'Anti-Energy' Drink

This is enticing to me as I often take hours to fall asleep, even just on my regular schedule. I’ve used things like tylenol pm before but those just don’t seem like a good idea for the obvious, addictive/unnecessary drugs reasons. So, does this have some sort of “drug” besides the natural ingredients you’ve listed here? Is it addictive (aside from just loving the sleep you get with it addictive…)

Hi Kevin, I can only speak from my own experience, but I’ve shared iChill with friends and have yet to hear a negative response. The drink has also received some mainstream coverage and I’ve yet to hear about addictive qualities. But, some people don’t respond well to melatonin. A colleague of mine says it gives him “radical” and “active” dreams, which may be a selling point to some. :)Me? I sleep well and wake up well rested.

A couple of things to consider with the contents of this drink is that the 5 Mg of Melatonin is a lot when you consider most over the counter bottles of straight Melatonin are usually 3 Mg. As well, for me, using Melatonin every day or even every other reduces the effect and very soon it is of no help getting to sleep. I find using it every 4 days or once per week works best when I use it to get to sleep. Your readers should note that Valerian root is the natural base for Valium.

Dan, Thanks for the info. It seems like iChill and similar products may have a place somewhere between the medicine cabinet and wet bar — it’s a nice drink to have on hand for folks who only have a tough time getting to sleep occasionally.

Dan – common misconception that valerian is the base of valium. Same class of drugs, but valium (diazepam) is synthetic, lots of side effects, etc.

Thanks for the clarification, marlan80.

This is pretty reassuring. I would most likely be using it on Sunday nights when I have the most trouble getting to sleep but certainly not nightly (too much money!). Seems to make sense that it’s effectiveness would wane with constant use.

Thanks for the response!

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Unless you’re talking about very broad “classes” of drugs, e.g. GABAergics (and even then, that’s only the suspected mechanism of action for valerian), valerian and valium aren’t even as related as marlana80 seems to be saying.

In my own chronic struggles with insomnia, I’ve found that valerian is effective at promoting sleep but leaves me with a groggy, hung-over feeling the next day that’s worse than just getting less sleep.

I really wouldn’t worry about the high dose of melatonin; there’s no reason to believe that you’ll desensitize or have any side effect because of it. Unfortunately, I’ve never had much success with treating my insomnia with melatonin, although I know other skeptical scientist types who swear by it.

It’s an interesting idea, but some of the above comments were a little worrying – glad to see that further advice was provided.

It appears as though the content of rose hips exceeds that of which the bottle can possibly contain =] You might want to add an m in front of that g. Just had one 25 minutes ago and I feel more relaxed than usual, but these things never work for me. In the psychological battle I prevail!

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im all about it, but now i have a hard time sleeping without one.

Works as advertised but the next day is hell. I would rather be up all night. I got about 10 hours of sleep and feel like I was out drinking all night.

horrible the next day i felt like i had been binge drinking everclear all night and just completely drained hung over and an extreme migraine if i had the money id try to sue these people

It’s nice but after having it it’s like getting a bad hangover the very next day. Energy Drink