L-Theanine made my brain super active (in a negative way)

[manuel bon]

I take daily supplements like reishi, lions mane, vitamin D (I have a slight deficiency), and some Chinese herbs like Buzhong Qi Chi Yan and Whuolo Yan (I think these are the names, probably misspelled) I started reading about L-Theanine and it's benefits so I gave it a try. After 1 week or 10 days I felt my mind was super active every day, but in a very distracting way. It was very difficult to focus on anything, whether is a simple task, guitar practice, reading, meditating... My mind was just thinking so much about random stuff. I stopped taking it 2 days ago and I already feel better. Do you also have a similar experience with this supplement?

Edited May 18 by manuel bon

[Michael569]

Lot of those herbs and nutraceuricals can interact with each other potentially strengthening each other's effects or increasing baseline levels of different hormones, neurotransmitters etc. 

It might not be LT itself but it mixing with something else. Or maybe the dose is too high.

You could try tempering down for a bit. Go off everything for a few days, let your systems rebalance to natural levels and then reintroduce one at a time every 2-3 days. Observe which one causes the hyper arousal and consider going off that one or lower the dose 

Edited May 18 by Michael569

[manuel bon]

@Michael569 thank you! Yeah I've been taking all the rest for some time, and I started feeling like this with l theanine 

[integral]

I have the same experience on l-theanine.

It’s similar to coffee for some people

[D2sage]

If you want less brain activity try GABA supplements. GABA is a neurotransmitter that handles brain activity and other stuff.