I smoked pretty heavily for ten years (pack and a half / day). I think I was self medicating my ADD, OCD and social anxiety, and that's why it was so hard to stop. It took years and many tries to stop. My ADD, OCD and social anxiety, is bad now and nothing else helped so I'm thinking of starting a patch or chewing gum but I'm afraid it might eventually lead back to cigarettes.
Anyone else experience this? Have you managed to use nicotine yet not start up smoking again?
Quitting seems to be hard for a lot of people and I assume beating any addiction will be even harder when dealing with these issues. Even if it would help it might not be the best idea.
I don't think that's all there is to nicotine's mode of action. Choline is counter-indicated for OCD and can make it worse, yet there's many studies showing nicotine's efficacy in treating even refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
I don't know these studies and I probably could not judge their validity. Assuming you can have you compared nicotine's efficacy to other treatments? I am under the impression ©BT is the best available option. And do you have the bases covered (diet, exercise, maybe Mg, Omega-3)?