MaggieD
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I was talking to a doctor about smoking. He explained to me that smokers are very picky about the amount of nicotine in their system. When monitored, smokers will smoke another cigarette when their nicotine level drops to their minimum level -- inhaling more deeply until it's on target again, then finishing the cigarette with shallower inhales.
Chantix and other smokers' quitting medications deliver a set dosage of nicotine to one's system, dropping it down gradually until one is weaned from the physical addiction. But it's one-size-fits-all.
Why isn't this medication tailored to the individual? That would seem to be a no-brainer. Your thoughts?
Maggie, I agree with Fisher in post 3
Before I quit smoking I looked into Chantix
and the side effect possibilities scared me to death,
not to mention the $$.
Cold turkey is what I did,succeeded after several tries.
Good Luck if you're trying to quit !!
I was talking to a doctor about smoking. He explained to me that smokers are very picky about the amount of nicotine in their system. When monitored, smokers will smoke another cigarette when their nicotine level drops to their minimum level -- inhaling more deeply until it's on target again, then finishing the cigarette with shallower inhales.
Chantix and other smokers' quitting medications deliver a set dosage of nicotine to one's system, dropping it down gradually until one is weaned from the physical addiction. But it's one-size-fits-all.
Why isn't this medication tailored to the individual? That would seem to be a no-brainer. Your thoughts?
I was talking to a doctor about smoking. He explained to me that smokers are very picky about the amount of nicotine in their system. When monitored, smokers will smoke another cigarette when their nicotine level drops to their minimum level -- inhaling more deeply until it's on target again, then finishing the cigarette with shallower inhales.
Chantix and other smokers' quitting medications deliver a set dosage of nicotine to one's system, dropping it down gradually until one is weaned from the physical addiction. But it's one-size-fits-all.
Why isn't this medication tailored to the individual? That would seem to be a no-brainer. Your thoughts?
I quit with chantix... loved it... worked like a charm... not side effects at all really ( the dreams i had were awesome on chantix , though... lucid dreams..a.w.e.s.o.m.e.)
then I went back to smoking because i discovered that I really like smoking.
Heya Maggie. :2wave: I am going thru some of this now. As I started those E Cigs. But I was going to talk to the Doc about some other medications they have. As that Chantrix and its side effects. I just don't want to deal with. As is I have years of trouble sleeping. From Sleep Deprivation training until I got out and ever since then. Course when I was younger I could sleep a bit more. But I am lucky if I can get over 5hrs of sleep. Usually in on 4 only.
Plus a few have told about some of the Wild dreams they have had.
Reminds me of that Mark Twain quote something along the lines of "Quitting Tobacco is so easy, I do it several times a day."
The couple of people I know who didn't like it said that it made them paranoid and they couldn't sleep because of all the weird dreams/nightmares they were having. One started smoking as soon as they quit Chantix. The other says something along the lines of "I am glad I quit smoking, but I would never take that drug ever again."
Never smoked a day in my life but I'm willing to guess that smoking is like any other addiction and the only way to break such an addiction is to somehow get the better of your own mind - it makes no difference if it's food addictions, smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc. - they all have you in their grip because your mind speaks to you, rationalizes a benign need and convinces you that the addiction is not an addiction at all, it's a harmless pleasure, until you succome and then your mind ridicules you for being so weak and giving in and so you give in further because what the hell, you're a worthless human being anyway.
Breaking that grip is what breaks the addiction - without willpower, no drug or other artificial means will ever help you overcome.
I was talking to a doctor about smoking. He explained to me that smokers are very picky about the amount of nicotine in their system. When monitored, smokers will smoke another cigarette when their nicotine level drops to their minimum level -- inhaling more deeply until it's on target again, then finishing the cigarette with shallower inhales.
Chantix and other smokers' quitting medications deliver a set dosage of nicotine to one's system, dropping it down gradually until one is weaned from the physical addiction. But it's one-size-fits-all.
Why isn't this medication tailored to the individual? That would seem to be a no-brainer. Your thoughts?
Not to dissuade you from trying to quit but I'd suggest you read up on the electronic cigs - I read in the paper not long ago that they claim the chemicals in them can be just as carcinogenic as regular cigs if not more so.
I quit with chantix... loved it... worked like a charm... not side effects at all really ( the dreams i had were awesome on chantix , though... lucid dreams..a.w.e.s.o.m.e.)
then I went back to smoking because i discovered that I really like smoking.
Heya CJ. :2wave: I would agree it starts with willpower. I have quit a couple of times for a few years at a time too. Then went back. Last time Started after 3 years with my ex. Now I want to get rid of them for good. I have cut down.....I smoke outside my house now. Nothing inside. Same with my car. Got rid of the ashtrays out of the house too. Anything to make it more difficult to smoke. As now it is the Nicotine and those 4000 other chemicals they use nowadays I have to get round.
I quit with chantix... loved it... worked like a charm... not side effects at all really ( the dreams i had were awesome on chantix , though... lucid dreams..a.w.e.s.o.m.e.)
then I went back to smoking because i discovered that I really like smoking.
I'm with you. Over the years I've quit multiple times - even for years at a time - but then, one day, there's something that tells me I need a cigarette and I'm back at it.
The one person I know who took Chantix did ultimately quit smoking. But she had to quit the Chantix because it made her crazy--rages and suicidal impulses, and she had to go into therapy for a bit. Every time I hear those commercials and the scary warnings, I think of her.
I wish you all the best MMC - I've known lots of people over the years who have struggled with it. My sister-in-law was a heavy smoker but when she had twins 33 years ago she started to cut down and then as the kids got to be 5/6 they and their dad started hounding her to quit and she finally just gave up fighting and quit cold turkey. She was a bean pole while smoking and after smoking she ballooned up to twice the size and hasn't been able to effectively lose the weight - this is a problem with a lot of women and why many go back to smoking. But she never went back and she's a happy tubby in her old age and there's no sign of her smoker's cough and her lungs have self-healed. So it can be done and it's a great accomplishment if you can do it.
Yep, my Grandmother Smoked for over 50 years and then quit Cold Turkey. Never had any problems from Smoking until she hit her late 80s. When she passed at 91. They said it had been affecting her breathing for those last two years.
She always said that she would always want a Cig. Especially with Coffee. Never stopped wanting or the desire. But that she would get busy and keep it out of her mind until the urge passed. Which after time she said decreased with the urges being strong. Like she had to have one.
That's my next step.....to cut coffee. That one will be tuff as I work out in the Winter. Which I drink the stuff all day long then. Just can't get into drinking Hot Chocolate all the time or Tea.
I was talking to a doctor about smoking. He explained to me that smokers are very picky about the amount of nicotine in their system. When monitored, smokers will smoke another cigarette when their nicotine level drops to their minimum level -- inhaling more deeply until it's on target again, then finishing the cigarette with shallower inhales.
Chantix and other smokers' quitting medications deliver a set dosage of nicotine to one's system, dropping it down gradually until one is weaned from the physical addiction. But it's one-size-fits-all.
Why isn't this medication tailored to the individual? That would seem to be a no-brainer. Your thoughts?
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