On day three now..... and using the nasal spray thingy as my 'aid'.
Is it just me, or has anybody else found that this has to be *the* most painful way to give up? Having said that, one snort of the nasal spray and all thoughts of doing anything else other than writhing in agony are driven from my mind, so in a round about sort of way...... it's doing its job!!!
As ths spray is *so* much agony, I try to use it as infrequently as possble, and instead resort to the inhalator - which apart from giving me the impression that they might have actually put some nicotine in it, does provide some activity for the hands & mouth.
When I'm not writhing in agony or fiddleing with what looks like a half smoked spliff, I'm wringing my hands as they're perspiring so much, downing soft drinks to offset the horrible nasal spray making its way down the throat and wondering what it'll be like when I next go outside and...............
Oh ............ the air smells *so* good.
I've not smelt air for........ 34 years............
So, I'll carry on with the nasal spray -depsite - and my reward is the air.
Pete (day 3 after 34 years)
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Dont Know much about the nasel spray But my Partner tryed the Inhalator He said the refills was empty so hes not buying any more HEHE just staying with the patch Good luck with it anyway Linda xxx
Hey - Thank you all - for your replies to my nasal nightmare.
This evening - I found out somin - you *do not* need to snort the stuff - like - deep deep - into yourself. And that makes it somewhat less painfull.
I've read the pamphlet that came with the spray - and it said *nothing* about being a bit of a, shall we say, enthusiast? (Which I aint - but I thought that that was the way to 'do things').
So - my piece of feedback to others who want to use the nasal spray is, 'Easy does it - this stuff kicks as*' and I'm finding the *alternation* between inhalators and the spray to be working ok - and yeah - previous posters are right - I *used* to smoke heavy - and *this* is working for me.
(I used to use patches but they caused me to itch - cos I was always rubbing them to get the max out)
Pete (Thirty four years - and now three days plus more hours and encouragement from the above)
Ps.(xxx - to all who answered and gave me a *big* lift)
Pps. The inhalator does work -but you need to give it 20 mins to *slowly* bring you up - and in time you will not need that 'up'.
Keeping up on the nasal spray and inhalator seems to be ok - and I went to a party, went to France/Switzerland (and with a 3 year old and 19 month old 'in tow' - that's about as stressful as life can get.... ).
I found the cravings to be at their worst on day 4. I got around this by telling myself all the reasons I've chosen to stop smoking - and when that wasn't enough - a blast from the spray soon had me back on track.
btw - one of my main reasons for giving up (now!!!) is that my 3 year old son started asking if he could have a cigarette.... Scarey, scarey.
Take care wherever you are on your journey to freedom......
You have done really well pete especially using what sounds like a torture device for nrt, hehehe
Ur right about ur three yr old asking for a fag that IS scarey, and lets face it if that couldnt make a person quit I dont think anything could.
Luckily all the time I smoked my mother-in-law drilled it into my kids how filthy smoking is so I couldnt light up anyway without being harrangued by them.
At least with quitting I dont get verbal abuse anymore.
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