Has anyone taken prescription drugs to stop smoking
or know someone who has?
Did it work?

Have you or someone you know successfully quit smoking?
If so, what method was used?

Thanks

AKaeTrue

Hi start! Hope you're great!

I (shamefully ) smoked part of 2 cigarettes, Sunday night and Monday.
Anxiety and stress is off the roof.

I know I need to throw this pack away! I just know I need to!
But it's like a security blanket for when I can no longer stand the withdrawals.
Everything that I read says withdrawals end within the first few days,
but I haven't found that to be true with me.
It's quite miserable and it's lasting for such a long time.
Sometimes I feel fine and good,
but when I don't, it's REALLY bad.

I don't want to be a smoker or a non smoker with horrible withdrawals!
I would like for it to be over with already.

I figured I'd give this a little more time, maybe the patches I was wearing at the time were running low.

But if this doesn't end soon, I will have to cough up the money for a doctors visit and a prescription for chantix.

Wish I had better news, I am trying though.

Stringer how are you feeling on the medication?
edit - ok stringer, just read your update on the other page, good job, keep it up, follow the directions,
You're doing wonderfully taking the meds and all, I'm cheering for you!

edit again, wonderful stringer! just wonderful!!!!! and that you have less of a desire for cigarettes is a huge plus!!!

Robert Elliott

AK, Hang Tough, 2 weeks for me today. Still want them but know I cant have them. Funny, When I think of wanting a smoke the question that first comes to my mind is "Why am I putting myself thru this again?" I can alwayas come up with a better answer than stoping at a store and picking up a pack of $4 smokes.

startover22

Robert, that is GREAT!!!!
Stringer, on a roll you are doing great too!
AK, it goes like this, every time you smoke just a puff it will take your body all over again to over come the urge, i think that may be why you are feeling like it is the first few days again......If it will help you not to smoke those, then throw em out unless you are just gonna waste money to go and get another pack. You are doing a good job, you have come a long way, follow through and at any time you see fit, go get something to help, you are still on a roll baby!!

bushg

ak if you're not already, when the urge hits you hardest. Carry some tic tacs have one every 20 minutes or so and if urge is still there try the deep breathing. Close your mouth and eyes slowly breath as deep as you can thru your nose and inhale as much oxygen in your lungs as possible exhale thru your mouth, do this a few times, each time that overwhelming desire to smoke hits. I wish everyone of you all the best. I know it is such a hard battle.

startover22

I agree with bushg, big deep breaths, and although i never had a tic tac to help me, the biggest breaths ever helped me, it was almost like i WAS taking a drag and my mind said ohhhh Start, that is so much better than smoke, good clean breaths.....Hugs all, i know you will get through this, just a matter of time!

Stringer

Yes, good advice Bushg,

AK, I forgot to tell you that my doctor said several things help;

Hall's "vapor action" drops, he said that cherry worked best for him. I have begun to use them and it helps some when I get the desire to smoke too much.

Flavored tooth picks, he said that they work also because it helps with the habit of not having the cigarette in your mouth and the flavor helps also.

Suggestions,

Stringer

startover22

Oh the tooth pick thing, my dad, used tooth picks and still does to this day, he quit a very very long time ago and he says it still helps him but now he is addicted to the tooth picks....LOL I think that is just fine. Go with what is gonna work Stringer, you will be ok, I promise, this is so great, what you are doing is great!!

AKaeTrue

Thank you everyone!
I've been feeling much better since my little slip up.
After that passed, things have remarkably improved.
Not really feeling the overwhelming withdrawals like last week.

It really helps to come to this thread and read everything
you wonderful people have contributed!
They are great reminders and extremely helpful!

startover22

I would like you quitters to keep posting here, I need to see how all of you are doing so I can take my chance when I am ready. I am not only counting on you all for the support I can't get anywhere else, but would love to keep supporting you as well! I hope you are all ok and doing what needs to be done! I am so proud of all of you quitters. Have a great day!

LifePaparazzi

My Dr. prescribed Chantix for me. Luckily I had good prescription coverabe at the time, as it is rather on the pricy side. However, amazing as it may seem..... I was quit within just two weeks. The stuff worked wonders on me. Highly recommend it to anyone that needs a bit of help.

Also, the makers of Chantix offer stop-smoking assistance to anyone using this product. They have help lines and offered many practical suggestions and valuable information to assist me with the process.

Now I can't claim it will work for everyone, but it worked for me. Sadly though, I'm an idiot. A few months later I became very stressed out by a situation, and accepted a cigarette offered by a stranger to calm me down. Since my prescription had run out and I had changed insurance and moved to a different town, I never got any more of it. But I plan to give Chantix another try. Please note though that the fault did not lay with the drug. It was totally my stupidity, as the product works great.

Chantix really curbs the cravings, without nasty side effects. Excellent product, and as soon as I can afford it again (have different insurance now) I will definitely use it again.

Hope this helps.