Botanic Choice Passion Flower Liquid Extract – Alcohol-Free Herbal Supplement, Traditional Support for Relaxation – 1 Fl. Oz

Profoundly Effective for Serious Insomnia
I have had a lifetime of insomnia (over 50 years, starting in childhood). It takes up to two hours to get to sleep. I wake up in 4.5-5hours. If I take a nap during the day, I can’t get to sleep at night. During periods of high stress, I am lucky to get 3 hours of sleep. Believe me, it is serious and debilitating and it makes you look like it. Not helpful for a winning game.I’ve tried every natural product in the book. Valerian didn’t touch it, but it was a tiny bit relaxing. Kava-zip. Melatonin helps a tiny bit, as does lavender and frankincense essential oils. 5HTP helps a little. Gaba helps a little more. But still, only 5-6 hours of sleep.I’ve done the relaxing music, no monitors for an hour before sleep, hot baths with epsom salts, warm milk before bed, exercise, earthing (bare feet on ground to discharge excess energy), eating a little prior to sleep, not eating 3 hours before sleep, no caffeine, alcohol, no alcohol, pitch dark rooms and sleeping masks (a little helpful), and more. I can’t even remember everything I have tried. 50 years is a long time.As for drugs, Benadryl works moderately well but had side effects, eventually behaving the opposite of what I wanted. Ambien caused hallucinations and other very miserable side effects. Valium worked fairly well, with no side effects, but is scary-addictive and I couldn’t use it regularly. Flexeril helped a lot, but over time, it makes your face muscles relax too, adding to the aged, tired look. I have even tried heavy-slugger psyche drugs, all causing considerable problems (“side effects”), so I was trading one misery for another, and felt it was threatening my health.Recently I tried this passion flower tincture after a friend gave me a long list of what to try. (I had already tried every single thing on his list but two: Artemisia and Passion Flower.) I had very little hope for it, but I picked Passion Flower to start.I am one week in to taking this tincture as directed. (The taste is isn’t horrible, thankfully.) From the first night on, here is what has happened: 1) take the tincture as directed on the bottle, 2) within an hour feeling very sleepy and tired, 3) go to bed and fall asleep within 10minutes or so, 4) only one wake-up to urinate, 5) able to go back to sleep right away, which NEVER happens to me!, 5) sleeping 8-9 hours!–every night!, 6) I notice I am remembering parts of dreams for the first time since I was a teenager, 7) I am waking up deeply physically relaxed, and feeling fabulous without hangover. 8) I feel smooth and well all day long; no weird problems happening. 9) after a week of good sleep, I am detecting a mood change for the better; I feel different mentally; similar to hope or confidence; I can’t quite figure out what it is.What I AM clear about is that getting through my day so, so, so, so, so much easier to bear; I feel like I am gliding, not hauling myself.I am feeling so much better in just a week that I am grateful to an extent that is indescribable.It is unconscionable that the medical field is not working with this herb for patients like me. My life would have been a whole different story had I had this decades ago.I know that everyone’s body is unique, so this product may/may not work for you. However, if you have insomnia, I can tell you that there may be hope for you in this product or another that you haven’t found yet. … Wishing you the best…

Works wonderfully, and warning explained
I have purchased this once, and am back for the subscribe and save option for more.I have trouble sleeping well, and I feel this significantly improves the quality of my sleep through the night. I take about two droppers of it in water before bed. If I wake up, I take a tiny bit of melatonin and another dropper of this in some water, and- for me- so far has been the most successful at helping me sleep better. The price is good as far as comparable extracts go- especially when combined with the subscribe and save option.When I bought this product, it came with a sticker on the top that said something like, ” the state of California warns that this product may contain substances that cause cancer”. I was shocked, as this wasn’t online, and I’d looked into passion flower and never seen anything saying that. I called the company itself and found that it is required to have the sticker there, just because it is not grown certified organically. The company does ship to California, so “proposition 65” requires this disclaimer, in case it is ever found that anything in the air (pollution) or in the water contaminates any of their plants. The company doesn’t intentionally use any chemicals on their plants; they are grown naturally. I can’t find anywhere online that has any concerns regarding cancer and this product.So, after my experience of how well it works, along with feeling better (in my opinion), about the warning as not really any threat, I’m happy to be getting such a great deal, and sleeping better because of it.Also- It tastes better than the alcohol based version from another company that I tried.

Bitter unpleasant taste but does work
Ok, it works but I purchased this one because the passionflower I normally purchase was not available- that one worked great at helping me sleep too.The taste of this is very bitter and unpleasant. I do mix it w a little water but I miss the other brand

Working for me
I have taken prescription anti-depressant/anti-anxiety meds off and on for 12 years. I hate that I need them and would like to not be dependent on a prescription med. I have tried a number of natural supplements trying to find something that will work. Nothing else that I have tried has helped, but this does. I’ve been taking about 10 drops once a day and I can feel an improvement. My anxiety is very much better now that I have been using this.Update: Sadly, I’ve decided that I can’t take this anymore. I wasn’t even taking anywhere near the recommended dose and my heart rate has been all over the place. A few days ago my heart suddenly started racing and took a while to go back to normal. I went to my doctor and ER and was diagnosed with Supra ventricular tachycardia. I never knew I had that problem before but had suspected something odd with my heart. This really worked for anxiety but will have to stop taking it. I’m leaving my review at 5 stars because it works for anxiety.