Last year at Expo, I mentioned to Casey Harbertson that my 15-yr old daughter was having a hard time sleeping, both falling asleep and staying asleep. She’s got a busy mind (like the ol’ man). It gotten bad enough that Jodi had taken her to the doc and she ended up having to use Tylenol PM. I was looking for something more natural.
Casey said to try the Slumber.
https://mtnops.com/product/slumber/
It’s marketed as Deep Sleep Recovery/Calming Anti-Anxiety Relief. He comped me an 11.4 oz bag of the Sleepy Chai flavor to try
It’s a powder you mix with 8-10 oz warm water or milk (also available in the Cider, and Cocoa.)
No sugar and 49-57 calories a serving. I won’t get into the ingredients because frankly I don’t know squat about them. I just trust Casey enough to give them a try.
We had my oldest daughter try it but we couldn’t say definitely that it worked for her and she eventually quit with half the bag left so Jodi and I tried it, and our 12-yr old daughter. None of us have any serious problems sleeping like my oldest daughter.
For me, it worked about 80% (non-scientific number) or most nights I took it. Per the instructions I’d take it about 30-60 min before bed. I could slowly feel the “calming” effect come on. It didn’t make me drowsy or cause me to nod off, just calm down. Falling asleep was easier.
Then as I said above, most of the nights it seemed that I slept better—less waking up during the night. And no grogginess when I wake up in morning. On the nights it didn’t work, I don’t really know why. Just never really got calm and didn’t notice sleeping any better. This isn’t a clinical trial, so I really can’t offer any more than my experience. Id guess I’ve got about 25 nights experience.
One draw back is that drinking 8-10 oz water before bed isn’t always productive as over half the nights I had to get up and take a leak, something I don’t often have to do. But was able to fall back asleep. So what I’ve started doing is going more for the 4-6 oz range. Makes it thick but I don’t have to get up as much to pee.
Once the bag was gone, we had enough experience that we ordered three more bags, one of each flavor. Casey comped me for those too.
I found I like the Chai most and then Cider, but not the Cocoa very much.
They all mix fairly well in warm water, (use a fork, expect a small clump or 2, use a shaker bottle for best results)not so much in cold. I never tried it with milk.
For Jodi, she says her results were like mine, but way more consistent. Every time she’s used it (about 6 nights now) it’s worked. Fall asleep faster and stay asleep. The 8-10 ozs doesn’t bother her. She has a better bladder than me
. She’s likes the Cocoa better than I do (but it “should be sweeter”) and likes the Chai most then the Cocoa, and then Cider.
Then my 12-yr old daughter who tends to have a little bit of difficulty getting to sleep tried it. She’s taken it about 5 nights and says “it works!” Goes to sleep earlier and she says she’s less tired the next day. She says her flavor likes are in this order 1-Chai, 2- Cider, 3-Cocoa
So that has been our experiences, 3 out of 4 think it works. The one with serious sleeping issues is the one it didn’t work for.
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Casey said to try the Slumber.
https://mtnops.com/product/slumber/
It’s marketed as Deep Sleep Recovery/Calming Anti-Anxiety Relief. He comped me an 11.4 oz bag of the Sleepy Chai flavor to try
It’s a powder you mix with 8-10 oz warm water or milk (also available in the Cider, and Cocoa.)
No sugar and 49-57 calories a serving. I won’t get into the ingredients because frankly I don’t know squat about them. I just trust Casey enough to give them a try.
We had my oldest daughter try it but we couldn’t say definitely that it worked for her and she eventually quit with half the bag left so Jodi and I tried it, and our 12-yr old daughter. None of us have any serious problems sleeping like my oldest daughter.
For me, it worked about 80% (non-scientific number) or most nights I took it. Per the instructions I’d take it about 30-60 min before bed. I could slowly feel the “calming” effect come on. It didn’t make me drowsy or cause me to nod off, just calm down. Falling asleep was easier.
Then as I said above, most of the nights it seemed that I slept better—less waking up during the night. And no grogginess when I wake up in morning. On the nights it didn’t work, I don’t really know why. Just never really got calm and didn’t notice sleeping any better. This isn’t a clinical trial, so I really can’t offer any more than my experience. Id guess I’ve got about 25 nights experience.
One draw back is that drinking 8-10 oz water before bed isn’t always productive as over half the nights I had to get up and take a leak, something I don’t often have to do. But was able to fall back asleep. So what I’ve started doing is going more for the 4-6 oz range. Makes it thick but I don’t have to get up as much to pee.
Once the bag was gone, we had enough experience that we ordered three more bags, one of each flavor. Casey comped me for those too.
I found I like the Chai most and then Cider, but not the Cocoa very much.
They all mix fairly well in warm water, (use a fork, expect a small clump or 2, use a shaker bottle for best results)not so much in cold. I never tried it with milk.
For Jodi, she says her results were like mine, but way more consistent. Every time she’s used it (about 6 nights now) it’s worked. Fall asleep faster and stay asleep. The 8-10 ozs doesn’t bother her. She has a better bladder than me
. She’s likes the Cocoa better than I do (but it “should be sweeter”) and likes the Chai most then the Cocoa, and then Cider.Then my 12-yr old daughter who tends to have a little bit of difficulty getting to sleep tried it. She’s taken it about 5 nights and says “it works!” Goes to sleep earlier and she says she’s less tired the next day. She says her flavor likes are in this order 1-Chai, 2- Cider, 3-Cocoa
So that has been our experiences, 3 out of 4 think it works. The one with serious sleeping issues is the one it didn’t work for.
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