Drug info - Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3 Amide) - Psychoactive Properties?

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Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, swim was unsure of where to place this topic..

Anyway, swim was doing some research for something to help out with his anxiety that was legal and easy to purchase, and swim came across a substance known as Nicotinamide, or the amide of Vitamin B3. After doing some more research about this vitmain, swim found some very interesting information. Please feel free to give your opinion.

Source: Wikipedia

Animal studies show that nicotinamide has anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) properties. It may work in a way similar to benzodiazepines.

Source: Approaches to Anxiety (Oct. 2004)

Nicotinamide, a form of the B vitamin niacin, is known to exert similar effects on the brain as benzodiazapenes.13 Nicotinamide stimulates the GABA-benzodiazapene receptor complex, an inhibitory neuron grouping. By activating these neurons, a calming effect is the end result.14 Other investigations designed to test the efficacy of nicotinamide and brain function revealed that GABA nerve receptors were under less control (meaning that because they are inhibitory in nature, when they are not activated the brain is more excitable-which in theory may lead to more anxiety) when nicotinamide was found at suboptimal levels in the subject, and reintroduction of nicotinamide led to a calming effect on the GABA receptors.15 These are important findings in nutritional medicine and warrant further research. More importantly, this evidence points to the necessity of this B-vitamin in modulating feelings of anxiety.

If these sources are correct, does this mean that such an easy to get product is in fact a natural benzodiazapene?