been smokin since i was 12. i have been wanting to quit but its hard considering every single person in my house smokes. i am starting to get really disgusted with it all. i would like to think i have more self control than this. have any of you quit? how did you go about doing that?
quitting smoking is easy. I have done it a hundred times... Ask your doc for some Wellbutrin. It helps... good luck
It is also easy for me... but it does depend on the person. Hipnosis has done magic... I know a 40 year smoker who just wuit after a session of anti-smoking hipnosis. All they do is basicly associate the taste and smell of ciggs with unpleasent points on your body.. .which makes you resent them.
Fuck Wellbutrin and every other antidepressant. They will make your balls shrivel up, turn you into a mindless zombie, and make you homicidal / suicidal. FUNK THAT! I chewed two boxes of Nicorette. Haven't had a cig in 7 yrs.
Hmm, I sell about 45 Rx's of Wellbutrin a week, and I have been on it for 5 years (still smoking though). I have never heard of these side effects... This new suicidal warning in TEENAGERS with SSRI antidepressants (NOT Wellbutrin) is all bullshit (CYA for the drug company), but that is for another thread..
Why on God's green Earth would you take that soul-sucking braindeath? Every time you put one in your mouth, it sucks away a little more of your humanity. I'd worry about getting off that shit before you try to tackle not smoking.
I smoked for 10 years before I finally quit which was about 6 months ago. I used the patch for 2 months and then chewed on the gum for the 3rd month. I would say it worked alot better than I expected it to. I still crave cigs sometimes though. Mostly when I see someone else with one and I get reminded of it.....but I dont have those real hard cravings anymore.
What happened to you? Did you have a bad experience on antidepressants? It sucks away "humanity?" It keeps me happy. It keeps me from staying in my room all the time, hiding from the world. It keeps me from feeling hopeless and suicidal. Seems beneficial to me.
i quit smoking 3 months ago, but i did it the easy way. i got extremely sick, and couldn't have smoked even if i wanted to. so after about a week i decided, "well, i've made it this long, might as well just quit." i also wasn't able to leave my house for over a month, so i wasn't forced to be around other people smoking. that helped as well. i still have some hard times, but i know i'm never going to give in. once you get past that hump and realize how much better you feel, it's easy to fight the cravings. i wish you all the luck in the world!
I have only smoked off and on for a year, but this was how I quit last week. I started cutting back on cigarettes, only smoking when I "needed" to. After about a week to 2 weeks, I went from smoking a pack a day to 1 or 2 cigarettes per day. One night I was really upset about a dispute w/ my best friend and out of cigarettes. I was going to walk 4 blocks to buy a pack when this voice in my head yelled "THATS YOUR ADDICTION TALKING!!!" And I haven't smoked since. That was over a week ago. My best friend and his friends still smoke, so I still do hear that voice say, "just 1 won't hurt" when they light up, but then I remind myself of 2 things. 1. That's the addiction talking 2. There is no difference between use & abuse of cigarettes. Yesterday I even bought my best friend a box of Newports & still haven't touched one. It's far from easy, I don't want to mislead anyone, but just keep reminding yourself every time you want a cigarette. My advice is to cut back until you can comfortably smoke just one cigarette a day. You've beaten the physical addiction, the pyschological addiction will be tougher. Just know that your mind is stronger than any nicotine craving. Don't get down if you do have one after you quit. Just don't smoke anymore. I know that if you REALLY want to quit, you can. Just have that same faith in yourself. Good Luck! Peace & love Kim
Oh yeah, I just remembered that my doc prescribed me to Wellbutrin XL 300mg for ADD/depression. That probably helped too, although I stopped taking it a couple days ago b/c I have the ADD under control & the depression is gone. Peace& Love Kim
