Tried to get the bus into town but wasn’t happening. Keep thinking the dwp is parking next to me. Hate this.
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Nows a good time to test the power of l-theanine. Give it a go and see how you feel in an hour.
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I have good meds, but still sometimes I have paranoid mind processes, I realize this is just one symptom of mine.
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It sucks when you feel “they” are watching, sends the mind into overdrive.
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Yep, it sucks, I have sometimes paranoid thoughts that people are talking about me, although they are not …I think that my paranoia started in the USA in the early 1990s, and then I started hearing voices, I suppose I was very stressed at the time. Meds help me a lot, but still sometimes paranoia is a problem.
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Just took 400mg of l-theanine. Will let you know how I get on. J
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Exciting!!! I hope it works!
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I hope so too.
I have a problem: over the last 8 weeks I have been tapering down my gabapentin. I am now off it. For the last three weeks I have been taking sarcosine and during this time I have been markedly more anxious.
Now I don’t know if this is the gabapentin or the sarcosine. Am going to stop sarcosine for a month and see how I get on. TBH I haven’t had a miraculous response to sarcosine - have stayed in bed all day the last three days.
One thing is for sure and that is the l-theanine helps. Pretty much as good as clonazepam for me (I don’t respond strongly to benzos). In fact have just ordered 250g of theanine powder which works out a lot cheaper than tablets.
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L-theanine may also curb your appetite. I wasn’t taking my evening dose recently and got the evening munchies. Maybe l-theanine is partly to credit for my weight loss on a calorie controlled diet.
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That would be a great side effect! Do you mind if I ask why you are stopping the l-theanine?
I’m back on it again, but at a lower dose. I stopped it for a few days as an experiment but felt I was becoming unstable.
So then I wanted to see how easy it was to come off it. I was afraid I was physically addicted to it and going through withdrawal.
Long story short, I’m now taking 200mg in the morning and evening instead of 2X400mg.
I think there’s a danger in coming off it cold turkey if you’ve been using long term. So beware. Always have some in reserve to taper off it.
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The bus has triggered my paranoia a lot in the past. I feel for you.
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How are things now jimbob, did the l-theanine help?
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Totally helped. Feel relaxed and focused now. J
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Yay! Great news!
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