This describes my experience exactly! I quit cold turkey several years ago, and actually started back up again after 8 months just to concentrate enough to keep my job!
I quit again in May 2013, and here it is again. I was at Lowe's a few days ago and couldn't even remember why I went there. My wife can be talking to me and I can't remember a thing she said..... no, wait. That's normal! LOL! But seriously - the tension, memory loss, and lack of focus are hard to take.
Your comments are encouraging. If there's a light at the end of this tunnel, I'll never smoke another one!
I ALSO QUIT SMOKING 5 MONTHS AGO AND EVER SINCE BEEN SICK CLEARING MY THROAT AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING VERY ODD
so..where ya at in life now?
How did you cure yourself? Water, maybe what vitamins? This happend to a family member right now. They stopped then smoked one more time. What were other smymptoms were you illusinating,He said that his toungue looks bad and he's scared and when everyone says it looks fine,any suggestions
Thanks
Hey All,
I was chewing a can of tobacco a day for almost 5 years. I am 27 years old, never had a health problem, ever. I could count on one hand the number of times I've had a cold and the same with the flu. Blood pressure and pulse always perfect. About a month and a half ago I quit chewing and started the gum. Didn't seem so bad at first until I could literally put in one piece and then feel my blood pressure rise almost immediately. Almost two weeks ago I fully quit. No gum, no patch, no nothing...but the physical withdrawal from the Nicotine was legit. Chest pain, neck pain, back pain, arm pain, heart palpitations, increased heart rate, weird pains in extremities, etc. Once called 911 because I was convinced I was having a heart attack. They damn near laughed me out of the ambulance. Had an EKG and was told my heart is in perfect shape. But, this is legit, this is real. These symptoms are not a joke but they are not serious either. Your muscles, your blood cells, organs, etc. are all learning to operate without Nicotine. For some of us, our bodies have spent more of their life with nicotine than without it. You have to adjust. Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better. For me, one day it finally just went away and I felt the best I think I ever had. To the person out there reading this that is going through what I went through, hang tough. Even though it feels physical, it's all mental. And, in the end, its worth it. Because if you keep smoking, chewing, whatever these pains will someday be for real. They wont be withdrawal symptoms, they'll be something is severely wrong symptoms. Hang tough everyone, you're going to be just fine.
Apparently, there is no suggestions or ideas as to what to do about these conditons. There are a lot of people who have stopped smoking and have the same symptoms I experience. I surely hope my physcian comes up witha solution because I hate getting back on nicotene.
read these comments a few months back but just found out I have emphysema so you could say my perspective has changed my advice to all is just quit. I am scared to death I smoked for 40 years what a a-hole I was
Hi there,
Been reading your posts with alot of interest - I hope this helps: I smoked from 15 to 25. When I quit I had a huge amount of symptoms:
-Fatigue (SO tired - needing long sleeps (atleast 10 hours) and also naps)
-Chest pains, muscles pains, joint pains.
-Diarrhea and consipation
-Sinus issues: post nasal drip, facial swelling - also water retention , my weight would fluctuate frequently between 12 n 12.5 stone within a day.
-Sore throat
-Depression (naturally with all the above symptoms!)
It's been a year now, and I'm happy to say my symptoms are nearly gone. I still have bad days though, and I always have difficulty understanding how I can feel so good for a week, and then have another week with varying levels of the above symptoms... but its true. I think it's just the detox process - we shouldn't under-estimate how much c**p is in our bodies.
I also learnt from pesistent nagging of doctors (who were c**p), that I have food allergies (wheat, potatoe, tomatoe, nuts), which in retrospect smoking actually covered up to some extent - weird huh?
What made it really hard to stop was that smoking would temporarily alleviate the majority of the above symptoms (I had times when I was weak/fed-up). It is my belief that smoking would stop the detox process - and it was my body detoxing that caused all the symptoms - so I would get temporary relief, but in the long run it would only make the detox process longer by delaying it and putting more c**p in my body.
Ultimately I have learnt that there is no quick fix to my problems - and the temptation to smoke just puts my life on hold as I risk getting stuck in the cycle of quitting-starting due to all the horrid symptoms.
Also I cannot stress enough the importance of a health diet - DIET IS THE KEY TO HEALTH (plus not smoking obviously!)
try a month of a vegetarian diet only (eggs and fish if you have to, but try to avoid these too). Also NO PROCESSED FOOD!!!
this will provide your body with all the vitamins and minerals (including protein!!!) that it needs to heal and repair, while at the same time, stop introducing further toxins into you body that are found in animal products and processed food - thus speading up the detox process as fast as possible.
Also do some light exercise every day and drink plenty of water - this will also help speed up the detox process.
It is important to bear in mind that getting over the nicotine addiction is the easy part. Its getting all the c**p out of the body and healing the damage that is the hard part. DETOXING from this can take months/years... this is the reality (in my belief/experience), and if you accept this you can get your body through it all as fast and as healthily as possible.
Also, it's not exactly smoking related, but check out this documentary: 'FORKS NOT KNIVES' - it changed my understanding of the body, and ultimately my life... sounds crazy right? one documentary? but i IMPLORE you to check it out before you judge!
All the best to everyone on here. I hope this can help atleast some of you.
Chin up! We are all doing the right thing!
I quit about 6 months ago and I have been a smoker since I was 13 years old and used the patch to quit and i am having the stomach problems and what comes with it. but I have IBS, was told this when i was in the Navy, so I want to know is when will I be normal????
i quit for almost to two years it does get better. it takes a couple of time to quit
ya it's common among regular smokers, if you quit smoking after 38 years then it generally takes time around couple of months to feel good. my one best friend was also struggling from this problem but IquitsmokingIndia Company has very well supported him white giving up cigarette.
God bless you and keep you strong. I am reading this because I too quit smoking 7 days and have had the chest pains and wanted to know if this was because I quit. The reason I am replying to your post is to say how proud I am of you for giving up your additive behaviors. I lost my 28 year old son 24 days before his 29 birthday and 17 days before my 58 birthday. It will be 6 years in March. He to had a history of drug abuse starting at age 15. Sounds like your story. He and I were very close. He had kicked the drugs and was clean for a year then started again when his girlfriend broke their engagement. Then he was on drugs, but not all the time and stopped again a year before he died. It had been 8 years and he found another women to love. She broke the engagement and he could not face it again, so he took one oxycodone with a few beers with his friends, went to bed and never woke up. Yes, my life has been hell knowing my son died and it could of been prevented. I will never get over it and life will never be the same. He did not kill himself on purpose, but that does not help me. So please if you ever feel weak and think one more time, do not do it. You were right for what you said A mother should never have to bury her son. Just wanted to encourage you to stay clean.
I am so sorry for your loss. Please do not beat yourself up it was not your fault and there is nothing you can do to prevent what has happened. You can not keep an eye on them 24/7 they are grown adults. One day you will be together again but until then live life to the fullest as it was a gift from God.