What Happens When You Quit Smoking?
Wednesday April 8, 2009
This animated video, provided by Blausen Medical describes how nicotine affects the brain and organs of a smoker. The addictive qualities of nicotine are explained as we watch what happens when cigarette smoke is inhaled into the lungs and travels through the body to the brain.Related:Image © Blausen Medical
Comments
If you can do it cold turkey then that is by far the best way. But it is important not to count yourself a failure if cold turkey just does not work for you. There are some great products on the market today and you just need to keep trying different methods until you hit the jackpot!
The first time you quit and if you start again you think you can never quit. Then you try again and you find out it was a little easier than the first time. Then you start smoking again and think you really can’t quit until to try again. this time it’s easier to get through the first few weeks than the first few times you’ve tried to quit. The lesson, if at first don’t succeed, try and try again. In my experience, it does get easier.
If you cannot quite “cold turkey” then Chantix is the best choice. You will quit using this medication!! I had tried everything and could not quit until using Chantix. It is amazing!
I quit smoking December 14, 2008 using Chantix, after having tried to quit several other times. Chantix worked very well for me and I recommend it!
I have tried everything from the patch to hypnotism, nothing worked. The most I had stopped smoking was two days and that was because I was in the hospital for surgery. I started to hear people talking about Chantix about two years ago. I talked to my physician and she gave me a perscription that sat on my table for months, more like 10 months. One month ago, I asked my physician for a new script and have been on the Chantix since. It is working great. I had major doubts about this prior to taking, as a matter of fact I was feeling anxiety due to thinking I would have major urges that I would not be able to control. Chantix takes a huge edge off the urge. When I do think about a cigarette, I can tell myself I don’t really want it and within seconds I’m not thinking about it. I only get urges about three or four times a day and they are not bad at all. Now I barely get an urge at all. I have been a smoker for 20 years and smoked a pack in a half a day, this perscription just might be the answer, at least for me.
I do not get an upset stomach from it, I take the pill right after I eat. I do not have nightmares or vivid dreams. I’m not flipping out for any reason.
I’m only four weeks in, and confident that this is finally it.
I quit smoking exactly four years ago after looking at this…. http://www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossanat/thoraxpath8.php