Cheers so much 😊❤

How long can someone take l theanine?

My intermittent fasting schedule includes breakfast and lunch before 4 at the latest. Given what Nick suggested about having an empty stomach, I think that’s why one is enough for me.

@@TajikPamir7777 yes. I do.

Magnesium threonate*

Yeah, like someone already mentioned, that’s not the magnesium he recommends in his stack

or glycinate

I take magnesium taurate and glycine

Yeah. Love it for that. Gives you the benefits of caddeine without the drawbacks.

Great, Reed!

stop lying

My pleasure, as always, Irving.

Somehow, this is the last thing I need! It would be nice to sleep more consistently through the night.

@@sarahhamed4496 I find that I only dream or can at least remember my dreams when I get a proper long sleep anyways

Increases rem sleep

Add Huperzine if you want more REM dreams.

Chamomile and lemon balm are also effective sleep aids.

Magnesium glycinate is what I take in powder form 1 teaspoon disolved into some mild kefir before bed.

That number is not a joke, and I would be careful about broadcasting it, whether it be serious or for kicks - Take care.

Have you tried combining it? 5htp?

Which brand of L-theanine should we buy? He doesn't specify one

Same with me

Idk if you experienced this but it makes me very impulsive and sometimes tired

@@Alfred-ky1ch Haven't experienced that with the current bedtime routine.

Same here

Magnesium glycinate made me manic and gave me insomnia

Which one do you take how many mg

Do you know how many messages he gets? He can’t reply to all of them.

Look up Alpha Wave Theanine

Sounds like marketing spin.

@@speakatron5634 most things people pop like pills are 💚

@@speakatron5634no suntheanine is from legitimate research in Japan "L-Theanine is the basic form which is derived from green tea leaves. On the other hand, Suntheanine® is a patented pure L-isomer form which is equivalent to a concentrated form of L-Theanine." if you can't appreciate what an isomer is yeah its just marketing...

@@georgeelgin3903 🤣 Sir, L-Theanine IS the L isomer form of Theanine. Hence the "L" at the beginning. Theanine occurs in two forms: L-Theanine and D-Theanine. The L isomer form is the one most common in nature. So, respectfully, your comment makes it sound like you don't know what isomers are.

Good Lord do not stop a benzo without a proper taper. And if you've been on for any extended time it will take time to come off it. I speak from experience. I just recently came completely off of Klonopin that I took( 4 mgs) for 12 years and it took my close to 4 years to taper off . AFTER you've stopped the benzo your brain will need to heal. Insomnia is the curse that goes along with that. But better that than the dementia they cause...Valerian Root has helped me the past few months but not so much anymore..now I'm trying other things. Are you in the Benzo Buddies Group? They can help you taper safely and walk you through the " ordeal" because it's not fun.

​@christyconatser2680 HI my friend may I ask if you found anything else that helps with sleep?

@@TeslaEmperor I take 400 mgs L theanine and listen to Binaural Beats ! Have you tried listening to them? It works for me!

I quit Xanax cold turkey after taking it for 20 years for sleep. I sat on my LR sofa and didn’t leave my house for a year. Benzos are tough.

Sweet - thanks for sharing your experience, Rui!

write more about your timing please

@szymonbaranowski8184 in terms of L-theanine I take it after dinner 🍽 and usually go fairly early to bed, and either listen to a podcast and stay away from phone and/or light. So L-theanine helps me optimize my sleep 😴 I have started taking some Glycine also instead of L-theanine and it works fairly well for me, super fast acting, but I still use L-Theanine as I feel a sleep better. The 5-HTP does not seem to work for me for sleep as it keeps me awake, I found 5-HTP really useful when I feel like I lack motivation and have the blues for more than 2 days, I take the 5 HTP in the morning, and I tend to improve my mood some 22 to 24 hours after taking the 5-HTP. The Ashwagandha, I find it very useful when I now I am exposed to a lot of stress (work related) and tend to take it during the days I do not lift weights...I get the crazy focus about 2-3 hours after taking it, and it does improve my sleep as I tend to be more calm by the end of the day...

Did u had bad insomnia please help I’m suffering

@user-eg6xm2xy4x Hello, yes, I have had issues falling asleep for several years, and L-theanine did help me a lot getting me average 8 hours of sleep a day. I have found that L-theanine works really well and improve my sleep quality (I feel this regardless of the metrics in my watch), for a while I did not have access to L-theanine but had access to Glycine, and Glycine also helped me falling asleep. If you have access to supplements, do try different things, perhaps if you wake up early, watch the sunrise and sunset with your partner or while taking your dog for a walk. Really wish you the best in finding a good routine and habits that allow you to fall asleep and sleep well.

