L-Theanine allowed me to sit and patiently listen to this presentation to the end.

A good tip for taking gaba or ltheanine is to crack the capsule open and squeez the powder under the tongue and let it dissolve then it will instantly get into your blood stream vs just swallowing a capsule and waiting a few hours for it to take affect. You can instantly feel GABA when it enters your blood stream its like a warming tingling sensation. Then you start to feel balanced after a few minutes try it.. Gaba has a sweet taste so don't worry its not nasty tasting. Swallowing gaba capsules takes waaaay to long for it to take affect vs instant relief under the tongue try it I swear by it.

After trying everything for depression/anxiety for years, I started taking L-Theanine a few weeks ago as a last ditch effort before talking to my doc about more serious pharmaceuticals. Holy crap it actually works! Like I can actually complete tasks without feeling like I'm climbing a mountain. I am way calmer and have a more positive outlook. Some mornings I'm practically buzzing. Currently in the middle of my pre-nursing anatomy & physiology series and really wanted to know how this works in the brain. All the articles I read were, understandably, quite surface level. But this video finally gave me the detail I wanted to be able to scratch that itch. So thank you!

From somebody who fucked himself up with too much LSD and Shrooms as a younger fella, I can positively say GABA has been the only thing that helps me sleep. I have got horrible insomnia and anxiety. I would stay up days without sleep. Now I hit the bed and pass out! 750mg GABA each night has done more for me than Benadryl ever could. I know for a fact GABA works.

gaba is really relaxing, powerful, but indeed kinda sedating, while theanine just mellows you out

I quit Benzodiazephines due to them being very addictive and once you try to get off them, the withdrawals are horrific and I wouldn't want that in my system, in case I'd have to get off them. Getting off Benzos were a horrible experience for me. So I decided to take something more natural for my anxiety/deppression. I chose L-theanine. So far, taking this was excellent for me. No side effects, which is great.

Well done. after quitting 30 years of caffeine followed by massive anxiety / withdrawal symptoms i take magenesium glycinate and now starting with L Theanine.... no more anxiety attacks - when i take this combo before bed time

GABA works. I take it daily the past 6 months. immediately it works better than Xanax. I become super calm and relaxed. I used to flip out all the time over every little anxiety issues. Not any more with GABA supplements.

They both work for me but in different ways. L-theanine helps me focus, Gaba genuinely helps me relax, idk if it just me but when I'm on it it's a noticable difference.

This video is exactly what I’ve been looking for. All the other videos do not answer my questions in depth. Followed!

Fantastic. Thanks, for all the detail. It helps understanding as I just purchased L-Theanine earlier this week.

Amazing supplements, I switch between the two and they both work great! Got me off benzos and helped me quit drinking/doing other drugs. Seriously amazing for anxiety, would highly recommend.

It works really well, I suffer from GAD and taking it helps. Today I was having a minor anxiety attack after getting out of the shower, and I took 200mgs of it in pill form. A few minutes later I felt like it never happened.

great video, i always love learning the mechanism of action of a chemical before i take it

GABA has calmed me tremendously.

Im absolutely impressed on how you explain the effect of Ltheanine and Gaba. Thank a lot. I'll go over with your other videos too. Immediately subscribed to your Channel.

Thank you sir, and thank you for talking about glutamate and gaba and how their polar opposites. I can now focus my research on supplements that will help achieve my goal. Thank you.

so glad i found this. only video that actually explained it properly

GABA has worked very well for me for the past few years. It completely cured my htn also

Way over my head. One thing I know though is, L theanine does helps me relax.

Gaba receptor are also in the guts so gaba supplement works despite not crossing the bbb

Thanks for a highly detailed presentation. I learned a lot.

i just started with teanine, also im a Experimental Biologist with ptsd (bicycle accident/surgery) and it works perfectly with me at night in complete darkness. your channel is osom i understand everyhting you say. i know is 6 years old video but. m,aaan tahnk you

Thanks for being so clear in your presentation. I learnt a lot.

Great to hear the science behind this

I am totally alarmed at how smart you are!!! You are what all you tubers should strive to be like. In all seriousness Thank you very much for what you do.

So essentially what happens here is the glutamine turns into glutimate and the glutamate acts as a glutaminatate and that then converts to gaba glutamatamine and then that allows the glutaminatatamine to act as a gaba releasor thus allowing the calming of anxiety

Have taken L-Theanine for a week, and it really helped my sleep, as well as stress/anxiety in the early morning/midday.

Gaba supplement is life saving.

BOMB presentation 💣💣💣 Thank you! 🙏🏽✨🙏🏽

Thank you Kevin. You have a gift.

Thanks for clarifying L-theanine and Glutamate functions and roles.!

GABA works for me very well. I can't wait to get some more.

Can concur. I take sun-theanine (supposed to be a better version of L-theanine) and it certainly works. I used to be a big rx pill head, so I was wary of an otc supplement. I was shocked at the effects of L-theanine. I recommend trying this for anxiety before getting on anything hard, like benzos.

