Could a simple supplement combo help adolescents with ADHD stay on task? 

 ADHD in the News 2026-08-20


A combination of caffeine and L-theanine, an amino acid commonly found in tea, provides evidence of acute changes in behavioural and neurophysiological measures related to selective attention in adolescents with ADHD. A recent experiment published in Nutritional Neuroscience indicates that a single dose of an L-theanine-caffeine combination enhances the ability of the brain to allocate cognitive resources and attenuate the progressive slowing of reaction time during the task and reduce false alarms in adolescents with ADHD. The findings suggest that this pairing might offer a supplementary nutritional approach for managing ADHD symptoms alongside standard treatments.

View Article: PsyPost, August 14, 2026




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