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Why are my cigarettes making me sick
I would like to know why my cigarettes (marlboro ultra lights) are suddenly over the past few months making me sick. Yes smoking is bad for you and yes I know I should quit and I am, but here is my issue.
When I smoke now my heart rate goes from 75 to 108 (140 if I stand) I feel sick to my stomach and sometimes vomit. After 20 mintes my heart rate does not come down like normal it stays up for 2 to 3 hours and hangs around 99 sitting and 120 standing.
I have had a 24 hour heart monitor and a heart echo. These came back normal except for the fast heart rate that the heart doctor said was "just anxiety" which it isn't at all. I am not nervous.
Is anyone else getting sick from their cigarettes over the past few months? What would cause this to happen? Like I said I am quitting, but why is this happening to me?
I am a 33 year old male and been smoking for 11 years. Not over weight.
When I smoke now my heart rate goes from 75 to 108 (140 if I stand) I feel sick to my stomach and sometimes vomit. After 20 mintes my heart rate does not come down like normal it stays up for 2 to 3 hours and hangs around 99 sitting and 120 standing.
I have had a 24 hour heart monitor and a heart echo. These came back normal except for the fast heart rate that the heart doctor said was "just anxiety" which it isn't at all. I am not nervous.
Is anyone else getting sick from their cigarettes over the past few months? What would cause this to happen? Like I said I am quitting, but why is this happening to me?
I am a 33 year old male and been smoking for 11 years. Not over weight.
If you think that is bad, hear me out on my opinion. I am 39 years old, I have smoked heavily since I was 11. I have always been a physical person and smoking has never been a problem really, until now (2009). The government has gotten rid of all of the foreign cigarette companies such as, the original Drum, Bali Shag, both handrolling tobaccos. If you ask me, all the cheap tobacco now is laced with poison, why? Maybe so they can get rid of all of us poor people, that sure would help their health care problems now wouldn't it? I will NOT be a victim, I quit smoking cigarettes immediately. I know they are laced with poison now, especially the cheap roll your own stuff. How did I quit so easily? I just puff on big cigars now, I don't go through any niccotine withdrawl and I don't inhale the cigars. I will quit those soon too, because I don't want to give the government any more of my money.
I Have not smoked for 8 days. I am wearing the patch to help. I have smoked for 10 + years -Menthol cigs. Its quite a struggle, even with the patch. When the patch wears off, my body and mind is a mess, i cannot think straight, my body is weak and yesterday i broke out into a sweat - pouring with sweat, for me this is not normal due to the fact that i dont really sweat!
Im 35 year old female, and it was just time to quit.
My father is fighting prostate cancer and while doing research to find natural treatments i became discusted at all the toxins in our food, it just made me so mad that companies put such horrible stuff in our food...anyway thats a long story but that is what made me finally want to quit. How could i be so mad at these companies when i was putting something as toxic as cigs into my own body.
Christ has a lot to do with my battle, i rely on Him to help me through this. It is still hard but reminding my self that i DO want to feel better, Breath Deeper, and have more energy (to name a few benifits) makes it so worth all this pain im going through to quit.
I work in the gulf of mexico and absolutly hate flying, i have to take a helicoptor often to get to the job site and also fly down to texas via commercial flight form the west coast. I hate flying so much, huge stresser for me, so im really looking forward to conquering this major stresser with out sitting out side smoking 10 cigs before the flight. Reminding myself of all the good that will come from not smoking will be my frame of mind (Lord give me the strength!)
Its hard, but it will be so worth it!
I wish there were web sites that told you straight forward what to expect when quitting, like how your body reacts. My body is not liking that im not smoking! It is fighting me, and it would be nice to see that this is 'normal', it would help to press on and get through it. Ive just asked others i work with and they have similar stories as to how there body reacts. Also- i smoked one cig 4 days after i 'quit', it tasted normal and quite frankly good, then i tried smoking another one on day seven and i couldnt do it! It tasted horrible, like plastic or something. Im quite positive that this can be overcome, i mean quitting smoking. Maybe having someone to vent to as well (I reccomend Christ and a non smoker) and tell them how hard it is, what a struggle it is- It helps to vent.
I suppose i can look at it as though im a drug addict going through withdrawls? I mean i have been addicted for over ten years, my body functions with it, im taking it away and going through serious withdrawls. But it can be done!
