sweeties but I was so down in the mouth I wanted to pop something in it there and then and that's what happened!

The Packaging....

It's a 50ml round yellow tin with like a bottle of beers large lid on the top. Down the left hand side in dark yellow writing in capital letters the word Rescue is written on there and then in black and grey writing I'm told they are Bach, Original Flower Remedies, Rescue Pastilles, Soothing Pastilles and that they are Alcohol Free, Natural Flavour. At the bottom of the lid I am finally told they are 50g pastilles with sweeteners. On the back once again in black and grey writing I'm told they are Rescue Pastilles which are soothing pastilles with flower essences and sweetener. Then there are little diagrams on how to open and close the tin (much needed), I'm told they contain natural colour and natural flavour, ingredient's are listed, size is stated, contact details for Bach Flower Remedies are given and finally there is a bar-code on there. All in all it's nice and bright packaging that looks sensible rather than pretty. However I hate the lid and feel I must have a whinge about it. To open it each time you want a pastille you have to push the centre in and the lid comes off. Simple enough. However to get the lid on at best is fiddly. You have to lay it on the top and sort of twist it. It clangs loudly and I never manage to do it first time round and occasionally the lid has come off in my bag and got me pastilles covered in fluff! Annoying it really is!

My Experience With Them...

Well the reason I revealed my problems to you is to show how amazing I believe these really are. I was amazed and still am as I write about them for you! When I left Boots with these I opened them up immediately and sucked away at one on the bus as I was going home to continue sulking about my hell of a life.

The pastilles are hard like wine gums. Quite small and if you were to chew them they are hard so sucking is best to release the essences they have within them. They are dark yellow/slightly orangy and clearish (well almost). They have some ridges to the edges and look quite plain and simple. So I popped one in my mouth.

Now the taste is ok but they they do taste natural but for the sweeteners they contain. I can taste elderflower (I know the flavour because I drink elderflower water) with a hint of orange that really isn't zesty or anything. The flavour is delicate and as the pastille melts it has an oily texture in the mouth that feels slightly thick and does coat the tongue and teeth with a bit of a slimy feeling. Not awful though but these do contain vegetable oil and beeswax along with a whole host of natural flower essences. It took me about 5 minutes to melt it and in that time I decided I wasn't going home I needed some pillows, some pjs and a new dress! My mood was totally more lifted I kid you not straight away (and bear in mind I didn't expect them to work!).

I felt so much more able to cope I was left mystified! My tears dried up and I noticed my repetitive thoughts disappeared. I no longer felt stressed out. No longer was I dwelling on things. My mind felt calmer and it stopped racing completely and I wouldn't say I got clarity I simply felt I was walking on air lol I can't fully explain it but I felt like a shiny new person and I jumped off the bus and caught another to a different shopping centre to continue my quest for feel good items.

These pastilles are meant to be very helpful to people who are about to sit an exam or taking a driving test or something like that. For me they make me a little woozy and that's not eating lots of them (I only suck one every few hours) but I do feel I'm in auto pilot mode a little bit with them. There is no upper limit to the amount you can have but you do have to be careful as too many of them can produce a laxative effect.

All In All....

I love them. I know they won't be right for everyone and they do work out quite an expensive sweety but for me really worth the money I paid out for them, they worked wonders of me and even my Mum asked me what I'd been up to, to have a smile on my face! I hadn't spoken to my Mum in days (even though we live in the same house) because everytime I did I wailed and felt unable to put my feelings into words as I was so sensitive! These put me on the path to perk me up and set me back on the right road. They are an instant mood up-lifter for me and I have found other remedies to work well along with this and I'm 100% feeling better and back to my normal self since the day I ate one.

The water works (tears) and everything have gone long term and I'm back to being the me I know! Whenever I feel a bit stressed out now I suck on one of these! You can use other herbal treatments alongside these if desired (though I don't feel the need to personally) and of course to keep myself perked up I'm back to eating healthy, drinking lots of water, getting fresh air and therefore sleeping a bit better and everything. I feel these are really invaluable to me as they kick started my mental health being back to my normal self and I for one am very grateful for that! Just after I started with these pastilles I also got the first period I've had in a while (eating disorder effects them) and I probably had pmt on top of everything else (which I am meant to take medication for but stopped due to having no periods!) Brilliant for that, they are!

I paid £5.25 for my tin of 40 pastilles (only size available on the market), in Boots but they are available in health stores, supermarkets and lots of chemists. There are 38 different remedies within the Bach range including droppers, sprays, creams and of course these and all are designed to correct emotional imbalances and are 100% safe and natural and work in conjunction with herbs, homeopathy and medications. They are safe for everyone, including children, pregnant women, pets, elderly and even plants! These particular pastilles are really recommended for the whole family and said to be particularly helpful to children to sooth them however although with a lot of the herbal remedies in this range this is not suitable for dogs as it contains the sweetener Xylitol.

Summary: A really good stress reliever