what are the syptoms of nicotine withdrawal?
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Symptoms usually start after 24 hours and will be the most intense during the first 72 hours after they start.  They include:\nHeadache. \nNausea. \nConstipation or diarrhea. \nFalling heart rate and blood pressure. \nFatigue, drowsiness and insomnia. \nIrritability. \nDifficulty concentrating. \nAnxiety. \nDepression. \nIncreased hunger and caloric intake. \nIncreased pleasantness of the taste of sweets. \nTobacco cravings. \n\nIf you're dreading cravings, you might consider using a stop smoking aid to help control your need for nicotine.
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Within 20 minutes of last cigarette: Blood pressure drops to normal Pulse drops to normal rate Body temperature of hands and feet increase to normal \n\nWithin 8 hours: Carbon dioxide level in blood drops to normal Oxygen level in blood increases to normal \n\nWithin 24 hours: Chance of heart attack decreases \n\nWithin 48 hours: Nerve endings start to regrow Ability to smell and taste enhances \n\nWithin 48 - 72 hours: Nicotine leaves the body \n\nWithin 72 hours: Bronchial tubes relax, making breathing easier Lung capacity increases \n\nWithin 2 weeks to 3 months: Circulation improves Walking becomes easier Lung function increases up to 30% \n\nWithin 1 to 9 months: Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease Cilia regrow in lungs, increasing ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs and reduce infection Body's overall energy level increases \n\nWithin 5 years: Lung cancer death rate for average smoker (one pack a day) decreases from 137 per 100,000 people to 72 per 100,000 (after 10 years, rate drops to 12 deaths per 100,000 - or almost the rate of a non-smoker) \n\nWithin 10 years: Pre-cancerous cells are replaced Other cancers, such as those of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decrease (there are 30 chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer) \n\nALL BENEFITS ARE LOST WHEN YOU SMOKE JUST 1 CIGARETRE A DAY!
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The negative side effects of smoking are damage to throat and lungs;\nadded risk of heart disease;\ndepletion of certain vitamins, especially Vitamin C, which might cause some health problems, \ndiscolouration of teeth and fingernails and even the skin around the fingernails on the hand that holds the cigarette,\nostracism due to smelling like an ashtray;\nostracism due to being a smoker in the first place;\na weakened immune system due to depletion of vitamins in part, but  mainly due to being forced to smoke outdoors in the freezing cold:\nLung disease; respiratory diseases; and sometimes cancer;\ndamage to an unborn foetus;\ncosts of decorating (white walls will yellow quickly);\ncosts of buying the cigarettes;\ncosts of getting private health care for your emphysema or whatever, which your G.P. doesn't care to treat as you a smoker;\ncost of tissues which you need to hack up the daily ten oysters or so ...\nprobably more!\nThe positive side-effects should get a mention too, for the sake of an unbiased  report.\ngood for the digestion;\ngood for certain types of dental problems;\naids concentration and focussing skills;\nreduces stress;\nreduces the toxic effects of alcohol.\nProbably a lot more there too!\nIn the neutral box, premature ageing is often cited as a negative side-effect, but that probably depends on the person (By premature ageing, I mean wrinkled skin and not breathlessness due to lung capacity or heart)\nDepending on the how much nicotine and tar the cigarette contains, and on personal hygiene, smelling bad is no longer an "option".\n\nPeople who suffer from stress-related diseases are discouraged to cold turkey because their conditon would get worse. Until they can find an alternative way of managing their stress, smoking is acceptable, but hopefully they try to cut down.\nBreathing exercises are useful to delay lighting up, as is holding the cigarette in your fingers when you feel the urge to smoke, and counting to ten or whatever, in the hope that a distraction will stop you from smoking it for yet a longer while .\n\nYet why is it that after WW2, so many pregnant mothers smoked, and produced healthy babies? How did all those 60-a-day smokers live into ripe old age, with only a cough to show for it, if that? Could it be that modern cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals these days? Chemicals which are far worse than tobacco itself?
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nicotine is a stimulant, that's probally what's making your nose and tounge dry out.
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Quitting smoking is extremely difficult. The withdrawl makes us not want to, but we know the risks and we know that they are not worth it. For anyone who wants to end their nicotine addiction, check out www.stopsmokingcleveland.com. This is the MOST effective method on the market. It is 86% effective and the details of the program are on the website (no signing up or submitting your information).\n\nI tried this program and it changed my life.
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First i stopped smoking when i went on holiday, so that i was outside of my normal environment which made it a bit easier.  Then i just stopped.  Was hell for the first 7 days, horrible for the next 21 days, not nice for a couple of months, and then got to be normal not smoking. \n\nGood luck
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BRAVO.. 7 days sure thing you're lungs are already starting to clear... drink LOTS of water to help your body kick the toxins faster I've heard walking everyday helps too.  Give it 2 more weeks and the nicotine will be completely out of your system.  \nHere's some sites that have more info...  \nKEEP IT UP!!!
