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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Used to be Camel unfiltered in school then at least a pack a day of Marlboro Reds for 30+ years.

Tried every smoking cessation program known to man.

4 years vaping and it's the only thing that has kept me off tobacco.

I admire people who can do cold turkey but everyones chemistry is different and for some of us cold turkey is not the answer.

Most of us have been self medicating for years without knowing what we were medicating for.

Simply put, we need Nicotine to function "normally".

Smoking and ADHD: What's the connection?

Nicotine effects on adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. - PubMed - NCBI

Transdermal Nicotine in Adult ADHD With Depression and Anxiety

This is me. Thank you for posting it.

Aside from a 6 month lapse this year, I've been using Nicorettes for over 3 years. People really close to me know when I've run out. I don't get cranky or agitated... I get wiry and unfocused and can't keep a train of thought for more than a few minutes. My synapses fire like cheap Chinese firecrackers ( I think that's a Peter Egan line)

I try to take a day or two off from nicotine now and then... especially if I need to think more loosely or creatively. It's actually pretty interesting to feel my mind start to gradually shift into a different mode. ADHD is not a bad thing, necessarily, I view it as a difference more than a deficit. But it absolutely affects how I absorb (or create) information and ideas.