Quit smoking...when will I feel good.?!
Question: Quit smoking...when will I feel good..?
It has been eight months, now very depressed, I think it is the low dopamine, which has been a problem from the beginning but progressively worse. Have gained 35 lbs. I am exercising, trying to control diet, feel terrible. Why and when will it get better.Health Question & Answer
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Recently, a study found that people who have trouble quitting smoking (and staying quit) often have undiagnosed depression. So, when you say you're feeling depressed, you might want to consider if it might really be what they call "clinical depression." If you really are depressed, you should talk to a therapist. Don't be embarrassed to get professional help. Many, many Americans suffer from depression, and it's something that can be treated.
So--talk to some kind of counselor, and hopefully you'll feel better soon.Health Question & Answer
So--talk to some kind of counselor, and hopefully you'll feel better soon.Health Question & Answer
Well I congratulate you on lasting this long. Don't give up! You more than likely gained the weight b/c when a smoker quits you kinda get some of your taste buds back and you can taste food better than you could when you did smoke. This happens to alot of people who quit. Keep exercising and eating right. The weight isn't going to fall off over night. If your feeling very depressed, what about trying something new.? Picking up a new hobby. Anything that you've wanted to try, just do it. Even if you think you could never do something like play a guitar or play a sport. Something that will fill that emptiness you have. If nothing works and you have tried all possible route's than see a doctor. Before getting on any prescription, try finding something you enjoy and let yourself have fun!Health Question & Answer
Have you tried to go to see a Nutricionist. Explain that to her.
You see. it take's that. Don't control diet, when you feel hungry or with some emptyness on your stomach. Drink pently of water
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You see. it take's that. Don't control diet, when you feel hungry or with some emptyness on your stomach. Drink pently of water
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*I'm gonna be honest with you. Right now, you have to decide how badly you want to never go back to being a smoker again. That's the only thing that will see you through this.
I was a smoker and gave it up years ago. I didn't find it that hard, although I smoked 2 packs a day then. I went cold turkey, gained 13 lbs. and then eventually lost them. I stopped for around 15 years. Truthfully, I never stopped missing it. Stupidly, I then started having a cigarette now and then or when in social situations, etc. Before I knew it, I was smoking again. Thankfully, not the 2 packs a day that I smoked before.
Then, about 7 years later, I decided this is really bad. I was disappointed in myself and I realized I was a minority now. This was recently, obviously. I looked around and saw that very few people smoked in public places like the park or the beach or places like that. When I did, I felt like I stood out and was now in an undesireable place in my life. also, hey! Have you looked at the price of a pack of smokes lately.?!.? That, too made me want to quit. So, I went on Chantix. Took iit for 12 weeks. Lots of side effects. That was a year ago. Do I miss it.? Yup, you bet your bippy I do. BUT, I've decided that I've promised myself that I will NOT do that again. I will not have something as harmful as smoking take me over again. I think that it is now my mind that is controlling whether or not I smoke. I am not letting my desire for a smoke win! I keep telling myself that I am stronger than that. Still, lots of times, I "plan" to have a cigarette when ...... whatever. Then I realize that I don't do that anymore. I suck it up (the thought, not the smoke) and when it passes, I just feel so damned proud of me.
Gotta say, I think it was much harder this time even though I only smoked on and off this time and only maybe 1/2 pack a day, whereas the prior time, I smoked 2 packs a day. I do believe that cigarettes are more addictive now because of this. Why would it have been harder now when I smoked less.?
35# is a lot of weight to have gained though, I must say. My doc. said the usual is around 10 or so but I'e gained 15 and I don't exercise. What I'm trying to do now is have things like sliced turkey breast or other things I like and when I'm hungry, I try to grab a piece or two of that instead of making a sandwich or whatever.
I'm hoping that will fill me up, having a bunch of small meals during the day instead of 3 big ones.
Weight Watchers is also a great alternative. I've done that twice already with great results. There are reasons why I'm not rushing to do that now but, that doesn't mean I don't still endorce them. Try it. I think they even have an online thing --- that's what I've heard.
Bottom line, I think cigarette smoking is truly an addicition and, like any other addict, I think you never stop craving it. You just have to get your mind set to not do it. Find a way to reward yourself for good behavior. Maybe treat yourself to something special at the end of the month, spending half the cost that it would have cost you to buy x amount of cigarettes that month.
To make yourself feel better, just think of drug addicts and alcoholics, etc. I think it's way tougher for them than for us. I think! I've never been a drug addict but it seems like when they stop, they always go back, like it becomes something they can't do without. I keep telling myself that if I smoke again, I will be no better than them!
Good luck. Hang in there, pleeeeeeeze.
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I was a smoker and gave it up years ago. I didn't find it that hard, although I smoked 2 packs a day then. I went cold turkey, gained 13 lbs. and then eventually lost them. I stopped for around 15 years. Truthfully, I never stopped missing it. Stupidly, I then started having a cigarette now and then or when in social situations, etc. Before I knew it, I was smoking again. Thankfully, not the 2 packs a day that I smoked before.
Then, about 7 years later, I decided this is really bad. I was disappointed in myself and I realized I was a minority now. This was recently, obviously. I looked around and saw that very few people smoked in public places like the park or the beach or places like that. When I did, I felt like I stood out and was now in an undesireable place in my life. also, hey! Have you looked at the price of a pack of smokes lately.?!.? That, too made me want to quit. So, I went on Chantix. Took iit for 12 weeks. Lots of side effects. That was a year ago. Do I miss it.? Yup, you bet your bippy I do. BUT, I've decided that I've promised myself that I will NOT do that again. I will not have something as harmful as smoking take me over again. I think that it is now my mind that is controlling whether or not I smoke. I am not letting my desire for a smoke win! I keep telling myself that I am stronger than that. Still, lots of times, I "plan" to have a cigarette when ...... whatever. Then I realize that I don't do that anymore. I suck it up (the thought, not the smoke) and when it passes, I just feel so damned proud of me.
Gotta say, I think it was much harder this time even though I only smoked on and off this time and only maybe 1/2 pack a day, whereas the prior time, I smoked 2 packs a day. I do believe that cigarettes are more addictive now because of this. Why would it have been harder now when I smoked less.?
35# is a lot of weight to have gained though, I must say. My doc. said the usual is around 10 or so but I'e gained 15 and I don't exercise. What I'm trying to do now is have things like sliced turkey breast or other things I like and when I'm hungry, I try to grab a piece or two of that instead of making a sandwich or whatever.
I'm hoping that will fill me up, having a bunch of small meals during the day instead of 3 big ones.
Weight Watchers is also a great alternative. I've done that twice already with great results. There are reasons why I'm not rushing to do that now but, that doesn't mean I don't still endorce them. Try it. I think they even have an online thing --- that's what I've heard.
Bottom line, I think cigarette smoking is truly an addicition and, like any other addict, I think you never stop craving it. You just have to get your mind set to not do it. Find a way to reward yourself for good behavior. Maybe treat yourself to something special at the end of the month, spending half the cost that it would have cost you to buy x amount of cigarettes that month.
To make yourself feel better, just think of drug addicts and alcoholics, etc. I think it's way tougher for them than for us. I think! I've never been a drug addict but it seems like when they stop, they always go back, like it becomes something they can't do without. I keep telling myself that if I smoke again, I will be no better than them!
Good luck. Hang in there, pleeeeeeeze.
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