Posted by sweetmarie on June 2, 2002, at 3:47:28
In reply to Re: Headaches and Lamotragine » sweetmarie, posted by Cece on June 1, 2002, at 21:43:37
Hi again Cece
> After 20 years of not being interested in cigarettes at all, a year and a half ago I started dating a guy who smoked and to my great surprised took it up and got addicted. I know for sure that it is giving me headaches. I stopped a few times, and could really feel the difference, but like a fool (like an addict) I started again. I hope and pray that I will lick it soon.
God, I bet you`re kicking yourself now! It`s SO easy to get hooked - I started when I was 14, because I thought it looked `cool` (I`m quite sure it didn`t) ... but I was certainly addicted by the time I was 15. Apart from being incredibly expensive and unhealthy (they`re not known as `coffin nails` for nothing), cigarettes are actually quite a major `trigger` for me. I`m not completely sure why this is - my feeling is that it`s a combination of the huge amount of self delusion that goes on every time I light up (`I`ll be OK, not everybody gets ill`), and the knowledge that I`m at the mercy of the stupid things. Anyway - I did give up for a year about 10 years ago, and I actually felt loads better (mood-wise). Still, I took it back up again, and here I am.
My CBT therapist has reccommended a book by a bloke called Alan Carr, which uses cognitive techniques for stopping. I really need to (stop, that is).>
> Addiction is really tough.
Completely. I wish I`d never started.
My pdoc told me that nicotine is pharmacologically an anti-depressant- very interesting.
Yes, isn`t it. That`s not given much publicity ...
The nicotine patch can really help with that part. The habit part is up to us.
Hmmmmmm.
Anyway, thanks Cece. I really appreciate your time.
Anna.
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