Are you not getting sun light for 15 mins then drinking coffee an hour after you wake up, just like Dr. Huberman said to do?

It has the same effect on me

That's weird and kind of makes me think it could be more of the apigenin causing the unwanted side effects. For months I've been taking a combination of 800mg l-theanine and 2000mg magtein threonate every night for sleep and slept soundly and woken up with no problems. Been able to go straight to work afterwards.

imagine being a Korean... you wouldn't worry about lacking of fun time, you would be too busy to even notice lack of sleep 😂

there is a podcast with steven on diary of a ceo with a sleep expert. she has some interesting thoughts

In time, Juliat. One at a time - I'm a one man operation. :)

@@Physionic 😊👍🙏

I'm currently on 600mg of L theanine to get to Rest Catatonic state

which b vitamins? where did you hear that?

I take b1 at night

When I take biotin around 3pm a day, at night, I sleep better. It's supposed to give nerve support, so it says.

@@saggitarius8939 no don't think so, I think glycine and berberine have helped me the most, and maybe apigenen

I take this with good results. It is a precursor to Melatonin but I get better results with this. I t also is good for arthritis.

hi, do you take tyeanine an turosine togheter in the moorning? or theanine in the night? regards

@matiasvargas4779 Myself I drink one or two cups of black tea british style cream and sugar in evening. Tea is the direct source of l theanine the caffeine gives it a boost. Doesn't matter when. In the u.k. everyone drinks tea all day long.I can't contribute to how it may help sleep. I use it to destress a precursor amino to l tyrosine. L tyrosine DOES NOT ACT AS A SLEEP AID. IT CREATES Dopamine so would be converse to aid sleep. If you are using for adhd i will share hoelw i corrected adhd bads. L tyrosine on it's own I doubt has a huge effect, every one is different. I take 750mg in a.m. but could just as well use anytime. l tyrosine can contradict heavily with alcohol, spike blood pressure so I read. I don't drink. I was sooooo elated all my adhd bads disappeared in one day when adder l Tyrosine. I kept taking daily and elwas a bad. Since use occasionally and protein powder instead.For myself I am sure it worked stunningly as I already take mct oil (BEST FAT WE CAN GIVE BRAIN BODY) AND 2100MG QUALITY OMEGA 3. I believe as brain is fats and food industry or ourselves depleted fats from diet, we need those for amino acids and just overall healthy brain function. I take Lithium Orotate 5mg. Zinc,magnesium glysenate,taurine, b1,b6,b12,D. All the recommended supplements for adhd. So I already was creating a healthy needed chain and the tyrosine I guess had what it needed to just kick the door in. I screwed up and took that daily for OMG 9 months and overloaded Dopamine . 2 maybe 3 months is safe but maybe do not need it everyday if do get total change. Just use common sense. Also I knew from data on teens back in like 2016 that switching to organic non chemical diet and no food dyes made huge difference. Makes sense as adhd autistics are high sensitivity. No more fast foods for me and has of course benefited. I never used amphetamines..stunned that is what most dr hand out. Plus upping my omega 3 lowered to BP to normal naturally. All the chatter about eat this eat that may work for someone. Not me my autism creates I am super picky and I don't eat alot, forget to even. Remember my adhd had same effect. STRESS plays in heavily. IF adhd autistic gonna be stressed. I look back on decades of my life when all was good I had zero adhd craps and foods were not polluted. Well good luck..maybe tyrosine alone works for others, doubt that as people would talk..

And ? Any updates

Good question, Jason. The researchers only had one sentence on the matter and didn't mention it. I may have to look into it.

@@Physionic it blocks the dopamine and serotine received from cigarettes so you stop craving to smoke

@@Physionic Any effects on increasing heart rate with this supplement?

how many mg of L-theanine if i pair it with 50mg of apigenin??

taking 400-500mg theanine every night

Interesting. I can't imagine a situation where taking 450mg would cause issues, so I'm skeptical even dropping it to 200mg will help. That said, the effects are mild, overall, so its not like taking a supplement like L-theanine solves sleeplessness entirely, it just tilts the table toward sleep; but, as I mentioned last video, best sleep practices are still required, and then L-theanine will add additional benefit. Keep tracking it, though - I'd be interested if things improve once you've standardized things for yourself (going to bed at a decent hour, sleeping in a cold room, not eating a heavy meal right before bed, not looking at a screen 30 minutes before bed, etc.).

