Full podcast episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZIyB9e_7a4c.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: ru-vid.com Guest bio: Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast.
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
I cant stand litter, and as a hunter its even more difficult to comprehend how someone who enjoys nature could contribute to it. I try to return with more trash than I started with anytime I go into the woods
@@Tyler-vw9bh Tourists. People visit Bend for a variety of reasons, among the top is flyfishing and hunting. For whatever reason, they dont always leave it as they found it. People who live here adore the protected forest surrounding us, and its really easy to not trash it.
As a hunter who hunts on private property, I can’t imagine littering in nature… let alone on public land I’d be sharing with others. Hunting clothes have tons of pockets so I put the empty cans in a different pocket which is just common sense.
Hey guys. Been using nicotine of all kinds for 20 years. Quick description of my positive/negative experiences that may help someone: 1. Smoked cigs for 15 years. Least nicotine of all other methods, but worst health-wise. Regular gym and cycling frequency. Much paler skin, worse skin quality, yellowing teeth, but otherwise only a bit more fatigue. 2. Patches (21mg/day, then 14mg/day). Helped me quit cigs, skin improved greatly, but expensive and left sticky residue where patch was. Wild dreams. 3. Vaping. Started out fine, no negatives to appearance, but ended up valing equivalent nicotine of 5 packs a day. Breathing became worse than when I was a pack/day smoker. Started cycling avg 20mi per day, noticed much weaker cyclists were blasting past me due to the vape glycerin having similar blocking effect on oxygen absorption in my lungs. Threw out vape juice, physically destroyed vape. Back to patches. 4. Started smoking cigs on vacation and ironically noticed *improvement* in breathing on the bike -vs- vape, but immediate return of negative appearance impacts, and still some breathing difficulty. 5. Tried first Zyn pouch (4mg) 3 weeks ago. Instantly no real need for cigs or vape or patches. However, have noticed despite excellent sleep quality, inproved diet, and regular training, physical strength "resources" seemingly greatly declined, and inability to remain focused on specific tasks despite increased ADHD medication. The only remaining factor is the much higher daily dose of nicotine. My own conclusion is that nicotine in smaller doses (couple cigs a day / 1 or 2 sub-5mg pouches a day) can have temporary mental benefits but anything more very rapidly begins to have more negatives than positive benefits. Tapering down to 2mg pouches this week then going to try to stay off everything forever.
Good luck tapering off the pouches. I found that once I got past the 2 weeks no nicotine, the cravings subsided and I have no desire to ever go back since I no longer feel controlled by the cravings anymore.
My Jaw Line has gotten Jacked after chewing nicorrett for 18 months. It's objectively made more facial features more appealing. Oh you calling me a liar? Tell that to my dog who can't keep his kisses of my face when I come home for work. Mic drop
Here I am chewing up to 4 of these things at a whack while smoking. Meanwhile Andy is inspecting his half a piece with the same kind of attention I'd use if I were mulling over a particularly strong bit of blotter acid.
@@krozs8495 to be honest I haven't had pouches, or anything other than a pipe, in maybe a year (I have tons of pipe tobacco & no money) , but I bought the highest I could find (8mg is the limit iirc)... Different brands either have more\less nicotine than advertised, or the form factor changes absorption rate/ability significantly. On top of that the quality control seems very dubious with ALL brands I've tried: Sometimes a particular piece will be way stronger (I've had to spit them out for fear of overdosing.. This is just with ONE pouch at a time) and other times they'll seemingly do nothing (thus using multiple)... I never put 4 in all at once, but I did use 4 over the course of, say 20 minutes, plenty of times... Nicotine LD50 is very close to active dosages, and it's not very much physical material, so I am very wary of these types of companies.. With tobacco you know what you're getting won't have a "Hotspot" ... Eith Nicotine gum, lozenges patches etc you also know they are more scrupulous given its pharmaceutical... But the pouch things are a fucking madhatter
I am sadly addicted to nicotine. Started smoking, then dipping, then the gum. Cycled all through history. I’m in zyn now 3 mg and it’s the best of all mentioned. The sad part is I hate being addicted to nicotine. Please if you never have done nicotine before do not start. I tell my kids and my younger sibling the same thing. Don’t even try it. It’s. It not good. Pray for me I quit.
