topic Re: Proper etiquette in Among Friends

Proper etiquette

dex — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:46:11 GMT

My friend is trying to quit smoking using the nicotine patch and it seems to be giving her strange and vivid dreams.Last nights dream was proper etiquette when eating worms.Is it best to use chop sticks or twirl them on your fork spaghetti style.LOL! She says that these dreams are so real that she woke up still seeing the worms heaped on her plate.Good news though...she has been smoke free for three weeks.

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x Hedge — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:57:07 GMT

Good for her! Please pass along my best wishes.
Signed,
An ex-smoker

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luvdoodles — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:20:20 GMT

I took Chantix and had the same thing happened. Either they were really weird or really bad nightmares. And they stayed with you for a while during the day. Stopped the chantix. Had surgery about 5 weeks ago and had to stay in the hospital for 7 day. No cigs for 7 days and never started again when I got home. I am now officially an ex-smoker. It's so hard to do and say contrats to friend for me.

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sheilababe — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:33:52 GMT

I've heard that the dreams can be very real and sometimes very scary. Fortunately, I quit without drugs. I had to have emergency surgery and was in the hospital for several days. I figured I had made it through the worst and was able to keep going on my own. It's been over 7 years and sometimes I still think about smoking. Please tell your friend to stick with it. It can be done!

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dex — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:39:17 GMT

Congratulations to all of the ladies who Have conquered the monster cigarettes.I think you all earned a happier healthier and richer future.

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ECBG — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:43:52 GMT

I quit easily with Chantix and didn't even crave my "love" chocolate!

My friend couldn't tolerate Chantix at all.

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Sweet_Serenity — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 06:03:59 GMT

Your friend should consider removing the patch before bed.

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Big Sister — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:32:25 GMT

Another ex-smoker here, 10 years, after a hospital and rehab stay. I guess you could say I stopped "cold turkey" and never looked back, and never had strong cravings.

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PhilaLady1 — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:24:30 GMT

Good for her !!! Please tell her we all hope she hangs tough. The strange dreams will subside as she weans off the nicotene. I smoked for over 25 years, quit about a year and a half ago. I know its not easy and give her all the credit in the world.

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dex — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:38:50 GMT

@PhilaLady1 Thanks I will give her your message.I hold celebrations for her at the end of each week that she is smoke free so I will save all of these well wishes till then.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:50:47 GMT

I hope she has great success in kicking her nicotine addiction. You post made me laugh. Years ago I was on a medication that said I could have "vivid dreams". Vivid was not the word for them. More like wild, bizarre movies playing in my head. Not nightmares, just weird and very realistic. Can't remember any specific ones but like your friend, when I woke up I'd wonder where the singing cotton candy elephant was and if made coffee before he left...lol

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riley1 — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:24:55 GMT

Good for your friend! I quit 12 yrs ago using the "patch". Had no problem with it at all. Just remind her to change spots every day. Also, I never used the patch when I slept, only during the day.

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dex — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:19:49 GMT

@chrystaltree Exactly how she describes the experience.You have to live it to tell it well.

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Financialgrl — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:53:54 GMT

Used Nicoderm back when it first came out and had many olf those vivid dreams. I seriously thought I was going nuts sometimes bc I'd have to ask myself - did that really happen or did I just dream it?

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dex — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:13:46 GMT

@Financialgrl I think she feels the same way....were your dreams as crazy and funny?

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sidsmom — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:50:57 GMT

@dex

I realize my post below references Chantix, which is a pill & not a patch,

but the vivid dreams you mentioned made me post about my friend.

I've written about Chantix before in this forum & this is my

original 2014 post. I hope it helps your friend.

——————

When I read "Chantix", it makes me so, so sad. A friend of a friend of mine died that is Chantix related...I believe it created the legislation for the safer Chantix of today.

Carter Albrecht was a musician here in Dallas in 2009. Trying to quit, he tried something new called "Chantix"...it caused him to act irrationally...enough where a neighbor shot/killed him. This story received national attention. Nicest guy, but the drug cost him his life.

I believe the FDA formulation changed after this happened, but when you said you had vivid dreams, I had to respond in Carter's memory. Here's a WIKI about the incident.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Albrecht

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dex — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:59:35 GMT

@sidsmom I know it's crazy what drugs can do to our bodies.In this cause my friend is on nicotine patches and nothing more.She doesn't feel depressed or suicidal but she has crazy dreams.

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stargazergal — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 05:34:45 GMT

You know what Mark Twain said........ "It's easy to quit....I've quit a million times" !

Ha ha..... that one always stuck with me when thinking of the quitting smoking.

@dex wrote:
My friend is trying to quit smoking using the nicotine patch and it seems to be giving her strange and vivid dreams.Last nights dream was proper etiquette when eating worms.Is it best to use chop sticks or twirl them on your fork spaghetti style.LOL! She says that these dreams are so real that she woke up still seeing the worms heaped on her plate.Good news though...she has been smoke free for three weeks.