@@Physionic I have an important test next need and it is getting colder in Canada. It should be easier to get better sleep after that :)

I've taken 200mg twice before bed and have had terrible sleep, like 4 and 2 hours at most. I don't know if it was related to the L-Theanine, but I'll try one more time...

@@combiner008 lol, did you copy-pasted a part of my comment? It seems whe had the same experience. For me it stopped after the third dose, but still no sleep improvement.

Very odd - maybe something I can look into. I haven't run across any of those reports, but the literature is pretty sparse still, so it could have been missed.

I hope it's helping, Ruchi.

@@Physionic L theanine helps to some extent. My main set back is insomnia and it's been 7.5 months; none of the medicines work. It's awful.

That’s rough. I imagine time, in total, will be the answer. Good luck with everything.

I’ve been trying to find a substitute to shut my brain off at night after tapering Xanax. So far nothing is working and I am lucky if I sleep an hour a night.

@@domnfg its tough! The Gaba receptors are so deregulated that nothing works.

try and error, people are different

Are you sure your supplement doesn't also contain caffeine? They're often paired together.

@@SomeTwatt positive. Sometimes Theanine is a good addition when I sleep, and sometimes it causes to think more, and thinking can keep me up.

I've heard that a few times - I'm curious why.

@Physionic - That was my experience when I used it. Others I know say the same.

Interesting, I'm going to up my dose then. I love "bad" dreams. You know those are the least bad/scary if you can remember them. Maybe you're just remembering dreams that you would've otherwise forgot if not more relaxed about them?

Got really bad dreams

It gives me good dreams. 😅

Take it in the middle of the day

I also had trouble sleeping .and lots of energy the next day.did not sleep from 11pm to 5am.

l-theanine gives me weird vivid dreams if I take it before bed

You sure it doesn't also contain Caffeine?

Tell me about your experience.

@@Physionic Insomnia and unrefreshing sleep have been a part of my life for over 6 years now and I'm pretty sure I've tried every sleep supplement going, although I ere on the side of caution with regards to chemicals that the body is supposed to produce on its own. For example I have avoided melatonin because I heard that taking it can potentially decrease the body's own production and lead to dependency. After hearing some good things about l-theanine I decided to give it a try. I was taking 200 to 400 mg a day for over 6 months, but sadly did not notice a difference with my sleep. Early this year I was diagnosed with me/CFS which could explain my sleep problems. Unrefreshing sleep is part of the disease but nobody really knows why. So far no sleep supplement or herbal remedy I've tried (and I've tried all the well known ones) has made any measurable difference, however I have had moderate (if somewhat varying) success with cold therapy and balancing my electrolytes and making sure I get adequate sodium, magnesium and calcium, and of course keeping stress to a minimum. At the end of the day, I don't really want to have to depend on any supplement to fall asleep, it doesn't solve the problem of why my sleep is broken to start with. Sleep is foundational to health like roots are to a tree. You can have diet and exercise on point but if sleep is off then everything else falls down.

Taking melatonin does reduce the body's production, but it's a temporary effect. I totally get not wanting to be dependent on a supplement. My dad suffers from difficulty sleeping, as well. He's been battling trying to get off particular supplements and trying to improve his sleep without. It's a tough battle. I'm not surprised theanine didn't help, considering the situation. You know, maybe a year ago I had planned an entire series (6 videos or so) going in depth on sleep science and how to improve one's sleep. Maybe I'll dust it off and create some version of it. I'm sorry to hear you're having a tough time with sleep - it certainly is something that would strongly effect me, even wen I get a normal amount of sleep.

@@Physionic Thank you, I'll be sure to listen to that. Since I no longer take it for granted, sleep has become something of a fascination to me! I'm open to trying things that could help, but of course I have to weigh up the risks, difficult when my knowledge and understanding is pretty much limited to KZfaq. I became very frustrating because I tried all the conventional advice and nothing worked. One thing I learned recently is that sleep is energetically demanding, which is the opposite of what I've always believed. Sufferers of cfs have trouble with energy production, possibly at the mitochondrial level, so it's highly possible that I simply don't have enough energy to get into deep restorative sleep. I certainly notice the more fatigued I am, the worse my sleep. I've been learning about circadian rhythms and following a routine of getting outside as much as possible. Seems to have helped and I'm pleased to report my sleep has improved of late. I say that with trepidation because it goes back to being bad again from time to time... seemingly for no apparent reason. PS. I feel your pain. Both my parents are having issues with sleep. My Grandma too. I actually bought them all blue blockers for their birthdays to try to help 😂

​@@Physionic please make that series, I've been dealing with insomnia for over a decade 😢