And I'm talking even a year after quitting. I seem to get in these little funks everyday..atleast once a day where I just feel very panicky. My heart races and for no particular reason. I was a smoker for six years and I quit a year and two months ago. A friend of mine said that quitting any drug will make you this way. She was a former cocaine user. I don't get it, you would think that we would feel more healthy you know? My friend suggested getting on some kind of med..but why would I want to get addicted to something else? Anyone know if's true that when you quit drugs like pot, tobacco, coke that you develop panic disorder? What can I do to help this WITHOUT using drugs? I walk for an hour a day and that helps alot, but it's not like I can walk ALL day.
2006-09-17 18:27:31 · 13 answers · asked by Ryan H 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Akihito, I didn't ask if you smoke or not..but you're welcome for the points I guess.
2006-09-17 18:31:39 · update #1
Yes, I quit cold turkey.
2006-09-17 18:48:20 · update #2
Oh yeah I smoked for 12 years, I have been smoke free for almost two now. I still have little episodes like that from time to time. BTW dont include pot in your list. It isnt addictive despite what anyone tells you. people dont go into withdraw when quitting pot.
2006-09-17 18:30:27 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 6⤋
I smoked for almost 25 years (damn!!! I am old), though I was not a heavy smoker. Maybe about 5 a day, if that. I quit about 3 years ago. I did it naturally, by reducing the amount I smoked and quitting for periods at a time. Allowed my body to get used to not smoking. I do not have the anxiety you mentioned. Maybe it is because the body got used to the quitting periods. I don't know but I am glad I stopped and have no craving at all.
No medicine is going to help you. I am not sure how you quit. Cold turkey, patches, etc.? Some of those have relapses. I am not sure how to help you but the best way to do is not think about it. It is easier said than done. Concentrate on other activities.
2006-09-17 18:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by worldneverchanges 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can help you pass your test but you need to assure me of wanting to quit otherwise I can't. I have been addicted to pot for about 12 years and I struggle to remain sober. I hate it, I've wasted at least 10 years of my life because of marijuana. It has made me lazy, unmotivated and worse. Because of weed, my dreams have been exactly that, dreams. I have come up with a whole bunch of plans and stratigies for my future but because I was high all the time I never did anything about fuffilling them. I don't mean to preach or nothing but this helps me battle my own addiction. Every last one of my friends smokes pot and I need to find ways to avoid that. Helping others makes me feel good and makes me forget that I am a drug addict for just a minute. If you truely are looking to turn your life around, contact me. at R J B E H R M A N at yahoo.(remove the spaces) I will help you pass your test so that a mistake doesn't ruin what you have going. I need you word that you will give an honest effort quit and am also offering my support in your decision to quit. It's a double bonus. Not only can I help you but you can also help me. This is a hard fight alone.
2016-03-17 22:23:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quitting smoking certainly makes you nervous, but has this happened ever since you quit smoking or is it a more recent onset problem? If it has happened ever since you quit then I would imagine it is the cigarette withdrawl, I have heard of people that quit smoking for 20 years and picked it back up, and still had urges all the time after quitting. If it's a more recent onset problem then it is probally caused by something else, but it couldn't hurt to talk to your doctor, explaing your questions and if you worried about getting hooked on a drug they give you then discuss that with the doc too.
2006-09-17 18:38:59 · answer #4 · answered by Ms. FairyLove 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they are related. Panic is all in your mind. Quitting smokeing is the best thing you can do for yourself. I am wide awake right now at 1:38 a.m because I woke up to a panic attack and felt like I couldn't breath. I get shakey and my hands get sweaty and I just feel weird. I did have to go to the doctor for mine and they put me on welbutrin and xanix, now I take the welbutrin 1 time a day and the xanax when needed. I have to tell you the xanax really help you when You have a panic attack. I quit smokeing about 48days ago, and I don't feel any better, actually now I feel like I can't breath even more. Good luck honey, and you should talk to your doctor they can give you a nerve pill that will help you.
2006-09-17 18:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In a word 'YES'. Quitting even after one year can be very stressful.
Read some of your answers, and cigarettes are more adictive than heroin.
I know how hard it is and hope you succeed, strangely men seem to be able to quit more easily than women for some reason.
Please don't try the gum substitute, it is now proven to harm your liver, patches may help.
OMG if you choose Xanax, trust me stick with ciggies, bad advice. You never get off them.
Good luck.
2006-09-17 18:38:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The reason people get addicted to drugs is because it makes them feel good. The Good feelings replaces you bodies natural stress reducers over time. This is because your body knows that if it gets stressed it knows you can go to the drug to relieve that.
When you quit your drug your body doesn't know that. It doesn't produce your natural stress reliever because it hasn't used it in a long time. After a period of time your body will begin to pick up the slack again, but it is a long road. It takes 3 years to recover from smoking in this sense.
2006-09-17 18:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The withdrawel from nicotene can have many side effects, anxiousness is most likely one of them because you feel you need one creating a sense of desperation and therefor causing axiety because you cant.
2006-09-17 18:35:51 · answer #8 · answered by Ghost 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No ...will get a clearer picture of the background going-on.But also tends to be a little bit more greedy on the food side..Good luck!God bless!
2006-09-17 18:37:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No not after that long. Your withdrawls are long over. You are having Anxiety for another reason.
2006-09-17 18:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by jenn87 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