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Rasdaan If you are still looking at this thread, I hope you will ignore the ignorance of the response from Jetblack. Work with your doctor to determine if depression/anxiety meds need to be used or adjusted for your quit. Also discuss NRT options while considering cold turkey. In the long run, quitting smoking will have positive effects on your overall health and may actually help your mental health too. You can do it.

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Truthfully JB's response didn't bother me, I have heard that point of view from many people and I do know that at the end of the day, they mean well. That being said, I have scheduled an appointment with my doctor to discuss adjusting my medications. I feel like that is going to be a good way to go, and I hope that we can find the combination that makes a difference in my efforts. I am taking a low dose of Wellbutrin, and I am thinking I would possibly do better if we increased that dose, and got rid of my cymbalta since I am not too sure if that is doing anything. Obviously that is just guessing on my end, its all up to what the doctor thinks. Thanks again to everyone who is taking time to give me advice, even JetBlack. Medication isn't going to be a magical fix, and I really do need to go outside more, and change up my lifestyle if I am going to do this.

JB - a 20 year old lad that works for my husband hung himself last night, he was cut down by his uncle. Thankfully he survived and is now in hospital. Should we just tell him to get out and enjoy the sunshine? Depression isnt 'in'. Its a serious illness and should be treated as such.

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Thank you BKP and Weegie, " " - a 20 year old lad that works for my husband hung himself last night, he was cut down by his uncle. Thankfully he survived and is now in hospital. Should we just tell him to get out and enjoy the sunshine? Depression isnt 'in'. Its a serious illness and should be treated as such. " Please know you have allies here, Rasdaan

Sorry Barry still here,Just that sitting at the computer was a major trigger for me to smoke.Day 27 without sucking garbage into my lungs now and I can sit all day at the computer.I still get a craving maybe once a day but I just laugh it off.Have a ways to go yet but I WILL NOT smoke another poison stick again.I set up an automatic deposit at my bank to put the cost of a weeks smokes into a savings account every Friday,sure nice to click on the account info and watch it grow Cheers all.... Kev

NOPE, never on Good Friday.

I've never been one for scare tactics when it comes to smokers. When I smoked, I blocked it out. I was willfully oblivious. That being said, I've spent much of the last two-days at the Heart and Lung Institute at a local hospital. My dad is having some issues with his heart and is going in for a bypass on Friday. I have no way of knowing how many of the patients at the heart & lung campus are or were smokers, but the law of averages says a sizable percentage. I get it, we're nicotine addicts. Sometimes you just want to smoke one. However, I can guarantee you this: regardless of how bad your day may be going, the patients at the lung clinic are having it worse than you. Keep your quit. Be relentless and unwavering with it. Guard your quit with everything you have, your life depends on it.

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Hi Rasdaan, so sorry to hear you are struggling this much. Quitting smoking sure can send a person into a tailspin! I became really emotional when I quit. Not to the degree of self harm, but still I cried constantly, couldn't eat or sleep. It was like someone died! I really fell apart and found through the quitting process that I smoked as a way to cope and when I quit I had no idea how to manage emotionally. It took a few months to start feeling more like myself. I do hope you seek out medical advice with your depression/anxiety getting to the level you wrote about. Quitting smoking is important but it needs to take a back seat if you are considering self harm. Some of us need more and/or different support in quitting than others. Get whatever support you need so you can be successful. On a secondary note, please DO get outside and feel that sunshine on your face or do whatever you think might lift your mood, even a little. Making positive changes in your habits etc...when you quit really does help. Stick around here! You're not alone in how you feel. Many have walked this road and we would love to support you in your journey.

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Oh have i just spotted jo and the kid?

Is this beazel im not sure?

Doing it properly?

Is this shane?

This is my Shane So where is yours?

Shane - Barry keeps forgetting who you are - do you think it's his age?

Who’s Shane?

Mom is still with us the thoughts and prayers are helping Thank you all so much................

I take mild medication for anxiety and i was actually so caught up in quitting at the start of my quit that i totally forgot to take my medication! When I realised two weeks had passed and i thought oh, i wonder if i could just chuck that medication. But my anxiety was definitely UP so after a few more days I went back on it (and felt much better). So just pointing out the obvious...remember to take your medicine!!!! Im a big advocate for NRT, it got me where I am today and I dont think i would be here had i not used it. And i was on it for less than a month. So all good in my book. Where abouts do you live? In uk we get free access to smoking cessation nurses who can advise and support. Can you access anything like that? Take all the help you can get!! And keep posting too, forums are brill for support also

Taking a mood stabilizer is better than smoking cigarettes. I take a couple of medications to keep me stable. It was hard to quit and I went through awful anxiety and depression. I do think it is harder for people with mental illness to quit smoking but that doesn't make it impossible or less important. You can do this!

Hi Lilly - saw your name at the bottom of the main page.... How are you doing? Hope you're feeling better! Please let us know how the quit is going....you are not alone in this...we're here for you!

Good morning. I pledge NOPE today.

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On a beautiful day, before a beautiful long weekend, NOPE!!!

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Congrats on being 5 months smoke free today IP!! That's an admirable quit you have established.Next month will be 1/2 way to the Lido Deck Go celebrate!!

desiged for and modelled by (in my dreams). Looked at the website to see if I could find a full picture for you and saw things no man should ever see. Can I tap out now ?

Or maybe this?

Is it that barry correlates shane with the pineapple and is interested?

Is that just your cooking?

Are you saying I'm not normal?!

<3 Thank you very much Sazerac! Doctors appointment is scheduled! Unfortunately he is out on vacation, but I should be seeing him in a week and a half!

Do you think we're old and set in our coffee ways already?

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That sure would have been a powerful image seeing real people at the lung institute. I quit smoking spur of the moment in a week that three people i know diagnosed with cancer. One skin, one throat and one lung. The one with lung cancer died when my days were in the seventies. So a young mother died in just over two months after she went to the doctor with what she thought was a chest infection. The other two doing great and hopeful for full recovery. When the penny finally drops that smoking will kill you, there's no going back. Its a massive realisation. No more denial. Thanks for sharing that boo and i hope your dad is ok.

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