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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by kayodelycaon on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:39PM (#31853409)
Note: L-theanine binds to glutamate receptors and that can mess with psychotropic medications like mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics.

From personal experience, it caused my medications to stop working.

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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by com2kid on Thursday June 23, 2022 @03:42PM (#31854234)
> Note: L-theanine binds to glutamate receptors and that can mess with psychotropic medications like mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics.

Now that I did not know. Given that l-theanine is a natural constituent of green tea (though I don't know offhand in what amount) I figure there would be more mention of this! A casual search doesn't reveal much, and even examine.com (https://examine.com/supplements/theanine/research/#pharmacol...) doesn't have anything listed. Ugh.

Then again almost no one mentions that 5-HTP can cause horrible things to happen to your heart. :/

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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by bowsamic on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:01PM (#31855114)
Most drugs and drug reactions are still very unexplored
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