Thursday, April 2, 2009

What Are The Side Effects Of Quitting Smoking

The side effects of quit smoking usually vary from person to person. Almost all the people who have decided to stop smoking can find one or two weeks after that very hard to deal with.

Usually the stop smoking side effects can be in the forms of heightened nervousness or an increase in the anxiety. The people who have stopped smoking may feel irritable and impatient for a few days or weeks. They will have frequent and repetitive cravings to smoke which they may find it very difficult to stand with. Some people can have a nauseated feeling, dizziness, or the lack of concentration in the things they are doing. Some people also feel frequent or occasional head aches especially during the first week. The quit smoking effects may decrease during the second week. We should drink a lot of water during this time as this will help us a lot to flush out the harmful toxins out from the body. We should allow the time for the body to get adjusted by itself whether we introduce a new thing to the body. Like wise, it may take some time to get adjusted to the change in the things we regularly provided the body too.

The main reason is the content called nicotine in the cigarettes. They will make the smoker addicted to the smoking. Nicotine replacement therapy is useful for reducing the quit smoking effects as they feed the hunger for nicotine. Usually nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine inhalers, etc release small quantities of nicotine in the blood stream which lessens the urge to smoke. It also helps to lower the level of depression and improves the health of the person.

Usually people are not aware of the fact that during the first three days after stopping smoking, the increased pulse rate and overall blood pressure of that person will get normalized. The energy and stamina of the person also increases as the body is getting rid of the harmful toxins. The nicotine elimination from the body boosts the senses and the sense of smell and the taste for food also increases. Breathing also gets lighter and the heavy tar build up in the lungs will get start to clear out by itself. The skin tone also will start improving. These are some of the immediate results other than the numerous long term results.

The desire for the cigarettes along with the quit smoking effects will drop dramatically between three weeks to three months. Around one to three months after the quitting, the person himself will be able to feel the changes happened to him, which includes a new level of the sensitivity or the boosting in the senses. The taste for food and drinks will also increase. Some times a food addiction also can come to substitute the addiction for tobaccos, but this should also be prevented as it can help to gain the body weight a lot.

POSTED BY CHRIS ANGEL

Sure Fire Natural Ways To Quit Smoking

Now days, acupuncture is considered as a good way to quit smoking. The people who seek this way to stop smoking are usually found much motivated and inspired to achieve the goal. Acupuncture has become a commonly used therapy which helps to quit smoking.


Several people have some different reasons to quit smoking. This may include the reasons like the difficulties to breathe, cough problems, some adverse health effects etc. But all the people who decide to get rid of the habit will like to prevent the adverse effects on the health provided by smoking.


But ‘stop smoking now’ may not be an easy task to do. These people may also be aware of the withdrawal symptoms which they will have to face and this may make them diffident to stick on to their decision too.


There are too many methods, products and sites available which may suggest us that they will help to achieve the aim, but not many of them are found successive. Some may be effective, but some of them will have some side effects too. So we should always be aware of some of the natural or easy ways to quit smoking.


The important tip to quit smoking is that the person should be determined and self-motivated. The people who choose the method of acupuncture to quit smoking usually seem to have a strong desire to stop smoking now and do not put it off indefinitely. The acupuncture needles used will be thin like hair. They will be inserted in to the various points in the ear and there they will remain around twenty minutes. The patient can take some relaxation or rest for these twenty or thirty minutes. They will be also prescribed some herbs or some supplements too to control the cravings and reduce the withdrawal symptoms. Some exercise and dietary instructions will be also given to those who do this. If the person also has a genuine desire to quit smoking, acupuncture is always found the best and natural way to quit smoking. He will be able to get rid of the bad habit with the help of a few numbers of visits to the acupuncture clinic.

In between the sessions, several acupuncturists provide some tiny balls which have the size like that of a tip of the ball point pen. They are taped with an invisible tape to the ear. When some cravings or desires for the cigarette occur, the smoker is usually instructed to press gently on these balls and they will stimulate the acupuncture point. The method of acupuncture provided with some education or counseling on the smoking cessation is found to be four times more effective and helpful to quit smoking than when the acupuncture alone is done.


POSTED BY CHRIS ANGEL