L-Theanine for Self-Confidence Boost
Theanine takes the edge off performance anxiety without sedation.
Overview
Verdict
How It Works
Dosing & Protocol
Typical dose
- Recommended dose
- 100-200mg before a stressful event
- Expected timeframe
- 30-60 minutes
Protocol
- form
- Not applicable
- duration
- Not applicable
- co factor
- Evidence is insufficient. Self-confidence is not a measured endpoint in any L-theanine trial. The related literature covers reduced subjective anxiety, blunted cortisol and heart rate responses to acute stressors, and increased EEG alpha activity at 200-400 mg. One might argue that feeling less anxious makes a person appear and feel more confident, and that is not unreasonable - but it is an inference, not a finding, and confidence is a psychological construct shaped by competence, experience and self-belief rather than by acute autonomic arousal. Nothing in the theanine literature supports a claim about confidence, and the outcome is also highly susceptible to expectation effects in unblinded personal use.
- titration
- Not applicable
- starting dose
- Not applicable as an established treatment
Evidence
What the studies say
No studies are yet linked to both L-Theanine and Self-Confidence Boost.
Safety
Caveats
Effects are mild. Does not address avoidance patterns.
Less likely to help if
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