Quit smoking? -

Friday, January 17, 2014

Quit smoking? -


i am trying to stop smoking. any good ideas?
Stop buying fags, and stop buying the cigs too! ;-) Don-t hang around with friends who smoke all the time, don-t go places where they sell cigs. Eliminate cigs from your life as much as possible in every way. Change your mental attitude of them to objects of disgust. That ought to do it.
Good luck. I tried once. It was the worst six hours of my life.

Just make sure that you are strong enough to do it. Nicotine patches are a good idea but they only work with added willpower. No willpower and you are screwed. Nicotine is a very addictive substance.
nicotine patches?
a friend of mine put up pictures of smokers- lungs all around her house - that definitely did the trick for her!

good luck with it
Give up two things at the same time, cigarettes and ... something else like chocolate, or whatever you would turn to instead of smoking. Then, when you feel bad, and you will (I smoked for 30 years before giving up 4 years ago) blame the feeling on the other item you gave up. It is like a fence between you and the ciggies. Try not to climb the fence and you will stay away from the ciggies. If it is chocs/sweets that you choose as the fence, it also saves the increased weight associated with giving up the weed. Good luck. It can be done, honestly. x
try cutting down first and changing the habitual fags like first one in the morning, keep telling yourself youll lite up in ten minutes etc...i used to smoke thirty a day im now down to eight but i dont want to give up completely, its my only pleasure
There is an all natural herbal and aromatherapy program that has worked great for people. You can get them on ebay. Just do a search for: Natural Stop Smoking Program (Herbal - Aromatherapy)You-ve got to quit, as you already know, it will kill you!
I know a friend who quit smoking b/c they saw the organs of a smoker who died from lung cancer...
Ask at your medical centre, they will have all the latest and best up to date info for you. I stopped but my brother did not, he died of cancer
Will power! It-s mind over matter, my husband has given it up and hasn-t had one in over 4 months. He got some of the pachages at the start to use if he needed them but he used one and went from there
drink more tea will help u to smoke less...that-s what i do
mayby its the sicological thought of actualy doing the act for comfort,if so,you will need to speak to a sicologist or if its just the thrill you get from smoke comming out of your mouth i would suggest nicotene gum or patches
suicide, it-s a sure way to make sure you stop smoking.
Good luck I smoke I know of a few that tried to stop with everything you can imagine and also a few that have stopped without anything if you really want to stop you will if your not sure don-t think anything will help
I know 3 people who were very very heavy smokers for years. They all read the Alan Carr book on how to stop smoking and none of them have touched a cigarette since. Apparently it-s excellent! Try it! Another idea is to visit a cardiao-thoracic intensive care unit and see what smoking has done to some of our patients! Surgeries have smoking cessation nurses who can give you advice! Maybe the new law coming in on April 2nd that will ban smoking in public places will help you! Some of my friends are hoping to give up then! (I am an ex-smoker, not just some non smoker preaching to you!)
nicorette chewing gum worked for me. been 1 year now and its a real rollercoaster ride .you gotta really want this and if you stop then have a smoke don,t think you have to start smoking again . having a smoke them first couple of weeks makes all the difference so long as your cutting down. chew as many gums as u need don,t follow the packet instructions and try and chew before u want to smoke that nails the craving before it gets to bad . down side to this is it tastes awful but u get used to it just about and you will probably get a dicky tummy. good luck man oh buy a bike thats good to see how much fitter u get each week you will be amazed
oh my god good luck
there is this a clinic in ireland, they keep you there for 3 weeks as that is how long it takes for nicotine to come out your system. but its expensive so have you tried cooking?
smoked for 20 years and managed to give up easily, i also gave up half a lung (a quite painful and degrading process) and have been unable to work for 5 months and next month i start chemo. give up now, you probably wont enjoy the two tubes you have to have stitched into your body to drain the gunk from your lungs into see through plastic jars that you carry around with you for 4 or 5 days . give up please, everyone thinks it will never happen to them but believe me it does.
Yes! I quit smoking on 6th October 1997 when I misunderstood the surgeon as I came round from gallbladder removal. I thought he said I had the symptoms of Angina - and I was so angry because I planned to retire in 1999 and so frightened I would die that I never had another cigarette. Six weeks later he told me I had the symptoms of Apnoea [Sleep deprivation] but I had already given up smoking for 6 weeks by then - and do you know I honestly don-t think about it at all now!
Nope! Sorry!
Quit smoking? -

How can i get a hold of some dopamine? literly i need some alternate of this since i quit smoking? -

Monday, January 13, 2014

How can i get a hold of some dopamine? literly i need some alternate of this since i quit smoking? -


Heh

You can-t take dopamine itself because it doesn-t cross the blood/brain barrier. People with Parkinson-s Disease take l-dopa to increase dopamine levels, but I don-t think you-d want to do that!

