Testimonial by Barbara Johnson Age 67

“I have had sleeping problems for more than 20 years. I was so sceptical when I first read about Patch-it but thought it would be just one more thing for me to have tried but I was truly amazed!”

I have had sleeping problems for more than 20 years, could even be close to 30 years.

To combat my sleeplessness I have tried various things - hot baths, hot drinks, no food for eight hours before sleep, food before sleeping, light food, heavy food, sex, no sex, soft music on the bedside radio, lavender in the pillow case, lavender oil in the pillow case, valium, mogadon, paracetamol and codeine combined, many different products from health food stores and finally medically prescribed zopiclone - basically everything!

A few times I tried to knock myself out completely with physical exercise but that didn’t work either because I always had to have a shower before bed then and that woke me up more than ever!

It became a way of life for me but it affected my family horribly. Sometimes when I woke up I would go to the toilet for no reason other than it was something to do.  All night television, when it finally arrived, was marvellous.  Before I lived in a bungalow I would do all the washing and ironing but the noise of the washing machine woke everyone up.

My husband said he didn’t need a burglar alarm with me walking around all night long!

Couple of times I was careless walking down the stairs in the house we lived in and fell down the last two - that woke everyone up!

My daughters hated my sleeping habits because I was always awake when they tried to creep in late.  That was in the days when children came home when their parents told them to.

I was so sceptical when I first read about Patch-it but thought it would be just one more thing for me to have tried but I was truly amazed!  I could feel a warm comforting feeling creeping up from my ankles.

Eventually I was so pleased to know that when I went to bed I would actually fall asleep and stay asleep, it was as though a great weight had been lifted.

I remember when I was talking to my late mother about the fact that she took sleeping pills every night (this was when I was very young) and berating her and saying that if she was tired she would sleep, she told me to wait and see what happens when you get old.  She was right!

Recently I went to Israel for a short holiday and while I was staying on a moshav I went to a reiki for a most relaxing treatment.  I told him about the patches and he said he had never heard of them so I have promised to send him two of my precious Patch-it patches, together with the box.  He can then find out for himself.