Smoking (nicotine) is an effective treatment for ADHD. If you're old enough, you knew some people who smoked while they worked. Cigarette use covers up the actual %age of ADHD-havers in a population and now that smoking is a faux pas, it's emerging as an "epidemic". - ThreadSky

poppyhaze.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Smoking (nicotine) is an effective treatment for ADHD. If you're old enough, you knew some people who smoked while they worked.

Cigarette use covers up the actual %age of ADHD-havers in a population and now that smoking is a faux pas, it's emerging as an "epidemic".

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jerry-lundegaard.bsky.social•3 days ago

coffee and cigarettes let's adhd people sit back and chill

the movie is a documentary about successful people with ADHD

spaceds8008s.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was an energy drink and mt. dew kinda self medicator. I had to drink A LOT of it though, too little just made me sleepy.

poppyhaze.bsky.social•3 days ago

to save money, i've switched to these True Lemon energy drink powders. I mix some with some water to dissolve and then i use the free cans of Canada Dry seltzer at work to make it fizzy

iulianus.bsky.social•3 days ago

that's very interesting. I wonder if coffee has a similar effect, I know I rely on it heavily and actually started taking Ritalin to avoid drinking too much, for the record I have not been diagnosed with ADHD, the Ritalin is for narcolepsy. I'm also bipolar and mildly autistic.

grumpy-rick.bsky.social•3 days ago

I use caffeine, tobacco, and red dye 40 to help with my executive function issues with my ADHD. I can't take meds because they mess with my bipolar meds. Ritalin tended to kick me into manic and I lost impulse control. I'm still learning to manage my autism.

forestservicehater.bsky.social•3 days ago

Coffee absolutely does. Cocaine doesn't hit the same either, i never liked it because I would always end up feeling dull and annoyed pretty quickly

poppyhaze.bsky.social•3 days ago

all of those are comorbid but dang, what an unenviable combination

gfrancie.bsky.social•3 days ago

This explains my mom so well. When she smoked that lady was ON TOP OF STUFF. Then she quit.

psiop.kawaii.social•3 days ago

imagine if Adderall came in cigarette form.

valeriert.bsky.social•3 days ago

Where’s your citation for this ‘fact’? Sounds like pro cancer stick talk to me. Ugh

djmosfett.bsky.social•3 days ago

Citation: my father smoked like a chimney and drank endless cups of coffee, lived in "a fog" (his words) for years after he quit smoking, and only came out of that fog when he was diagnosed and started taking stimulant meds.

djmosfett.bsky.social•3 days ago

This revelation was met by our family psychiatrist going "yep, that's pretty common," and this whole saga took place *three decades ago*.

djmosfett.bsky.social•3 days ago

Moreover, a later psych of his suggested my dad chew low-dose nicotine gum instead of bumping up his meds dose to handle irregular workdays, mostly because it would avoid keeping him up late.

djmosfett.bsky.social•3 days ago

But if you want an academic citation, try this: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2758663/

djmosfett.bsky.social•3 days ago

And also, more recently: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35495050/

poppyhaze.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s an observation not an endorsement. If you want my actual opinion it should be that ADHD care should be extremely cheap and OTC like cough medicine.

bittersnurr.bsky.social•3 days ago

NGL as someone who has now exhausted all the other treatment options the only real thing that is stopping me from picking it up is fear that it won't work either. Anyone who manages to quit when it's working for them for self medication without a replacement is incredible lmao.

poppyhaze.bsky.social•3 days ago

if you want a "safe" way, you can lie and say you smoke pack a day to your local state health agency and see if they'll give you free nicotine patches

bittersnurr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah I would go with the patches or maybe a vape if i was sure there wasn't extra shit added. Tbh they should just be selling all the nicotine products out of dispenseries or something to steer people to whatever the least harmful options.