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Scared to Quit Smoking
Sat, 09/13/2008 - 19:13Here's the deal.
I'm a 22 year old male. I had my first seizure last year when I was 21. I smoked around 7-10 cigarettes a day during college. I went on the patch to quit and completely ceased cigarettes...3-4 days later I had a tonic clonic seizure, and subsequently lost my license for 6 months. After that I was put on topamax. Doctors said that the patch couldn't have caused it but I'm not so sure. After that I (stupidly) started smoking again.
After around 11 months, I decided that topamax was driving me crazy. Went to my specialist, who said that I should switch to Keppra. I did and it was okay, although I had a crazy heart beat (rushing feeling). After a few weeks, I quit smoking again..this time cold turkey. A few days later I had another rushing feeling in my heart and ended up in the ER. They switched me off Keppra and put me back on Topamax (didn't gradually do it). 2 days later I had 2 seizures in a row, and lost my license for 6 more months. I was put on depakote. The depakote made me gain large amounts of weight (25 lbs in 5 months). I stupidly started smoking again after this time too...what with college graduation, finals, and moving to a new city.
I know I need to quit smoking, but as we can see the common factor here is smoking. I know I need to deal with stress and sleep (as those are probably big factors), but I use cigarettes as a crutch.
*note- please don't lecture me about smoking-I went to a very prestigous university, have never smoked anything illegal, and am gainfully employed- ie...I'm not stupid)
I really dont know what I'm reaching for here, except I'm scared it's going to happen again if I quit. I can't afford to lose my license for another 6 months, as I am now alone (not even a roommate) in a big city that basically requires a car. It has poor public transportation and is very spread out.
What should I do? Between the weight gain (quitting will make me gain even more wait and I can barely fit into my clothes now), and fear of everything that comes with having a seizure I'm not sure if it's worth it...but then again, I know later down the road it will be worse for me to have been smoking.
Suggestions?
Comments
Re: Scared to Quit Smoking
Submitted by ddruiam on Fri, 2011-06-03 - 08:37
Prostop Therapie helpt u in één behandeling om van uw rookverslaving af te komen. En wel op een manier die minimale ontwenningsverschijnselen met zich meebrengt. Ontwenningsverschijnselen stoppen met roken Het gaat om een eenmalig stopgesprek gecombineerd met een speciale laserbehandeling die ervoor zorgt dat uw lichaam snel geen behoefte meer heeft aan nicotine. Hierdoor zult u veel minder ontwenningsverschijnselen van stoppen met roken ervaren dan bij andere methodes.
Prostop Therapie helpt u in één behandeling om van uw rookverslaving af te komen. En wel op een manier die minimale ontwenningsverschijnselen met zich meebrengt. Ontwenningsverschijnselen stoppen met roken Het gaat om een eenmalig stopgesprek gecombineerd met een speciale laserbehandeling die ervoor zorgt dat uw lichaam snel geen behoefte meer heeft aan nicotine. Hierdoor zult u veel minder ontwenningsverschijnselen van stoppen met roken ervaren dan bij andere methodes.
Re: Scared to Quit Smoking
Submitted by Guojaehee on Mon, 2013-04-22 - 23:59
Smoking is evitable so as early as now we should stop smoking to avoid some diseases. Although it would take a long time because it is already a habit but slowly and slowly for sure you can stop it. Instead of smoking, take some cool and mint candies, it would relieve your crave from smoking. - buying twitter followers
Smoking is evitable so as early as now we should stop smoking to avoid some diseases. Although it would take a long time because it is already a habit but slowly and slowly for sure you can stop it. Instead of smoking, take some cool and mint candies, it would relieve your crave from smoking. - buying twitter followers
Re: Scared to Quit Smoking
Submitted by stopsmokinghabits on Wed, 2010-03-03 - 02:18
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Quit smoking has many benefits that comes in paskages.The benefits of stopping smoking are not only an improvement in health and an increase in life span, but it can also have a positive effect on social life.
The benefits of stopping smoking are almost boundless.When a smoker stops this deadly addiction he or she will have a lower risk of developing cancer and heart disease. It will also mean that the ex-smoker will breathe in fresher air instead of cigarette smoke,which will mean less instances of coughing and breathlessness.Less carcinogens that can cause cancer.The benefits of stopping smoking are certainly many and the advantages of smoking are yet to be discovered.
Hope this one could help you.
http://www.stopsmokinghabits.com