Any pleasurable activity or drug causes the brain to release dopamine where you want it, but the drugs will merely postpone your withdrawal or deepen your addiction and many of them are worse for you than smoking.

So I-d say just ride it out until your brain gets back into balance. If you can-t, get some nicotine lozenges, they-ll ameliorate withdrawal at the cost of stretching it out. Or you can just use them forever -- they contain nicotine so they give you a buzz but they don-t cause cancer. Or get a prescription for Zyban (Wellbutrin), an anti-smoking pill and antidepressant that works as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor. It increases the amount of dopamine in your reward pathways, but it can have some serious side effects.
How can i get a hold of some dopamine? literly i need some alternate of this since i quit smoking? -

Im thinking of trying hypnosis to quit smoking. Has anyone tried it? -

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Im thinking of trying hypnosis to quit smoking. Has anyone tried it? -


I-ve tried the patch, the gum, Zyban. I never find it hard to quit, but I always, always find it hard to stay quit.
I-d like to try something different, and I-ve heard that hypnosis can be good for people like me, who have trouble with maintaining nonsmoker status, for more long term help. Any thoughts?
Hypnosis let me quit smoking, give it a try. I left my cigarettes with the hypnotist, as he suggested. He gave me a word to think of when I felt the urge to smoke. I wrote the word down and posted it around my house and even on my PC at work. I was able to stop smoking that same day .
I guess I gave to much info ... Oh well short and simple seems to work ...


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my boyfriends mom tried it, and she said it made her want to smoke even more...lol, I guess it really does depend on the person

In addition:
My dad quit smoking about five years and ago, he used a combination of the nicotrol nasal spray and Zyban. It-s really expensive, but it works. He had been smoking since he was 15, he was 35 when he quit.
In 1993 I went to a group hypnosis with my son-in-law. I had no intentions of quitting, he wanted to quit and needed someone to go with him. I wound up quitting that very night and he didn-t.
I-m still smoke free!!
I am a Hypnotist and can tell you I have helped many people quit. However, a few words of caution.

Try to stay away from Group sessions, they are alot less successful then one on one sessions.

Second stay away from someone who wants to sell you a 6 (or more) session program. They are taking you for a ride.

Stay away from -guarantees- of success or money back. These are usually -hypnosis- factories based solely on getting in as many people in as possible on the hopes of a money back guarantee.

Make sure at the end of your sessions the hypnotist is going to give you a CD to help you through the -ruff- times if you have any. You don-t want to have to run back to him or her every time you hit a bump in the road.

And last, make sure you want to quit for the right reasons or it won-t work. You have to want to quit for yourself. Not because the Doctor told you you had to, or your wife/husband said you had to. The Hypnotist should ask you why you want to quit. If they don-t, look for another one. The reason they are asking is to guage if the hypnosis will work for you. A good hypnotist will actually turn you away if your motivation is not in the right place.

Good luck !
biend an x-smoker myself, i quit -cold turkey- about 5 years ago, but i had tried serveral times before. i guess i just made up my mind and did it. i had smoked for 10 years and was up to a carton a week.
hypnosis depends on people receives it. not all people can accepts that treatment. try like this, run far away if you spot some cigar,
Well, first of all why did you even want to smoke when you already know what smoking does to your body?

And yes, hypnosis will help but, it usually depends on smokers because your level of smoking is probably different from other smokers, so if I were you I-ll give hypnosis a shot and if it doesn-t work ask your doctor what-s best for you.

But, good luck about quitting of smoking. =D
Im thinking of trying hypnosis to quit smoking. Has anyone tried it? -

Im planning on quitting smoking, any advice from those who have quit? -

Im planning on quitting smoking, any advice from those who have quit? -


i have one pack of cigs left, ive gone from 20 cigs aday to 3 cigs aday over a month, and wanna quit after the pack i brought today. Im thinking of using nicotine patehes, anyone have any other methods that have worked for them?
get people involved. i quit two months ago. relapsed years ago but get people involved. tell ur close friends , family your quitting. so they help you. support you. and when u decide to relapse or think about smoking. they will be there to watch ur downfall and laugh at you. and u wont want to let them down. yeah try the patches. although they didnt work for me, i just had to do it cause im a diabetic as well. and people are telling me left and right if i didnt stop im gonna die faster than i know it. and being only 18 its not too smart. so i had to. think about you.. what problems do you have? any diseases anything at all.. that complicates more with smoking? every cigarette takes 5 minutes of ur life away.. think about it.

