weekish
08-13-2003, 12:22 AM
I am having a very difficult time trying to quit smoking, also i get so dam depressed. this is my 2nd day of becoming smoke free.
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weekish
08-13-2003, 12:57 AM
Originally posted by weekish:
I am having a very difficult time trying to quit smoking, also i get so dam depressed. this is my 2nd day of becoming smoke free.
I am having a very difficult time trying to quit smoking, also i get so dam depressed. this is my 2nd day of becoming smoke free.
tilly2
08-13-2003, 01:38 PM
Well, I totally hear you. I am experiencing depression and anxiety along with a host of other withdrawal symptoms, and I am using the patch so none of them are nicotine related!! To top it all off I have this very unreal sense of life, I don't even feel proud of myself for quitting. I have been smoking a couple of cigarettes in the evening sometimes and they don't event taste good.
Smoking means so much to us. It is a friend that is always there, it is a way to put a physical barrier between ourselves and other people, it is a reward, it signals the end of things (meals, the work day, etc.) and I could go on and on. Giving up smoking is not just giving up cigarettes, it is a total life change. I hear your pain and I am with you. Stay with it though - I'm starting to think it is going to be worth it one day or another.
Smoking means so much to us. It is a friend that is always there, it is a way to put a physical barrier between ourselves and other people, it is a reward, it signals the end of things (meals, the work day, etc.) and I could go on and on. Giving up smoking is not just giving up cigarettes, it is a total life change. I hear your pain and I am with you. Stay with it though - I'm starting to think it is going to be worth it one day or another.
Monday1954
08-18-2003, 04:27 PM
Thought I was the only one that suffered from
depression by quitting smoking. The last time
I tried to quit smoking I took Zyban - it only
increased all of my bad symptoms, I lay on the
couch and barely moved, when I did get up it was
like being in a dream. Since this was the first
time I had tried to quit smoking with Zyban
(used nicotine patches and a blood pressure
patch before) I couldn't tell if it was the
Zyban or the lack of nicotine.
I started smoking again and soon felt like my
old self - that was two years ago and I do
seriously need to quit smoking - I am just
afraid of the feelings that come with it.
I even think better with a cigarette - crazy
as it sounds. I will keep reading here but
as with all addictions I won't be able to quit
for good until I am ready.
depression by quitting smoking. The last time
I tried to quit smoking I took Zyban - it only
increased all of my bad symptoms, I lay on the
couch and barely moved, when I did get up it was
like being in a dream. Since this was the first
time I had tried to quit smoking with Zyban
(used nicotine patches and a blood pressure
patch before) I couldn't tell if it was the
Zyban or the lack of nicotine.
I started smoking again and soon felt like my
old self - that was two years ago and I do
seriously need to quit smoking - I am just
afraid of the feelings that come with it.
I even think better with a cigarette - crazy
as it sounds. I will keep reading here but
as with all addictions I won't be able to quit
for good until I am ready.
bookmiser
09-16-2003, 07:56 AM
THOSE SOUND LIKE ANXIETY ATTACKS TO ME. MY MOTHER DIED IN 1994 AND 2 MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH I BEGAN TO HAVE THOSE SAME FEELINGS AS ALL OF YOU. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANIC DISORDER. I'D NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE THEN. I WAS 30 THEN AND AM NOW 39. HAVE BEEN ON ZOLOFT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND HAVE CONTROL THE ATTACKS.I STARTED THE PATCH 9 WEEKS AGO. I DON'T CHEAT, IF I SMOKE ONCE, I'M A GONER. THE PATCH HELPS, BUT I STILL MISS SMOKING EVERYDAY. I'VE BEEN DEPRESSED ALOT LATELY, BUT I KNOW IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE. YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL. THINGS WILL GET BETTER. GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
Buying Time
09-27-2003, 12:53 AM
I have been smoke free for just over four years, having smoked for 20+ years. I don't know why some people suffer depression when quitting and others don't, but I did. It kicked in at about three months and became severe enough where I thought I might need medical help. For a while I was often discovered weeping in my bedroom reading the obituaries in the dark. I was told by an MD some years later that Zyban would have helped, in that it is an anti-anxiety medication. I can tell you that my depression passed and seemed to be a chemical withdrawal that occurred just after the sensation I had that I was seeing colors in their reality for the first time (?)
Quitting smoking was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my entire forty years. I think that the difficulty in itself is my reason enough for never smoking again. Whenever the task seemed unbearable, I would pick up a dirty ashtray and smell it. That reminded me of why I quit in the first place.
I wish you the best of luck and a speedy recovery from nicotine
Quitting smoking was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my entire forty years. I think that the difficulty in itself is my reason enough for never smoking again. Whenever the task seemed unbearable, I would pick up a dirty ashtray and smell it. That reminded me of why I quit in the first place.
I wish you the best of luck and a speedy recovery from nicotine
kini23
09-27-2003, 01:41 AM
I also quit when I found out I was pregnant.My OB also made me quit the antidepressant I had been taking for 5 years. I relapsed into major depression. I had major mood swings and terrible anxiety. I felt so sick from being pregnant. I thought I was losing my mind.Quitting smoking was soooooooo hard for me. I miss it so much. It has been the hardest three months of my entire life. But I prayed and I cried and I prayed and I cried. I joined a yoga class which helped out a lot. Just be strong you can do it. Act as if your life depends on it. Thing should start to look up.