Also i think they put something in cigs now to make them go out, like if you leave your cig in an ashtray for a moment it will go out on its own. They did this to help prevent fires. I dont know what the chemical is called but ill do a bit of research on it. But this was added a year or so back.
Im 35 year old female, and it was just time to quit.
My father is fighting prostate cancer and while doing research to find natural treatments i became discusted at all the toxins in our food, it just made me so mad that companies put such horrible stuff in our food...anyway thats a long story but that is what made me finally want to quit. How could i be so mad at these companies when i was putting something as toxic as cigs into my own body.
Christ has a lot to do with my battle, i rely on Him to help me through this. It is still hard but reminding my self that i DO want to feel better, Breath Deeper, and have more energy (to name a few benifits) makes it so worth all this pain im going through to quit.
I work in the gulf of mexico and absolutly hate flying, i have to take a helicoptor often to get to the job site and also fly down to texas via commercial flight form the west coast. I hate flying so much, huge stresser for me, so im really looking forward to conquering this major stresser with out sitting out side smoking 10 cigs before the flight. Reminding myself of all the good that will come from not smoking will be my frame of mind (Lord give me the strength!)
Its hard, but it will be so worth it!
I wish there were web sites that told you straight forward what to expect when quitting, like how your body reacts. My body is not liking that im not smoking! It is fighting me, and it would be nice to see that this is 'normal', it would help to press on and get through it. Ive just asked others i work with and they have similar stories as to how there body reacts. Also- i smoked one cig 4 days after i 'quit', it tasted normal and quite frankly good, then i tried smoking another one on day seven and i couldnt do it! It tasted horrible, like plastic or something. Im quite positive that this can be overcome, i mean quitting smoking. Maybe having someone to vent to as well (I reccomend Christ and a non smoker) and tell them how hard it is, what a struggle it is- It helps to vent.
I suppose i can look at it as though im a drug addict going through withdrawls? I mean i have been addicted for over ten years, my body functions with it, im taking it away and going through serious withdrawls. But it can be done!
Also i think they put something in cigs now to make them go out, like if you leave your cig in an ashtray for a moment it will go out on its own. They did this to help prevent fires. I dont know what the chemical is called but ill do a bit of research on it. But this was added a year or so back.
Dude look @ your label on your cigs by the bar code, does it read FSC? If so you are the latest victim of the new cigerettes and thier toxic effects. I too am suffering since the cigs came to my state and my lame *** doctors said i was faking my symptoms too. Look at the statistics for the states that have FSC and the states that are complaining of swine flu. Your symptoms are caused by the governments new cig program and noone really knows yet. Sorry to hear your sick, please stop smoking those things now and you will probably live.
How do you do it? How do you handle quitting cold turkey mentally? I have read that cold turkey quitting is the best way to stay successfully quit. I have tired everything and yet still a smoker. I have Leukemia and still a smoker! I am so angry at myself because I lack the will power to quit. How do you get past the irritability and agitation? When I smoke I do get sick, nausea, dizzy, faintness and tiredness. But as soon as I start feeling better what do I do? Yep, smoke.. Just like an idiot. No insults can be said that I have not said to myself. I did not realize what smoking does to the arteries. Atomic 811... I thought that was really interesting what you wrote about the cath procedure, 50% is a lot. Any tips from an ex-smoker would help! Thank you all and take care..
you stated "You're right about inflammation in the lining of the arteries causing holes, but it is the good cholesterol that plugs these up with no build-up"
Everything I have read regarding cholesterol states that LDL (bad) cholesterol is used by
the body for treating damage to arteries. HDL (Good) simply tries to keep the level of
LDL in check and returns unused LDL back to the liver for recycling. Maybe all the
documentation I've read is incorrect?
Everything I have read regarding cholesterol states that LDL (bad) cholesterol is used by
the body for treating damage to arteries. HDL (Good) simply tries to keep the level of
LDL in check and returns unused LDL back to the liver for recycling. Maybe all the
documentation I've read is incorrect?
our bodies become highly contaminated with free radicals and other toxins due to the
foods we eat. The body can only 'naturally' remove so much of these but our diets simply
overload the system. Starving from food for one day each week gives the body a good
chance to catch up. Experiments in labs show that animals live longer than average using this method.
foods we eat. The body can only 'naturally' remove so much of these but our diets simply
overload the system. Starving from food for one day each week gives the body a good
chance to catch up. Experiments in labs show that animals live longer than average using this method.
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