chantix isnt bad either, ive heard it has helped people stop.. but its also how much are u willing to quit.
When I joined the church of God, I quit smoking after 1 year that co-member discovered it. According to word of God, nicotine makes our lungs dirty, so we cannot breathe and nicotine bars food nutrients such as protein. so we wrinkles, gets old and have poor resistance to bacteria.
Smoking is not one that can boast our ego. 1 stick lessen our life for 1 year. So drinking is better either. To remove nicotine, try intake of capsule esqualene sold at drug store.
hello.
First set a date of quitting ill set the date for you 12th December 2008.
Then mark the day on your calendar.
Make a consultation with your doctor before the date, ask for advise on chantix, Bupropion all medicines used for quitting smoking.
Next involve your friends and ask them to monitor your progress.
Studies show that if you are able to remain on schedule and dont smoke for 6 weeks after the assigned date, you have a 80% chance of quitting.
Hope this helps! good luck!
Hey man

This seems to be working for my friends. Looks bit silly but no harm in trying.

Tie a rubber band to your hand and when ever you feel like smoking, just pull the rubber band (not too hard) and leave it. You will obviously feel the pain slightly.

Now this is the theory behind it, when you release the rubber band, you get the pain and the brain sends the signal that a pain has occured and that takes priority compared to a feeling that you want to smoke. Basically your body do not want to get any pain, so your brain automatically adjusts to the system that if you feel like smoking, then a pain is going to occur (because u will be pulling the rubber band) and will eventually stop the urge to smoke.

You could try this and inform us. :)


go to your doctor and get Chantix...works wonders! you dno-t crave them and it-s amazing
Im planning on quitting smoking, any advice from those who have quit? -

I quit smoking 12 weeks ago but now i cant kick the gum.What are the long term affects of nicotine gum? -

I quit smoking 12 weeks ago but now i cant kick the gum.What are the long term affects of nicotine gum? -


the same as nicotine! You are very addicted to nicotine and at least you don-t have hte extra pollutants and yellow teeth. You are one step down now so at least celebrate that! Otherwise let your body use the gum for a little while then decrease your gum by a peice a day every week. First week take away one peice every day. The next week take away two etc. You should get down to one peice and then finally you will be done, don-t try cold turkey you could have withdraw symtpoms
here are a couple webites i think u might find helpful:


https://www.healthforums.com/library/1,1…



http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Addiction/…


however, they dont say to much simply because there isnt a lot of information found on them but it stills has some info.
These are really good tips I have heard to stop smoking. Hope they help.

Because a smoker forms the habit of putting something in their mouth, and it-s like always a cigarette. you will need something else to put into your mouth, like lollipops.

Have a peppermint each time you crave a cigarette, the craving will go away somehow.

Be sure to have lots of water, the nicotine will wash out within 48 - 72 hours. Let-s say, the same amount as some scientist discovered. 6 - 8 glasses a day.

Make sure you get a lot of fresh air and exercise, it will help your brain recover

Have faith. Thinking you can-t do it over and over won-t help.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/…



Long-term Use of Nicotine Gum Is Associated With Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance
This is an excellent question b/c i currently trying to quit, and am on the gum. And i was wondering the same thing, since it doesn-t have all the tar, and poisons, and cancer causing cargingins (sp?) like an actual cigarette, only the nicotine, will it then cause any harm at all?


Looking forward to seeing the answers u receive.
Penis size will shrink and you will gain an affinity for malt balls and watching old Pee Wee Herman shows.
I quit smoking 12 weeks ago but now i cant kick the gum.What are the long term affects of nicotine gum? -

I quit smoking five days ago? -

Sunday, January 5, 2014

I quit smoking five days ago? -


I quit smoking last sunday and wanted to know how long it would take for my lungs to completely recuperate. I didn-t used to smoke that much(two to five cigs a day for about 3 years or so) so i-m not worried really. I-m just curious to know how long my lungs will get back to 100 per cent.
My daughter just did a report on this the other day for school and found this website to be helpful ...


http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09…


Beleive it or not, effects start taking place about 8 hours after your last cigarette and take up to 15 years to become like someone who has never smoked. It truly is amazing when you think about it. Congrats on quitting, I know it is hard but its one of the best decisions you will ever make,
congrats on quitting thats great:) I quit smoking before and like you at the time I wasn-t smoking over 5-6 a day at the time. Although I only quit for 3 months I coould feel a real difference after 2 weeks and my lungs felt great after 2 months....unfortunately I started up again after the 3 months and I am still smoking and smoking more than I was prior to quitting the first time. :( i hope to quit sooon. Best of luck to you:)
I quit smoking five days ago? -

I quit smoking and now I have dry skin, menstual changes, abdominal cramps, and constipation. Help!? -

I quit smoking and now I have dry skin, menstual changes, abdominal cramps, and constipation. Help!? -


I feel like I-m falling apart and shrivelling into a prune! It has been 1 1/2 months since my quit and I very quickly started getting really strange symptoms which are just getting worse.

