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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: gpwurzel on July 06, 2007, 02:07:43 PM
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Having been trying to give up smoking for a while, things aren't going too bad...with the exception of this nicotine gum giving me bloody hiccups each and every time....I mean, wth is that all about?
yours with hiccups,
Wurzel
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weird..i never heard of that one..lol<~~ ex smoker for about 8 years now...but i didnt do the gum or anything..did it cold turkey...was tuff..but within a month i new i had it whipped...within a few months i wonder why i ever smoked in the first place..dont miss them at all.
lets all sing whistle while you breath!!..lol
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I don't smoke, so I gave up pop/soda the 1st of the year. I never got the caffeine withdraw headaches that I thought I would get. I accidentally got served a Sprite today instead of water and it tasted like syrup. I don't know how I used to go through 4-6 cans a day before.
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Originally posted by gpwurzel
Having been trying to give up smoking for a while, things aren't going too bad...with the exception of this nicotine gum giving me bloody hiccups each and every time....I mean, wth is that all about?
yours with hiccups,
Wurzel
TxDad tried the gum too. I know the hiccups you're talking about. They ain't the little kind of hiccups either. :)
Good luck to you! :)
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Congrats on quitting, it's been 5 months since I had my last cigarette. I used the Commit lozenge and I occasionaly get the hiccups when I use them. It is a side effect of the lozenge, didn't know it was for the gum as well. I never had much luck with the gum but the lozenges seem to be doing the trick for me.
One trick you can try that works with the lozenge is don't swallow your spit. I actually try not to produce a lot of saliva when I'm using the lozenge, (I tuck it up between my cheek and gums), if I roll it around in my mouth then I produce more saliva and then I end up getting the hiccups.
Truthfuly the hiccups don't last that long for me when I do get them, and they would be worth it as long as I'm not smoking.
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These hiccups are definitely not small little ones, think "reach down to your anklebones from the inside" kinda hiccups...and you'll be close. Beats smoking tho, and makes my daily calls with senior management pretty funny...spend more time apologising that talking...lol......ah well, time for another peice of gum.......:lol
Wurzel
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quitters never win hehe
seriously though I'm going through the same thing its been a month since i had a butt, it is hard but so worth it.
although i will NEVER give up the weed NEVER
alright i will when I'm dead.
untill then "roll up a fatty for your pimp daddy..."
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Congratulations and best of luck!
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20 Years now :) I smoked cause I liked it. Quit cause I met a wonderful woman who didn't like it, so no big deal, I stopped smoking. Don't crave a thing, never did, and smoked for 10 years.
I get a kick out of all the products out there trying to help people quit smoking.
It's really easy to figure out. If you continually Try to quit, then you don't want to quit. Don't kid yourself. Light up, don't fall into that trap. You either want to smoke or you don't. There are no degrees, no phases, no increments, no debates, no "steps".
Here's a neat trick to prove my point. Take a hammer, any size will do, they all are effective. Now, start smacking your head with that hammer. Ok, now, "Try" to stop.
Look it's easy, that hurt like hell, so you Stop, do you chew gum and have cravings for that headache? Nope, not so much. Toss the stupid gum. Quit smoking if you Want to quit and move on with your life.
It takes the human body exactly 2 weeks to break a habit. 2 weeks. If you constantly Try to break the habit, you never actually do, so that 2 weeks never comes. Come on, you're stronger than that. All the advertising saying that you Need help to quit, It's a marketing trick to recapture some of the cash that you Now have available because you don't smoke anymore. Fool and his money, and all that.
If you want to quit smoking, put the damned thing out.
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I can't try the gum then...by the sounds of it I'd throw my back out from teh hicups.
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Damn Roc, hate to say it, but your right. Giving the gum a miss, no smokes either......the next 2 weeks should be interesting..lol.........and I liked the hammer analogy (no, I didnt try it......my wife was tempted tho....;) )
Wurzel
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Cold turkey is the only way to go.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Cold turkey is the only way to go.
I totaly disagree! I quit on the 5th of April using Chantix. I have never been able to quit cold turkey. Tried many times. Tried gum and patches too. Quit using the Chantix a couple of weeks ago. So far so good. The hiccups come from indigestion caused by the gum/lozange or whatever. Tums is your friend.
Of course having a strong desire to live for at least 20 more years with my new wife to be had a lot to do with my ability to quit too. I can breathe without rattling now. I love it. I do still crave the cigs when I don't have much to do and I did gain about 22lbs since I quit but I will never go back to smoking again.
Do whatever it takes to quit. It's worth it.
Mark
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My old man quit cold turkey, and if he can - truly anyone could....of course he had to have a massive heart attack to give him the compulsion to do it!
Tronsky
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my oldest sister was a dragon lady consuming 2 to 4 packs a day.
She got on this stuff and has quit. If it works for her, it'll work for anyone.
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
I don't smoke, so I gave up pop/soda the 1st of the year. I never got the caffeine withdraw headaches that I thought I would get. I accidentally got served a Sprite today instead of water and it tasted like syrup. I don't know how I used to go through 4-6 cans a day before.
Couple of weeks ago I grew tired of the taste of Coke, which happens sometimes, and I switched to a grape soda. No caffeine or sugar and it's refreshing, even too much so. My head felt a bit "tight" for couple of days, but then the feeling wore off.
I've never smoked though. Never got the idea of it, just nothing good in it.