>Depressive
>Anxious
>Lack self-confidence

>Start taking nicotine gum as nootropic

>No longer have mental illnesses
>Confident
>Actually happy

How is this even possible? I tried looking into it, and apparently, cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, has huge potential of being a treatment for anxiety and depression. I don't have any solid data to support this, it is just something I read on wiki, but still, wtf.
The only bad side effect I experienced so far is that it is stimulating enough to make me stay up late even when I lack sleep.