Jenny85
26-06-12, 16:31
Hi everyone. Sorry for the rant that's to follow.
I'm 26 and have been having problems with anxiety and depression for around 2 years. It all started when I was 24 and decided to give up smoking. All of a sudden, I had the most horrendous anxiety and an urge to smoke constantly. So I did. Anything to give me even a brief moment of calm. Everyone, including the doctor, told me i should tacke the anxiety before the smoking and that's what I tried to do. I had a course of CBT and was put on Citalopram. I started to feel quite a bit better - no horrible anxious mornings, but I never felt ready to quit smoking.
The Citalopram, I think, has stopped working. I've had horrible anxious episodes for a long while now, despite upping my dose. I should have tried to stop smoking when I started to feel better, but I was never ready.
Smoking rules my life. I absolutely hate being dominated by it, but dread the thought of the rest of my life without it. I want to have kids with my fiance and am dreading what me smoking during pregnancy would do to them.
People have recommended I try Allen Carr's book, but I'm too scared it won't work. I'm scared of how I'll divide up my day without smoking. I wish I'd never started, wish I had no desire to do it. I feel at my wits end, and would appreciate any advice whatsoever. Thanks guys.
I'm 26 and have been having problems with anxiety and depression for around 2 years. It all started when I was 24 and decided to give up smoking. All of a sudden, I had the most horrendous anxiety and an urge to smoke constantly. So I did. Anything to give me even a brief moment of calm. Everyone, including the doctor, told me i should tacke the anxiety before the smoking and that's what I tried to do. I had a course of CBT and was put on Citalopram. I started to feel quite a bit better - no horrible anxious mornings, but I never felt ready to quit smoking.
The Citalopram, I think, has stopped working. I've had horrible anxious episodes for a long while now, despite upping my dose. I should have tried to stop smoking when I started to feel better, but I was never ready.
Smoking rules my life. I absolutely hate being dominated by it, but dread the thought of the rest of my life without it. I want to have kids with my fiance and am dreading what me smoking during pregnancy would do to them.
People have recommended I try Allen Carr's book, but I'm too scared it won't work. I'm scared of how I'll divide up my day without smoking. I wish I'd never started, wish I had no desire to do it. I feel at my wits end, and would appreciate any advice whatsoever. Thanks guys.