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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by kayodelycaon on Saturday May 14, 2022 @06:32PM (#31383329)
Some supplements are basically unregulated medications.

I found out the hard way that L-Theanine does not mix well with bipolar disorder. I suspect it inactivated the mood stabilizer I was on.

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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by rejectfinite on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @05:46PM (#31416665)
Maybe dont mix shit if you already have fucking BIPOLAR!

Let us that are normal and know what we are doing keep our drugs.

Yes, caffeine and l-theamine are drugs.

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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by SemanticStrengh on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:05PM (#31383571)
that is surprising to hear. ltheanine action of GABA should calm/stabilize you. it's action of dopamine might trigger anxiety/anger/mania but the effect is so mild vs caffeine/nicotine/amphetamine that I find it surprising/weird. To be clear we are talking about theanine and not theine.
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by kayodelycaon on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:48PM (#31383840)
Both Lamotrigine (anticonvulsant) and L-Theanine act on glutamate.

Mixing them was a bad, bad idea. I don’t think I slept more than 2 hours a day most of March. (My psychiatrist was not happy.)

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