How come you get depressed when you quit smoking?
jennifer_santolla asked:
Is it an actual side effect of nicotine leaving your body? I have quit smoking a million times and usually find myself lighting back up cause I can’t stand the misery.
But this time i’ve lasted over a month. I feel great. I’m not depressed anymore. Tho i’ve had heaps of bad stuff happen to me while trying to quit, i’m pretty happy.
But my poor husband gave up smoking 4 days ago. And he’s miserable. Everything to him is negative. I just hate to see him this way. I was that way too!
Is there anything to help him not be depressed. Or do you just have to get through those evil 2 weeks without smoking and it will go away. Is there a magic vitiman?
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7 Responses to “How come you get depressed when you quit smoking?”
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October 17th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Because you realize that you’re a quitter
October 18th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
it’s a little something called withdrawl symptoms…
your body is reacting to a change in your habits and doesn’t like it because it is addicted to nicotine.
October 21st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I quit 4 months ago (march 23) and the first month was really really rough. I was an a-hole too, but after a while although you still want a cigarette, you just do something else and forget about wanting one. Now, many days I don’t even think about smoking a single one! It’s only when I see people smoking or smell them that I want another. But, tough luck I tell myself, just chew a piece of gum.
I figured why use the patch or nicotene gum? It will only prolong my addiction and drag my suffering out over a longer period of time. That’s why 2 days after using the patch, I decided to go Cold turkey, which ended up working for me.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Nicotine is a euphoric.
It actually make you feel happy. Which is part of the reason it is so addictive.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:20 am
When you are a regular smoker your brain gets used to the nicotine. Once you quit it creates a chemical imbalance in your brain because you took away a chemical that has become part of the regular system. This most likely causes headaches, depression, and cravings. It is also why using gum and other methods that have some nicotine in them help people quit. It reduces the amount of nicotine slowly over time to help the brain functions learn to balance and operate without the nicotine. I would recommend just using one of those systems offered in drug stores or use your own such as going from say a pack a day to half a pack for a week then a quarter of a pack for the next week to 2 a day for a week to one a day for a week then one every other day for a week to none. This way the brain should balance out and he should be much healthier and happier! Good Luck!
October 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I quit smoking nearly 8 years ago, after years of quitting half-heartedly. I had few withdrawls (a few days of headaches, and I twirled a lot of pencils) and the desire for smoking was completely gone in a week. I never got depressed, but I did get a little fidgety. I got so used to the habit of reaching into my pocket, tapping a smoke out of the pack, putting filter end to lips, and flicking the lighter to light it up… that it took a little time to break myself of the habit. I also used to rub my fingertips together on my smoking hand. Got over both pretty quickly.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Ask your doctor about a drug called Zyban. It acts on the brain center that generates cravings for smoking and simply eliminates them.