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Guest over a year ago

Been 2 years and every little movement causes me to have a fast pulse. I automatically breathe deep or hard that my shoulders and back hurt and my digestive system is not what it used to be. Quitting smoking has caused breathing to be unbalanced, this in turn creates hormonal and physical imbalance. Ive noticed if u slow the breathe to, 5 in, hold for 2, let out 7 seconds then this should ease your symptoms. You have to do it for about an hour or so. The slow response will make ur rest response kick in. This is the part im stuck at, after the symptoms go away and u start relaxing, the breathing as you were smoking kicks back in therefore messin the system up again. I dont know how to rechange the habit of breathing in a calm manner as opposed to anxous breathing which i think was a xoping system due to the smoking. Anyone ?

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Guest over a year ago

I quit 6 years ago and still visit this site. I have observed that quit smoking caused sinus issues and sinus issues disturbed breathing patterns (shallow breathing) and irregular breathing caused stress when brain don't get enough oxygen

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Guest over a year ago

6 years ! Do u have any other symptoms have stayed ? I dont know if i have sinus issues cos symptoms dont fit. Still all i know is inwasnt like this, or this bad, when i was smoking.

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Guest over a year ago

Things will improve with time but I believe anxiety will remain forever

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Guest over a year ago

Hi I Quit smoking cold turkey 3months ago ! I was getting infection one after another before I quit. My issue are I m in pain all over does anyone else feel like they over exercise without actually doing anything? I keep gaining weight Nd I eat under 1500 cal ugh I feel like I’m dying slowly! I get smokes make you feel like your better but my lord all this pain is crazy i though I had some new sickness and all my test come back good ! How long does this last ? And to do anything is to much and believe me I am a very active person but since I quit smoking my body is saying different

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Guest over a year ago

Hi all! I quit almost 16 months ago and I found this website to be a huge source of comfort. I have quit many times before and never did I have the weird symptoms like I did this time. Sick to my stomach, lack of energy, weird aches & pains. I fought through and now all of that is gone & im starting to lose the weight I gained after quitting. I do think that trying to sweat as much as possible helped. So to all of you feeling defeated, don’t! Stick with the quit & the side effects will subside & I have to say, it’s wonderful to be free of that monkey on my back! I honestly don’t think of it anymore & the couple times it entered my head I told myself no way am I going through this again and “noooo, I’m a non smoker now”!!! Finally!!!!

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cheerful statement over a year ago

Congratulations on finally arriving at the end of your nightmare. Thank you for posting an update so we can all hope that we will also survive and see this through to the end. I just made the 2 year mark and still have small problems but finally feel that I might make it.
Best wishes to all.

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Guest over a year ago

Hi Kathy, I quite 6 years ago and for sure I can say that it gets better with time. For me all symptoms are gone but over I used to cope better with stress when I was smoking ,that's the only difference I found without smoking

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Guest over a year ago

It does get beter over time

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Simke366008 over a year ago

So how do you feel now? I quit 28 days ago and was reading your comments like I wrote it

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Guest over a year ago

Its been 6 years for me, how many more years to get better?

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cheerful statement over a year ago

Oh, that's a long time to still be having problems. Can you give details? Are you still thinking that smoking again might fix things? I am at 2 years and do. Thanks.

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Guest over a year ago

Hi Kathy, I read your all posts and all the symptoms you mentioned will go away with time . In my case all symptoms are gone except stress, its is causing me issues and when I used to smoke I could not notice any stress....

ASM

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Guest over a year ago

Hie Kathy could you tell me what kind of surgery do you think you need?My age is sixty and I quit 19 months ago after 40 years smoking.

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cheerful statement over a year ago

Sorry, I do not need surgery. It was just meant as an example that surgery is much harder on an older person than a younger person. I am now at 2 years and 1 month. Still having minor problems but close to being over this, "I think". Best wishes.

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