Xtra energy shots, on the whole, contain a whole lot of bargain fun. They can usually be found in dollar stores and other places where energy shots should cost around a dollar or so. This variety I have had sitting around a while - a vitamin shot with special rest and relaxation powers. I can usually handle a decent amount of stress - but then there are those times when I find myself all wide and awake at 4am, knowing that it's going to be a looong night.
Waking up in the middle of the night because my kid just got hit by a car and now I have medical bills and I dont know how much they are and why can't someone shut that f--king dog up because it is four thirty in the morning and who just LETS their dog keep barking like that and I seriously do not have enough money to cover all my bills and chat about the woman who destroyed her car and I understand if it was a burglar but you know that goddamn mongrel is barking at a fuzzy squirrel or something stupid and WONT SHUT UP and ohmygod I need a relaxation drink N O W!!
The thing is, I have no problem falling asleep when things get stressful. When I get stressed - my natural instinct is to crash. I once fell asleep during the opening performance of a Bertolt Brecht play with a naked guy in a bathtub on stage - and I was the guy onstage! So when I get stressed out - I really don't need to take something to bury my head in the sandman. What I do need is something to just help me RELAX. This means that melatonin is fun but not really necessary if I am actually in a stressful situation. But, from first glance it does not look like the ingredients in Xtra Vitamin Shot's Rest and Relaxation Formula is powerful enough to help me either.
Of course I knew what I was getting into from the big label on the shot too. I love how it lists exactly what you are drinking right on the front - like a giant nutritional label. While this is not so great from a design sense - I like the straightforwardness of Xtra's relaxation formula. Xtra relaxation shot is about the most boring plain shot design I have ever seen - but I like it a whole lot for that too. I enjoy its clinical prescription-esque feel. It would be cool if all of Xtra's shots were as straightforward.
Xtra's Relaxation Shot tastes great going down. I was unsure about the shot's relaxing blue-green color. Other than the occasional Mountain Dew Baja, I rarely down bluish drinks. Along with the color, the flavor was very unnatural too. but did taste quite delicious. The taste was unlike mostly every other shot I have had. The closest I can come to in taste is an herbal iced tea Jolly Rancher. The sweetener is sour - but worked well with the whole flavor profile.
It worked too! yeah - it did make me sleepy too, but it also worked well in getting me to mellow out and not want to kill canines - even annoying little yappy ones. However I was able to just take it easier after drinking the anti-energy shot. I was not ready to crash - but I was a bit more mellow - like if I had a nice cup of Celestial Seasonings. Yeah - it was most likely psychosomatic, as it did not contain anything in it other than some Tryptophan and L-theanine (which was pretty cool to see) and some herbal tea filler, like Valerian Root, lemon Balm, white willow bark, chamomile and passion flower.
Taste:9, Packaging:8, Anti-Buzz:8
attribution: bigredboots/Xtra shot bottle
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