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Well to be a contrarian, nicotine is a mood stabilizer in people with depression and bipolar disorder. Consider it a cheap SSRI. It also makes you look cool w

by jawngee 17y ago

Well to be a contrarian, nicotine is a mood stabilizer in people with depression and bipolar disorder. Consider it a cheap SSRI. It also makes you look cool which can score you dates which can lead to sex, and that's a healthy cardiovascular exercise. sarcasm

tokenadult 17y ago
nicotine is a mood stabilizer in people with depression and bipolar disorder Citations, please? I have the best regarded textbook on bipolar disorder http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Recurrent-Depression/dp/0195135792/ http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Rec... at hand as I type this, and there is no recommendation of nicotine for any patient there. I'm quite sure that "mood stabilizer" is an incorrect characterization of the drug effect of nicotine. Nicotine has very harmful effects on the personalities of long-term users. I've seen too many examples in the previous generation to recommend it to anyone in my generation. One study on harm of smoking: Socioeconomic Status, Smoking, and Health: A Test of Competing Theories of Cumulative Advantage # Fred C. Pampel and Richard G. Rogers # Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Sep., 2004), pp. 306-321 One study on personality factors interacting with nicotine use: Nicotine dependence, psychological distress and personality traits as possible predictors of smoking cessation. Results of a double-blind study with nicotine patch http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC9-4TGGCWY-1&_user=145269&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1149394097&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000012078&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=145269&md5=5c57d5e2d61723d16e754e56a9665982 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi...
- jawngee 17y ago
  Abstract Updated findings on the relationship between nicotine and depression are presented. Clinical and preclinical research on nicotine use and depression suggests that nicotine may have some properties in common with antidepressants. Updated findings involve the comorbidity of smoking and major depressive disorder (MDD), the influence of depression during withdrawal on failure to quit smoking, the course of MDD without nicotine and the neurobiology of smoking and depression. http://www.springerlink.com/content/101v75rn12174k61/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/101v75rn12174k61/
chrischen 17y ago
Nicotine reduces stress, and a low stress life can probably increase your general health.
- btilly 17y ago
  Actually to the best of my knowledge nicotine is a stimulant that increases stress. However it alleviates withdrawal symptoms, that are generally causing even more stress. Seeing a cigarette as stress relief is like thanking a guy for stopping hitting you on the head while he's amusing himself by whacking you in the shoulder instead.
  - chrischen 17y ago
    Maybe that's why quitting supposedly doesn't help, since quitting causes a large onset of stress, that might perpetuate throughout their life.
herdrick 17y ago
Stimulants tend to act as appetite suppressors. Reducing likelihood of being overweight would seem to increase lifespan, all else being equal.

by jawngee 17y ago

tokenadult 17y ago

nicotine is a mood stabilizer in people with depression and bipolar disorder Citations, please? I have the best regarded textbook on bipolar disorder http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Recurrent-Depression/dp/0195135792/ http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Rec... at hand as I type this, and there is no recommendation of nicotine for any patient there. I'm quite sure that "mood stabilizer" is an incorrect characterization of the drug effect of nicotine. Nicotine has very harmful effects on the personalities of long-term users. I've seen too many examples in the previous generation to recommend it to anyone in my generation. One study on harm of smoking: Socioeconomic Status, Smoking, and Health: A Test of Competing Theories of Cumulative Advantage # Fred C. Pampel and Richard G. Rogers # Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Sep., 2004), pp. 306-321 One study on personality factors interacting with nicotine use: Nicotine dependence, psychological distress and personality traits as possible predictors of smoking cessation. Results of a double-blind study with nicotine patch http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC9-4TGGCWY-1&_user=145269&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1149394097&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000012078&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=145269&md5=5c57d5e2d61723d16e754e56a9665982 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi...

jawngee 17y ago
Abstract Updated findings on the relationship between nicotine and depression are presented. Clinical and preclinical research on nicotine use and depression suggests that nicotine may have some properties in common with antidepressants. Updated findings involve the comorbidity of smoking and major depressive disorder (MDD), the influence of depression during withdrawal on failure to quit smoking, the course of MDD without nicotine and the neurobiology of smoking and depression. http://www.springerlink.com/content/101v75rn12174k61/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/101v75rn12174k61/

chrischen 17y ago

Nicotine reduces stress, and a low stress life can probably increase your general health.

btilly 17y ago
Actually to the best of my knowledge nicotine is a stimulant that increases stress. However it alleviates withdrawal symptoms, that are generally causing even more stress. Seeing a cigarette as stress relief is like thanking a guy for stopping hitting you on the head while he's amusing himself by whacking you in the shoulder instead.
- chrischen 17y ago
  Maybe that's why quitting supposedly doesn't help, since quitting causes a large onset of stress, that might perpetuate throughout their life.

herdrick 17y ago

Stimulants tend to act as appetite suppressors. Reducing likelihood of being overweight would seem to increase lifespan, all else being equal.