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Smoking and anxiety
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They say smoking calms your nerves, my experience is quite the opposite. As an casual smoker and a high-strung person I f notice that in certain situations a cigarette can give me palpiation, light-headedness and abdominal discomfort. One one occasion I definately think it gave me a mild panic attack.
Anyone else experienced the same?
They say smoking calms your nerves, my experience is quite the opposite. As an casual smoker and a high-strung person I f notice that in certain situations a cigarette can give me palpiation, light-headedness and abdominal discomfort. One one occasion I definately think it gave me a mild panic attack.
Anyone else experienced the same?
Once you are addicted to nicotine one perceives that it calms them, when in reality they are getting their "fix" of nocotine which is addicitve. Not having something you're addicted to will cause anxiety, and when you get what you want of course you're calmer. I wouldn't expect this to be the same with a casual smoker.
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