Quit smoking a year ago - sick ever since! | Nicotine Addiction discussions | Emotional & Mental Health center

Guest over a year ago

Hang in there and stop going to the ER. I have had everything from chest pain and flu symptoms to a sinus/chest infection for the 4 months I have quit: I smoked for 19 years before I quit and I am 32. Anxiety and depression have come on strong. This is the hardest thing I've ever done but when u smoke you are killing yourself. So if I can get through this, so can you!

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Guest over a year ago

I quit smoking 2.5 yrs ago and have been battling anxeity (mainly health anxiety/hypocondria) and ot seems to not be going away. Somedays im good n some weeekkss im baadddd. Ever since i have put down cigs (i smoked for 10yrs im 24 now half pack/pack a day) i have been worrying and having attacks ever since. It sucks. On top of sinus c**p and acid reflux and deep deep pimples that last weeks. All started afyer i quit smoking. I know i will never ever touch a cig again but its baffling as to how i felt fine smoking and feel teribble without. I canot find any article or anything regarding people who have had symptoms like mine last more than 1 yr. Im going on 2.5 yrs and im wondering if there are some peoe out there who have had anxiety and horrible symptomes YEARS after they quit.......

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Guest over a year ago

I am 1.5 years into my quit. I still have anxiety/hypochondria pretty bad some days and some days its tolerable. It's worse when I am not busy and start to think about things. My sinus' have been horrible since I quit, it seems to be a continual thing. ENT was of no help either are any meds I have been on. Acid reflux and various aches and pains also plague me as well as insomnia. I just keep hoping that I will wake up one day and be done with all these issues. It is refreshing that its not just me that's for sure.

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Guest over a year ago

Get yourself an anxiety med then. 2.5 years is a long time to have constant anxiety. I am at 2.5 years as well and get anxiety once in awhile. Maybe 1x every few weeks or so and does not last more than a few minutes.

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Guest over a year ago

I refuse to take anxiety meds ect. Its not every day but its frequent. If im alone i think n think n think and drive myself to make me belive i have a disease that will end my life and i think of impending doom hahaha its scary and only started couple months after i quit 2.5 yrs ago and is still kind of lingering there.....pops out on occasion. All my minor aches and pains have turned into goofle searches and i have 5 emergency illnesses but then i think "i had 3 illnesses 4 months ago n im fine" then i start to relax. But its hard to get away from the hypocondria. Side note 3 months after i quit i had vertigo so bad i could barley ride in a car thankfully i got that cleard up but every now and then i feel vertigo like symptoms and wig out and sends me into hypocodriac mode. Idk im starting to think that the vertigo started the worrying wich started the googling witch started the hypocondria/anxiety. Shitty cycle!!!! Its really scary now knowing the effects smoking has/had on our bodies, seems like we should be in the same categories as heroin/alcohol addicts. I jump around alot n dont know where to begin so i do apologize anyone reading this. It was mild vertigo symptoms that made me stop in the first place everytime i lit up i would get dizzy to a point i thought i was going to die, and it was no buzz either havent had one in years haha got so sever i went to doctor n said i had fluid in my ears/ some ort of inner ear thing. He gave me a round of antibiotics n boom feelin great. Fast forward this winter i started feeling sliiigght symptoms and went directly to mucinex with pseudoephedrine n after a week was fine. Im hoping its just the cold dry air outside n inside that is messing with my sinuses. Also would happen at the gym i would almost passout right then n there ha. Any sign of the verigo i have a fit and get thrown into a googling im gonna die id**t

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Guest over a year ago

Glad I found this post. I have been going through some of this as well. I quit smoking 4 mos. ago. I have missed out on my High School reunion, a party and some other event invites from old friends. ALL because I felt so aweful during my smoking cessation. But, I refuse to go back to smoking again. NO matter what! My mother still smokes and doesn't understand why I don't want to run around and do a whole lot outside of work. But, beating nicotine addiction is REALLY hard. So, don't be discouraged. It has been worth it. Especially now that it is cold outside. And I am not one of those people standing outside freezing their asses off, just trying to get their nicotine buzz. I may watch a lot of movies, but I least I now do it Smoke-free! Nice to hear from people on the internet. ~ Peace!

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Guest over a year ago

Hi, I had the same thing, and eventually was diagnosed with an I detective thyroid. I'm convinced quitting smoking and becoming hypothyroid was linked. Maybe get tested?

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Guest over a year ago

By I detective, I mean under active! Stupid phone.

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Guest over a year ago

omg this is totally me !

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Guest over a year ago

I understand what you feel, you just need to relax and try to put dopamine in your brain naturally, of course. You are stressed and demotivated simply because you lost your best friend, and a best friend puts dopamine in our brain, so now you are depleted of satisfaction. I head pine pollen and Mucuna pruriens can help, cafeine and guarana might actually aggravate the problem, don't use those!

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Guest over a year ago

Certainly does NOT explain why we are sick for a yeR plus after quitting. I have been so sick, fatigued, etc., I am seriously considering smoking again! This is pure garbage!

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Guest over a year ago

Please dont go. Ack to smoking its the worst thing you can do. I am also at wits end with everything. 2.5 yrs for me and still some sinus issues some digestive issues and a hell of alot of anxiety and hepeless hypocondria within 4 hrs i will think i have diabetes celiac disease colon diseases ect its deffinatley hard to get over. Few months after i quit i started being scared of this type of stuff and somedays cried and acted like a fool (my gf has been a saint to be dealing with me) this health anxiety has been ongoing since i stoped smoking and when i was slamming down packs a day i was fine. But now im always dying. I hope its just my body figuring itsself out again hopefuly its not uncommon to take a few years........

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Guest over a year ago

Same here. Horribly. 2.5 years of worry......i hope my body is just slowly recovering

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Guest over a year ago

I quit after 45 years, 1 pack a day on Oct. 16. Started feeling sick from that day on. Got weak, shaky, coughing, irritable, edema, losing weight, etc.. Turned out I was very sick with hyperthyrodism which turned into a thyroid storm. Atrial fibrillation damaged my heart. I'm still getting all my tests done. The meds I am on to control my thyroid and afib really help me feel better. Glad I stopped smoking when I did. Was really a coincidence all this other came about when I quit. Good luck all.

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Guest over a year ago

Good post! Helped me realize it takes longer than 3 months to heal the damage ive done to my lungs, still wheeze occasionally but not as bad as 2 weeks ago. Shortness of breath tho...which makes me panic

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