Comments on: Feeling Sick After Quitting Smoking,What to do?

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:49:01 +0000

Wow, I know this is a horrible thing to say but I feel so much better now that I’ve read other peoples stories. I quite smoking 4 months ago with the patch, after smoking a pack or more a day for years…… it was so difficult, I still went through withdrawls, but I got really sick with the worst flu I’ve ever had in my life a few weeks into it. I still haven’t recovered. I thought I’d feel so much better after I quit and was so proud of myself and now i have severe ANXIETY ATTACKS, cronically sleepy, or panicing for now reason……….. it’s crazy. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I haven’t even been able to fuction… work or anything because I’m so sick. It makes me feel like smoking again and I feel so alone. Sorry to say but if I would have known I would feel this bad, I would have never quit to begin with but I’ve come to far now to go back. I can’t…….. i actually tried…….LOL but not funny at all really…. I took one puff of a cig and coughed and felt sick…….. like the first time……. Oh, another thing I wanted to add, just by reading.. I also smoked weed for a few years straight, EVERYDAY…… and I quite about 6 months before I quit smoking and it was just as hard……… so very hard.. addictions are a bitch….. but was the best thing I’ve done. Keep up the good work everyone….. even though I don’t feel this myself, it is the best thing you can do for yourself.

By: robbie

robbie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:02:17 +0000

i quit 4 weeks ago 80 aday went cold turkey i have never felt so ill chest pains lungs kill nose bleeds but it will be worth it in the end does any ones lungs hurt them when they lay down lifting lot crap of them which is all good,

By: the1guy

the1guy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:53:01 +0000

i quit a couple of weeks ago because i was thinking i had pneumonia i had no pain but had this terrible wheezing in one lung that was getting a little better each day and figured it was the perfect opportunity to quit because i didn’t even feel the need or want to keep on with this habit

a week later i could have SWORE i was having a heart attack. doctor tells me its pleurisy after an x-ray, but finds no pneumonia just a case of bronchitis and this pleurisy.

having some very strange things happen to my body over the last few weeks.
i dont feel like i am getting any better when im at home. but i have noticed when im out running or walking i feel a million times better

By: blake

blake — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:56:49 +0000

I quit using velarian root. It sedates you some but you just have to deal with some of the anxiety and be strong and count the weeks. Your whole “body” will feel challenged.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:17:49 +0000

It has been just over 24hrs without a smoke. My brain is having no problem telling me how stupid I would be to pick one up at this point but my stomach is in knots, I am completely on edge, and I can’t keep my eyes open!

By: Cathy Runkle

Cathy Runkle — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:13:24 +0000

I stumbled on to this site by mistake and I am glad I did. I quit smoking (cold turkey) exactly one month ago today. I too feel sick in my stomach most of the time. I can honestly say that I was hardly ever sick before I quit…and now it seems like I am either feeling sick or something hurts somewhere! I also have to comment on the taste of food. I keep hearing that food will start to taste better..and I am still waiting for that to happen. For me, the things that I thought tasted very good when I was smoking, now don’t seem to taste the same…and certainly do not taste better. Some things I have actually just stopped eating all together..because the taste is so different now, that I know longer like it. Like the newest tv add says…”QUITTING SUCKS”….but I guess dying from smoking sucks more. I wish everyone 100% success in quitting…good luck to all of us:)

By: Cassie

Cassie — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:31:56 +0000

I, as of today, have been smoke free for 16 days. at precisely 4:30 pm last night my throat started to get sore. This morning I cannot swallow without an extreme amount of pain. This has been the first negative thing to have happened since I quit. I am wondering if I may have actually caught some type of virus as apposed to “quit-smoking-side-effects”, since my symptoms came on SO suddenly. There is no cough or achiness. Anyone know??

By: detox

detox — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:01:04 +0000

Seems to be a common phenomenon, give up and then feel sick with bronchitis, wheezing, coughing and general ill feeling. I went through the same, tried to give up for ages with patches and inhaler, the only thing that has worked for me was the little 4mg mint tablets that you slowly let melt in your mouth, take a bit of getting used to but it gives you that little nicotine hit when you need it as opposed to the slow release patches which didn’t take the urge away for me. Everyone is different so don’t be afraid to try a few different approaches.

I really feel that when you give up smoking then your body actually starts to detox and releases more of the toxins that have accumulated in the lungs, i would say the tar traps a lot of those chemicals. Please correct me if I’m’ wrong anyone. When the body is detoxing it is essential to drink lots of water, at least 2 litres a day to help the body flush them out quicker.

Other than that stay busy and start to feel some pride for giving those nasty boys up, once you start to feel better you wont want to go through all the detoxing again, that’s motivation enough for me.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:05:50 +0000

Hi I have now hit the 48hr mark of being smoke free (cold turkey)- i have been having panic attack after panic attack probably more than 5 panic attacks a a day feel sick, head feels cloudy. I hope i make it i hate smoking but love em at the same time

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:25:40 +0000

I quit smoking cold turkey about two months ago. About a week after I quit I developed a deep cough and laryngitis. Went to the Dr. and he gave me Augmenten,because he thought my ear looked red. Took it for 10 days and a couple of days later had a temp if 103 and awful diarrhea. Went back to the Dr. and he said I had c. diff, a bacterial infection in my intestines. So I was on 1500 mg a day of Flagyl. Could all of this be caused by quitting smoking? I’m a 67 yr old female and have smoked off and on for 50 years. I’m certainly glad I quite and have no intention of going back.