Adrenal Calm
Adrenal Calm
Adrenal Calm
Adrenal Calm
Adrenal Calm
Adrenal Calm
Adrenal Calm

Why you'll love it

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Every Ingredient Has One Job

This formula does one thing: your evening. Two calming amino acids, a clinically studied ashwagandha extract, four calming botanicals, and phosphatidylserine, each at a dose chosen for the role it plays in your wind-down. No ingredient is doing another formula's job. Every batch is carefully tested for quality and purity.

Calm Without the Crash

Adrenal Calm supports relaxation without stimulants. L-theanine and Sensoril® ashwagandha help ease tension and support a healthy stress response, while lemon balm, passionflower, valerian, and chamomile-derived apigenin round out the wind-down. It's a genuinely relaxing formula, which is exactly why it lives in the evening, not the morning.

Simple Daily Ritual

Two capsules each evening with food and water. It stacks cleanly with Adrenal Support in the morning and your other foundational formulas. Subscribe and save to keep your routine consistent through high-demand seasons.

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Key Ingredients

L-Theanine (200 mg)

Supports relaxation and sleep quality.

Lemon Balm Extract (100 mg, standardized to 5% rosmarinic acid)

Supports calm mood and restful sleep.

Sensoril® Ashwagandha Root & Leaf Extract (125 mg)

A clinically studied evening extract that supports a healthy stress response.

Passionflower Extract (100 mg, standardized to 3.5% flavonoids)

Promotes relaxation and sleep support.

Valerian (100 mg, standardized to 0.8% valerenic acid, deodorized)

Supports restful sleep quality.

Phosphatidylserine (50 mg, from sunflower lecithin)

Supports healthy stress response.

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Why Dr. Brighten Recommends It

Stress doesn't end when the workday does. The pattern I hear most in practice sounds like this: wired at 9 p.m., exhausted by 6 a.m., a stress response that never fully clocks out.

I formulated Adrenal Calm around three priorities:

  • Supporting a healthy stress response, including helping to maintain healthy cortisol levels already within the normal range
  • Promoting relaxation and supporting sleep quality
  • Removing the nutrients my other formulas already cover, so your evening dose doesn't double up on magnesium or B vitamins

That third one deserves a plain explanation. If you've taken Adrenal Calm before, you'll notice the magnesium, B vitamins, and vitamin C are gone. That's intentional. Magnesium has a home in Magnesium Plus. B vitamins live in B-Active Plus. Vitamin C is already in Adrenal Support, my morning formula. An evening dose should add what your evening needs, not repeat what your daytime stack already handled. This formula now contributes only actives for calm.

I recommend Adrenal Calm for women who feel wired at night, have trouble winding down, or want extra support during demanding seasons of work, parenting, travel, or transition. Paired with Adrenal Support, it completes a deliberate AM/PM system: KSM-66® root extract by day, Sensoril® root-and-leaf extract by night. Two different ashwagandhas, one job each.

Adrenal Calm is not appropriate during pregnancy or nursing. Ask a clinician before taking it if you are trying to conceive; if you take thyroid, sedative, or blood-pressure medications; if you have surgery scheduled; or if you're allergic to ragweed or chamomile-family plants. Several of these ingredients deserve extra care in those situations, and you deserve personalized guidance, not a general answer.

Research Shows

What the Research Shows: Clinical Evidence Summary

Adrenal Calm anchors its evidence in two dose-matched actives, Sensoril® ashwagandha at 125 mg and L-theanine at 200 mg, supported by botanicals and nutrients included at blend-level doses for their mechanistic roles. No trial has tested the finished formula. Each study below examines an individual ingredient.

These studies explore outcomes related to individual ingredients used in Adrenal Calm. Research on individual ingredients does not necessarily reflect the effect of the full formula. When study doses differ from Adrenal Calm, we note it. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

L-Theanine (200 mg/serving)

Studied for: healthy sleep in adults, including sleep latency, maintenance, efficiency, and waking refreshed, plus stress-related symptoms and relaxation (2025 systematic review of 13 trials; 4-week randomized trial at 200 mg/day).

Dose note: Trials typically used 200–450 mg/day. Formula: 200 mg/serving — matched to trial dosing.

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Sensoril® Ashwagandha Root & Leaf Extract (125 mg/serving)

Studied for: perceived stress, anxiety rating scores, and stress biomarkers (cortisol, ACTH, salivary alpha-amylase) in chronically stressed adults, in an 8-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-ranging trial of this extract at 125, 250, and 500 mg/day, each taken once daily in the evening. The 125 mg arm matches this serving.

Dose note, stated honestly: 125 mg/day is the low end of the ashwagandha literature overall (most trials of other extracts used 240–600 mg/day), but it is the exact dose tested for this specific extract. Evidence is extract-level; the finished formula has not been studied.

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Lemon Balm Leaf Extract (100 mg/serving, 5% rosmarinic acid)

Studied for: anxiety and sleep-disturbance scores in a 15-day open-label pilot, and calming activity via GABA-related pathways (2024 review).

