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Doesn’t it also provide dopamine, which a depressed person might not be getting from their life activities?
by tnecniv 3y ago
Doesn’t it also provide dopamine, which a depressed person might not be getting from their life activities?
- kraussvonespy 3y agoYou're right. It looks like there are studies that indicate that dopamine is also increased by nicotine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946180/ Edit: er, sorry, you were probably talking about Buspar, not nicotine in regards to dopamine. Buspar does increase seratonin and dopamine, both of which are tickled to varying degrees by nicotine.
- tnecniv 3y agoNo I was referring to nicotine, though I now see how I was ambiguous