Depression While Quitting Smoking
Author: Raj Kumar
There are three major components; tobacco, nicotine and smoke that can contribute to help the addicted person managing unpleasant feelings of mental problem like depression. These corking effects can help a person dealing with frustrations or fears without getting emotional discomfort. Mental problem or challenge like depression often develops as a result of cumulative and/or stresses that has been there for quite a long period. Such problem is also due to inherited imbalances within the brain equations, and can also because of alteration in the brain chemistry.
In depression prone person, the effect of the stress results in a frequent phase of hyperarousal and any sort of anxiety can also amplify the distress. The addict of smoking is very powerful and it is difficult to get rid of smoking all of a sudden and that is why the withdrawal symptoms that come from quit smoking can bring depression.
There is good news that such an occurrence of depression often can be reduced or terminated through self-care therapies, exercises, psychotherapy, and/or medications. The more of such types of strategies that the smoker can include in their quit smoking campaign, better is the probability for success.
Such therapies can also accelerate the recovery of the body that suffer from the effects of addiction to cigarette use, and reduce or eliminate some general difficulties encountered while the addicted person reduces or quits.
Reasons and symptoms for depression during stop smoking
The depression might have existed before the person even begin to become addict to smoking and that might re-emerged now when stop smoking program is thought and put into action. It could be also due to altered brain function due to the habit of smoking since years.
Smoking contains nicotine that is a potent mood moderator and is capable to alter the whole brain chemistry. If the person has been self-medicating with the tobacco use there are chances of getting depression. When there is a withdrawal of smoking i.e. nicotine, the body cannot take it easily. The supply that you have been giving to brain has been stopped and the brain cannot function properly without it as it requires more and thinks that that is the only fuel to keep it running normally!
Quit smoking products are plenty and you can find them on market and also online i.e. on the internet. Such products are known to create/cause the depression in its user and it has been generally specified as their side effects. The depression while stop smoking has a particular definition that one should learn in order to know whether what is felt is depression or something else.
A depressed mood throughout the day or for more days can be specified as depression.
The occurrence of two or more of the following can confirm the condition as depression while quit smoking:
- Reduced self-confidence or low self-esteem
- Poor concentration on any subject including routine works
- Insomnia (lack or reduced sleep) or hypersomnia
- Low energy
- Difficulty in making decisions
- Feelings of hopelessness or despair
- Anorexia (poor appetite) or overeating
- Exhaustion or fatigue
These symptoms may not harm physically but then they can surely cause marked distress or impairment in social, personal and occupational life.
After trying to quit smoking for many years I finally did it with the help of a few products. Quitting smoking has given me many health benefits and I feel better about myself too.
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I have been smoking for 8 years in a row one to one and a half packs a day but, started running vigorously?
I can’t seem to quit smoking right now but I wan’t to jog and exercise so badly. I began jogging two days ago and am astonished at how far I can run. After all these years of smoking I can still run 4-5 with out really getting my second win. I use to jog 15 miles a day before I began smoking.
My question is even though I can jog for a while should I jog a shorter distance perhaps 1 mile or less, or should I not jog while smoking?
Does anyone have any good medical advice?
The best medical advice any one can give you is to stop smoking. Jogging and smoking. Kind of like trying to fill a bucket with a hole in the bottom. You’re surprised at your stamina now. Imagine if you didn’t have that holding you back.
What is the best way to get back in shape after smoking for 2yrs? I started running but can’t get past 2MI….?
I stopped smoking two months ago but still have a very hard time with any long distance running. I tend to get winded or really tired after only 2 miles. I used to run 5-6miles per day before i started smoking. What is the best training to get back up to six miles/day?
Walk or do run-walk to extend your mileage, much like would be recommended for most beginners.
You’re also still in a range of recovery from the smoking. I believe it’s roughly 6 months from cessation for lung recovery to really be significantly noticeable, so patience can be a good part of things, and there’s nothing wrong with walking to aid recovery in the meantime.
Smoking would have also interfered with uptake of things like calcium, so proper diet/supplementation can help your body with necessary re-adaptation.
Trying to quit smoking for good. Any tips?
10 points to someone with a really good idea I haven’t heard before. Smoking runs in my family, and I believe I have a genetic predisposition. I’ve smoked and quit over and over again for five years now, three of which were smoke three, but two of which were heavy. I’ve tried a wide variety of herbal remedies, nicotine replacement therapy methods, meditation and Tai chi, and creative visualization. Any help or humor appreciated.
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does anyone else have to instantly shit after smoking a menthol?
if you wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is smoke a menthol, i can only finish about half my smoke before running to the can. I know im not the only one, am I?
nicotine is a natural laxative. combine that with a cup of morning coffee and…. well, you know.
Smoking before running??? Good or bad?
Very straight forward, this a curious qus for a smoker like me. All the while my stamina was not really good at all, yes for a non smoker will always say because we of the smoke that will affect our running stamina. I do agree with it but not totally, it will still depends on individual or like what people says its all in the mind. I had a friend who is a smoker too, but in the army he was the physical fitness best especially when it comes to running he will always be the first.
So i wonder, some people believe in having a stick of cigarette before their running test will help them more or less to get a better timing.
I need some real professional answer and advice, will a stick of cigarette helps right before a running test or it will only shorten our breath more.
I’m not taking it as a option, just wanted to learn and know sumthing better. It’s not about long term smoking.
Bad. I ever did an experiment. I am a non-smoker all along. And at a period of time in my life, i started to take up smoking (i am still running), after taking up smoking, i started realizing i could not complete my regular distance and started to feel exhausted faster than usual. My runs turn bad. I quitted and back to my normal, now i run even more and better. smoking are bad for lungs and runs!