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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #172 on: July 28, 2020, 06:43:13 PM »
How does everybody get threw the sick ness feeling and brain fog

@Ellery

We do it One Day at a Time.

The process here is really simple:

1. Wake Up
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The place to post your promise is Here if you quit on or after 7/25/2020.  If you quit a little earlier than that, then your group is Here.

Either way, you need to go post your promise to remain nicotine free.  This site is based on accountability and keeping our word to one another.  We do that one day at a time, only focusing on today.  Worry about tomorrow when tomorrow gets here.

As you already know, it is not going to be easy, but I promise you it will be worth the suck you are going through now.  We have all been there and know exactly what you are going through. 

Once you get into your group, start exchanging phone numbers with other quitters in there as well as some vets.  This is how we keep each other accountable.  It also gives you instant access to support when you need it.  Yes, it may feel strange reaching out to a complete stranger on the phone, but I assure you, it is 1000% better than giving in to the cancer can.

My digits are always available for the asking.  Only exchange phone numbers through the private message feature of this forum.

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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #171 on: July 28, 2020, 05:39:46 PM »
How does everybody get threw the sick ness feeling and brain fog

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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #170 on: July 18, 2020, 11:12:42 AM »
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #169 on: July 18, 2020, 11:00:45 AM »
Hi all, can you use Tapatalk for the forum?  I can't find it.  Thanks.
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #168 on: July 17, 2020, 04:17:52 PM »
Hi all, can you use Tapatalk for the forum?  I can't find it.  Thanks.
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #167 on: July 17, 2020, 03:44:18 PM »
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #166 on: July 09, 2020, 12:21:08 PM »
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« Reply #165 on: July 09, 2020, 10:29:35 AM »
The first time, I just wanted
To be cool, fat lip good ol’ boy.
Looking back, I was just
A fool, another Big Tobacco toy
In the making.

Got me drunk, made me swoon,
Liked that feeling, howled at the moon,
Swiped another can, too young to buy,
Now thief and liar, was once a good guy.

Down the road, left the can and
Picked up the pack.
Smoked like a chimney,
Not minding the nicotine attack.

A promise years later to be
A better man,
Put down the pack for good, but picked up
The can.

Needed the nic, or at least so
I thought.
No telling through the years
How many rolls of death I bought.

Wasted my money, ignored looks from my peers,
Never thinking of quitting, never believing
My own fears.
What led me here wasn’t a doc
Or the sight of gross spit;
A bump on my gum
Scared me to quit.

Seeing the look in my wife’s loving eyes
Was enough to finally
Stop living the lies
The Nic bitch was whispering
Each day in my ear:
“You need me, you want me;
There’s nothing to fear.”

I talked to my dentist and
Found Kill The Can.
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #164 on: July 06, 2020, 12:34:43 PM »
: Hi all I am about 90+ days of tobacco free after chewing for 15 years.  Over the last 3 months I have made a trip to the ER also saw a family doctor and also been the urgent care with the same issue I am having a loud beating heart fluttering feels like I'm having a heart attack and it's terrible.  I've had three EKGs and they became perfectly fine my blood pressure is perfect and my blood work was perfect.  I'm a healthy in shape human being and still have constant chest palpitations or feel like I do.  can you guys please help me out I'm really struggling these last couple days and have not slept in the last 24 hours

07-05 14:27Cimms119: My anxiety was so bad that my left arm was getting numb and it felt like I wasn't able to breath.

07-05 14:27Cimms119: Doc put me on BusPar which it seems to help but I can't sleep whatsover.  I've read a bunch of info on this site of the last few days and it may be what I am experiencing
@Cimms119  I am not a doctor (glad you have sought out medical advice). But what you are describing sounds to me like a textbook case of panic attacks and severe anxiety.  It is VERY common to have heightened levels of anxiety, often for some time, after quitting.  I certainly had to manage them for a while.  This will pass in time.

I took myself to the ER twice during my quit cause I thought I was having a heart attack.  I remember it very vividly.  I was laying on the floor watching TV and my chest was on fire from reflux.  In addition, my left arm/hand was numb (which as you know is a classic symptom of a heart attack).  Naturally, at this point I started to freak out and took my pulse, which at this point was through the roof as well cause I was stressing out.  Took myself to the ER, got an EKG and everything checked out perfectly.  They gave me some stuff to get the reflux attack under control and sent me home.  Turned out it was "just" anxiety do to my quit.
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In the beginning, my anxiety was horrible.  Made me come to the conclusion that I had been using tobacco as my own form of Prozac.  My doctor gave me a script for Wellbutrin for about 8 weeks and it was like a miracle taking away almost all of the anxiety (with no side effects).  I know all drugs don't work the same for everybody, but it may be worth a shot.
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #163 on: July 06, 2020, 11:48:39 AM »
: Hi all I am about 90+ days of tobacco free after chewing for 15 years.  Over the last 3 months I have made a trip to the ER also saw a family doctor and also been the urgent care with the same issue I am having a loud beating heart fluttering feels like I'm having a heart attack and it's terrible.  I've had three EKGs and they became perfectly fine my blood pressure is perfect and my blood work was perfect.  I'm a healthy in shape human being and still have constant chest palpitations or feel like I do.  can you guys please help me out I'm really struggling these last couple days and have not slept in the last 24 hours

07-05 14:27Cimms119: My anxiety was so bad that my left arm was getting numb and it felt like I wasn't able to breath.

07-05 14:27Cimms119: Doc put me on BusPar which it seems to help but I can't sleep whatsover.  I've read a bunch of info on this site of the last few days and it may be what I am experiencing
@Cimms119  I am not a doctor (glad you have sought out medical advice). But what you are describing sounds to me like a textbook case of panic attacks and severe anxiety.  It is VERY common to have heightened levels of anxiety, often for some time, after quitting.  I certainly had to manage them for a while.  This will pass in time.

