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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
I started vaping with the intention of using it to quit. I gradually reduced the concentration of nicotine in my vaping juice. I had gotten all the way down the lowest level that you could buy. After a month or so at that level I felt "off" and it was affecting my ability to focus on work.
I went back up a level and immediately felt "like myself" again.
Thats when I started digging around looking up research on Nicotine and ADD in adults.
We take all kinds of meds that have undesirable, sometimes fatal, side effects to deal with physical and psychological issues and I see little difference in using nicotine vs Adderall /Focalin / Ritalin / Concerta ? Straterra / Intuniv / Wellbutrin etc...
I've come to the conclusion that I will most likely be a Nicotine user for the rest of my life in one form or another and you know what, I'm not happy about it but I accept it because the alternative is just not an option for me.
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Man, can I ever relate to this. I can, and have quit. The withdrawal is not a big deal for me, it's rough but I get over it pretty fast.
What I don't get over is a my attention span and chaos in my head. Sometimes it's awesome and it can be a really great thing for me, but when I have long tasks that require focus, concentration and organization, I am useless. Funny, but useless.
I have come to embrace my ADD. (I don't have the noticeable hyperactivity... that's likely why I was never diagnosed until I was an adult) It's who I am and it serves me really well in many aspects of my life, now that I understand it. I bet 75% of the people reading this roll their eyes when people talk about ADHD/ADD, and consider it an excuse or a crutch. I know, because a lot of my own family and friends have reacted that way.
Nicotine allows me to cool the fires a bit when I need to tone down and fit my thoughts into a more lucid, structured format. I can go without it, but you wouldn't want to be sitting beside me in an office. Actually you might, unless you wanted to get get stuff done. Wouldn't want to be my boss waiting for me to get something done on deadline though, that's for sure.