I take l-theanine with abilify. I now have worked up to 400mg twice daily of l-theanine from 300mg twice daily. For me, it has been a miracle supplement.
It cuts down dramatically on abilify induced restlessness and anxiety, it stops my catastrophic thinking and helps me cope. On top of all that it chills me out.
I like the tittle of this thread. Glad it’s working for you 
Yay! You’ve made it a thread. The title prophesy has been fulfilled!
Does it help with anxiety? Negative symptoms?
It helps anxiety a great deal, and helps a little with negative symptoms. But the biggest thing it helps me with is my crazy thinking. This is supposed to be the job of the antipsychotic, but I really don’t think straight if I’m not taking l-theanine.
I remember reading in one of your posts a comparison of which brand works better for you. Could you let us know what one is working best for you now? I’m interested because avoiding anxiety is very important in dealing with shortness of breath from emphysema and COPD. I’ve been using Puritan’s Pride. Have you tried that one?
What dosage do you recommend? Sounds like this supplement is v good.
I use
http://m.iherb.com/Now-Foods-L-Theanine-100-mg-90-Veggie-Caps/853
I recommend starting at 300mg in the morning and 300mg in the evening, then working your way up to 400mg in the morning and 400mg in the evening.
My spouse takes L-theanine and works really well for him. A whole lot less restlessness in the evenings and he is a lot more calm during the day. He takes 400 mgs 3x daily with his meals. In the evenings, he uses a low dose of lemon peel for restful sleep. He doesn’t think it’s doing any good,but, i notice the difference!
Currently, no meds and has been med free excluding a short period Dec for over a year.
I too have started to use l-theanine, I think it’s great, relaxing and therapeutic for me. I’m definitely getting some more. Excellent find. It’s also natural, from green tea. I feel calmer and positive!
I’ve been taking L-Theanine for a few months now and it has miraculously cured me of my negative symptoms, plus it helps relax me and get to sleep.
Well I just bought some more l-theanine and it’s so calming. Gotta love l-theanine.
I’m still taking L-theanine, but I no longer recommend it. I found I became physically addicted to it. I tried coming off it, but couldn’t. I was taking a large dose (800mg a day) for quite some time though.
I’m OK so long as I keep taking it. But I become unstable if I stop.
I’ll see if I can taper myself off of it in the new year.
L THEANINE did absolutely nothing for me. Didn’t calm my anxiety or make me relaxed one bit. I was so excited to see it working but it just never arrived.
Lol how is it even possible to have withdraws from green tea:tea:
I take L-Theanine with Sarcosine and NAC (N-Acetly- Cystine) and it is a miracle drug, there is a synergistic effect and it has a powerful effect on my negative symptoms, I would highly recommend that you try it! It is very gentle with no side effects!
I am taking those three too
And are they working selene
L Theanine works like magic. Sarcosine is helping the negatives a lot, especially the empty feeling and NAC I started two days ago I am waiting to see a result. I am monitoring myself
I am new to this and I am a mother of a 38-year-old mildly retarded daughter who is the love of my life and she had an incident almost 20 years ago at a hospital that left her hearing voices and she was put on very heavy psychotropic drugs she is now just on Abilify I have taken her off of Effexor as I felt it did nothing for her. She suffers from anxiety daily. I started her on 300 mg of an AC as they said it might help her with her anxiety and I have read about Althean mean but worried if it could be taken with those two. There is absolutely nobody in my part of Pennsylvania that can help me with this as psychiatrists only deal with pharmaceuticals and integrative doctors or natural paths say it’s out of the realm. So frustrating for this mom. Any help and direction would be very much appreciated. Many blessings to you all