I took myself to the ER twice during my quit cause I thought I was having a heart attack.  I remember it very vividly.  I was laying on the floor watching TV and my chest was on fire from reflux.  In addition, my left arm/hand was numb (which as you know is a classic symptom of a heart attack).  Naturally, at this point I started to freak out and took my pulse, which at this point was through the roof as well cause I was stressing out.  Took myself to the ER, got an EKG and everything checked out perfectly.  They gave me some stuff to get the reflux attack under control and sent me home.  Turned out it was "just" anxiety do to my quit. 
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #162 on: July 05, 2020, 09:37:27 PM »
: Hi all I am about 90+ days of tobacco free after chewing for 15 years.  Over the last 3 months I have made a trip to the ER also saw a family doctor and also been the urgent care with the same issue I am having a loud beating heart fluttering feels like I'm having a heart attack and it's terrible.  I've had three EKGs and they became perfectly fine my blood pressure is perfect and my blood work was perfect.  I'm a healthy in shape human being and still have constant chest palpitations or feel like I do.  can you guys please help me out I'm really struggling these last couple days and have not slept in the last 24 hours

07-05 14:27Cimms119: My anxiety was so bad that my left arm was getting numb and it felt like I wasn't able to breath.

07-05 14:27Cimms119: Doc put me on BusPar which it seems to help but I can't sleep whatsover.  I've read a bunch of info on this site of the last few days and it may be what I am experiencing
@Cimms119  I am not a doctor (glad you have sought out medical advice). But what you are describing sounds to me like a textbook case of panic attacks and severe anxiety.  It is VERY common to have heightened levels of anxiety, often for some time, after quitting.  I certainly had to manage them for a while.  This will pass in time. 
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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #161 on: July 05, 2020, 09:30:19 PM »
Guys....it's day 3 for me. Let me begin with this. I had a pretty severe panic attack last night. Well, it was severe for me. I've only had 2 in my life. Last night and when this whole COVID-19 stuff started. I went to the doc to just get checked out. EKG, vitals, etc were all great. They told me what I already figured, it was a anxiety attack. What I didn't realize was it was exacerbated by nicotine withdrawal. I was prescribed some "as needed" meds for the the anxiety, but they also gave me a prescription for nicotine gum. What I wanted to ask is if you all had any experience with nicotine gum. I haven't gone down that road, but just asking.

A year ago I tried to quit using the gum and they are a joke. I’d have to chew a box of them to feel any relief. A different time I tried to quit I used the patches. That was worse. They gave me nightmares and made my skin crawl. So far this time cold turkey has been much more successful and I’ve made it past the 4th day mark which is farther than I ever have before. I’ve had cravings and headache and hulk smash feeling for days but feel much better now. Anxiety attacks suck but it’s just that anxiety.  Gotta find your chill place and relax before it gets to your head. IMHO no to the nicotine replacements it just drags is out longer and can in my experience hook you even harder. Your best bet I’ve found is some “high quality h2o”! Good luck bud stay strong. ODAAT
Hey Ronnie... I was on the patch for a while and the night I came off it I had a panic attack so severe it lasted most of the night.  So replacing one form of nicotine for another doesn't work.  Eventually you will have to face it dead on.  That is what kept me going that awful night. 
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Offline Breathoffreshair

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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #160 on: July 05, 2020, 07:21:34 PM »
Guys....it's day 3 for me. Let me begin with this. I had a pretty severe panic attack last night. Well, it was severe for me. I've only had 2 in my life. Last night and when this whole COVID-19 stuff started. I went to the doc to just get checked out. EKG, vitals, etc were all great. They told me what I already figured, it was a anxiety attack. What I didn't realize was it was exacerbated by nicotine withdrawal. I was prescribed some "as needed" meds for the the anxiety, but they also gave me a prescription for nicotine gum. What I wanted to ask is if you all had any experience with nicotine gum. I haven't gone down that road, but just asking.

A year ago I tried to quit using the gum and they are a joke. I’d have to chew a box of them to feel any relief. A different time I tried to quit I used the patches. That was worse. They gave me nightmares and made my skin crawl. So far this time cold turkey has been much more successful and I’ve made it past the 4th day mark which is farther than I ever have before. I’ve had cravings and headache and hulk smash feeling for days but feel much better now. Anxiety attacks suck but it’s just that anxiety.  Gotta find your chill place and relax before it gets to your head. IMHO no to the nicotine replacements it just drags is out longer and can in my experience hook you even harder. Your best bet I’ve found is some “high quality h2o”! Good luck bud stay strong. ODAAT

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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #159 on: July 05, 2020, 02:46:33 PM »
: Hi all I am about 90+ days of tobacco free after chewing for 15 years.  Over the last 3 months I have made a trip to the ER also saw a family doctor and also been the urgent care with the same issue I am having a loud beating heart fluttering feels like I'm having a heart attack and it's terrible.  I've had three EKGs and they became perfectly fine my blood pressure is perfect and my blood work was perfect.  I'm a healthy in shape human being and still have constant chest palpitations or feel like I do.  can you guys please help me out I'm really struggling these last couple days and have not slept in the last 24 hours

07-05 14:27Cimms119: My anxiety was so bad that my left arm was getting numb and it felt like I wasn't able to breath.

07-05 14:27Cimms119: Doc put me on BusPar which it seems to help but I can't sleep whatsover.  I've read a bunch of info on this site of the last few days and it may be what I am experiencing

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Re: General Discussion - 2020
« Reply #158 on: July 04, 2020, 10:03:47 AM »
Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY quitters!
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