Comment · Fri, August 15, 2014 · Ceretropic
Here to warn the community that I've experienced debilitating rebound anxiety when taking l-theanine. It was 100 percent this substance. Quit a week ago and back to baseline. Theanine is going in the trash.
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luvasugirls · 22 points
Was never warned and only heard good anecdotes so thought I'd share.
Edit: you guys are so weird. Downvoting a "bad reaction" while the "Omg, theanine changed my life" posts are insta-frontpaged.
Exactly why I take recommendations in this sub with a grain of salt (you're right about modafinil) but I have a sneaking suspicion naysayers are being buried. This just confirms it.
I ordered theanine from a reputable supplier, took reasonable doses and experienced really shitty rebound anxiety.
Now, I'll leave you to your echochamber.
Edit 2: Thanks for upvotes guys. My apologies for jumping the gun. I received uproar right off the bat for what amounts to little more than an anecdote. I never intended this to be an indepth analysis of theanine. Just sharing my negative reaction.
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To address some critism.
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The "fat burner" I'm taking is called fucuxanthin. It's the pigment in seaweed. It does not interact with the cns system. Instead, it builds in fat cells and activates genes that burn fat.
http://examine.com/supplements/Fucoxanthin/
It's more of a nutritional supplement and possesses anticancer properties. Also I've losses 25 lbs since I've started taking it.
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humanefly · 0 points
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but Reddit has some sort of fuzzy voting algorithm that randomly upvotes/downvotes. It has something to do with deterring bot activity. I don't remember the rules or how it's applied,
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
They actually took that away. Now the vote totals are accurate, but they do not show us the number of up/down votes.