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[tnecniv]

Doesn’t it also provide dopamine, which a depressed person might not be getting from their life activities?

[kraussvonespy → tnecniv]

You're right. It looks like there are studies that indicate that dopamine is also increased by nicotine.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946180/

Edit: er, sorry, you were probably talking about Buspar, not nicotine in regards to dopamine. Buspar does increase seratonin and dopamine, both of which are tickled to varying degrees by nicotine.

[tnecniv → kraussvonespy]

No I was referring to nicotine, though I now see how I was ambiguous