Comment · Wed, March 25, 2015 · Ceretropic
Vaping nicotine vs nicotine gum
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DeltruS · 17 points
Hello guys, I am having great results with nicotine gum. It gives me better wakefulness, motivation and memory. It also makes me feel more relaxed in a strange way, like I could just keep looking at something chilling out or learning, without feeling angst.
Comparing it with coffee, coffee increases heart rate too much, makes me sweat, gives me anxiety, makes sleep less good. But coffee is great for just thinking. Nicotine may give me slight anxiety too but I'm not too sure.
I've heard that:
- Vaping is more addictive because the onset of pleasure is almost instant, so the brain associates pleasure with the drug more easily.
- Vaping gives like 10-20x more nicotine than gum.
I am wondering:
- For people that have tried both, is there a difference in nootropic / stimulant effect? There must be with such a large increase in dosage, right? How do the effects scale? ie. Does the memory increasing aspect scale upwards while the stimulating aspect levels off? Or?
Because me vaping nicotine probably wouldn't be accepted by my family, I'm considering only taking it when I go out for a run / hike. Wouldn't it be interesting to be addicted to exercise because of this? Haha.
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fuckingliterally · 2 points
Sorry if this has already been posted, but your joke about exercise becoming addictive is kinda half true: nicotine apparently helps in habit formation.
Also I'm not advocating going behind your parents back, but vaping doesn't really give off that much of a smell, particularly if you're using it sparingly such as for nootropic purposes.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I can confirm, nicotine by itself is fine. Combine it with something else habit forming, and it can become an issue. For me, it was combining kratom and nicotine. An opioid/mild stimulant and nicotine can really get a dependence going. I decided to drop both indefinitely. I might use nicotine by itself again, but never mixing it. I think I am just going to use Cytisine instead. I find it to be smoother than nicotine, and less habit forming when used with other things.