i have stopped, restarted..etc..pattern.lowered it..you name it it is such a potent part of me by now chemically i cant get rid of it. I cant use the damn meds that supposedly help it. Im not sure it would even make a difference anymore i have ailments when i stop it worsens everything like a trauma to my body. This is cruel. It was so not a big deal in the generation i grew up in but it is now.. Its freaking me out. I stopped caffiene no problem. I went of klonopin long ago ..took a month no problem. But these cigarettes are hard as heck! Mental illness makes it way harder im sure. Im not young anymore either. Dont judge me. This is decades later.
My computer is having issues and so there are typos.its on quitting smoking. Missed the typos to fix and there is no edit buttin.
I don't know anything about quitting smoking but maybe this thought may help.
Smoking definitely increases anxiety. I was never that addicted to smoking, but ever since I got panic attacks, when I smoked it made me feel so uncomfortable that I easily just stopped because I couldn't handle the anxiousness
Cigarettes not marijuana. And it never did that to me.sadly its an addiction far more intense then i ever was aware. In my time everyone smoked everywhere. Im not a big smoker either. Half of a pack. In my time ppl smoked packs of them. That i couldnt do.Then in the early nineties it became hated and has taken on a new hate since. But hypocrtically the same haters want marijuane legalized and i find it confusing. I think theres something else in cigarretes addicting besides nictoine to make it this difficult to stop. And i wonder why we cant make our own cigrattes if its just the nicotine. Im confused in it all. But im so addicted and it is intertwined with the anxiety so completely quitting is like pointing a gun to my head. That only makes sense if you are a smoker. Many in here are young and grew up knowing better. I have stopped caffiene, withdrewl from benzos long ago, i can stop it all just these damn cigarettes for some reason is hard and i have health issues and anxiety symtoms and they skyrocket when i quit. What a mess! I was hoping im not alone in this but the older people seem to have left the forum
Lisa
You are not on the weed ?
I smoked from sixteen to around twenty five, sixty a day, I liked a pipe at night and cigars and cigarelloes at weekend, I likes a Black Russian when out as well.
I went cold Turkey basically it was rather nasty with the tar and nicotine all the coughing and bringing up soot and tar. It took me about seven years and that was not taking a cigarette as I found it was the passion to smoke was my problem.
You could try these E cigarette things or the nicotine variations. It is whatever turns you on. Mind I feel stopping and going cold turkey worked for me. I smelt like an old ashtray for a long time.
I was suffering a Manic Depression at the time and was still at College for my interests. So that made a struggle.
To get over the Nicotine I used the original Little Imps or Fishermans Friends, they gave me the taste that was similar to the Nicotine
BOB
Yeah I'm talking about cigarettes. It seemed to do that to me. There is definitely much more ingredients than nicotine that is addicting. I also vaped, which is pure nic and I did not crave that too much.
Have you tried looking at rehabs?