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My 16-month theanine self-experiment

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817 points dynm | 1 comments | 09 Mar 25 03:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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ggm ◴[09 Mar 25 04:30 UTC] No.43306241[source]▶
TL;DR single test at best inconclusive but broadly said no evident benefit. Good randomisation but so many variables.

I am convinced the author is in a persisting out of body state.

Also, placebo is great!! I have reverse white coat syndrome, paying my GP attendance fee to have a nice doctor measure my BP consistently shows it better than when I do it at home.

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brianpan ◴[09 Mar 25 04:52 UTC] No.43306360[source]▶
Do you measure it in a chair similar to your doctor's office? I thought my couch was similar and I was careful to have my feet flat on the floor. But I "lowered by BP" by 10-15 by moving to the dining room table.
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1. ggm ◴[09 Mar 25 05:01 UTC] No.43306420[source]▶
This is a self reported anecdata over many years. I do measure mainly on a couch, yes. Odd that reclining would be higher than sitting but I will try some variation. You'd think being more corpse like was net beneficial to BP