xyza: Quitting smoking.

[Sweetie]

Wanna talk about it? I've just been through the experience, perhaps we could discuss all the things one can expect to experience at that time, of quitting smoking.

You sound like you are feeling things that I felt and it might help you to know that it could be quitting smoking related and that if that's the case, there's hope because it will pass (though I'm not assuming that's the case).

Serioulsy, higher stress levels, depression, anxiety.......sounds pretty normal to me for someone who is quitting smoking. It really is a deep physiological addiction, worse than a cocaine addiction so I've heard.

So, how are you?

[viscousmemories]

I don't really want to talk about quitting today, but I told my story here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356) if anyone's interested.

[xyza]

My stressors come more from a seriously sleep deprived and depressed boyfriend, and all the shit that him and his family including myself are going through added on to the stress of me being at Uni at the same time.

All in all everything came at a very bad time, or maybe my timing is crap.

I would say that all the smoking related stuff passed ages ago, although falling asleep with a patch on is still not a good idea.
I had restless nights, until that is I started taking the patch off, 24 hour patches are a good idea, I know that at times my day is longer than 16 hours but I believe they should advise you to remove them.
Finding something to do other than smoke or eat was a problem at first and I'm not sure I have, only thing to do is change the routine, oh and top up with nicotine gum at the beginning, that has been replaced now though with regular gum, that I still tuck up in my gum.

I'm going to have to see about it being worse than other drug addictions though, I have my sources on that.
I can see that with it being a more freely excepted drug addiction (carefully wording that) and people everywhere you go smoking that it is more difficult to escape it, in the sense that a drug addicted can change their circle of friends and where they go, allowing them not to come into contact with the drug, where as for a smoker you walk down the street and someone can be smoking, in a shop and they are on display behind the counter etc. (and yes I'm attempting the worlds longest sentence) :giggle:

[livius drusus]

I've got exactly zero wisdom to share, but I'm sorry things are so stressful for you right now, xyza. :hug:

[xyza]

Awww thanks Liv, but it's life you just get on with it.