I am 20 years old male student.
Close to a year ago my friend recommended me nicotine patch for better results in math test.
I know lots of people use adderall for this, but i was always against all drugs. My friend told me that nicotine patch is much safer and there is nothing to worry about.
I was taking 7mg Nicoderm Patches for 1 week. They really helped me with concentration, long hours of studying, and i performed very good at test. However after quitting i found that i became anxious, i started having extreme mood swings - to the point that my friends started saying "WTF is with you?".
It's been close to a year now. But those side effects never went away. I became less social, irritable, moody, burst into rage over nothing. I am not nearly motivated, self-confident as i used to be.
Here is short quote about nicotine effects on the brain
Scientists say cigarettes' most addictive component -- nicotine -- may also lead to degeneration in a region of the brain that affects emotional control, sexual arousal, REM sleep and seizures.
The findings, reported in a new study, could help doctors pinpoint the part of the brain that gives some people increased susceptibility to chronic smoking or drug addiction, researchers said.
"Nicotine causes the most selective degeneration in the brain that I have ever seen," said the study's lead author, neuroscientist Gaylord Ellison. He and other colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, published their findings in the latest issue of Neuropharmacology, a Bristol, England-based medical journal.
Any way to help the recovery?
Edited by Mikels, 01 June 2012 - 05:09 PM.
