Wednesday night, I lay in bed smoking the last cigarette I had. I thought to myself "now is as good of a time as any to quit". I woke up thursday I was fine all day, had a slight head ache, but it didn't bother me all that much. Tword the end of the night I started to feel nausea(sp?) and a massive headache. Friday morning I woke up with a very sore throat and I felt like I was going to die. I coughed all day, and coughed up mucus, it was chucky and had pink stuff in it. "Yuck, this can't be from smoking, I must have just gotten sick", I was thinking to myself. I made it till about 3pm, and I decided I needed my fix of tobacco. My throat was so sore, I decided I'd buy a can of chew. The chewing relieved the head ache and the feeling that I was going to puke, but the constant coughing, and coughing up mucus has remained. It's now early Sunday morning 1:30am infact, and I'm still coughing up stuff. My question is, is this a result of quitting smoking? How long should I expect that it lasts? It's very irritating!
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Ending an Addiction
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Im sure it is from smoking. What do you expect to happen when you stop taking in addicting posion?
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I do believe thats from smoking. It will get better, just STAY AWAY FROM THE TOBACCO!!! It will get better, trust me. After the 2 week mark, you should be feeling a little better. You will get a craving now and then, but no matter what, fight it. If you feel an urge, go get busy. Rearrange something, clean something, call a friend, go on a walk. Anything to keep your mind off the tobacco. Or you can take up a new habbit.. How about baby carrots? or sunflower seeds? Also, remember to drink a lot of water!!! Hope this helped a little and good luck on quiting! :smile:
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Well I tried to just stop at once, and it wasn't working for me. So I'm going to use smokeless tobacco until my VERY sore throat goes away, then I'll quit using tobacco all the way. I guess this would be the same as gum, or a patch works. Its Sunday evening and my throat is very sore, I've been drinking this herbal tea and it helps a little with the sore throat. I can't wait for my throat to feel better. Thanks for the support and the input. That's what I wanted. I've already decided never to smoke again, it is so disgusting and what it has done to my lungs and such is just utterly unbelievable! I don't even crave cig's though, probably because of the chewing tobacco. I feel disgusted to think of any of it though.
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I say drop the chew and get some nicorette gum or patches. You will just end up addicted to the chew, and you dont want that. You can do it! You will be so much happier without it. Plus you will smell better Good luck!
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I don't know the cost of the gum or the patch, I assume its more then 2.50 every 3 days though, thats what a Can of chew costs and lasts me. I don't do it much at all anyways. I have had 1 dip all day. I will quit it asap.