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Any sources on that?

• vorpalhex 4y ago
  Nicotine is a wonderful anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439881/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439881/ There is no evidence that I am aware of that supports it otherwise improving cognition, but for many people anxiolytics will behave like nootropics (and indeed are sometimes listed as one!)
  • guerrilla 4y ago
    Hmmmmmmmmm is that why I got much more anxious after quitting... Interesting!
    • TAKEMYMONEY 4y ago
      Those were more likely withdrawal symptoms https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/quit-smoking/7-common-withdrawal-symptoms/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/quit-smoking/7-com...
  • plusminusplus 4y ago
    ...in the 169 rats that were part of the study. It further concludes: > High doses of nicotine or repeated exposure may also promote anxiety (citing 3 studies) > low doses of nicotine have a similar effect to decrease anxiety behaviours [...] whereas high doses of nicotine promote anxiety behaviours
    • vorpalhex 4y ago
      Most drugs are dose dependent. The effects of nicotine as an anxiolytic are well known: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12151749/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12151749/ Rat studies to find dose limits are a valid case for rat studies.
• prettyStandard 4y ago
  https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=nicotine+improves+memory https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=nicotine+improves+memor... Obviously the query will bias the results, but I do believe this is true. But there is a big difference between smoking and nicotine.