@@johnmachter40 one time a week isn't bad in itself, but the best thing to do is to never open the door for nicotine addiction to come into your life. As someone who was addicted for 2 yrs, please just do not take the risk. Those slight benefits aren't worth the potential for nicotine addiction as it can make your life a living hell
Use nicotine patches. Slow release over 24 hours and you go from 24mg > 14mg >7mg then you quit. Within two months It’s so easy I did it after failing every other method.
@@97TheWatcherMy dad was addicted to heroin for several years. He miraculously survived and turned his life around. He still smokes until this day and he told me that kicking heroin was significantly easier. As a smoker myself it definitely fucking sucks. Getting past that third day feels impossible. I get so fucking shaky and miserable I feel like I wanna rip my head off and throw it across the street. I tried vape as a way to quit but I feel like it made my addiction way worse.
Marathon runner, avid gym goer - 176lbs 240lb bench 405 deadlift running 15 miles a week on average. When I went from 3mg zyn once a week to 12-15mg a day, it absolutely starched my tolerance for cardio and my lifting stats. Generally non focused, in discomfort/agitated on and off it. Currently weaning off, down to one a day, SUPER ADDICTIVE and unnecessary. Not a benefit.
Watch one mile out by 3 of 7 project. Chadd wright ran the cocodona 250 and when they panned over his gear he noted that zyns were a total necessity that got him through it. Depends on the person. For me personally running distance zyn helps me.
The pouches are highly addictive....far more nicotine than a cigarette...so when going from cigarette to pouch as a pack a day smoker...found it really easy to stop smoking....however when I went back to cigs I was smoking like a pack and half to account for the lack of nicotine...I'm currently at 2 weeks cold turkey no nicotine.
@@lexremillard2549lmaooo, bro do you mean like certain people are more affected than others or like your tellibg us that some people can do heroin multiple time a day for a month straight and not get addicted. Maybe your saying that some people are more enclined to use enough ( i e too much from a health perspective) and then get addicted ?
Got hooked on the zyn for about a month in between jobs and it made me feel like straight shit… also quitting was 3 days of fog… I’m good on that stuff don’t care what the research says.
Ive recently started these to get off smokes 6mg, im planning to decrease dose to 3mg and then drop them all together. What horrible shit happened? Im actually interested in your experience as this stuff is new in my country
@@wjk2674 nothing that horrible outside my gums being damaged. It was more so the dependency on it was bad. The fact I felt like I needed it in all day. I work in office environment / at home so when I was doing them it was legit all day
A few months ago, I decided to give nicotine pouches a try. Took 1 and thought it was kinda nice but hardly noticeable. After an hour, I followed up with another pouch, and got the worst headache I had in a long time. I threw the rest in the trash and didn't look back. Nicotine is poison.
@@florentn7442Where did I say that everyone will have an identical experience to my own? Consider dialing back on the nicotine if you're having trouble with reading comprehension
I've been using Rogue 6mg for about 2 years - until a few days ago. My gums are receding and the upper part of my teeth are extremely sensitive. Dentist says I now have abfractions. Be careful how many you use on a daily basis. I was using 3 throughout the day every day. One after my cup of coffee in the morning, one after lunch and one after dinner. Take care of yourselves!
@@1dirladuu Yeah, the brand seems to matter. I was using On Pouches and saw quick recession. Switched to Zyn and my dentist recently told me my teeth look amazing. Not saying it's not harmful at all, but some brands use harsher fabric and lower quality nicotine salt.
I just tried rogue the other day and noticed a pretty intense burn, it burned almost like a grizzly wintergreen tobacco punch would burn, way more burn than onn and zyn maybe try a different brand unless you want to stop completely, the Onn pouches are tiny and fit way up into your upper lip without touching your teeth (unless maybe your gums receded a ton)
I was a casual nicotine user and enjoyed it a majority of the time when I would consume alcohol. Zyns or disposable vapes. For me, it would cause very short gratification. Nice buzz that I would keep chasing, but would crash shortly after. I consider myself fairly disciplined, but it was tough to not consume nicotine when I’d be socially drinking with my buddies.. if you could go two weekends in a row without it, you can last. I’m 1.5 years clean of nicotine and haven’t looked back. Less moody, higher sex drive, and better cardiovascular function. You can quit 💪 keep staying strong
Every time the tobacco industry comes up with a new way to deliver nicotine, people buy the hype early, then slowly the studies roll in, then finally it’s widely accepted it’s really bad for you.
