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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: 0.231s | source
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pnm45678 ◴[09 Mar 25 14:09 UTC] No.43309154[source]▶
> I think these are the possibilities:

> Theanine works, but I got fake theanine. <…>

I’d add one more possibility: “Theanine works but I need a higher dosage to feel the effect.”

FWIW my purely anecdotal findings are that supplier does matter. Natural Factors Suntheanine gave me a noticeable effect. Nature’s way L-Theanine did not.

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1. A7C3D5 ◴[10 Mar 25 18:44 UTC] No.43324255[source]▶
I used to take theanine in college, and this was my experience even over a decade ago.

Suntheanine was consistently effective and most of the other brands were seemingly inactive or unnoticable. I've always had to order online as all of the brands I've bought in store seem to be bunk.

Even still I found tolerance to rise quickly with daily theanine use.