Shortness of breath after stopping smoking

I just recently started working out on a treadmill, gradually increasing the time I am on it each day...I am going to try Calms Forte....thanks ...and have an awesome time snowboarding with your family...!

I have found 1 thing that has cured my anxiety and doom. And that is an appendectomy and 2 emergency surgries...4 days in an icu. With week to go.

That really sucks hope you feel better soon. another week seems long? Hopefully when you are back home it won't be back to anxiety street!

If its mental. ...not happening. .....just not. What I went through the last 8 days puts a lot into perspective. Had stress tests, ekg, angiography, ct's x rays. All came back good . Even had a check where they see if arteries spasam......all good. Besides if I would have had any condition, pre-op would have found it or it would have reared it head then......nothing. So the way I see it if I start feeling it again..........pffffft whatever.

Like I keep saying it's all mental. If you were fine prior to quitting smoking then you should be fine after. It takes time to get your mind right. Good luck

Well KEITH today is the 8 month of our adventure into the clean world again, lets keep it this way. there were many days I thought I wouled never make it,and Im still notl sure it will ever all go away, but the progress i.ve seen gives hope I wish everone the best, and remember never give up,no matter what there will be lots of those days, but they fade away with time.good luck to all THANKS RALPH.

Im in for the long haul as well

That is great. I don't think it will ever fade that we were smokers and it will come across our minds from time to time just less often. At this point in time, I don't think I will ever get another panic attack again at least not over smoking like I did in the beginning. The anxiety is still there but very little at this time and hope it will be gone all together soon. There are days where I say to myself, wow I will never have another smoke again but it quickly fades and I move on which is great. I'm sure in the years to come it will be even less and less. I hope you are feeling better with what you have been through. Stay positive, what you have done many have failed so good for you and all of us who have stuck this out.

I compare my anxiety to my recent trauma and that puts the anxiety in check.

No doubt, but everyone is different and does not have that trauma anxiety to compare to. I have a few people that I know battling cancer and my wife always puts me in check saying think about how they feel what I'm going through is nothing. She's right and I feel embarrassed. I no longer complain about the little SOB I get here and there because I'm blessed to have my health. There are others way worse than me. Keith

I was a basket case for quite a while as well. But unless the doctor finds something substantial, you just have to keep forcing logic over fear. Which sometimes is extremely hard.   But by all means things need to be checked out.

I am 66 years old, female, and I smoked for 45+ years, and I have been smoke free for 18 months. I had tried Chantix, and several other things in the past , but none were effective. I quit after watching my friend die of cancer, a long, horrible death. This last time,I just did it. I have gained about 15lbs, and suffer from shortness of breath, and I do some wheezing at night, which I had not done before quitting. I don't know if it is because of the weight gain, which isn't good, or from the years of self destruction I put my body through. I still think of smoking, almost daily, but I will not smoke again. I did follow the "Why Quit" program, which I downloaded from the Internet. I recently read an article about the shortness of breath problem, and it said to get up and get moving. This past week I have made myself get up from my New Hampshire couch, get my duds on, and have begun walking, and also doing some easy yoga exercises. Believe me, I am a couch slug, but I want to breath and live! I hope it works. Try it, and maybe with a little bit of push, we will feel better.

Would not think you would still have SOB 18 months later? You must have smoked a lot in the 45 years. I guess just keep plugging away and never go back.Great that you stopped good luck.

Like I said, I have become a couch slug, so my stamina is probably at an all time low. The winters are long up here and I played right into that, allowing myself to wallow. I know I have to get active, get air into these lungs, and things will get better. I can already feel it! Good luck to all of us!

Get moving, it does help. I saw no end in sight for a good while. So just start pushing yourself. A little at a time, then a little more.  The first small steps are always the hardest.