Source Naturals Serene Science, GABA Calm - Supports A Calming Mood, Quick Dissolving Orange Flavor* - 120 Lozenges

I can’t sleep. Just can’t. If you’re here, you might be the same. I’ve taken Gaba, Kava, sleepy tea, prescriptions, camomile, melatonin, valerian root, etc All of these things work in some fashion when you find the right one. I have taken this for 3 or 4 days so far, when I do, the calmness settles in and when I lay down (tv on, the unhealthy habits still in play, just in case) and I actually feel the long forgotten wave of (what I believe is the feeling of sleepiness) come over me. It gets better, I fall asleep and I sleep through the night I got 10 hrs at least twice during my trial! Yes yes, I too am someone who doesn’t typically write reviews but I felt compelled here bc I am grateful, so grateful, when I find something that works. Now, some things you may want to know: - it says lozenge, but it’s only lozenge-esque. It more like a harder version of those chewable vitamin cs. I have been crunching them up a bit, then letting them dissolve. The taste is fine, good even. A very mild citrus flavor. - my “nature” of being: I’m tired and wired. I propel through my days with a baseline of anxiety that doesn’t typically bother me bc it’s what I know. But it doesn’t know how to shut off on its own. I cherish the time by myself at night, and I don’t usually feel that my body sends my brain the tired chemicals it needs to switch gears. So i sit waiting, and knowing I’m screwing myself for tomorrow but too apprehensive to even try to lay in the dark and face 5 hrs of “trying”‘to sleep as this attempt often leads to heart racing and more anxiety. Then I feel like I gotta get up and distract myself til I can restart the process. So I just put the tv on until it’s unreasonably late and pray sleep becomes me. Then I’m so exhausted the next day, I feel more spaced out wired in an on edge way that makes it really, really hard for me to relax enough to fall asleep. That’s where gaba comes in for me. It first takes care of that gyration inside of me and once that is at bay, it’s like only then, once the veil is lifted, can I feel the body telling me it’s tired. Summary version: my relative inability to calm down my nervous system at the end of the day is what keep me up. this brings that baseline anxiety down enough for me to relax and sleep. I hope and pray this will have the same effect with extended and routine use, but I don’t know that. However, I do usually take Gaba (or one of the other elixirs) to help me sleep and have been doing so for a while. So if there was a tolerance to be built, I would surely have one. I had been taken a well known vitamin brand of gaba in the orange bottle. It was hit or miss, to the point where I assumed it was just placebo when it worked. (I’m all for placebo, but a reliable placebo would be better!) Anyway, give this a chance if you too are a nut job who can easily stay up til 5am. It is certainly worth, at least the try. Good luck!

Needed some help sleeping through the night that didn't affect my natural serotonin. Worked great last night.

I've had acute anxiety, PTSD, and tremors for 20 years. I've tried therapy, medications, herbs, supplements, self-hypnosis, meditation, etc. These lozenges are one of the safest, fastest and most effective ways I know to feel calm and stay calm. These things not only squash my panic attacks in 20 minutes but seem to help keep them at bay. The more I use them, the less I feel like I need them. Like they're not just a band aid for symptoms, but actually helping my brain achieve long term stabilization. A feeling of peaceful wellbeing that seems to last longer each time I use them. I saw these at my local health food store and tried them on a whim. They're pretty amazing. 20 minutes after I take one, I feel perfectly relaxed but totally alert. No sedation or fuzziness. Just a wonderful sense of calm so profound it makes me wish I had tried these before my anxiety medications. These are perfect for panic attacks, social anxiety, and general stress, They even help my chronic essential tremors which is part of a genetic condition. Any time I'm going out to do something stressful I just take one of these as I get in the car and by the time I get to my destination I feel cool as a cucumber. Good mood. Relaxed. Alert. Sociable, They squash anxiety but also smooth out my nerves in general and reduce my essential tremors, which is a huge help, especially on those days when the shakes make it hard to move, Sometimes these work where strong herbs and prescription medication don't. Suddenly, my body just moves smoothly again and I'm steady for hours, even days after one lozenge. Oh and they taste great too! If you like orange flavor, they're practically a treat. And they're very affordable, even if you take 3 a day it's still only $20 a month. I rarely need more than 1 or 2 in a day. No matter how bad the day is. And I usually feel calmer for days after I stop taking them. I would give these 6 stars if I could. Amazing

I have ordered these three or four times now. I loved it the first couple of times, but this last bottle doesn’t seem to be the same. The other bottles definitely calmed my mind and helped me go to sleep. The bottle I just got in seems to be doing the opposite. I haven’t been able to sleep the past week and they seem to keep me up instead of calming me . The tablets seem harder to chew as well, so I’m questioning whether they are the same product.

Really works to calm the brain. So I use it for my son with anxiety and my other son with ADHD

Good product.