I have been on stimulant meds for years for adhd and then I discovered nicotine gum and it is a lifesaver/changer and I can focus more and recall what I read. It is a gift from God
@@christopherwatson8806 So just nicotine gum works for you? Interesting. May I ask what dosage you use? I'm thinking about using it myself instead of stimulants but idk what an appropriate dosage would be
I can also say the same! I knew there was a reason when I quit smoking about 20 years ago with nicotine gum but started smoking again when I drank! Not both at same time! I also have been on Adderall for years for ADHD and now went to treatment and cut off! I still think the gum in smaller doses is like Adderall! This confirms my theory!
The question of dosage is highly relevant to this research, and it's hard to know what is a meaningful range to study, and for what duration. Nobody smokes a whole pack of cigarettes at the same time.
My mother had been a lifelong smoker, and I've also relied on nicotine at various times in my life. Diagnosed as an adult with ADHD. Perhaps it isn't all coincidence... This is very interesting information. Thank you for this video.
My psych said it's likely I have mild to moderate adhd, nicotine lozenges have done more for me than regular exercise, random nootropics, coffee, etc. Thank you for this informative video as it factored in my decision to try it out !
Some people (we) need drugs to cope with the modern unnatural lifestyle. I recently quit all stimulants - nicotine, caffeine, speed - and felt a million times better (more in touch with my emotions, better mood, more creative, funny, more like myself). Sure, I can't concentrate for eight hours on some boring task or stay still listening to some mind numbing lecture, but at least I am not a suicidal robot.
Thank you. This was very interesting and important. I think your work -and sharing it- may save the lives of individuals who did not know about this connection.
I watched a video on YT may be 25 years ago which I have not been able to find. This documentary talked about how smoking was the reason for adhd . It stated that in the 30’s pregnant women where advised to smoke cigarettes to help with anxiety during pregnancy, then later when the child was born with adhd their drug of choice would be guess what “nicotine “ or cigarettes. 😢
The connections between smoking during pregnancy and children developing ADHD is complicated and there is not yet consensus in the field, but increasing evidence suggests that genetic factors contribute to both the mother's risk for smoking (and possibly her own ADHD) and the child's developing ADHD.
Another fact you didn’t state: You are 90% more likely to smoke AND have ADHD if you searched for this video 😂 Very good video, I was very skeptical I’d make it through a twenty minute video, especially one with very little visual stimulation as a lot of us ADHD folk appreciate, but this video was very helpful to me and I was very surprised when the video was over, so not only did I “make it through” your video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you!
As someone who was early diagnosed with ADHD as a child and now 35 and dependent on vaping, this video was extremely difficult to follow. Your voice is very soft spoken, but I made it to the end at 1.5-2x speed. Thanks for sharing. I mix my own e-liquid and have done so for about 6 years using roughly 2ml of 100ml dilluted vg nicotine per 60ml bottle of e-liquid. I use less than 5% nicotine today per mix and started at about 25% nicotine. I do vape A LOT and go thru about 30ml per day, but with the level so low, I am essentially microdosing. I also consume about 6-8 cups of coffee from morning until noon or so. I would love to be able to not be dependent on these things but I found that these rituals do reduce anxiety greatly. Men were made to build with their hands or battle with weapons. This is why we have A.D.D. We sit still and look at computer screens to obtain the worst store of value asset ever created, the U.S. dollar. It's a horrible situation.
@@johnmoore1495I make 60ml batches, go thru 30ml max per day. I estimate that I use 2-4ml of 100mg dilluted nicotine max per 60ml. If 1 juul pod is less than 1m of e-liquid, then people would burn thru like 20 of them a day
I really enjoy your videos and the way translate the medical jargon into something i can understand. The only critique is the audio is sometimes not clear.
I have been taking nicotine gum for 2 years now.I have ADD and it has helped me , especially when working with deadlines.I can personally attest to the fine motor skills improvement part, since I have tremor and it does make my handwriting legible enough for someone to read(I dont know what kind of tremor it is but I am fairly sure its essential tremor).Thank you for this video.
I’ve tried Aderall and Vyvanse, all black box drugs. Vyvanse was the best. However, like all of these medication, they eventually have a opposite effect, especially toward the end of the day. When some one tells me nicotine is dangerous, I honestly question if they know what they are talking about.
I have (undiagnosed, but I max out every test I have taken) ADD. I have been taking Nicotine for the last few days. I feel SO much better! It’s insane.
