Shortness of breath after stopping smoking

As I did not mention shortness of breath- Breath thru your nose slowly and out your mouth.Do it since we r now breathing differently with no cigarettes and make sure to drink alot of liquids as well!

Yes!! It's making me crazy get short of breath even taking shower and getting dressed is hard

Well i quit for 2 years after smoking for 30years.When i first quit i had all those problems of sob even was at hospital 2 times thinking i was having heart attack and major anxiety. I fell off the wagon and am hoping to quit again on new years eve. But now I know what to expect from my body and its just cleaning it self from all this crap from the ciggs. So to others just hang in there it will pass

I quit smoking a year and half ago, and can't breath. I never had this problem when I smoked. Just taking a shower and putting clothes on seems to be a problem.

Cigarettes contain chemicals that are broncial-dialaters who’s means they actually OPEN your bronchials (making it easier to breathe) when you inhale. One of the reasons for this is to keep you coming back. Have you ever woke up in the morning and cough a little and have congestion but after your first smoke you can breathe better? That’s the dilation. This phenomenon makes it hard to quit as well because people feel like they ant breathe as well when they stop smoking. Additionally, when you lungs are “wide open” from the chemical dilation, it’s hard to measure just how sick your lungs are. Once you quit smoking and your brochials return to normal dilation levels you’ll feel how full of junk your airways really are. Cigarette companies make sure to add these chemicals because it makes it so hard to quit, because people feel like they can’t breathe. Get an inhaler for a few weeks it’ll help get you over the hump and your lungs WILL return to normal.

Thanks for the great info. It's been 10 months since I quit and still get breathless with a flight of stairs etc. it gets really depressing sometimes. I thought by now I would be feeling great. I will not give up or give in however. I WILL find that light at the end of the tunnel

Hii I had those symptoms ,these will continue for at least 2 to 3 months

My Dr told me it was a simply a form of heart failure that many smokers have with out knowing. 1 to 2 mouths the heart gets stronger and breathing becomes easy. And that happened with me. The fluid left my lungs and i feel great. Get checked for heart failure.

Exactly the same .....if is supposed to go away.

I had the same thing too

Yes, horrible sob and did not use Chantix

definitely the pain is from the cough. I had it at left and right sides and on the back too and I was so oppressed of that, some painkillers helped to reduce the pain and to migrate but coughing hard is the only reason, so doctor prescribed me Codinex to suppress the cough. Chewing coca leaves, or smoking hash will do as well.

I am day 2 without smoking and have to hyperventilate sometimes. It just feels like my lungs are not absorbing air. Like there is a film on them. Or they want smoke so bad they are feeling like there is no air because your lungs actually want smoke.

Was curious, has your shortness of breath gone away?

No you have sleep apnea