Thanks for a great lecture!

Gaba supplement only works if you have a weak blood-brain barrier that allows it's entry. If you want something that crosses blood-brain barrier and gives you increased Gaba try phenibut.

L-theanine has been helping reduce my anxiety. I take it three times a day with coffee or green tea. Thank you for taking your time in explaining the chemistry for this.

Gaba alone works well for me. Don't know what it's doing but it works. I'm now taking both for alcohol withdrawal. Both miracle supps.

Great explanations. Thanks.

Thank you, some great information!

Subscribed! I am not a person who enjoyed biology at school. I only took it as a prerequisite. But I enjoyed this lecture and would like to see more. Thanks.👍🙂🇨🇦

L theanine + caffeine always helps me on tests. The two keep me from getting nervous and also keep me more focused.

All of this is going on in our bodies and most of us just have no clue at all. But for you and others to know the universe that exists in our bodies is just such a powerful treasure of knowledge and I want to know too the going ons of our bodies.

Thanks for the video.

Sun-Theanine is a high quality and very effective form. You can definitely tell a difference when drinking coffee... theanine takes the jittery feeling away from caffeine

I think both benzodiazepines and barbiturates are allosteric modulators rather than direct agonists of the GABA receptor. I think even the old 80s favorite qualifiers was an allosteric modulators. Barbs are strong enough to activate the receptor complex, while benzodiazepines need a GABA to be present for the receptor complex to activate.

awesome info, thank you!

Thanks, this vid helped me alot. Liked and subscribed.

Added GABA to my nightly sleep concoction, and the first night felt like I was drugged heavily. I haven't been able to sleep without medication for twenty years. Without it I stay up three days at a time. You say GABA doesn't work? Added to a mixture, it knocked me out and I woke up relaxed. Gonna keep taking it, even though it doesn't work.

Very good presentation. Learned a lot. Thanks!

Great video. Learned alot!

I started taking this with Omega-3s: GREAT COMBINATION

What type of supplement or nootropics can i take that will help me understand this video?

Great info. Do more videos like these...

Excelente video!!! Gracias!!

GABA works great! Subtle chill 😎

Whoa. This is deep. 😱

awesome Thx you !

Thsnks and slso for experiental feedback! So helpful to get all these tips! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Do we built tolerance to it after a while? Or does it work forever? We have to cycle it? I had some good supplements that did wonders (DHEA & Pregnenolone) but stopped working after couple weeks. Same for Boron.

I dont sleep very well at all for years now. I heard about L-Theanine 2 days ago and so I bought some at safeways yesterday. 30 - 200 mg tablets for 9 dollars. I took 1 tablet last night at bed time and fell asleep in45 minutes and slept for 8 to 9 hours I woke up 2 times but fell back to sleep no problem. So I am so excited about how well L-Theanine works and I hope it continues to work and if it does will be a answer to my prayers.

Great video!

Thank you 🙏

I take coffee followed by green tea. Feels good.

Why GABA doesn't work??? Well, I've read MANY comments saying just the opposite. GABA works wonders, very relaxing, helps with sleep, waking up refreshed, and no tremors.

I like both i find Gaba relaxes me even more but more importantly the nerves in my back ,it eases my deep arthritis pain .

Love this

This article is really old, but I just want to add that GABA - the calming neurotransmitter - is actually made from glutamate. We need the GAD enzyme to convert it. So maybe that is a reason why some have a reaction to it???

I take both Gaba and Theanine with 100mg of caffeine and I feel great calm cool and collected at work

Thanks. I didnt like theanine as much last time i tried and did not have much expectations but deceided to try again and this time it agree's more with me. Most likly because i just experienced an excitotoxic hell after supplementing with glutamine.

Wowzer's! Thank you for sharing that wealth of information. And, thanks be to God, for providing His green pharmacy. 🙏

thank you so much i think i'll start drinking green tea

Totally not a scientific person here, but.. what happens to all the glutamate and glutamine of the theanine is blocking it.. where does it go? For me, a noob in this area it seems like it would 'clog' or store at where it is blocked.. probably doesn't work this way but I was wondering, what happens to those 2?

NMDA receptor antagonist? Do you have a link to that research? I've only read theanine possibly being an agonist at the NDMAR.

Very interesting! Thank you so much

Great before bed. 🙏

Is this the honors class? Feels like I should be following along in with a text book.

Polarization (Gaba) and non-polarization (L-Theanine) depolarization, can travel far where as polarization cannot. In simplicity. L-Theanine is photosynthesize/Light where as Gaba is dark weighs down. This is the message being interpreted. Medical vs Natural

There are products now that are Liposomal GABA. The GABA is attached to a fat particle to help it cross the blood brain barrier. I am taking such a product and it has helped reduce stress. I don't have the science to to explain it all but from my experience I see absorption with a Liposomal GABA.

I'm watching this all Gabbered up.

My son claims GABA with little B6 works wonders for sleeping.