Not really. Nicotine itself is a safe compound. Barely any difference in health outcomes between it and caffeine. Addiction potential and mildly increased heart rate is basically what you’re looking at. It’s tobacco that is problematic.
Not necessarily. Given a clean, uninterrupted supply, for free, most opioid addicts would be fine using forever. The real problems start when they can’t get more. Zyns are cheap enough and the effects of not having them tame enough to not really be much of a threat to self or society.
The pouches arent something new, they just became trendy in the states now. These pouches have been used in Scandinavia since the 80's. Theres a whole world outside of the states.
Ok go and do a couple more packets. Get back to me in 6 months. That’s how addiction works, nothing bad happens the first time, so you try it again, and again, then you’re addicted and wishing you never touched it.
Just remember people will always find evidence to support what they already like doing. If its not found to correlate across a broad category of study then its useless info.
yeah exactly. there's nothing good about nicotine. i tried nicotine gum before i got into smoking or vaping and sure it works for a while, then you end up reliant on it and whatever benefits you have from it, you have the opposite effect as soon as the gum wears off. it's as addictive as heroin, you don't want to play around with this stuff unless a nicotine addiction sounds fun. oh yeah and btw the gum and pouches will still destroy your oral health and cause gum decay so there's no avoiding that even with the gum. haven't touched nicotine in 2 years and it feels way better to be off it.
I quit smoking 12 years ago thanks to vaping, I vape 6mg nic, a bottle lasts me a month. I went into the hospital back in June for an unrelated viral infection that drained me of all electrolytes, and after my imaging and panels, I asked the doctor how my lungs looked and she said they were spotless, oxygen saturation is 100%. I smoked 3 packs a day of camel unfiltered.
If you ever want to try giving up nicotine completely you can try what I did 3 years ago now. Switch to 0mg nicotine to try and fool your brain and then pop a piece of nicotine gum when the withdrawal symptoms get too severe. Wean your self off the nicotine and eventually the vape as well.
Nicotine pouches messed up my gums & teeth BAD. The dentist said I had bone loss around the teeth in the area where I put the pouches. And I had very severe tooth sensitivity that took 8 months to go back to normal after quitting.
Yeah you're cooked that's why gum isn't as much of a problem it's more tedious keep chewing more gum and you don't have as high of a concentration in your system at a time compared to taking a hit every couple of minutes and skyrocketing your nic levels
@@WildDisaster 'most', you are generalising. A lot of the population can indulge in substances in moderation, addiction is probably a sliding scale as well and some people have better tolerance than others, as well as addictive tendencies. What is your point anyway? Criminalisation? Which never works. We just need more education and awareness around all this stuff so people can make better choices.
@petecabrina Cannabis will lower your IQ if you smoke regularly for long enough. Alcohol is bad for everything. Maybe caffeine, in moderation, is the only one with some benefits. But even then, more than a cup will screw with your sleep quality and, in turn, your brain health. You can't educate someone out of a hard-core addiction. Because it's not mental; it's a physical illness. A surefire way to avoid all of this wasted energy is to just cut out all addictive substances in your life. There is no need to criminalize drugs unless they are super dangerous, like fentinyl. But they should be heavily stigmatized in society. It should be shoved in your face; that it's a sin, and you should feel shame for using and abusing it. Much fewer people would even begin to use it. Those who are addicted should have the best subsidized treatment programs so they can get clean. God bless. 🙏🏻
NicNacs are a godsend for me. Like a zyn but in a mint form. Lasts longer by releasing the nic slower while still giving me what I need, and that’s coming from someone who vaped 60m salt nic. Way easier on the gums, not powdery like a pouch. They come in 6 and 3mg, I just buy the 6 and break them in half. Just nicotine and the natural oil of said flavor. I’m in no way paid to say this shit but it’s true. Try ‘em!
