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Find a moment of calm with Cognitive Relax Strips, thoughtfully formulated with L-Theanine from Green Tea, GABA, and Vitamin B6. These oral strips are designed to support your body's natural response to occasional stress and promote cognitive wellness as part of a balanced, mindful lifestyle.
L-Theanine, an amino acid found in green tea, is known for supporting a calm, relaxed state while helping to maintain mental clarity. GABA, a naturally occurring compound in the body, plays a role in supporting normal nervous system activity. Combined with Vitamin B6, which contributes to normal energy metabolism and nervous system function, these nutrients work together to promote everyday balance.*
Each strawberry-peppermint-flavored oral strip dissolves in about 30 seconds on your tongue, offering convenient support wherever your day takes you. Simply place one strip on your tongue and allow it to dissolve as part of your self-care routine.
Why Cognitive Relax lands where capsules don't.
- 50 mg L-Theanine — the green-tea amino acid with a peer-reviewed record of increasing alpha brain-wave activity (the calm-focus state).
- 25 mg GABA — supports your body's normal calming pathway. The dose is printed on the label, not buried in a proprietary blend.
- 6 mg Vitamin B6 — cofactor your body uses in normal neurotransmitter metabolism. 353% DV, well under the 100 mg/day upper limit.
- Dissolves in ~30 seconds under your tongue. Strawberry-peppermint. No water, nothing to swallow, no chalky aftertaste.
- Daytime calm-focus — designed for the 3 pm bracing feeling, not for knocking you out. Drive home, cook dinner, still be present.
- Clean label — vegan, halal, non-GMO, gluten-free, lactose-free. No sugar, no fillers, no ashwagandha two-week ramp-up.
Cheaper than the CBD gummy that never worked. $30.00 tin / 30 strips = about $1/day.
You didn't come here by accident.
You've been treating your nervous system like a personal failure. You wake up bracing before you're conscious. You've told yourself it's ambition, or your job, or your kids, or that this is just who you are now — but you don't fully believe it, or you wouldn't be reading this.
Here's what I think is happening.
The wind-down aisle is almost entirely things you have to swallow. Capsules the size of a multivitamin. Gummies carrying four grams of sugar each. Powders you're supposed to shake into water at your desk, in front of people. And the labels are the worse part — "proprietary calm blend," no amounts printed, so you have no idea whether you took a real dose of anything or a rounding error. The ingredients with an actual research record, L-theanine and GABA, end up buried in there next to the filler.
Here's what I made for that.
Cognitive Relax is a sublingual film. L-theanine — the green-tea amino acid with a peer-reviewed record of increasing alpha brain-wave activity and supporting a calm, focused state. GABA — a compound your body uses in its normal calming pathway. Vitamin B6 — a cofactor in normal neurotransmitter metabolism. All three are in a strip that dissolves under your tongue in about 30 seconds: no water, nothing to swallow, and every dose printed on the label.
It is not a sedative. It's a signal to your nervous system that it's safe to unclench.
— Brandon, XYNE founder
Ingredients: Green Tea L-Theanine (50 mg), GABA (25 mg), Vitamin B6 (6 mg), Pullulan, Mannitol, Cellulose, Strawberry Flavor, Lecithin, Malic Acid, Monk Fruit Extract, Pectin, Erythritol, Peppermint Flavor, Steviol Glycosides
Flavor: Strawberry-Peppermint
Manufactured: cGMP-certified facility — designed in the USA
Product amount (oz/lbs/g): 30 Strips / 1.2 oz / 0.07 lbs / 33 g
Gross weight (oz/lbs/g): 2 oz / 0.13 lbs / 60 g
Suggested use: Place one oral strip on your tongue and allow it to dissolve before swallowing. Take one oral strip anytime.
Warning: Keep out of reach of children. Do not use if the safety seal is damaged or missing. Store in a cool, dry place.
Caution: Do not exceed recommended dose. Pregnant or nursing mothers, children under the age of 18, and individuals with a known medical condition should consult a physician before using this or any dietary supplement.
How Cognitive Relax compares — honest breakdown.
