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It's #ADHDAwarenessMonth. This 🧵 is about #ADHD and #nicotine. Nicotine is a stimulant. Prescription stimulants help many people with ADHD. Smoking is twice as common in people with ADHD than the general population. #SaferNicotine #ADHDAcceptanceMonth

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...findings have led to the hypothesis that individuals with ADHD may smoke in order to alleviate requisite symptoms of the disorder and further suggest nicotine can be used to improve aspects of cognitive function in these patients
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Some support for this hypothesis has been provided by studies which have shown positive effects of nicotine on ADHD symptoms and cognitive performance in non-smokers with ADHD.

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Nicotine reduced reports of ADHD symptoms by 8% and negative moods by 9%, independent of smoking status.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20025370

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Results support the self-medication hypothesis for nicotine in adults with ADHD and suggest smoking cessation efforts for individuals with ADHD will need to address both the symptom reducing and mood enhancing effects of nicotine.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20025370
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Non-smoking young adults with ADHD-C showed improvements in cognitive performance following nicotine administration in several domains that are central to ADHD.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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The results showed nicotine-induced improvement on some measures of sustained attention in the low attention group..

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This study shows that, in addition to reducing attentional impairment, nicotine administered via transdermal patches can improve attentiveness in normal adult non-smokers.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9860103
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Nicotine caused a significant overall nicotine-induced improvement on the CGI. This effect was significant when only the nonsmokers were considered, which indicated that it was not due merely to withdrawal relief.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8741955
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Nicotine caused significantly increased vigor as measured by the POMS (Profile of Mood States) test.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8741955
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Nicotine caused an overall significant reduction in reaction time (RT) on the CPT, as well as, with the smokers, a significant reduction in another index of inattention, variability in reaction time over trial blocks.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8741955
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