Should I start smoking again.... i'm still ill after 1 year

I quit smoking in 1984 age 40 and have been sick, sick and sicker ever since: weight gain, menopause, candida systemic, ruined digestion, severe severe chills, hypothyroid, hypoglycemic, diabetes, binge eating, migraines, vertigo, suicidal depressions, plantar fasciitis, etc. etc. etc. I've tried many drugs, antidepressants, bioidentical hormones, etc. but am not improved by any of them. A doctor recently suggested I try Nicotine Gum to see if I can get improved dopamine, etc. A dental specialist I saw last week said she and her sister were both ill for years after quitting (she went back to 7 a day, hand rolled). Anyone tried Nicotine or other to get better?

Same here. Stopped smoking 13 months ago. Feel like c**p. Problems concentrating, mood swings, episodes of anxiety, shortness of breath, fears. My self esteem is not existent. Constant brain fog - when the hell will it stop?

I am tired....

this is the hardest thing i've ever had to do,, but after 8 months, i'm slowly winning. I realise i'm addicted to smoking and the chemicals that come with that addiction. Don't give up giving up please. I feel tired & depressed but am gradually gaining confidence and a feeling of self control. I have smoked from the age of 15, so my life is in turmoil. Taste has changed. I can smell like a bloodhound. I don't sleep too well. I feel like i've lost a friend, but after 37 years of smoking,, I am, at last taking control of my life. I can't ever smoke again. I know myself too well. Good luck & best wishes to all of you who have managed to stop.

I'm in the same boat ... I stopped smoking feb 2012 after smoking for 25+yearsI feel so awful, weight gain, breathlessness, chest pains, lethargic, constipation, bleeding gums ... I have never felt so ill when I smoked .. I can't afford to start again, I don't even want to but I don't know how to feel well again 

Hi Santolla! Start eating oatmeal every morning and put some raisins in it and I assure you , you will go to the restroom . Don't go back to smoking , you will get through this. Smoking for 25 years can put alot on your body. Have you gone to get a physical? Blood tests can say so much about a human body. Do you take vitamins? It is so important. I started taking magnesium 500 ml for leg cramps, and they went away. My doctor recommended them to me. You also need 500 ml calcium for your bones. and centrum 50 if you are over 50 years old . Stay away from white bread and switch to wheat. Start a healthy regimen and stick to it, but get that physical. Low potassium, low iron , you just never know what could be causing your headaches. Check yourself out and start from there. YOUR BODY IS YOUR TEMPLE. .