Hi. I use e-cigarettes sometimes, but I'm not addicted to nicotine. I have ADHD and I take Vyvanse. Personally, I have wondered if my ADHD medication doesn't increase my resilience to nicotine addiction, despite the fact that I enjoy it and find it helpful. It does seem different fundamentally from speed, so I'm not sure if a nicotine addict could replace it with speed-- perhaps, wellbutrin, (I also take wellbutrin) since it is actually used to treat cigarette addicts? I am interested in anyone who has something to say about the flexibility of nicotine addicts when it comes to replacing nicotine with other drugs.
Subsequently, I have wondered if the rise of ADHD as a diagnosis doesn't have something to do with declining cigarette use. Does any nicotine addict have any experience with turning to other stimulants (or even other kinds of drugs aside from stimulants) as an alternative? I imagine that while it couldn't replace nicotine, it would help lessen long-term depression from missing cigarettes even after the actual withdraw is over. That is just a guess.
In reverse, I can't imagine replacing Vyvanse with nicotine. Maybe that would help me do without Vyvanse, but nicotine seems like a high maintenance drug, and as such I think I would have a lot of trouble with an addiction to cigarettes, trouble with it making me irritable when I have to go smoke again.
Edit: I know there's a thread about the interaction between speed and cigarettes while taking them both, but I am interested in comparing the mutually exclusive experiences of self-medicating with these drugs separately.
Subsequently, I have wondered if the rise of ADHD as a diagnosis doesn't have something to do with declining cigarette use. Does any nicotine addict have any experience with turning to other stimulants (or even other kinds of drugs aside from stimulants) as an alternative? I imagine that while it couldn't replace nicotine, it would help lessen long-term depression from missing cigarettes even after the actual withdraw is over. That is just a guess.
In reverse, I can't imagine replacing Vyvanse with nicotine. Maybe that would help me do without Vyvanse, but nicotine seems like a high maintenance drug, and as such I think I would have a lot of trouble with an addiction to cigarettes, trouble with it making me irritable when I have to go smoke again.
Edit: I know there's a thread about the interaction between speed and cigarettes while taking them both, but I am interested in comparing the mutually exclusive experiences of self-medicating with these drugs separately.
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