First day of giving up smoking...

[veeeffarr]

And it's going ok!

Gone to a thing called 'Fagends' and they've given me a Nicotine nasal spray, well better than the gum/patches.

Let's see how it goes next week...

[Louise]

I wish you luck. I managed 3 whole weeks. the first week and half were hard but eased up alot by the 2nd. But when the booze got flowing I had to have a smoke.
Really let myself down.
Might try the nasel spray next, I hate the gum and sweets.

[veeeffarr]

[Dragonfly]

All the best there i done 6 weeks and felt great with the patches that was until sometihing silly happened. But know you can do it! keep it up!
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[Visitor Q]

See here

Note, dont use anything. It's better in the long term. I know plenty of mpeople hooked on patches/gum etc.

If you want to quit, quit.

Good luck anyway fella. Im still going strong, havent really missed them to be honest. Just get stuck in to something physical if you can.
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[veeeffarr]

If I go cold turkey I get to a point where I get so light headed I can't function, which is shit.

[2Smoke]

Best of luck mate, just stick to it!
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[akaDAVE]

The 'medications' are very useful as a tool to get your brain back in gear if you're at work and feel you really are not 'functioning'. I don't believe you should be chewing up to 10 a day as a course and taking in about 5 times the amount of nicotine than if you smoked.
Keep the medication as a very last resort when you feel you've got nowhere to turn.
All they will do is manage the withdrawl symptoms, they won't aid willpower at all.
I've given up once before for 6 months cold turkey, with crazy view to smoke after that only in pubs, but it creeps back in.

I last stopped smoking 7th Sept 2003 and havent had a single puff since.

My advice is just keep it simple, don't think 'what if', 'but', or 'why', if you've made the absolute decision then you can assure yourself that you've succeeded already and you've just got to pay the short term price of withdrawl.
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[Louise]

When I first quit I was moody as hell. Everyday I would snap, thats the only downfall

[veeeffarr]

Hi,

Still doing alright.

Nasal spray is really good, totally takes away the withdrawl symptoms pretty much 100%.

I still go outside at work though but just have a breather or a cup of tea.

Definately don't want to smoke again, I was told to use the nasal spray no more than 60 times a day but I have been sitting it out and only using it when I can't cope with the withdrawl, which is about 3 or 4 times a day.

Not bad considering I've been on 20 a day for 5 years.

[sagiliam]

[Visitor Q]

Must admit i quit about a month ago and have had sneaky drags when shitfaced in clubs. Found it abit rough. And have pulled a couple of smokers, again, pretty rough.

But i snore less now, and i can cane up the steep hills of which bangors famous for without getting out of breath, although that could be due to the amount of fitness ive been doing.

Stick with it, my sister always bleats on about how she gets such bad withdrawls etc and thats why she smokes so much and cant quit
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[colin1]

snuff is the original nicotine nasal spray

i quite like it

a bloke at work is quitting smoking after being on 40 a day for years.

he has problems with his heart and if he doesnt quit he is gonna die much sooner than most

i'll tell him about this nasal spray, as at the moment he is just using patches from a quit club

[akaDAVE]

[Rookie]

[veeeffarr]

Think with the spray is I have absolutely sod all withdrawl as the nicoteine is absorbed through the fine blood vessels in the nose straight away whereas with patches and gum there's a massive delay while it gets around the system.

Hurts like hell tho.

[Rookie]

[JonB]

I've now quit for nearly 6 months.

Did it cold turkey. You are still taking in Nicotine, therefore you will still be addicted. Develop some motivation young man! The first 2 weeks are hard, but after 2 weeks nicotine is completely cleared from your body, you are just extending that period and when you come off the nasal spray you will want to smoke again.

Like I said, people who really WANT to quit, do quit.
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[akaDAVE]

[houlsby]

istopped a month ago last friday, ive saved enough to make the difference between driving a corsa and a scooby turbo which is why i stopped.

no aid or crafty cigs and theres loads of people who i work with who smoke.

its all in ur head, theres always the temptation for the nicotine rush but the smell is enough to put me off now. went home and had a showerthe other night from a cruise because someone had been smoking in the same car as me and i stunk.

[veeeffarr]

Well it's coming to the end of my 7th day and I never thought quitting would be so easy...

Found it hard monday morning, don't know why, and I've been feeling a little light headed at around 6pm.

I've not been using the spray that much, maybe about 5-8 times a day (Each time is 1mg of nicotine) but I feel like a have a permanent cold so I can't smell or taste that good, but I can't wait til it's gone so I can see if I can taste/smell any better

T

I'm saving £150 a month, which is about 10% of my take home, get in.

[JonB]

1mg? That's equivalent to one cigarette is it not? I'd advise you to come off the nasal spray ASAP.
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[Louise]

I will try to give up again soon. I get ill smoking but I still go ahead and puff away.
What I found great after not smoking for just a few days is I got my full taste back, food seemed so much better aswell as drink.

[Louise]

Right, 2nd day - Cold turkey. Doing ok.
Temper a little high tho
Where did you buy or can you get the Nasel spray? I cant find any anywhere, except some place online for 17 quid!