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I quit my very heavy 30-year smoking habit with only one patch. I put it on only when the urge was too strong and then took it off after it subsided. I am not telling you to do the same, everybody is different. But the idea of quitting is to quit and not trade one habit for another.
Possibly you could use patches with a lower dose or try taking them off from time to time. But only after you no longer have those terrible urges to light up a cigarette.
PS Congratulations on going this long without a cigarette!
Thanks! Ive been meaning to google how much nicotine is in a single cigarette and compare it to the 21mg patch.
I had a bad day today, (didnt slip), but about 2 hours after I went to work, I started feeling bad, then over the next 2 hours, my breathing became tougher and tougher...by the time I decided I need to go home and do a Nebulizer treatment, I was running out of breath walking to my car across flat pavement!
I thought this crap was behind me!
Once I got home and did a Nebulizer treatment, I felt 80% better and breathing was back to normal, feels like I had a lot of phelgm building up in/on my lungs again, this is what sent me to the hospital last time. Kind of feels like I have chronic bronchitis (if there is such a thing?)
I guess this is a reminder to myself, I havent been smokefree for TOO LONG yet, hopefully I start having fewer of these episodes.
I quit my very heavy 30-year smoking habit with only one patch. I put it on only when the urge was too strong and then took it off after it subsided. I am not telling you to do the same, everybody is different. But the idea of quitting is to quit and not trade one habit for another.
Possibly you could use patches with a lower dose or try taking them off from time to time. But only after you no longer have those terrible urges to light up a cigarette.
PS Congratulations on going this long without a cigarette!
I just checked on Google...its a bit confusing, it says 'full flavor cigarettes' contain 1.2-1.4mg of nicotine per cig, it also said 'light cigarettes' contain about .06-.08mg of nicotine...I didnt think there was any difference in full flavor, light, ultra light, etc?
I just checked on Google...its a bit confusing, it says 'full flavor cigarettes' contain 1.2-1.4mg of nicotine per cig, it also said 'light cigarettes' contain about .06-.08mg of nicotine...I didnt think there was any difference in full flavor, light, ultra light, etc?
You didn't think there was any difference? What did you think those terms referred to?
You didn't think there was any difference? What did you think those terms referred to?
Its been discussed on threads on CD before, the consensus was, there is no such thing as a 'light cigarette'...I have even had doctors tell me this before.
Congratulations! Don’t lose focus. You need to give it more time. I’m not a doctor, but I’ve heard that dependance on oxygen is not a good thing. Just tough it out and I bet in a few more days you will notice a big difference.
Congratulations! Don’t lose focus. You need to give it more time. I’m not a doctor, but I’ve heard that dependance on oxygen is not a good thing. Just tough it out and I bet in a few more days you will notice a big difference.
According to a friend who is an RN, I need a longer course of Prednisone,(to reduce swelling/inflammation in my bronchial passageways...
Ive gone 15 days now, but really thats not THAT long, it takes time for the lungs to cool down, and the inflammation to go down.
She also said something about a steroid being helpful. Im getting ready to go the ER, I dread this because I fear they will admit me!
Im getting used to be smokefree now, I cleaned out my car the other day, (there were ashes everywhere), also took out the little cup ashtray I used and threw it in the garbage...I still find myself reaching over to grab my cig pack and lighter when I first get into the car, or when Im sitting in traffic, but it fades pretty quick...Its still 'disappointing' in a way (that I cannot smoke anymore), but I do not dwell on it and make a big deal about it...its just something I cannot do anymore, its that simple.
Congratulations on your quest to a better life.
You WILL feel much better in the mornings when you stop hacking up all that yellow crap. One thing you’ll notice after a while is how awful smokers smell when they get within arm’s length of you.
My wife & I both quit our 1 pack a day habits in 1976 at the behest of our 5 year old son, and it took several weeks before our lungs cleared. Good thing we did, or I wouldn’t have made it to 76 (so far).
You are not alone with shortness of breath after quitting. Hang in there. I know it's not easy, but can you imagine if you carry on smoking again for years and then stop again? They reckon it takes about 9 months to get more better days than not and a good five years to get back to a sort of normal.
Congratulations on your quest to a better life.
You WILL feel much better in the mornings when you stop hacking up all that yellow crap. One thing you’ll notice after a while is how awful smokers smell when they get within arm’s length of you.
My wife & I both quit our 1 pack a day habits in 1976 at the behest of our 5 year old son, and it took several weeks before our lungs cleared. Good thing we did, or I wouldn’t have made it to 76 (so far).
You CAN do it. Good luck!
Not everyone develops a revulsion to the smell. Some ex smokers still love the smell of smoke and aren't bothered by the hideous stench of a smoker's reeking clothes.
In case you can't tell, I'm not one of em.
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