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Atypical tips to quit smoking? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by 31415926535@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know it's gross, unhealthy, a stupid habit, makes no sense.

Trouble quitting cuz it's something to do with hands, fidgety, restless, oral fixation I think, and it gets me out of the house. Can't find a habit to replace it with.

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[–] KrankyKong@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're not opposed to medications, bupropion (brand name zyban) helped me. My cravings lessened almost immediately. Nicotine also feels like it has little to no effect since I started, which was honestly kind of a bummer to find out when I fell off the wagon.

I get medication isn't for everyone, but just putting what worked for me out there. Funny enough, I didn't even start taking it for smoking cessation. That's just one thing Bupropion can be used to treat. It was a two birds one stone kinda situation.

[–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

medication isn’t for everyone

Also as medications go, bupropion can be a doozy. If it works, it works, but the side effects suck and going off it isn't pleasant either.

[–] KrankyKong@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah definitely. I read so many horror stories on reddit when i first started a year or so ago. Fortunately nothing negative for me so far.

[–] fleeb 2 points 1 year ago

I did the zyban route, it pushed the nicotine withdrawals off until I quit using the med. By doing that, I was able to focus on the habits and rituals that I had built up around smoking and replaced those with better habits (exercise and walks and shit). When the habits were established, I knocked the physical cravings after stopping the med and it worked! I had tried to quit like 7-10 times seriously before that. Smoked for 10 years, 1+ packs per day for over 6 years.

Just keep trying until it sticks, OP.