I haven’t been doing anything systematically with it because I’m still getting a handle on dosage and effects—it is, unfortunately, not as powerful as modafinil or Adderall, so it can be hard for me to get a lock on how long it lasts, how to administer, etc to the point where I could try rotation or double-blinds.
WARNING. Nicotine is not a drug you want to be fucking around with. Treat the stuff with the same respect that you would treat cocaine or heroin.
One thing you should be aware of, if you aren’t already, is that, in users that haven’t already developed tolerance, the effects of nicotine last a long time. Even though the nicotine itself leaves the body within twelve hours, it can take as long as a week for rebound/withdrawal symptoms (including cravings) to set in.
the effects of nicotine last a long time. Even though the nicotine itself leaves the body within twelve hours, it can take as long as a week for rebound/withdrawal symptoms (including cravings) to set in.
I did not run into this in my reading, no. What is your source for these claims?
I quit the nicotine for 6 or 7 days following your comment, and didn’t notice anything, so at least for me, I’m not concerned. (Obviously this lack of concern presumes that I really am/was taking nicotine; the effects still aren’t clear to me, and I’m pondering buying some nicotine pills for an independent comparison.)
As far as your second link goes, I didn’t find it too persuasive; it deals exclusively with tobacco, as far as I can tell, which I had already cited as a relevant difference as to why I expected pure nicotine to be less addictive, and the scariest figures seem to be based on lumping in any positive answer on pretty general surveys (‘Have you ever felt like you really needed a cigarette?’ Gosh, who hasn’t?)
Well, since you didn’t report the equivalent of a “First Inhalation Relaxation Experience”, I suspect that you’re not in the quarter of the population at highest risk for nicotine addiction.
I take it that you partially changed “my mistakes” to include nicotine. I enjoyed your article on it—but how are you using it?
Are you rotating with other stimulants on a regular basis, using when you like, using to promote habit formation etc.
See http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics#nicotine
I haven’t been doing anything systematically with it because I’m still getting a handle on dosage and effects—it is, unfortunately, not as powerful as modafinil or Adderall, so it can be hard for me to get a lock on how long it lasts, how to administer, etc to the point where I could try rotation or double-blinds.
WARNING. Nicotine is not a drug you want to be fucking around with. Treat the stuff with the same respect that you would treat cocaine or heroin.
One thing you should be aware of, if you aren’t already, is that, in users that haven’t already developed tolerance, the effects of nicotine last a long time. Even though the nicotine itself leaves the body within twelve hours, it can take as long as a week for rebound/withdrawal symptoms (including cravings) to set in.
I did not run into this in my reading, no. What is your source for these claims?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hooked-from-the-first-cigarette (link is paygated, I read it in the dead tree edition of the magazine)
http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=5711
I quit the nicotine for 6 or 7 days following your comment, and didn’t notice anything, so at least for me, I’m not concerned. (Obviously this lack of concern presumes that I really am/was taking nicotine; the effects still aren’t clear to me, and I’m pondering buying some nicotine pills for an independent comparison.)
As far as your second link goes, I didn’t find it too persuasive; it deals exclusively with tobacco, as far as I can tell, which I had already cited as a relevant difference as to why I expected pure nicotine to be less addictive, and the scariest figures seem to be based on lumping in any positive answer on pretty general surveys (‘Have you ever felt like you really needed a cigarette?’ Gosh, who hasn’t?)
Well, since you didn’t report the equivalent of a “First Inhalation Relaxation Experience”, I suspect that you’re not in the quarter of the population at highest risk for nicotine addiction.