Posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 19, 2004, at 3:59:27
In reply to Re: Adderall made me quit smoking ,Why? please explain, posted by thinkfast on March 18, 2004, at 8:29:08
Thinkfast is on the right track, IMHO. The brain's dopamine system is responsible for the feelings of reward and instant gratification you get when smoking a cigarette; Adderall both mildly inhibits the reuptake and strongly promotes dopamine release (and does the same to norepinephrine). With your reward circuits already very stimulated, the mechanism in your brain that nags at you telling you when to smoke a cigarette is probably "turned off". Just speculation, but it makes quite a bit of sense.
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