I think that’s a huge oversimplification of a complex issue lol. But yes usually addiction will make you more dysfunctional then the current problem you currently have. But addiction nowadays is such a loaded word. And ppl who call other substances addictive will also be eating reeces/ gambling or consuming lots of sugar. When lots of things are addictive, on a psychological level. There are some drugs considered addictive that in some individuals I think the risks of not taking it would outweigh actually taking it
@@ItsOttis not really. I think it’s relevant to your argument. The problem isn’t nicotine itself but that nicotine happens to be in tobacco, that’s the problem. Yes the person smokes tobacco gets cancer and dies, why did they die? Oh because nicotine of course because this is why they kept smoking because they were addicted and it kept reinforcing the behavior of smoking. But that’s also tobacco being combusted releasing other carcinogens along with American tobacco being sprayed with radioactive fertilizer. Everyone knows smoking is bad. But it isn’t the nicotine that is carcinogenic, it’s igniting and inhaling combusting tobacco with ingredients like arsenic lmao. Nicotine alone isn’t that harmful outside of being addictive lol. Theres multiple studies documenting health benefits, treatments for ulcerative colitis, some people even going into remission. It’s used as a preventive for degenerative brain problems like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s because it has a neuroprotective effect on the brain. I’m not advocating anyone use nicotine if they do not already do so, because risks of addiction and if anything it’s an addiction like anything else and is bothersome and hurts your wallet. But for some conditions with the current treatment we have I could see a lot of people rather use nicotine then the current treatment plans, and many do. Alzheimer’s is horrible, and it keeps getting worse, and it’s incurable with no current preventive method. With the strong evidence nicotine prevents it I could see ppl using it
Notice how hubermans speech almost completely changed a minute after he popped one in? Dont try to sell the "focus" thing when youre buzzing out in front of us hahaha
Nicotine is not something to fuck around with. I’m two weeks off the vapes and it’s been hard. I ended up drinking more and eating more and now trying to control that by eating one healthy meal a day. I feel pretty tired and stupid without nicotine which has been the hardest part. It’s a hell of a drug to get clean from.
Same here brother. It's a crazy drug when you think about it. Coming off vapes is such a tough habit to kick. I'm also 2 weeks off so can appreciate what you're going through. Well done 👍
I used nicotine spray because it was the "safest" way to take it since I wanted to use it for a mental boost. Used for a few years. I quit cold turkey but first 5 day I couldn't even think, literally felt like my brain was completely scrambled. Brutal habit to kick mentally and physically !
It's just cig companies' current marketable nicotine addiction for kids. "Glad people are quitting smoking and starting to use pouches" Except most the young people didn't smoke, they're going from no-addiction to a pouch which is dumb af to get addicted to nicotine in 2024. Now we have influencers promoting this shit into young spaces and acting like it isn't a blatant paid sponsorship.
I'm 10 days in, quit nicotine pouches + caffeine + weed cold turkey. Life is so much better, more energy, stronger in sports, more sex drive, mental clarity, no more mid-day fatigue, little things bring more joy (like outdoors, animals). Withdrawals have been bad (namely anxiety) but never looking back on stimulants.
Oh god these nicotine pouchers think they discovered fire. Just say u like the feeling of nicotine. Meanwhile tobacco companies doing the birdman hand rub.
As far as I’m concerned, I cut out booze about a year ago and I feel great. So I’m gonna dapple with Zyn a few times a day and not feel bad 😂 you can’t take nicotine away from me too, Huberman 😂
I've never smoked. I did take a lot of caffeine in drinks and pills for a very long time. My heart rate was insane on caffeine. It made me jittery and very anxious. I switched to zyns and cut almost all caffeine out. I'm more focused, productive and my resting heart rate dropped nearly 30 beats a minute. I'm much better off having cut most caffeine off. I have around 4 6mg pouches a day during the work week and almost none during the weekend. I don't crave nicotine like I did caffeine. For me, these pouches are great and have helped tremendously.
These videos crack me up. Not in a good way. I don't know why, but I don't respond anywhere close to what one would expect after listening to this. I've never, and still do not smoke. I have had long covid for over 2 years. I heard Nicotine patches, 7mg, can potentially alleviate some symptoms of LC. I started a 7mg patch per day for 5 days and all I noticed was a slight upset stomach. I would love to feel ANY of the effects mentioned in this video. 🙁
I’m a fairly heavy zyn user, and as I was attempting to quit and using very little, I experienced exactly what Huberman was talking about. Fuller, harder erections. Not sure what’s going on with Tucker 😂
I was sleeping through all of my alarms consistently. Just perpetually snoozing unknowingly. I downloaded an app where the alarm wouldn’t stop until you answered a few math problems. Turns out, I can do math as complicated as double digit multiplication and still be only semiconscious. Which is massively annoying tbh.
