For some people. 55% of 53 people who reported on Nicotine for anxiety say it improved. 4% noticed no change and 42% say it got worse. That is below the typical result for anxiety (85% across 95 options).
Ranked #81 of 95 for anxiety.
“For me it's like a less anxiety inducing caffeine, with a stronger focus enhancement...For me, nicotine is better than most nootropics. And is only small step down from adderall.”
“I craved it, but it also gave me dizziness, anxiety, and nausea at times which imo outweighs the cognitive enhancement.”
“Avoid nicotine I tried using nicotine as a nootropic.. 10 minute high followed by massive anxiety.”
“The only stuff I actually FEEL are anxiolytics (eg kava) or stimulants (eg caffeine, nicotine and stronger stuff.)”
Conclusion: Social media use is associated with adverse health risk behaviours in young people, but further high quality research is needed to establish causality, understand effects on health inequalities, and determine which aspects of social media are most harmful.
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