Posted by Larry Hoover on May 8, 2006, at 11:10:56
In reply to Re: Anyone use theanine regularly? » Larry Hoover, posted by john berk on May 7, 2006, at 15:07:35
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> Hi Larry, thank you so much for this wealth of information!! I'm excited about theanine now after reading one link where it proposed that theanine blocked aspartic acid release, and increased glycine,I'm glad you found something useful in all of that. As I say, I haven't really given it any attention at all, until now. So it seems. I do find that I have both bulk green tea extract (primarily for the ECGC), and bulk theanine, on my shelves. Still untested.....I got distracted, yesterday.
> Do you personally think this would have positive implications in OCD?
Would? It certainly could.
> I Take a Magnesium Glycine supplement twice a day, i have read that both glycine and aspartic acid have along with glutamate some links to OCD.
Do you recall the precise pattern of those links? We're talking about some very specific activities, raising and lowering in a specific pattern. If I recall, theanine does: glycine up, and aspartate and glutamate down. Is that right?
> Also do you think i am okay taking higher doses of theanine with my Prozac, i know you mentioned no known interactions, but does Theanine decrease serotonin at all?
There is some belief, and I don't know what it's founded on, but there is some belief that not only dopamine release but serotonin release is increased by theanine. You hear that about a lot of stuff, though, and there usually isn't a lot of evidence. And, in any case, something either works or doesn't work, independent of whether or not we understand why. I haven't finished looking around the literature, yet. If I find something on point, I'll let you know.
> thank you...john
Always welcome,
Lar
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