I have been on the patch for the past 3 days and so far so good. I have been cutting 14 mg patches in half and taking one half a day. For me personally it is working better than the Adderall or the Ritalin. My focus and mood have been greatly increased. Another thing that I liked more about the patch than Adderall was the fact that I havent gotten rapid heartbeat yet or a suppressed appetite. I personally find Adderall to be better than nicotine for motivation but I find nicotine to be much better for focus. In the past 3 days I have been getting so focused on the task at hand that I sometimes dont notice anything thats going on around me. I am going to make a chart kinda like jerebaldo1's chart from his nicotine patch expermient except I am going to compare my experience with Adderall and the nicotine patch.
Nicotine patch (7mg a day)
motivation=
focus++
appetite=
mood+
social skills-(small decrease)
energy+
endurance+
multi-tasking-
anxiolytic++
Adderall (10-30mg a day)
motivation++
focus+
appetite--
mood+
social skills=
energy+
endurance+
multi-tasking+
anxiolytic-
I would personally give the edge to Nicotine. I thought that it had less side effects and it also helped my mood and focus a lot. I wish that it would give me the kind of motivation that Adderall gives me. Nicotine is working great though. I will keep everyone posted on this experiment and how things pan out in the upcoming days and weeks.
Edited by guyledouche, 11 March 2006 - 04:11 PM.