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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: 0.282s | source
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teekert ◴[09 Mar 25 07:11 UTC] No.43306946[source]▶
This is nice. I love that people can be so rigorous and honest as well.

I just want to add that what brings my stress down (although I didn’t research it so thoroughly) is small rituals. Things to focus on, to do well, to “take a moment”. For me it’s making morning coffee. Making/baking bread, filling the dishwasher.

Maybe I’m borderline OCD. But maybe many people are and just the rituals of taking pills (actually) relieves some stress. It seems so based on the study.

Edit Fwiw, being about 20 years into my scientific career I’ve also come to prefer just looking at the data.

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1. maccard ◴[09 Mar 25 11:38 UTC] No.43308169[source]▶
I have a sensitive stomach, and I’ve found peppermint oil to be a fairly good supplement to help. I’ve also noticed that my stomach is more irritated when I’m anxious and stressed. The act of taking the peppermint oil, whether my stomach is acting up or not seems to be one of the biggest anxiety relievers to me.