Dude I did the same damn thing 😂 I read somewhere to put your phone across the room so you have to wake up and turn it off. I’d just sleep walk across the room, solve the problem, and sleep walk back to bed. I never really solved this problem. I got engaged so I just have my fiancé to wake me up lol
Hope this helps wake some people up. You’re spending money to hurt yourself for a meaningless high. But this is America, do what you want just be responsible 🇺🇸
_I first saw & tried Zyns when I was locked up years ago. Everyone in there definitely is addicted to them snorting & smoking em. I’ve seen people get beat tf up over them cuz the went into debt getting them stored out 3 for 5 back & so on & sell their trays for em, even sell their soul doing weird shit like snort chili lime shrimp ramen packs & get nose bleeds & lick shower drains.. so I always thought they were just cheap ass pouches the jail sells for $20 a can. Then all of a sudden everyone & ppl with status are doing them & it’s super popular in the real world & I’m just like wtf lol they dont even know the Zyndemic that’s going on in the system lmao smh_
@@ryanackley5242 _It’s a bizarro clown world in there for sure. I just think it’s funny that sound cheap ass nicotine pouch they sell in jail is getting endorsed by celebrities now_
I used zyns for approximately one year. I developed stomach issues that still last to this day. A consistent nausea that I never had before and an ability to feel my heart tense up. Almost felt like a muscle soreness. Do not use zyns.
I just read somewhere that once your brain is “nicotine adapted” aka addicted, the vascular response is actually the opposite. It opens the vessels upon receiving a new dose of nicotine, where someone who isn’t “adapted” to nicotine will experience a vessel shrinkage
Man, as someone who has smoked cigarettes, smoked vapes, and now currently uses nicotine pouches… It literally only ever puts me on the floor or makes me lazy, I never get some “enhanced cognitive performance” from it 😅
This is bc of created associations that outweigh the generally mild effect of cognitive improvement, which sticks out for people who have no associations with nicotine use
Same here. I have smoked cigs and vaped for stretches periodically so I'm quite experienced with nicotine. Hadn't used any in months. My cousin gave me some zyn 6mg and it gave me a ridiculous buzz that got uncomfortable. Just rode it out and continued to use them throughout the day with same experience. Bought 3mg and it was much better but then I found myself chain-popping the stupid things. Got dehydrated, cared less about food and messed up my sense of taste. I finished the 3 can because I don't like to waste anything and the next day had a pretty nice migraine that I only get from alcohol hangovers. A few weeks have passed and I got a can of 6mg for a long drive. Same deal, had been feeling great and living healthy, but got stupid on them. Heavy buzz followed by mild buzz and decreased brain processing power. I kept using them for a few days and tried to stretch it out. I've made my conclusion: The "brain protective dose" is such a small amount that I'm sure it wouldn't give you any sort of buzz. You would barely notice taking it. The doses everyone is on is the crackhead addiction dose. Even 3mg is too much for someone that's never used it. At the moment, these things are the most socially acceptable drug of abuse out there. No spitting, no smell and people behave "normally" while using them so it has no impact on others. However, like any other addictive substance, what was once a buzz is now your baseline and you will very quickly need these things to feel normal and function. I've tried using them sparingly and using them like a fiend and for me they cause a noticeable decline in mental performance. So unless I'm seeking a cheap high to put me in a different headspace in an environment where I'm around drunk people for instance, then they are useless and expensive on the wallet and the mind.
I felt like my generation had almost all but squashed tobacco use, and here we are essentially reinventing the problem. We’re just mainlining the nicotine now, sans the leaf. It’s insane.
It’s pretty fun to see how late to the party the us is with this. In Sweden we have been using nicotine pouches a long time. They spread like a pandemic with all the kid friendly flavors. Can’t believe how everyone is missing the point that they’re getting completely addicted and that in any second the nicotine devil is gonna have a firm grip on their balls. It’s such a horrendous addiction because you get used to having almost 24/7 nicotine flow. You become a real whore for it. Yuck
Crazy how everyone's biology is different: Case in point, I dipped Copenhagen at 12 and got insanely sick, so I never did it again. Then the other day (I'm 59 by the way), I did a Zin pack...and BOOM! I got sick as shit and puked my guts out. 🤣🤣🤣 Yep, never again for me. Lessons we have to relearn.
