Guest guest Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 No, with nicotine what you're doing is self-dosing your brain chemistry to balance the serotonin. You actually do get hyped up by the nicotine, but you " feel " more relaxed because your brain gets adjusted away from anxiety. Caffeine addiction does something similar in the brain but, oddly, with not nearly the intensity. We don't get addicted to caffeine and withdrawal symptoms from it are mild, including slight headaches. Withdrawal from nicotine is considered more difficult than kicking morphine or heroin. On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 11:34 AM, wrote: > essage: 20 > Sun, 01 Jun 2003 15:58:29 -0000 > " ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll > Re: None of Us Are > > Wow, that is a different reaction to caffeine, but I have > heard of it before. Sometimes they give uppers to hyper > people to calm them down. Nicotein is an upper, too, > yet folks who smoke feel relaxed after smoking. I guess if > your body craves the speed it feels relaxed when it gets > it so perhaps this is why? I host a coffee list and several > people there have expressed this same sort of reaction to > caffeine; they just drink a cup of high-test and fall asleep. > I'd be bouncing off the walls if I had any after 5pm. *lol* > > ~ PT ~ > > Popularity? It is glory's small change. - Victor Hugo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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