Lithium and nicotine interaction?

Question:

I tried to research the interaction between Lithium and nicotine and most websites say "hypersentivity to nicotine" will occur. What does that mean? I have been on Lithium and started smoking. Of course, everyone says smoking is so bad for us, but nicotine has actually helped me with depression. But, I want to be cautious. Anyone have information about this? Thanks.

Answers:
Hypersensitivity to nicotine means you will feel the efects of nicotine more intensely or more quickly on lithium than not on lithium. Don't worry about it - every drug lists all the possible interactions there are. Many people with mental illlnesses use nicotine in some form. In psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, sometimes bipolar and unipolar depression), studies have actually shown that nicotine reduces the undesirable symptom of the illness!

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