Quitting Cigarettes... - Page 4

StealthAF · #31 12-09-2010, 11:43 AM

Q: How to REALLY quit smoking?

A: Chantix

Seriously, this shit works. It WILL make you quit. Just take the pill and go. Sounds crazy but it worked for me, and it worked for my fiance. We both were avid smokers for years but have been totally clean without looking back for over a year now.

Some things to know: Yes, it is expensive. Even with insurance, you're looking at around $30 for a month's supply. Without insurance, closer to $100 I've heard. But, most people go through that in buying cigarettes anyway. Time to do a trade-off.

Also, you have to stay on it for 6 months (3 months is an option and you may feel you don't need it anymore after that, but seriously stay on it for the full 6 to really kill any chance of relapse).

Side Effects: A lot of them. I didn't experience much except vivid dreams. Funny shit, but its true. You may experience vivid dreams when you start taking it. But, they go away after a while. The really bad side effects are nausea (definitely make sure you take these pills with food or you will feel sick as fuck), fits of rage, depression, sudden anger, fits of rage. I didn't have these problems, but my fiance sure did. Holy shitbags, she was a walking roller coaster of emotions. She was next to impossible to deal with at times. I'd simply ask her what's for dinner and have to dodge a frying pan being thrown at me.

However, the upside is that you can actually cut these pills in half and they will still be as effective. She did and it cut down on her "mental instability." (Thank God)

In conclusion: If you can get past the side effects and the cost, I highly recommend this shit to ANYBODY. But don't just "try it." DO IT, and be married to your pills.

Make an appointment with your doctor and get prescribed today! (Yeah, I sound like an advertisement but oh well)

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Crone · #32 12-09-2010, 12:03 PM

I think its funny that you thought that gum was nasty, and didn't want to take it, and yet you are a smoker. Umm.. that shit is way more nasty. Deal with the gum!

Or use the crutches suggested in this thread. Quit smoking, just do it. Get that crap out of your life. You don't need it, and you don't want it. You do? No you don't, *slap*. No, you really dont.

<3

karsten · #33 12-09-2010, 12:06 PM

just admit it, your fiancee is generally insane and the pills gave her an excuse

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xshayla701 · #34 12-09-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by StealthAF [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Q: How to REALLY quit smoking?

A: Chantix

Seriously, this shit works. It WILL make you quit. Just take the pill and go. Sounds crazy but it worked for me, and it worked for my fiance. We both were avid smokers for years but have been totally clean without looking back for over a year now.

Some things to know: Yes, it is expensive. Even with insurance, you're looking at around $30 for a month's supply. Without insurance, closer to $100 I've heard. But, most people go through that in buying cigarettes anyway. Time to do a trade-off.

Also, you have to stay on it for 6 months (3 months is an option and you may feel you don't need it anymore after that, but seriously stay on it for the full 6 to really kill any chance of relapse).

Side Effects: A lot of them. I didn't experience much except vivid dreams. Funny shit, but its true. You may experience vivid dreams when you start taking it. But, they go away after a while. The really bad side effects are nausea (definitely make sure you take these pills with food or you will feel sick as fuck), fits of rage, depression, sudden anger, fits of rage. I didn't have these problems, but my fiance sure did. Holy shitbags, she was a walking roller coaster of emotions. She was next to impossible to deal with at times. I'd simply ask her what's for dinner and have to dodge a frying pan being thrown at me.

However, the upside is that you can actually cut these pills in half and they will still be as effective. She did and it cut down on her "mental instability." (Thank God)

In conclusion: If you can get past the side effects and the cost, I highly recommend this shit to ANYBODY. But don't just "try it." DO IT, and be married to your pills.

Make an appointment with your doctor and get prescribed today! (Yeah, I sound like an advertisement but oh well)

Good Luck! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My mom did this, but she didn't stick with it because she thought she was done with cigarettes after just a month. Told her to keep taking them but she said it made some stuff taste funny (coffee for instance, something she drank all the time but couldn't stand while taking this) and since she didn't have cravings anymore she just quit taking the pills. A little over a month later she was back at it.

This shit does work though if you stay on it for the full duration.

Mead · #35 12-09-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Trademaster [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no smoking for two years. Cold turkey. To succeed, you need to really want to quit. Not because your sig other is nagging you, not due to the price, or because the surgeon generals says that smoking can cause low birth weight, or the skull and crossbones on the cover, or whatever. You have to get it cemented in your mind that you don't want to smoke. Don't bother with the crutches, work on your head.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Rangerous · #36 12-09-2010, 01:35 PM

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

To quit, you also need double-dream hands

http://tv.gawker.com/5710274/the-dou...video-tutorial

Dantes · #37 12-09-2010, 01:37 PM

Quit cold turkey if you can. Don't trade your addiction for medication. The FDA is a fucking joke. Whatever a doctor prescribes to you is probably worse than the cigarettes.

Ames · #38 12-09-2010, 02:29 PM

What a fucking DIFFERENCE a good night's sleep made. I feel so much better today...I haven't felt the physical draw to smoke a cigarette at all today...Hope the rest of the day goes as well.

I appreciate all the info and suggestion's guys! Rock on.

Timzilla · #39 12-09-2010, 03:47 PM

2 packs a day for 30 years, and I quit 1.5 years ago. Have wanted to light up every day since quitting. Quitting is hard, and accepting that nothing will make it easy is the 2nd step.

Ames · #40 12-09-2010, 04:06 PM

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2 packs a day for 30 years, and I quit 1.5 years ago. Have wanted to light up every day since quitting. Quitting is hard, and accepting that nothing will make it easy is the 2nd step.

Thats insane....Really interesting to me that a few people here have claimed to still be mentally addicted to cigarettes even after a year + of not smoking. If you "want to light up" that urge is coming from you being mentally addicted since the physical withdraws are long gone..

The ONLY reason its hard to quit smoking for me is the annoying physical withdrawals, and the knowledge that if i take just one drag the physical uncomfortableness would immediately melt away. I'm curious as to how you got mentally addicted to cigarettes? I HATE smoking...i only do it because im physically addicted...If my body does not have nicotine i feel "off" to say the least..But i have never "WANTED" to light up a cigg, It brings me no enjoyment whatsoever...

hmmm...