Half-Life
Does Paraxanthine Disrupt Sleep? The Half-Life Explained
The afternoon coffee trap is one of the most self-defeating cycles in modern productivity. You need focus at 2 PM but pay for it at midnight with a nervous system that won't shut off. Paraxanthine's 3.1-hour half-life clears significantly faster than caffeine, delivering clean cognitive performance during the day without the sleep fragmentation, cortisol spikes, and recovery debt that make caffeine a long-term losing strategy.