@@HunnyBee23 the cheapest way is to vape, but to be safe, its best to not inhale into the lungs (nicotine absorbs through the mouth too) we don't know the long term effects on the lungs especially when you use random artificial flavours. nicotine itself is totally fine for you though
@@dr.johnkruse6708 nicotine lozenges and gum can be more expensive then vape juice, thats the problem, thats why i started vaping but i only inhale into my mouth. i figure it cant do too much harm when its used in that way. i dont use tobacco, when i learned how much polonium 210 is in tobacco it really freaked me out. its a radioactive plant on top of all of the other dangers associated with it. a year of smoking is equal to something like 300 chest x rays its crazy
I started smoking when I was 12 then switched to vaping now I’m thinking about either quitting again or switching to Swedish snus or the tobacco free pouches. The add meds just make me feel drained and tired after a while of taking them.
I smoked since my 20s (both my parents were smokers, my mother smoked 60 a day even when pregnant, but it was the 70s so I don't judge her for that). I recently stopped tobacco (which flared Ulcerative Colitis which I didn't even know I had. Now being treated for that with 5-ASAs. Psychiatrist suggested caution with steroids because they can cause mania and I have ADHD!). Now I vape, mostly to top up my Xaggitin XL when I need to really focus... or if I'm bored and fidgety. PS. Sorry to go off in tangents and irrelevant details but didn't take my meds as I woke up really late today. Thankfully it's the weekend so no major or important tasks to accomplish today 🙂
I'm not sure we have a consensus on that. I have worked with some individuals who found it helpful and others who didn't. From current knowledge, the gum should have fewer health risks than vaping.
i am ADHD diagnozed and i started smoking when i was 15 maybe (nothing special in europe especially in czech republic), and when i was sixteen i was pretty clever so i started learning more about adhd and i realized that adhd person needs dopamine to be more concetratet, i think you are speaking about it right now(writing comment while listening to you(my funny adhd type multitasking). what i wanted to say is that i realized that when person need something he unconciously takes it like when kids need Calcium they are licking walls and stuff like this, as these kids are doing this i started smoking, i dont know if you know what i am speaking about, cuz my english isnt perfect.
your english is good. It's better if you find this ADHD about you while you're young. I found out I'm ADHD at 27 years of age. Thinking of trying VAPING Naturally Extracted Tobaccos with GOOD DOSES OF NICOTINE now.
Self medication often has a specific underlying reason behind it, but others wind up "treating" themselves with substances that cause more problems than benefits.
Possibly. But whether prenatal maternal smoking is really a risk factor for ADHD is highly controversial. The difficulty is trying to correct (and not overcorrect) for maternal ADHD itself.
I feel like dog shit on adderall and Ritalin, I noticed my ADD symptoms lessened dramatically on opiates but of course that's not a safe treatment. So what would be the drawback of using nicotine patches or gum over adhd medication?
Hello doctor I decided to start using nicotine gum to treat my ADHD currently I live in China and Adderall is not legal here and I'm allergic to Ritalin. I'm not at all worried about becoming a smoker I grew up with smoking parents I'm 31 years old and I've never smoked a cigarette in my life smoking disgust me I'd rather die then start smoking because of that strong negative emotion of having to cough and the smell and just hating it as a child I don't think I'll start smoking. Currently I use a combination of 1 mg of nicotine gum only using it for a few minutes at a time and cold showers to give me motivation. I've tried other things like fish oil and Ginkgo bilboa but there's no immediate effect and I'm not sure if I had an effect after using it long enough or if I even remember to take it for longer than a few weeks at a time with nicotine gum it's easy to remember and it's fasr acting I am going to try to focus on doing some mindfulness and focus meditation self-hypnosis workout. Etc to train my brain to focus better while using and not using nicotine. I also plan on stopping it every few weeks so that i don't build up a tolerance.
I am sorry but.... I fell a sleep several times and rewatched this several times..... Thanks for the info... I have been diagnosed with adhd my doctor told me to look up some of my addiction and their effects so far.... I have been using the tramadol /caffeine / without even knowing how they were helping me for several years now.... I am on atomxetine now... I think I should consider stimulants for my treatment
@@dr.johnkruse6708 Sure. Apparently nicotine gum isn't consumed like regular gum so I think that got me sick. After finding the correct way to eat the gums I'm happy to report that they no longer make me too sick, just a little uncomfortable. 'Highs' last all but five minutes in what I could call light headedness than increased concentration. All in all I think I'm immune to nicotine. It does absolutely nothing for me.
@@MmTriplem thanks for adding the information which I hadn't included about how to "chew" nicotine gum, and how they recommend chewing briefly and then parking it in your mouth, but not continuous chomping.
