Hacker News with Generative AI: Self-Experimentation

Magnesium Self-Experiments (gwern.net)
The elemental metal magnesium (Examine.com), like lithium or potassium (which didn’t help me & damaged my sleep), plays many biological roles and has an RDA for me of 400mg which is higher than I likely get (most people apparently get less, with 68% of American adults <RDA; and while I frequently eat oats, milk, peanut butter, and whole-wheat bread, I don’t eat many leafy greens and my tap water is very soft).
My 16-month theanine self-experiment (dynomight.net)
The internet loves theanine.
My 16-month theanine self-experiment (dynomight.net)
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory.
Self-experiment with L-theanine: effect on sleep and cognition (metasophi.com)
Many supplements are said to improve sleep, but how can I know if they work for my individual case if the effects are not obvious? To answer this, I ran a self-experiment with L-theanine using this platform.