Well I believe the day has finally come (actually tomorrow) where I will try to quit smoking.
Yes, before you get on your soap box, I do know that smoking is horrible, whether you have LD or not.
I guess it finally dawned on me , that here I am fighting to get my life back from LD, yet continue to smoke..duh. I am a heavy smoker, 2 packs per day.
I am just wondering if any fellow lymies have quit during treatment. Wondering if it will make lyme symptoms worse.
I'd rather be prepared that way...I am prepared all other ways, well, as prepared as one can be.
Scary thought, yet strangely exciting at the same time.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Good luck to you. I have never smoked but I do see people with health issues around here who smoke...
I know they want to quit but really struggle to do so.
Several are on oxygen
Sevearal have diabetes
Don't know what the other health issues are but do know they are too sick to work do much but take smoking breaks several times a day and wish they could stop the habit.
So I know it is tought to do. MOst have been able to at least cut back.
I think one is down to 3 cigarettes a day now.
Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
Yes, I've quit smoking. Back in Jan '02 when I first became disabled. I've fell off the wagon a few times, but only for month or two period.
I originally used nico gum. Then I realized that gum chewing with all my silver filling was probably a bad thing.
So I switched to nico lozengers. Guess what? I'm addicted to the lozengers. Oh well, better than smoking.
It wouldn't take much to get me past this nico addiction. The cigs part is over. I need to try one of the addiction medications this year and break this cycle.
It's not unusual for people to get addicted to the stop smoking censation products. Found tons of people in the same boat doing an internet search.
Pam
Posted by 1Bitten2XShy (Member # 12280) on :
You are correct, and that is why I have decided to go cold turkey..YIKES
I guess one of my reasons is even with gum/patches etc you are still feeding your body some sort of nicotine.
Not knocking people that use them...if they help you quit that is a wonderful thing!
Posted by Geet3721 (Member # 15751) on :
I also would love to quit smoking but haven't yet.
I do think cold turkey is the way to go but its hard.
my llmd did not want me taking any stop smoking agents because of all the meds im on and was worried I take their side effects for for symptoms.
I am going to try hypnotisim in a few weeks, hoping that will work
good luck to you!
Posted by 1Bitten2XShy (Member # 12280) on :
Geet, good luck to you as well. I tried the Hypo and Laser did not work for me. I guess I am just gonna have to use good old fashioned will power. Somehow that is easier said than done!!
Posted by joalo (Member # 12752) on :
I went to a hypnotist one time about twenty years ago and never picked up another cigarette.
My husband quit smoking two years ago but has been hooked on the lozenges for two years. Now he's spending about $120 a month for the lozenges. Posted by Wonko (Member # 18318) on :
I quit last spring. It was before my diagnosis, but well into the time when I knew I was sick.
I was having enough trouble as it was, and decided that quitting would give my body a better chance.
Posted by eric555 (Member # 18343) on :
I want to...
But very hard to do.
Its the stress and the worries about the unknown mysteries of this disease that make me light up.
I would love to quit.
Posted by tickedoffjan (Member # 15944) on :
I quit smoking two years ago, prior to being diagnosed with lyme. I am not aware that it made any symptoms worse.
I used chantix to quit and it really helped me. I know that it is not for everyone, and I might not have taken it had I been on multiple abx like I am now.
I would also suggest Quitnet - it is a fantastic support site for those who want to quit smoking. There is also a wonderful book by Alan Carr called "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking". You are actually supposed to read it prior to quitting.
Best of luck to all of you. It is not easy but it is so worth it.
Jan
Posted by Lauralyme (Member # 15021) on :
I highly recommend the book... The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently by Allan Carr
Worked for me 11 years ago and I have never wanted one since. The book made it so easy.
Posted by joysie (Member # 11063) on :
Long story short, I quit for the last time 1.5 years ago, using Chantix. It helped alot, but I'm not sure I'd use it again knowing how it can affect people.
At the time I was on doxy and thyroid meds, also using lunesta and xanax.
I felt horrible the first two months-brain foggy, depressed, insomnia, muscle pain and so on. I attributed it to the meds combination.
I went last week for a consult with a new LLMD who asked if my lyme symptoms had worsened after quitting. When I told him my meds perspective, he laughed and said it was probably that nicotine has an inhibitory effect on lyme.
Now they tell me... I will of course emphasize that he said it ruins everything else health-wise, lest anyone get the impression that smoking is a good thing.
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, that here I am fighting to get my life back from LD, yet continue to smoke..duh. I am a heavy smoker, 2 packs per day.![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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I will of course emphasize that he said it ruins everything else health-wise, lest anyone get the impression that smoking is a good thing.