Dose note: Trial doses ranged roughly 80–1,000+ mg/day of extract with variable standardization. Formula: 100 mg/serving — the low end of the studied range; contributes within the blend rather than matching monotherapy dosing.

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Passionflower Aerial Extract (100 mg/serving, 3.5% vitexins)

Studied for: reduced anxiety across the majority of nine randomized trials (systematic review), improved perceived-stress scores and longer total sleep time in a 30-day bedtime trial, and better subjective sleep quality in a one-week tea trial.

Dose note: Extract trials commonly used ~260–500+ mg/day. Formula: 100 mg/serving — below most monotherapy doses, in the range of low-dose preparations (like tea) that produced subjective benefit.

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Valerian Root Extract (100 mg/serving, 0.8% valerenic acid, deodorized)

Studied for: subjective sleep improvements. A meta-analysis of 16 trials found more participants reporting improved sleep quality versus placebo (with methodological caveats), and a 2020 review of 60 studies found subjective sleep-quality and anxiety benefits that depend on extract quality.

Dose note: Monotherapy trials used 400–900 mg/day. Formula: 100 mg/serving — below the monotherapy range; included for its contribution within the blend.

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Phosphatidylserine (50 mg/serving, from sunflower lecithin)

Studied for: normalized ACTH and cortisol responses to a standardized lab stress test at 400 mg/day (with phosphatidic acid) in chronically stressed men, and a blunted cortisol response to exercise at 600 mg/day.

Dose note: Trials used 300–800 mg/day; within one trial, 400 mg outperformed 200 mg. Formula: 50 mg/serving — well below trial doses; included for membrane-level, HPA-axis mechanistic support within the blend, not as a stand-alone dose.

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Chamomile-Derived Apigenin (50 mg/serving)

Studied for: as whole chamomile extract, reduced anxiety scores in an 8-week randomized trial and improved sleep-quality scores in a 2024 meta-analysis of ten trials. Those chamomile trials delivered only about 2.6–18 mg of apigenin equivalents per day. Isolated apigenin at 50 mg has not been studied as a stand-alone intervention for any calming or sleep outcome.

Dose note: The tested intervention is whole chamomile extract, not isolated apigenin, so no equivalence claim is made. This ingredient is included for its composition and mechanism.

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Taurine (300 mg/serving)

Studied for: inhibitory, calming activity in the nervous system, with sleep-promoting effects shown in animal models. Direct human trials at 300 mg/day for relaxation were not identified.

Dose note: No robust dose-matched human RCT at 300 mg/day exists. Formula: 300 mg/serving — mechanistic support only, and we say so.

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FAQ

How long does one bottle last?

Each bottle contains 30 servings. At the full serving of 2 capsules daily, one bottle lasts 30 days.

When should I take it?

In the evening, with food and water. The formula is designed for evening use, and the Sensoril® in each serving matches the 125 mg once-daily evening dose tested in its published trial. Because several ingredients are relaxing, see how you respond before driving or operating machinery at night.

Why did the formula change?

So it stacks cleanly with the rest of the line. The previous Adrenal Calm carried magnesium, B vitamins, and vitamin C, and those nutrients already have homes: magnesium in Magnesium Plus, B vitamins in B-Active Plus, and vitamin C in Adrenal Support. Taking the same nutrients at two different times of day adds capsules without adding anything new. The reformulated Adrenal Calm keeps the actives for evening calm, uses Sensoril®, a clinically studied root-and-leaf ashwagandha, in place of the generic extract, and adds chamomile-derived apigenin. Every formula in the line has one job, and this one is the evening.

Can I take it every day?

Yes. Adrenal Calm is designed for daily use during high-stress seasons. If you plan to take it continuously beyond a few months, check in with your clinician, since long-term safety data on some of these ingredients, including ashwagandha, are limited.

Can I take it with coffee or other supplements?

Yes. It pairs well with foundational nutrients, and magnesium and B vitamins have homes in Magnesium Plus and B-Active Plus. If you combine it with other calming products, assess tolerance first, and use caution with alcohol or other sedating substances in the evening.

Is this safe if I am trying to conceive, pregnant, or nursing?

Adrenal Calm is not appropriate for use during pregnancy or nursing. Experts advise against ashwagandha in pregnancy, and there isn't enough research on valerian, chamomile-derived apigenin, or the other botanicals at these doses during pregnancy or breastfeeding to call them safe. If you're trying to conceive, bring the label to your provider and decide together.

What if I have a sensitive stomach?

Take it with food and water. If you're sensitive to calming supplements, start with 1 capsule for the first 3–5 days before moving up to the full 2-capsule serving.

Who is this not for?

Not intended for children. Not appropriate during pregnancy or nursing. Ask a clinician before use if you are trying to conceive; if you take sedative medications; if you take thyroid medication (ashwagandha may affect thyroid hormone levels, so your prescriber should know); if you have surgery scheduled within about two weeks; or if you're allergic to ragweed, chamomile, daisies, chrysanthemums, marigolds, or related plants. Also talk with your provider first if you take warfarin, cyclosporine, immunosuppressant, or blood-pressure medications, or if you have a history of liver disease.