Nature's Answer Passion Flower, Alcohol Free Extract 1 FL Oz (Pack of 1)

Good quality product

Afters years of taking Zanex I managed to reduce my dose to the point I was no longer taking it. I reviewed all the herbal options in the event I felt I needed something and all of them had side effects with the exception of Passion Flower. On rare occasions I did feel I needed something. Two droppers fills of this work fairly well. I did find on one occasion where the need was more I took 2 dropper fills and then 2 more 2 hours later which did work well. Its worth a trying in my opinion.

Wow, this actually works! I have generalized anxiety disorder and decided to try passionflower after having one too many bad experiences with pharmaceuticals. (I used to take ativan, but my psychiatrist did not properly explain to 19-year-old me that when he said to take the medication "as-needed" that he meant it wasn't suitable for daily, long-term use. Within a couple of months, I was very dependent on the ativan, and it had built up in my system to the point that I couldn't sit down for more than five minutes without falling asleep.) Now I take 15 drops of passionflower on my tongue 1-3 times a day and it takes the anxious edge off without any of the weird side effects. It also started working immediately. Not sure if it's ok to use long-term or not, so I'll just have to be careful!

For years I took the alcohol version of this and it wasn't pleasant because it left that burning feeling in my mouth (or actually, under my tongue because that's where I usually do tinctures since it will enter the blood stream quicker this way). Once my husband found the alcohol free version here, he bought it for me and I've been using it since. I want to say that Nature's Answer is a reputable brand and I have bought and used several of their tinctures but this one is one that remains in my "arsenal" for my bed time routine. I have a chronic illness that makes it often hard to fall asleep and more importantly stay asleep and this definitely seems to help me. I take anywhere from half a dropper to a full dropper directly under my tongue. The taste is extremely sweet and a tiny bit herby but not of grass or anything pungent. I chase it with a little water and my melatonin (300 mcg) tablet. Overall, I would say that anyone looking for some help staying asleep should try this. Passionflower is a great relaxant and it might just help you out. I personally have found that tincture form such as this is a lot more powerful and fast acting than tablets or powder in a capsule.

Be very careful! Not only does this look exactly like the passion flower tincture that I usually take because it is from the same brand, but the label on the side also says that it is the nature’s answer, passion, flower, tincture, but this is NOT IT!