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Talk to your doctor. If you want to come off it, then ask him to help you. It is important to follow a gradual withdrawal program as stopping suddenly can cause an array of troublesome symptoms, the most common being dizziness, which can last for days on end. Flu-like feelings, including nausea, headache and fatigue, are also common, as are intense feelings of anxiety, irritability or sadness.\n\nIt is important to recognise that when you withdraw from a drug, many of these symptoms can also appear. Some people experience alarming sensations of tingling or burning in various parts of the body; ringing in the ears; blurred vision; or flashing lights before the eyes. Some people even describe a feeling of shock waves pulsing through their arms and legs, as if they had been zapped with a jolt of electricity, a condition sometimes called lightning-bolt syndrome. This is what is known as "discontinuation syndrome" and should NOT be misread as some form of "relapse". Make sure that your doctor is fully aware of Discontinuation Syndrome. There is plenty of information on the web.\n\nAs for needing more...personally, I don't believe ANYONE needs to take antidepressants. These drugs are inherently harmful (in a variety of different ways) and do not cure ANYTHING. It is no different to smoking weed to feel more relaxed, or snorting coke to get high. Psych drugs disrupt the normal chemical operation of the brain creating a false sense of mood. It cures nothing. And the longer you take it, the more likely you are to suffer from many of the drug's seriously ill effects.\n\nSeek non-drug solutions. Check out http://www.alternativementalhealth.com or perhaps http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/alternativehealth.msnw for more info.\n\nMike\n\n--\nDecoding Psychiatric Propaganda\nhttp://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
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Just picture the way you felt when you ran out of cigarettes for any length of time when you were smoking. How did it make you feel? Jumpy, nervous and irritable at first, or hard to concentrate on anything for too long? Later on you will probably feel lethargic and uninterested in anything but sleeping as much as you can. It's the way your body handles the nicotine it still craves even though your conscious mind has overcome the addiction. Try to take it easy, drink as much citrus type juices as possible and eat a lot of oranges. Don't know why that works but it does. Keep on keeping on and you'll get through this. Good luck and way to go! You know why you quit. Don't turn back now.
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First of all, your body only needs 3 cigarettes to fulfill its nicotine addiction daily.  If you can get through the first three days, you have pretty much quit.  The hardest thing about quitting really is the psychological aspects of smoking.  After the three days, your biggest craving will come from your psyche wanting to engage in the act of smoking.  My suggestion, is as long as you can get past the initial quitting, buy yourself a pack or two of clove cigareetes.  You can go through the action of smoking without the nicotine.  Plus they smell so gross, that you will soon get past smoking those as well.  If I could suggest anything, Zyban was the most help for me to quit. I had tried the patch, nicotine gum, laser treatment, accupressure...when I did the Zyban, there were some side affects, but getting through the first three days of quitting was a breeze in comparison to the last five times I had tried to quit.  Good luck!! It really is worth it!  PS depending on how long you smoked for, it could take six months to a year for you to stop thinking daily about smoking.
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You are still feeling blah because the last remnants of nicotine are fading from your body.  You have to make it through the first months for the really bad withdrawal symptoms to disappear.  It takes a full three months before you'll feel totally human again.  It sounds like you are quitting cold turkey [ie. no gum or patch].  The good news is that people who quit cold turkey and succeed generally are able to give it up forever
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it will help stimulate the release of endorphins, our very own natural body chemical which helps with the relief of pain and stress. Studies have shown that nicotine releases endorphins to the smoker, which gives them a sense of relaxation. When a smoker tries to quit, it is that sudden drop in their own endorphin level that leads to severe withdrawal symptoms, cravings, irritability and stress. Our treatment increases the endorphin level and at the same time restores balance, therefore greatly either reducing or even completely eliminating the withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting smoking.  \n see more at http://www.nomoresmoke.com/\nbeside that my mom has tried it and she been smoke free for almost 7 month.
