Poll for Users of L-Theanine: Please Respond - Has it Helped You?

Hi, If you’ve tried the supplement L-Theanine, please respond to our poll here on whether it has helped you. And provide comments down below on how long you took it and what effect it had on you, if any.

Please only respond if you’ve tried it.

  • Yes it has helped
  • No, it has not helped me
  • Not sure
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I’ve been taking it for ages, longer than 6 months. I voted for it helped me. I take it every day. When I first took it it, I felt it had the effect of clonaezpam, but it also seemed to sort out some disorganised thinking. I take 200mg once a day.

Lately, I’ve been taking actual clonaezpam, so don’t feel as dramatic a benefit as when I first started taking it. Or maybe I’m building up some kind of tolerance to it.

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Any one else tried this and have any results negative or positiive?

Positive. I voted.

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i feel im benefitting from it yes. im waking up early with motivation. i have been sleeping late for twenty years and always exausted… i now believe my exaustion was anxiety stress. damn, the zen dudes knew green tea was a good deal :smile:

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if its all a coincidence ill lay an egg

Always easy to test - just stop using for a few days, then see what happens for two days. Then go back on it - and see if there is a noticeable difference.

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well id like to keep taking it for at least a full month but ill keep that in mind. ive only been taking it almost 2 weeks now. i just upped to 400 mg tonight

i read 250mg here yet ive read 200mg is the minimum… i read 400mg is a fair dose. am i correctly informed?

this seems accurate among many other sites in my research

Thanks for this poll. I was beginning to wonder who was truly benefiting. I see there are real results :smiley:

You can see the research on L-theanine and schizophrenia by going to this search on Pubmed.org

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=L-theanine+schizophrenia

There are only 8 studies it seems.

You are right - the dose range is from 250 to 400 mg a day:

Theanine is very effective for my schizotypal anxiety - the sort where it’s extremely uncomfortable to look someone in the eyes - because of its gabaergic effects, and I am not sure which of its pharmacology contributes to reducing my positive “pseudohallucinations” but it does work.

Wow, pregnenolone together with theanine? I’m definitely going to try this, I will report back. Usually pregnenolone is not efficient for people with nmda dysfunction, for whatever reason I can’t fathom.

Now I remember why I stopped taking pregnenolone - it activates or increases activity of the 5HT2A receptor and leads to fatigue and irritability. Christ, now my whole day is ruined. Needless to say approx. 100mg of theanine and 10mg pregnenolone did not work.