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Results : L-theanine alone: Improved overall cognition but showed a trend toward worsening inhibitory control (increased impulsivity) Caffeine alone: Improved attention but significantly worsened inhibitory control L-theanine + caffeine combination: Improved both attention and showed a trend toward improving inhibitory control Critical limitations : Extremely small sample size (just 5 participants) Proof-of-concept study requiring much larger replication Benefits were primarily for the combination, not L-theanine alone One child developed facial tics with L-theanine (resolved after stopping) What This Means Based on these two studies alone, we can say that L-theanine may help with sleep quality in children with ADHD, but evidence for improving core ADHD symptoms is essentially non-existent

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