- Prescription anxiolytics. Clinical treatment for diagnosed conditions. Faster, stronger, and prescribed by a doctor for a reason. Not a supplement conversation.
- Adaptogen capsules (ashwagandha, rhodiola, etc.). Real research record, but capsules mean two-to-four weeks of daily dosing before you feel a shift — and it's still a capsule you have to swallow, with water, wherever you happen to be.
- Oral CBD gummies. Usually sugar-sweetened, often vague about how much is actually in each one, and legally murky depending on where you live.
- Cognitive Relax sublingual strip. Dissolves in ~30 seconds under your tongue. L-Theanine at the clinically-studied 50 mg dose, plus GABA and B6. Nothing to swallow, no sugar, no proprietary blend — calm focus without sedation.
When professional care still wins: chronic anxiety, panic disorder, PTSD, or anything that's been building for months. Please talk to a doctor. A supplement is not a substitute for clinical treatment.
Will this make me drowsy?
No. L-Theanine 50 mg + GABA 25 mg is a calm-focus stack — think "settled and clear," not "nodding off." If you take one and feel drowsy, you were probably already sleep-deprived and the strip revealed it, didn't cause it. Take one in the afternoon, drive home, cook dinner. It's a daytime formula.
Is 50 mg L-Theanine + 25 mg GABA enough?
No clinical-dose theater. 50 mg L-Theanine is the dose used in most peer-reviewed alpha-brain-wave studies. 25 mg GABA is a maintenance dose — the science on oral GABA is still debated because blood-brain barrier crossing is limited, but customer feedback consistently reports a calm-focus effect. If you want more, take multiple strips or pair with L-Theanine tea. But start with one.
I've been burned by ashwagandha and calm-brand supplements before.
Same. Most "calm" supplements are ashwagandha that takes two weeks to build up and tastes like dirt, or sugar-sweetened CBD gummies that never tell you what's in them. This is L-Theanine + GABA + B6, every dose printed on the label, strawberry-peppermint, nothing to swallow. If you don't feel a difference within your first tin, email me and I'll make it right.
What makes a strip different from a capsule or a gummy?
There's nothing to swallow. No capsule to get caught, no sugar-sweetened gummy, no water needed — you place the strip under your tongue and it dissolves in about 30 seconds, leaving strawberry-peppermint and nothing else. And every active is printed on the label with its dose: 50 mg L-Theanine, 25 mg GABA, 6 mg Vitamin B6. No proprietary blend hiding the amounts.
How fast does a Cognitive Relax Strip dissolve?
About 30 seconds under the tongue. The pullulan base breaks down cleanly and the strawberry-peppermint flavor lands soft, not medicinal. No water, no swallow.
What's the L-Theanine + GABA mechanism?
L-Theanine crosses the blood-brain barrier reliably and increases alpha wave activity — the "calm alertness" state that's been documented in peer-reviewed EEG studies. GABA is the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter; direct oral GABA absorption is limited because the blood-brain barrier restricts it, but customer feedback consistently supports the calm-focus effect. Vitamin B6 is a cofactor your body uses in normal neurotransmitter metabolism, so it supports your own natural pathways alongside the dose in the strip.
Is this a sleep aid?
No. Cognitive Relax is explicitly a daytime calm-focus formula — designed to take the edge off without sedating you. If you're looking for sleep support, we don't make that product yet. If insomnia is chronic, please talk to your doctor rather than self-treating with a supplement.
Can I take it with SSRIs, benzos, or other prescriptions?
Talk to your prescribing physician. L-Theanine and low-dose GABA generally don't have known dangerous interactions with SSRIs, but combining anything calming with benzodiazepines or other CNS depressants should be cleared by a doctor. Never adjust prescription medication on your own — bring the label to your next visit and ask.
Is high B6 dangerous long-term?
At 6 mg per strip, no. You're at 353% of the Daily Value, but well below the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of 100 mg/day set by the Institute of Medicine. Peripheral neuropathy from B6 has only been documented in long-term high-dose studies (>200 mg daily). This dose is safe for daily use.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
