For people who get intensely vivid dreams, night terrors, or sleepwalking, avoid theanine in the evening sleep stack; if you still want to use it, some suggest cutting back to around 100 mg. The goal is to prevent dream intensification that can wake you abruptly and leave you anxious or unsettled on waking.
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“some people who wake up in the middle of the night, so jolted mentally and physically out of sleep because of their intense dreams would do well to avoid theanine supplementation.”
Andrew Huberman · Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast · Jan 9, 2023 · 50:29 · open ↗