health problems after stop smoking

i entered ER . mar 29,2012 with pneomina and have not smoked since.(i smoked a pack for 30 years)its oct and i still feel like hell everyday,i feel as if i am dying,i have anxiety thats feels like someone is squeezing my throat shut.i have brown flecked phelym. i have been going every 6 weeks for xrays from specialist and says my lungs are fine.this is awful but then again i watched my father die of lung cancer and thats my option if i start back.so we just have to hang in there and i found that getting out and walking helps me.good luck

I am so glad to hear all of your experiences.  I have had the same experience after quitting smoking.  Waking up in the night unable to breathe - throat and nose closing in, very scary.  THe Dr insists I am having panic attacks (I'm in my mid 40s and never had one before - and funny, these 'panic' attacks only happen when my throat and nose closes in and I cant breathe.

Also - I have developed allergic type reactions to things that never bothered me before, even my own dog and spicy foods which I have always loved.

dang! for me, that would be 625 straight DAYS of cardio!

I am sooo happy to know I'm not going crazy. I smoked for about 15 years and have been trying to quit for the last 5. Everytime I tried to quit before, I was so irrational that I had people giving me cigs so I would stop grawlling at everyone. I was horrible!! This time I am using the patches again. I don't have any cravings at all, but I actually miss smoking like it was my friend. It filled so much of my day that there is a hole and confusion left where cigs used to be. Today is day 7 with no cigs. My two main side effects are constipation and the confusion. After reading these posts, I wonder if the worst is yet to come. I am hoping that with using the patches and stepping down gradually, that I can avoid most of this. Thanks for letting me vent, guys & gals. My hubby doesn't smoke and really doesn't understand this process. 8-|

GAmama, what I am about to say is going to sound like "2 plus 2 = the transcontinental railroad..." but whatever your physical or psychological problems, DO NOT go back to cigatettes! Your body is going through detox changes and it's going to be tough. Let it be tough without cigs.
Hang in there! tomorrow makes 10 months for me, so I've been there.

do you really feel normal again? i have only gone 3 days but can not sleep properly and it making me crazy i love my sleep first thing this morning i cried and felt as though i had lost a loved one so do not feel right dont know weather to just start up again i want to feel normal

I quit smoking in January and I have had some of the strange feelings of not being able to breathe too. I was more concerned because I never coughed up anything after I quit but I did before I quit. It has been the single best decision I could have made for myself and my family. Some moments through out the day are still rough but I am finally beginning to not miss cigarettes. It is like your best friend dying, because through everything you could always count on your smokes...so you have to be able to go through a grief period. I am proud of myself for having the courage to see this through because it has been the single most difficult thing I have ever done. I too had a husband that never smoked so his understanding only went so far. I also never noticed how I smelled before I quit but OMG it is awful. I used patches and Wellbutrin, Chantix made me a lump, sure I didn't want to smoke but I didn't want to get up and dressed either. I think you have to use two methods to have a higher rate of success. I wish you all luck, it does get easier but you will need every ounce of support you can find. Use social media, message boards, family, and friends....it will improve your odds. There is life without cigarettes and when you get there you get to experience several "firsts". First summer without a smoke, first Christmas without a smoke, first day of the rest of your life without a smoke. You can do it...I smoked for 22 years and never thought I could do this. I did and you can too.

I had stopped smoking about 3 months ago and I too have been feeling like c**p my gums bleed and I don't want to get off the couch, biting the heads off family and the good thing is that my blood pressure is lower but to low, I have used the patches to quit but stopped using them when I would forget to put them on, I'm starting to think that it wasn't such a smart thing to do. Because I am not liking the feeling

5 months for me and I'm still clearing my thoat, and I'm sleeping very soundly, 7-9 hours a night whereas I used to take sleeping pills to get 5 hours sleep. I've stopped smoking before but never had this happen , sleep is nice within reason!

i gave up smoking on jan 15th cold turkey went back on them on oct 11th so i have been 6 weeks back on them now and am giving them up tomorrow bit worried about how i will be healtth wise any tips.. was not ill in the 10 months i was of them.

2 months ago,the day my grandson was born,I quit smoking.Today I am edzactly 2 months smoke free.I quit cold turkey after 35 years of smoking a pack a day.It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.THE HARDEST THING.I feel much better on some days,on other days I feel grumpy,tired,and in a fog.But these things pass.They always do.My husband quit along with me.So it is helpful having a partner working the program together.On my good days,I feel great.I do not have a coughing problem at all,at least not yet.But I do clear my throat often.Just a minor inconvenience to suffer on the road to recovery!!!My doctor has given me a sleep aid,because I have not been able to get any meaningfull sleep.But then,I have had insomnia for years anyway.Getting enougn rest is very important during withdrawal from nicotine.I am 58 years old and have 2 more grandkids coming.Cigaretes are no longer an option for me.I refuse to expose the children to second hand smoke,even the smoke that stays on the clothes.I get cravings everyday,but when I do,I think of my grandbabies.Quitting is not easy.Getting through it can be hell,but I am up to the challenge.I am very happy with my decision to quit,and my husband and I are saving a ton of money as well.

Hi I'm J quit smoking for quite some time theres alot to ponder, you also quit weed at the same time. when I quit cigarettes I kept drinking and smoking weed, 2 years ago (almost 3 actually). but than after quitting cigarette for 4 or 5 monthes I noticed the coughing and hacking... and came to the realization my body was expelling the chemicals from tobacco preservatives. so around that time it was too hard to drink booze aswell and made it easy to halt the drinking. ( see how i quit one thing at a time?) I know people who have lost there athsma by picking up weed. now its been almost three years since i quit both drinking and smoking cig. but with weed "I STILL FEEL HEALTHY!" maybe bacause weed was just a small fraction of all the harm that i was inflicting on myself. or my be none at all. i did some research and weed (AKA MJ) actually has healing properties. it regenerates braincells at a fast pace. now what can you do with more brain cells? well you see the brain is how you controll your "whole self" from thoughts to your heart beat to your fingertip clicking a mouse all of it! further more, with weeds healing quality it also has one negative. The majority of people who consume MJ burn it. when something is burned and smoke is inhailed so are carcinogen which also harmes you. thus MJ is bad. unless you (cook, bake, drink it as tea, or vaperize it) than you will only recieve all the healthy properties of weed, it will take away the feeling "somethings missing" from being an ex smoker, and have great deep breathing and thinking experiance of this precious thing we call life. ITS OUR CHOICE HOW WE LIVE OUR LIFE, WHICH DIRECTLY EFFECTS HOW LONG WE LIVE OUR LIVES Take care, J

when i quit smoking from 1 month, it was hard to run as i used to run before, my lung really hurts me, i'm asking if this for a short?

Same at night - thought my throat was closing over too. Looking forward to this phase passing!

Well thankyou for your post, after reading forums today I was contemplating going back to smoking too.. Even if I have to wait 14 months to feel totally back to normal again, I am sure it is going to be worth the wait. It has only been since reading these posts that I realise that omg I am probably going to get sick before I get better, and I guess at the end of the day, that is to be expected. 14 months is nothing compared to the 38 years of abuse smoking has done to my body. Only two days and I'm already going nuts, but anyways am just going to persevere this time. Sick of making others rich off my tobacco habit that will kill me in the end. Good luck to anyone out there trying to give up.