Withdrawal symptoms

[Mudge]

Well, it's been almost a month since I had a cigarette!!! But I've been using the Nicorette inhaler so I haven't been nicotine free yet. I find the inhaler is fantastic. I've been a smoker for 30 years and I've tried to quit a few other times. I've never made it this long before, nor has it been this easy. But I'm experiencing things that I don't know if they are regular withdrawal symptoms or whether it's because of my meds, or epilepsy.......

I can be pretty jittery and shaky at times - I think that's normal. But I've been getting tremors and jerks a fair bit and I'm wondering if perhaps the more pure nicotine and epilepsy don't get along :confused: ? Perhaps it's the stress - that can cause seizures for me.

Any ideas from other "quitters" with epilepsy?

Thanks, Mudge

PS - I'm going to start withdrawing from the inhaler soon. My husband, who has smoked for 40 years, used it for 1 week and then dropped it. I feel a bit weak that I'm still using it, but on the other hand, if that's what keeps me away from cigarettes I'm going to use it.

[jingle]

Hi Mudge ~ I used those Nicorette patches for 90 ( I think !!) some days with such grand success. My epilepsy did not give me any trouble with my choice.

I did go through lots of spells of: sometimes anger, sometimes depression, sometimes "shakes"....lots of things as I reduced nicotine. It takes time to clear yourself of that poison. Praise God when it's gone. Praise YOURSELF.

Boy, did I get praise from my surgeon -lol.

You're doing a great thing for yourself...... keep it up !!!!

[hawkin]

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