Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:09:00 GMT

This site is not meant to replace the advice of any physician. Do not rely upon any information that you read here at Freedom (or that you obtain through posts, email or links) to replace consultations or advice received by qualified health professionals regarding your own specific situation. The information provided here at Freedom is intended as smoking cessation educational...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:28:00 GMT
There are times where people have emotional issues stemming from family problems, work problems, actual organically based mental illnesses, etc, who will write on the board that they are having overwhelming emotional feelings. Then other people will weigh in saying that they had problems at one time or another when quitting but it got better.

While it may be true that the person offering the advice was just having a reaction to smoking cessation, it may not be true for the person...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:30:00 GMT

I don't want to give the impression that the majority of people become clinically depressed or need medications to deal with the normal depression phase that accompanies initial smoking cessation. The fact is that only a small percentage of people will have a full-blown organic depression occurring just after quitting smoking. But that fact is not important if you are one of these individuals. What is important is that if you believe you are...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:17:00 GMT

Nobody should get the impression that the majority of people become clinically depressed or need medications to deal with the normal depression phase that accompanies initial smoking cessation. The fact is that only a small percentage of people will have a full-blown organic depression occurring just after quitting smoking.

But that fact is not important if you are one of these individuals. What is important...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:14:00 GMT
Every now and then a person will experience a specific symptom and put up a post asking whether or not the symptom is one that is normally experienced by people who have quit smoking and if others here had experienced the same symptom when they had quit. As far as if a specific symptom is one that "can" occur after cessation, we have put together a pretty inclusive string titled Possible Withdrawal Symptoms.

As far as whether or not another member or numerous members...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:13:00 GMT
For people who are off for weeks, months, years or decades and who are cranky, nervous, depressed, angry, have sore throats, heart burn, ear aches, backaches, headaches, eye strains, poor vision, hearing problems, broken bones, have stubbed their toes, have financial concerns, job stresses, or any other extraordinary issues going on in their lives at the moment. Don't blame every feeling, bad or good in your life on the fact that you happened to have quit smoking. Life goes on without...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Skylark0) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:56:00 GMT

Please could any oldbies who have experienced depression as a symptom of their quit give me some help? This is a new emotion to me. Fortunately, I have never suffered from depression before in my life (I am 44). I am 7 weeks into my quit and everything has gone well so far in that I have dealt with all the difficulties experienced and felt confident.

However, since yesterday I have felt extremely low. I feel tearful, have had thoughts...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Thu, 04 May 2006 15:46:00 GMT

Nobody should get the impression that the majority of people become clinically depressed or need medications to deal with the normal depression phase that accompanies initial smoking cessation. The fact is that only a small percentage of people will have a full-blown organic depression occurring just after quitting smoking.

But that fact is not important if you are one of these individuals. What is...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:36:00 GMT

Strings that cover the issue of quitting being too easy:

"Was I addicted?"

Every quit is different

I've encountered plenty of people who quit at one time, had a relatively easy time at it and either figured they were not addicted or that if they were to relapse...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Evolvingkaren1 GOLD) — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:31:00 GMT

I was glad to see this thread. My issue is related but not exactly covered here. I've been unable to locate other appropriate reading materials but I'm sure other members in the long term smoker category can direct me.

Quitting was TOO EASY. So why didn't I do it before? Why didn't I have to SUFFER MORE after 39 years of putting my family through hell. I am overwhelmed by GUILT. I know that Linda, Steve, Dina and others may have insights on how to cope...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 04:17:00 GMT

Janet, only you know whether your holiday blues are historically seasonal or something more in need of treatment. If you see no joy in your day at 60 days please get seen. Medicating depression with the world's most addictive insecticide is self-destructive in itself. If needed, there are scores of non-addictive serotonin and dopamine manipulating medicines. With you in spirit. John

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (mctomandlynn) — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:38:00 GMT

Joanne,

I am not sure why or how, but somehow you brought this thread up to the front today. For me and my husband it was in the nick of time and a true blessing.

We both quit Sept. 28, 2003, one week shy of 3 months into our quit. We have been having problems lately and couldn't put a label on them. First we thought stress at work, then stress with caring for his mother, problem still keeps occurring. Today we were going at it...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:43:00 GMT
I don't want to give the impression that the majority of people become clinically depressed or need medications to deal with the normal depression phase that accompanies initial smoking cessation. The fact is that only a small percentage of people will have a full-blown organic depression occurring just after quitting smoking. But that fact is not important if you are one of these individuals. What is important is that if you believe you are organically depressed get checked out by your...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (BikenutGOLD) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 03:24:00 GMT

I thought it was time to add in my expereince here. I have been diagnosed as having major depressive illness for a several years now. I had stopped all medications about two years ago. In early February, I realized my depression was returning, so I scheduled an appointment with the psyc. doc. At that time, he noted that ever since I had been seeing him, I had talked...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 01:54:00 GMT

There was a new depression/cessation study just released and this seems like a perfect opportunity to share the results. Having a bit of perspective on how rare or common a condition actually is can sometimes in and of itself be reassuring. Although just 4% of participants in the below study experienced the onset of major depression we each need to be alert to the possibility that 4% of our members may need medical help. It's...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 01:24:00 GMT
There are some people who are depressed from an organic basis and medications may be indicated and beneficial for them. What is the difference between taking a prescribed medication to treat depression as opposed to using cigarettes to treat it? First, a prescribed medication must be approved by the FDA and must show some record of being SAFE and EFFECTIVE for treating a specific ailment. Being effective means that it has been shown to clinically help people who have...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (MsArmstrongKIS) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:42:00 GMT

Slowly but surely it's starting to dawn on me. . .

All of this sadness can't be just from quitting smoking, BUT it is not a sufficient excuse to go back to smoking. I was diagnosed with clinical depression six years ago, before I was a smoker, but I hated the medication I was given and soon found cigarettes an excellent substitute in many unfortunate ways. I have never really made the connection between the events until now, but I did...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (IrishLotus GOLD) — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:00:00 GMT

This morning I was pondering the question: "Which came first, the addiction or the depression?". I knew I had read something about that here at Freedom, and sure enough, here it is...offered as advice for another depressed Freedomite.

Since I am now able to step from behind the "smoke screen" and look a bit more logically at my addictions and the cause/effect way in which they intermingle with my personal happiness, such...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 05:04:00 GMT

I don't want to give the impression that the majority of people become clinically depressed or need medications to deal with the normal depression phase that accompanies initial smoking cessation. The fact is that only a small percentage of people will have a full-blown organic depression occurring just after quitting smoking. But that fact is not important if you are one of these individuals. What is important is that if you believe you are organically...

Re: Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Sophy(Silver)) — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:53:00 GMT

As so often happens, after you really crystallize and articulate something that's been bugging you, this whole thing is bothering me less now. I think Melissa (Toast) hit upon it in saying I'm "relearning how to live w/o cigarettes." I've been consciously working on sitting with uncomfortable feelings as they arise instead of thinking I have to make...

Normal depressive reaction or a real organic depressive episode

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Sat, 14 Jul 2001 15:49:00 GMT

I see we had some recent issues with quitting and depression and anger at the board. The fact is everyone who ever quit smoking faced these issues to some degree. I am creating a string here that covers depression from a number of angles. Some of these letters were written to my clinic graduates and others were specific answers to people who wrote questions with background histories. I think they will give everyone an overview of different physical and...