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Cigarette smoke contains many things besides nicotine (the addictive substance which gets a really bad rap...). Nicotine affects the nervous system by binding to receptors on nerves called nicotinic receptors.  The result is stimulatory and becomes addictive like other drugs like opiates (heroin, morphine etc.) and alcohol (which produces opiate like substances upon ingestion in many people and especially alcoholics)\n\nUpon burning, tobacco and tobacco paper give off many toxins, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing).  In the not so distant past, and even today, additives such as ammonia and other chemicals are added to cigarettes for various purposes.  Tar is a major offender and reeks havoc in the respiratory system (you can take it from me... my cadaver in medical school was Rod Serling).\n\nThe mechanisms that cause cancer are largely unknown, but are a combination of heredity (genetics), environmental exposure, and lifestyle.  Cancer is not one disease but a host of diseases which share as a common factor the abnormal growth of cells and disruption of normal cellular processes.  By far and away, the chief cause of lung cancer is smoking (especially in post-menopausal women).\n\nPeople that smoke their whole life may not get cancer because of a genetic predisposition or protective factor that we have yet to discover, however we do know that the drawbacks of smoking are numerous both on health, life events, behavior, and life events.\n\nJeez.  Who wants yellow teeth, coughing, weight loss, circulatory effects, shortened life span and the whole laundry list of maladies suffered by smokers?  \n\nNot me.  It's not very attractive to boot.
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CIGARETTES-\n\nIt does not have any plus point, all are only minus point only. It does not relive any stress. It is only a MAYA (Illusion) and makes people addicted to that without any intoxication even. Only regular smokers feel stressed with out smoking. They also feel depressed when they try to stop smoking. \n\nTobacco smoke contains nicotine, an addictive stimulant which temporarily improves alertness and memory, but also forms a strong physical and psychological chemical dependence (addiction). Medical research has determined that smoking is a major contributing factor towards many health problems, particularly lung cancer (which has a survival percentage of 16.4%), emphysema, and cardiovascular disease.  Many countries regulate or restrict tobacco sales and advertising and require warnings be placed prominently on the product packaging. Many municipalities now ban smoking in a variety of public venues due to health impacts on non-smokers breathing second-hand smoke.\n\nSmoking leads to various cronic and uncurable disease like CANCER, Heart and Lung diseases etc.etc.
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No.  You have a physical addiction, like heroin.  \nYou may need to wean yourself off the drug (nicotine is a drug) with patches or gum.\nPrescription antidepressants like Wellbutrin can help also.\n\nhttp://www.anti-smoking.org/\n\nGood luck.  It will be worth the effort to quit.  I see too many people dying from their addiction.
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I aggree with the answer given by bit321. Let me tell you now, what I would do, if you aggree, follow it.\nYou can try to exercise regularly, take care of your house(clean it yourself and renew some things that will make the difference) and take a lot of vitamins of natural provenience, ie.fruit juice, olive oil ecc.,no artificial fat, less preservatives,quit smoking, if you smoke. Smoke contains among the other substances also nicotine and this is vasoconstrictive; do you know what this means? \nLet me explain what does this means in a few words. When you try to think about something, your body sends a bigger quantity of blood in your brain;blood is bringing oxygen and nutrients in our body and the vasoconstrictive effect of nicotine doesn't allow the correct amount of blood to arrive there. So, you will maybe feel dizzy and tired.\nAnd smoke weakens also the memory.\nSometimes, this feeling maybe caused by the currency of cetain vitamins or minerals, ie. magnesium(Mg) or zinc(Zn).Why don't you try an internet research in the USDA site for food containing these elements?\nSurfing in the web, I found another interesting site. It is the www.tshc.edu/he/nutrition/MSVM/recommend_daily.htm\nDrink an infusion of relaxing herbs every night before going to bed with a spoonful of honey. You can find a big variety in a drugstore, like camomille, valeriane ecc.\nTake care during the preparation of the infusion!\nDon't boil the herb, you destroy the active substance. Just put it for 5 minutes in boiled water.\nSleep at least 7-8 hours daily and don't watch violent films in the TV.\nTake a book on how to aquire self confidence and read it in your free time. Then try to think about the principles and if you find them correct, apply them!\nTry to react! Think that different people has different reactions. Why should the others be right and not you?\nThey have THEIR opinion and you have YOUR opinion!\nYou have your own personality.\nIf they are offensive, then ...change them.It is always preferable to stay alone (with a good book)than having a bad company.\nTry to learn a foreign language. This sharpens the mind and it has been proved that if you always try to learn new things keeps the mind young forever.\nIf all these don't work (I think they will)then visit a specialist.\nYes, there are drugs that can relieve anxiety or depression and science can affront every disorder.So, there is no reason to worry about anything.\n\nI wish you all the best in your life\n\nKaterina
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Well you're gonna be cross, you're getting one mean monkey off your back!\nTry some relaxation excercises, or go to the store and buy some Celestial Seasons Tension Tamer tea and sip on that. Will help improve your mood and make you less tense.\nThe overall withdrawl symptoms will last around 2 weeks, so bear with it and keep up the good work! You may be a bit grumpy but you have MY admiration for having the balls to even try. \nIf someone says something to you, just make sure you let them all know that you are trying to quit smoking and apologize for your testy behavior. They will  understand and support you during this time......be patient with yourself and cut yourself a little slack because you will get past it!