Vaping helped me to quit a 46 years smoking habit. I suffered from anxiety and depression most of my life. Started smoking when I was 12. My father and my siblings died of lung cancer. Tried the patches, inhaler, etc. Useless. Several years ago a friend introduced me to vaping (he was a heavy smoker himself and had stopped completely). Today I'm smoke-free, but still use nicotine. What I found out is that with vaping I can go a whole day or even longer without nicotine and not feeling any withdrawal symptoms. That would have been impossible when I was smoking. I learned that it's not the nicotine alone, but a combination of substances released by combustion that make cigarettes so addictive (MAOI, Acetylcholine...). It's the SMOKE!
Thanks for the time stamps, my adhd brain really struggled with the monotone nature of the video, couldn’t get through it all.
I have been on stimulant meds for years for adhd and then I discovered nicotine gum and it is a lifesaver/changer and I can focus more and recall what I read. It is a gift from God
Do you use both of them or did you stop taking the stimulant meds
@@Bellg I stopped using stimulant meds because they would work two weeks and then stop working.
@@christopherwatson8806 So just nicotine gum works for you? Interesting. May I ask what dosage you use? I'm thinking about using it myself instead of stimulants but idk what an appropriate dosage would be
I can also say the same! I knew there was a reason when I quit smoking about 20 years ago with nicotine gum but started smoking again when I drank! Not both at same time! I also have been on Adderall for years for ADHD and now went to treatment and cut off! I still think the gum in smaller doses is like Adderall! This confirms my theory!
@@MattMendians I use nicotine pouches different flavors as well as needed
It's important to know that the studies on nicotine and adhd are very precise on dosage and were all well below what a "pack a day" smokers use.
The question of dosage is highly relevant to this research, and it's hard to know what is a meaningful range to study, and for what duration. Nobody smokes a whole pack of cigarettes at the same time.
@dr.johnkruse6708 What sucks is that any relevant study is likely DOA.
My mother had been a lifelong smoker, and I've also relied on nicotine at various times in my life. Diagnosed as an adult with ADHD. Perhaps it isn't all coincidence... This is very interesting information. Thank you for this video.
My psych said it's likely I have mild to moderate adhd, nicotine lozenges have done more for me than regular exercise, random nootropics, coffee, etc. Thank you for this informative video as it factored in my decision to try it out !
Some people (we) need drugs to cope with the modern unnatural lifestyle.
I recently quit all stimulants - nicotine, caffeine, speed - and felt a million times better (more in touch with my emotions, better mood, more creative, funny, more like myself). Sure, I can't concentrate for eight hours on some boring task or stay still listening to some mind numbing lecture, but at least I am not a suicidal robot.
How do you work
I need to work but cant seem to focus at all
Nicotine would be a great option from what i heard
Your voice is so calming
Thank you. This was very interesting and important. I think your work -and sharing it- may save the lives of individuals who did not know about this connection.
Thank you for the feedback.
One thing we know for sure is this guy's voice is a great sleep inducer
I would hope that you would find at least another fact or two to "know for sure" after listening.
very helpful thank you
I watched a video on YT may be 25 years ago which I have not been able to find. This documentary talked about how smoking was the reason for adhd . It stated that in the 30’s pregnant women where advised to smoke cigarettes to help with anxiety during pregnancy, then later when the child was born with adhd their drug of choice would be guess what “nicotine “ or cigarettes. 😢
The connections between smoking during pregnancy and children developing ADHD is complicated and there is not yet consensus in the field, but increasing evidence suggests that genetic factors contribute to both the mother's risk for smoking (and possibly her own ADHD) and the child's developing ADHD.
Put it in 2x you’ll focus / won’t wonder off.. great video 🤘🏻
1.5x works for me. lol
Another fact you didn’t state:
You are 90% more likely to smoke AND have ADHD if you searched for this video 😂
Very good video, I was very skeptical I’d make it through a twenty minute video, especially one with very little visual stimulation as a lot of us ADHD folk appreciate, but this video was very helpful to me and I was very surprised when the video was over, so not only did I “make it through” your video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you!
You're welcome!
This was beyond enlightening, thank you so much
As someone who was early diagnosed with ADHD as a child and now 35 and dependent on vaping, this video was extremely difficult to follow. Your voice is very soft spoken, but I made it to the end at 1.5-2x speed. Thanks for sharing. I mix my own e-liquid and have done so for about 6 years using roughly 2ml of 100ml dilluted vg nicotine per 60ml bottle of e-liquid. I use less than 5% nicotine today per mix and started at about 25% nicotine. I do vape A LOT and go thru about 30ml per day, but with the level so low, I am essentially microdosing. I also consume about 6-8 cups of coffee from morning until noon or so. I would love to be able to not be dependent on these things but I found that these rituals do reduce anxiety greatly. Men were made to build with their hands or battle with weapons. This is why we have A.D.D. We sit still and look at computer screens to obtain the worst store of value asset ever created, the U.S. dollar. It's a horrible situation.
