I will bow to all the posters with first-hand experience, and I hope that everyone understands that I ask the following question without any intention of being vexatious: Do calming supplements really, truly work?
If so....
Why is it that I can drink Camomile tea until I'm fairly sprouting
Camomile branches and still not be the slightest bit calmed? And why can I eat oats and feel even more lethargic than before? I understand that people will say that there are significant differences between human and horse metabolisms but why would a horse, with a larger rated-surface-area than a human, be calmed/energized by such supplements when humans are not?
Unless horses have very different chemical receptors to humans (and they may), surely it all comes down to sugar metabolism?
I can understand that a food comprised largely of simple sugars might quickly offer a surge of energy, but I really don't get how stuff like Camomile - within non-toxic does - can calm anything, much less a large animal.
I'd love to be converted and would be thrilled to learn that there's a solid scientific reason for so many people using these supplements.