Learned a ton, thank you !

Explain, because I have read that if a person is taking sleeping pills (like myself) cannot take some supplements because they can interact negatively with the sleep aids or anxiety relief medications. Please explain

I read on various sources that L-Theanine acts as a AMPA and kainate receptor antagonist and to a lesser extent as a NMDA receptor agonist

It's nice to get some responses from people actually taking this. It took about four days for me to really notice the effects, but it improved my sleep immensely, and cut way way down on my more manic episodes. In this regard I think it improved focus. I felt more relaxed in social situations, and love the way this curbs the nasty side effects of coffee. Namely it gets rid of the jitters, muscle tension, increase in blood pressure rate, etc. It gives you clarity and focus. I can see why they combine it with caffeine. Nice combo. What it doesn't do: I take probably 15 benzodiazepines per year for extreme panic attacks. L-theranine is not a benzodiazepine, and it's not going to curb the extreme anxiety or panic. Depending on how severe your attacks are it may be strong enough though, and getting off benzodiazepines is a very good thing. I think they are wonderful, but I don't like to use them more than two days at most. The withdrawal is horrible, and I would say taking them with L-theranine is even worse as I become extremely lethargic when the benzo wears off. I think one of the reasons L-theranine doesn't work as well as a benzo is it doesn't do anything to control cortisol. That what give you the fight, flight , freeze response. So if you get a queasy stomach, diarrhea, bad muscle tension, etc. over anxiety you will probably still need something else for the extreme stressful situations. Ashwaganda does work on cortisol, but it's pretty mild. I also have read it increases testosterone. The drawback here is testosterone and cortisol are highest in the morning, so I noticed I got very panicked first thing in the morning. L-theranine alone doesn't do this. If anyone has found something other than benzodiazepines to control extreme panic, I love to hear about it. I still have to take the benzos for panic attacks, but this supplement is really wonderful, and overall has little side effects. Most of the other ones I've taken leave me pretty sleepy, or upset my stomach, etc. I do find L-theranine can upset my stomach if I take it on an empty stomach, so try to combine with food.

Benzos don’t make me sleepy, I yeah a thing worked for sleep. 200 of theanine doesn’t do much, what is the max I can take safely ? GABA supps did nothing for me but seems to cross the blood/brain barrier for some, not me

I take 400 mgs to stop a panic attack within 10 minutes. This video is wonderful by the way!

This is way over my head. If it works, great.

I've been taking L-Theanine for a short while and find that it certainly helps in relaxation and reducing anxiety. Wish I would have saw this video sooner as I just ordered a GABA supplement. Oops! Thanks for the video and great explanation!

I found L theanine in the 1000 mg range calmed me when I was having bad days withdrawing from Benzos. GABA supplements didn't seem to work. Period.

L-theanine can cross the blood brain barrier while Gaba does not. However, I am using Quicksilver product with gaba and l-theanine together for an elderly person with schizophrenia, although not regugarly. It is better than using big pharma drugs that can do much harm long term.. However, some people need a longer lasting effect for mentail illness otherwise they person wont eat or drink. It is a challenging situation.

I know 5htp ,gaba, and ldopa PEA dont make it across the bbb but I def for sure feel all of them in high doses

Phenibut is phenylated GABA and works. It’s basically Gaba that can cross the brain barrier. However, it is addicting and will cause withdrawals. It is much much stronger than anything else legal, including theanine

Hi and thankyou for your great post,i just need to share my experience,i have suffered for a long time with mild anxiety in crowded situations shopping centers and places alike my cure for that was a valium and run away from what ever was the trigger,this was not a cure,then over the last 6 to 8 months a new anxiety panic situation started,night panic attacks just as one starts to doze off this terrible wave or surge hard to explain comes over ones body and thats it a very bad night ahead,it got to the point i feared the night also sleep deprived and Bingo Bango life got worse,i tried melatonin tablets made no differance and also started breathing exercises which did give minor relife but still suffered HEBEJEBIES at night,then by chance a good friend mentioned GABA and my situation completely has turned around,i take 1/2 teaspoon mid day and 1/2 before bed no more panic at night restful sleep and wake up refreshed,from the first dose of gaba everthing changed,wonderful gear and thankyou again.

Thank you.

what source did you get the information from that it acts as a NMDA receptor antagonist?

Been taking l theanine for about 2 days now, calms me down and changes my mood to better every time! I take about 200mg every day when I feel the anxiety come on

when Ethel gets mean she gives me the gaba I gotta get offa my glutta means and do some work!

L-theanine works amazingly for me, I take it with caffeine and I don’t get anxiety or jitters and feel relaxed all day. I read some speculations that even if gaba does not cross the blood brain barrier it might produce calming effects through interacting with the nervous system via the gut, especially if you have leaky gut. Of course having leaky gut is bad, but if gaba is actually calming you down that could partly explain it.

I have GABA but have never felt any help from it. Too bad I have this big box of gaba.