30mL at 5% is definitely not microdosing. A Juul pod is less than 1mL. You’re effectively doing like 40+ Juul pods which is insane.
@@johnmoore1495I make 60ml batches, go thru 30ml max per day. I estimate that I use 2-4ml of 100mg dilluted nicotine max per 60ml. If 1 juul pod is less than 1m of e-liquid, then people would burn thru like 20 of them a day
Dude your brain is fried. I would spend like a month or two doing nothing if I were you.
I really enjoy your videos and the way translate the medical jargon into something i can understand. The only critique is the audio is sometimes not clear.
I have been taking nicotine gum for 2 years now.I have ADD and it has helped me , especially when working with deadlines.I can personally attest to the fine motor skills improvement part, since I have tremor and it does make my handwriting legible enough for someone to read(I dont know what kind of tremor it is but I am fairly sure its essential tremor).Thank you for this video.
I'm glad that you have found something that has been helpful to you.
I gave up 11years ago .Due to horrendous symptoms I started using nicotine lozenges it helps alot .
Use the playback speed setting if you wish.
congrats on reaching 3k people!
Thank you!
Nicotine helps with sensory gating.. schizophrenics are also a fan of it for this reason.
I’ve tried Aderall and Vyvanse, all black box drugs. Vyvanse was the best. However, like all of these medication, they eventually have a opposite effect, especially toward the end of the day. When some one tells me nicotine is dangerous, I honestly question if they know what they are talking about.
Thank you
You're welcome
I have (undiagnosed, but I max out every test I have taken) ADD. I have been taking Nicotine for the last few days. I feel SO much better! It’s insane.
Thank you!!!! I’m definitely going to try it today.
@@HunnyBee23 the cheapest way is to vape, but to be safe, its best to not inhale into the lungs (nicotine absorbs through the mouth too)
we don't know the long term effects on the lungs especially when you use random artificial flavours. nicotine itself is totally fine for you though
@@thehandliesthandle lozenges and gum seem likely to be safer than vaping, and certainly safer than smoking cigarettes.
@@dr.johnkruse6708 nicotine lozenges and gum can be more expensive then vape juice, thats the problem, thats why i started vaping but i only inhale into my mouth. i figure it cant do too much harm when its used in that way. i dont use tobacco, when i learned how much polonium 210 is in tobacco it really freaked me out. its a radioactive plant on top of all of the other dangers associated with it. a year of smoking is equal to something like 300 chest x rays its crazy
@@thehandliesthandle - and we probably can't rely on the pharmaceutical industry to devise safe and affordable nicotine acting pills either.
I started smoking when I was 12 then switched to vaping now I’m thinking about either quitting again or switching to Swedish snus or the tobacco free pouches. The add meds just make me feel drained and tired after a while of taking them.
It might be as simple as adjusting the dosage of the ADD medications. Almost all tobacco products have negative long term impacts on health.
I smoked since my 20s (both my parents were smokers, my mother smoked 60 a day even when pregnant, but it was the 70s so I don't judge her for that). I recently stopped tobacco (which flared Ulcerative Colitis which I didn't even know I had. Now being treated for that with 5-ASAs. Psychiatrist suggested caution with steroids because they can cause mania and I have ADHD!).
Now I vape, mostly to top up my Xaggitin XL when I need to really focus... or if I'm bored and fidgety.
PS. Sorry to go off in tangents and irrelevant details but didn't take my meds as I woke up really late today. Thankfully it's the weekend so no major or important tasks to accomplish today 🙂
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Thank you for sharing! What is the consensus on using nicotine gum as a booster when prescribed stimulants are wearing off too early?
I'm not sure we have a consensus on that. I have worked with some individuals who found it helpful and others who didn't. From current knowledge, the gum should have fewer health risks than vaping.
i am ADHD diagnozed and i started smoking when i was 15 maybe (nothing special in europe especially in czech republic), and when i was sixteen i was pretty clever so i started learning more about adhd and i realized that adhd person needs dopamine to be more concetratet, i think you are speaking about it right now(writing comment while listening to you(my funny adhd type multitasking). what i wanted to say is that i realized that when person need something he unconciously takes it like when kids need Calcium they are licking walls and stuff like this, as these kids are doing this i started smoking, i dont know if you know what i am speaking about, cuz my english isnt perfect.
your english is good. It's better if you find this ADHD about you while you're young. I found out I'm ADHD at 27 years of age. Thinking of trying VAPING Naturally Extracted Tobaccos with GOOD DOSES OF NICOTINE now.