These include

1) peeling, dry skin all over my body, especially on my face which has broken out in a red rash. My skin burns all over it is so dry.

2) a strange sharp and pulsing pain in my lower abdomen, near my ovary (but may not be) which comes and goes. It feels different than bowel/gas pain

3) constipation, with (sorry for too much info) sticky/smelly stool

4) painful heart palpitations

5) mood swings/building anxiety (although these could easily be related to the quit itself)

6) chronic and painful headaches

7) feeling dehydrated all of the time even though I am not

I can-t think of any recent changes that would cause this except for the quitting.

Could quitting have triggered a dormant illness? If so, what could it be?
What you have is called -Quitter-s Flu-.

Nicotine withdrawal symptoms:
Mood Swings
Headaches
Tightness in the chest
Constipation, stomach pain, gas
Dry mouth
Sore/dry tongue and/or gums
Insomnia, or sleeping too much
Fatigue
Cough
Sore throat



Dry skin is very common during the winter months.

Chest pain is probably caused by anxiety. And since you admit to having anxiety, are you eating more or less since you-ve quit?

1 1/2 months and still having symptoms... seems too long. See a doctor.
You need to see your family doctor, as nobody here is fully qualified to answer this question. And if a person claims to be a nurse or doctor, you really don-t know if they are being truthful.
~Your mood swings and anxiety are the only symtoms that can be associated with the fact that you quit smoking.
~If you are constipated, then you may not be drinking enough juices or water. You could not be eating enough fruit and vegetables. Many medications can cause constipation as well.
~Chronic headaches means that they have been occuring many times for a very long time. This can be caused by smoking itself, and by quiting. There are MANY reasons for headaches and you should consult your doctor.
~ Many people are dehydrated, yet dont realise that they are. You are constipated, so maybe you are a little dehydrated. Dry skin can also indicate dehydration as well as not enough fruits and vegetables.( There are secrets in fruit and vegetables that help moisturise skin! )See your doctor.

The best thing for you to do is see you doctor as soon as you can, due to the heart palpitations.
I honestly do wish you well, and hope you over come these symptoms. Please, see your doctor!
:o)
YEAH CONGRATS.. you have done the hard yard. for your skin, abominal pain and palpations see a dr. Colonics and acidophilous and bifidious could help your bowel. take care. You don-t say your age but could early menopause. You need to check your hormone levels. BEST TO SEE DR.
1. See your doctor about all these symptoms. They are somewhat normal for nicotine withdrawl, but seem severe.

2. If you smoked a lot for many years, your body is cleansing itself from all the nicotine! Your body is also adjusting to not having the constant stimulation of a very poweful drug. The constipation, headaches, mood changes, menstral problems even skin symptoms make sense to me, especially if you smoked for many years. Nicotine works on all systems of the body by altering the chemical receptor sites on most of your body cells. It effects every body system. The health benefits of quitting far outweigh withdrawal symptoms.

3. I would suggest doubling or tripling your water intake, increasing your exercise (both with help with constipation)

4. It will probably take 6 months to feel completely healthy

5. Don-t discount the psychological effects of quitting!! Cigarettes are a real drug addiction with all the physical and psychological aspects that go along with addiction!

6. Most people attempt to quit about 5-6 times before they fully kick the habit - keep on truckin-
at least you don-t have cancer, emphazema, Except #5 none of these are caused by quitting smoking, there is simply another reason, it has gotten colder all over the region lately so that can expalin #1 and #7, stress can easily cause #2, 3, 4,and 6. Whatever the cigarettes were helping you with in terms of coping are still there, now you have to work on them.
Geez...and I always thought it was smoking that was bad for your health, not quitting.

If I didn-t know better, I-d think you were trying to convince yourself that you-d be better off and healthier as a smoker.
It is your body fixing itself, it will go away. it still would not hurt to see a Doctor; and remember it is still far better than the torture of dying slowly from any combination of cancer {can cause different types not just lung cancer}, COPD, Emphysema, bronchitis, heart disease and stroke, and seeing your loved ones{ children, spouse etc} suffer emotionally from watching you die in tremendous pain and agony. That may sound harsh, but it unfortunately is very true. Also i agree with some of the others here too, we all seem to have some very good points for you.







P.S. Sex tends to get better;better erections for men, wetter {you know what!} for women.
this may not have anything to do with smoking at all but congrats for quiting! its the best thing u could have done 4 urself, i need to quit to, anyways back to u, u probably need to see a doctor and tell him or her these symptoms it sounds like it may be something else..... hope all is ok
treat your complaints symptomatically. whatever u do, don-t return to smoking.
I quit smoking and now I have dry skin, menstual changes, abdominal cramps, and constipation. Help!? -