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Hi I am a 45 year old type 1 diabetic but on oral medication (it is a genetic type of diabetes which I have had since I was 3 months old). At the moment I am having difficulty giving up smoking, I have previosly tried with nicotine replacement therapy but I suffere from clinical depression and trying to give up made it worse. I really need to give up as I had a heart attack last year and was fitted with a stent. I am feeling pretty low at present and would appreciate it if anyone has any ideas that would help. Thanks :crazy:
 
I stopped last year by using a drug called Champix. It was made available on prescription through the smoking cessation clinic. It works by stopping the craving. You start off in week one smoking normally and taking the tablets and invariaby think this is nonsense for the first four or five days. Then you notice that you are smoking fewer cigarettes and this is because you are not getting anything out of smoking them. In the 2nd week you stop smoking and, to my surprise, I didn't feel any need to have one. You keep this up for another 11 weeks. When you stop taking the drugs you just carry on not smoking. I was aware that I would enjoy a cigarette and all the habitual side of smoking, having a cigarette after a meal and so on, are still there to begin with, but there is nothing there to pull you towards having one. You need just enough will power to say, 'best not have one', there is none of that panic or hunger for a cig. You've probably got several dozen trigger points from habit for thinking of a cigarette but one by one they disappear, usually after two or three times of not having one. You sort of miss it a little bit but there is none of that inner turmoil or anxiety. Eventually all those trigger points disappear and you stop thinking about smoking altogether.
 
I went to the smoking cessation group and a few people went on champix. My Gp wont give them to me as I have clinical depression and this can also be a side effect of champix. I am really glad it worked for u. My trouble is as well that I have no will power. Thanks for your reply :)
 
I have heard really good stories about champix but gp wont put me on them and to be honest as i have depression i would b scared of the side effects. Thank u for taking the time to reply :D
 
sueM67 said:
I have heard really good stories about champix but gp wont put me on them and to be honest as i have depression i would b scared of the side effects. Thank u for taking the time to reply :D
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Not sure if such organisations exist, but is there not any support groups in your area where there's help and advice for people like you who are trying to quit smoking?
 
Hi, I have been using the e-cigarettes, basically a fake ciggy with nicotine in it, I have no idea if this is any better than smoking but apparently it is and I haven't smoked a real cig since October so I figure it's better than nothing and it's very easy, if you fancy a try please read up on them I'd hate to give you bad advice.
 
Hi I have tried the electronic one and didnt get on with it, I think a lot of my problem is will power and I seem to have an addictive personality. Once I start something I cant seem to stop, I was always the same with sweets as a child knowing they were not good for me but trying to have as many as I could lol( althoght not bad now). Thanks for your advice :D
 
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