Me reading this while listening to it him hahaha
Self medication often has a specific underlying reason behind it, but others wind up "treating" themselves with substances that cause more problems than benefits.
That condition is called "Pica".
Also, your English is fine. In fact, it's probably in the top 10% of all UA-cam comments. 😁
@@benf101 thx bro
I've been thinking of buying some nicotine gum to deal with ADHD. Maybe chew a quarter piece at a time along with regular gum.
How's the nicotine
So nicotine is a potential treatment for ADHD and also a potential cause of ADHD with maternal exposure?
Possibly. But whether prenatal maternal smoking is really a risk factor for ADHD is highly controversial. The difficulty is trying to correct (and not overcorrect) for maternal ADHD itself.
I feel like dog shit on adderall and Ritalin, I noticed my ADD symptoms lessened dramatically on opiates but of course that's not a safe treatment.
So what would be the drawback of using nicotine patches or gum over adhd medication?
Your individual response is more important than the adverse effects that others may have.
Really
I would like to know if you can smoke nicotine while being on adhd meds?
The biggest risk is from the smoke itself.
Are nicotine patches and gum a safe way to self-medicate for people with ADHD?
Hello doctor I decided to start using nicotine gum to treat my ADHD currently I live in China and Adderall is not legal here and I'm allergic to Ritalin. I'm not at all worried about becoming a smoker I grew up with smoking parents I'm 31 years old and I've never smoked a cigarette in my life smoking disgust me I'd rather die then start smoking because of that strong negative emotion of having to cough and the smell and just hating it as a child I don't think I'll start smoking. Currently I use a combination of 1 mg of nicotine gum only using it for a few minutes at a time and cold showers to give me motivation. I've tried other things like fish oil and Ginkgo bilboa but there's no immediate effect and I'm not sure if I had an effect after using it long enough or if I even remember to take it for longer than a few weeks at a time with nicotine gum it's easy to remember and it's fasr acting I am going to try to focus on doing some mindfulness and focus meditation self-hypnosis workout. Etc to train my brain to focus better while using and not using nicotine. I also plan on stopping it every few weeks so that i don't build up a tolerance.
I appreciate you sharing your positive experience with nicotine.
18:00 maternal smoking keeps coming
10:00 nicotine
I am sorry but.... I fell a sleep several times and rewatched this several times..... Thanks for the info... I have been diagnosed with adhd my doctor told me to look up some of my addiction and their effects so far.... I have been using the tramadol /caffeine / without even knowing how they were helping me for several years now.... I am on atomxetine now... I think I should consider stimulants for my treatment
Just tried nicotine gum. Nausea, fatigue and body temperature increase. I do not recommend
Thanks for adding in your experience.
@@dr.johnkruse6708 Sure. Apparently nicotine gum isn't consumed like regular gum so I think that got me sick.
After finding the correct way to eat the gums I'm happy to report that they no longer make me too sick, just a little uncomfortable.
'Highs' last all but five minutes in what I could call light headedness than increased concentration. All in all I think I'm immune to nicotine. It does absolutely nothing for me.
@@MmTriplem thanks for adding the information which I hadn't included about how to "chew" nicotine gum, and how they recommend chewing briefly and then parking it in your mouth, but not continuous chomping.
@@dr.johnkruse6708 It's something that should be on the packaging really.
You should be an ASMRist
I'll take that as a compliment. (Yawn.)
Vaping ftw
I Second that
inhale steam is dumb tho
cigars and nicotine gums are the way to go
Vaping helped me to quit a 46 years smoking habit. I suffered from anxiety and depression most of my life. Started smoking when I was 12. My father and my siblings died of lung cancer. Tried the patches, inhaler, etc. Useless. Several years ago a friend introduced me to vaping (he was a heavy smoker himself and had stopped completely).
Today I'm smoke-free, but still use nicotine. What I found out is that with vaping I can go a whole day or even longer without nicotine and not feeling any withdrawal symptoms. That would have been impossible when I was smoking. I learned that it's not the nicotine alone, but a combination of substances released by combustion that make cigarettes so addictive (MAOI, Acetylcholine...). It's the SMOKE!
Damn bro... get to the point
My ADD kickin in
Good talk tho I listened to the whole thing
@@Vagabond.utopia I'm glad that you stuck with it.
@@dr.johnkruse6708 😂
ngl, is pretty hard to stay focused on his flat voice with adhd.