That thing you put on your ear to help you quit smoking...

[ROLLIN]

My mother is trying to quit smoking. She is 62, and has smoked ever since she was 15 I believe. She is on day four so far, but says she wants a smoke. I want to try to help her any way that I can. I saw a thing on TV a while ago that you put on your ear, and it supposedly helps you quit smoking. I can't remember what it is called, but I am hoping that someone on here knows.

[dixienut]

accually there is spot on the ear that is a pressure point that help you satisfy the craving and help you not want to smoke, but don't remember much else, maybe this is what your talking about was it a ring clamp thing? i think i seen that in a comercial..sorry for not helping much,...

[ROLLIN]

As I recall, it looks something like a watch battery. I think you put one on each side of your ear too.

[ROLLIN]

I found a product called Zero Smoke that looks like what I seen on TV, but the name doesn't sound right to me.

[dixienut]

As I recall, it looks something like a watch battery. I think you put one on each side of your ear too.

yeah i seen that one too its a magnet,. i don't think that could work but who knows mind over matter right?

[ROLLIN]

I don't know. I hope she can quit though. Her record before was four days, and she is already on her fourth day this time.

[Marcotte]

Sorry to bust your bubble, but as a smoking veteran of 15 years, I have tried just about everything including magnets. They don't work, just try bieng supportive tell your mom how proud you are that she is quitting, accent the benifits of her quitting now, also breath mints helped me as a physical something to do.

[ROLLIN]

Being supportive doesn't work. If someone says anything at all to her about it, she just thinks they are trying to rub it in that she is not smoking.

[Bitsy]

I have heard great things about that pill, Chantix (I think that's what it's called) for quitting smoking. I am a smoker and haven't personally tried it but have a few friends who said that it was the best thing, no cravings whatsoever. Maybe have her talk to her doctor about it?

[dixienut]

my mother quit for over 8 months
but she said she didn't have any craving but she didn't have anything to do with her hands that held cigs, so she cut a straw to size and stuff kleenex into one end and puffed on that and worked fine but she decided to smoke any way, just for the h*ll of it but she has sence died over 5 years ago, i say as a result of few things including smoking, had a hemmoragic stroke.. age 64,.high bp. no more mom, fine one minute no hope the next, bled till died.. please stop her from smoking and let her know i want her to live longer for her family that loves her.. for i haven't gotten over my mother even yet, still have nightmares..

[Dangerdoll]

the magnet thing, tried it. It is supposed to be a pressure point thing but the thing I got out of it was that after about an hour and a half, the magnet force of it began to cause pain on the ear... didn't help to stop the craving, only made me want to rip the darn thing off immediately.

As for chantix, I tried that too but never finished due to personal reasons. My results were very good and I am sorry to say I didn't fiollow through to the end but it does help in easing the cravings down. What it does is it blocks the receptors in your brain from the nic. Eventually, your brain dwindles on the need for the smoke and the habit is the lasting thing to do away with. It does work... there are side effects too though and I'm surprised you haven't heard about them, bits... the side effects are they are mood alterers for some people, cause weird dreams in others, cause suicidal tendancies in others..... and some other things but I never experienced them.... I will go back on it again because it seemed the true way to quit.....

[J double R]

I had a buddy who, while taking chantix, found it extremely hard to not be incontinent.

he couldnt even control his bowels after a while.

[msjinkzd]

My husband had very vivid and realistic dreams when on Chantix, he found it to be very very disturbing. He discontinued its use although it was keeping him from smoking during the time he used it.

[Lady G]

I have to say...not much has helped me either, tried the patch thing ended up smokin with it on, tried the gum very gross couldn't even keep it in my mouth, tried cold turkey... Yeah right! When welbutrin (ms) came out tried it...umm was tired but still wanted to smoke. Then I tried this "natural" pill thing and really it did help quite a bit...I did smoke here and there but only when it crossed my mind that I hadn't wanted a cig...when you did smoke it was like inhaling pepper so you would take like 2 drags at the most and put it out...I swear I didn't even really think about smoking, then I got preg. and was worried about taking the pill while pregnant and my Doc advised against it so I stopped, shortly after started smokin again, then couldn't remember which "brand" I had before and tried another one...it didn't really help. Hmmm, guess I need to look that one up again..it was either "smoke arrest" or it was "smoke away" I believe.

[eroomlorac]

Here's a smoking story for you all. Many years ago, my Mother and brother both smoked. My brother wanted to get hypnotized to quit smoking. My mother thought it was worthless but went anyway to be supportive of my brother. This was in a large auditorium. My Mother thought it was all hogwash and that she couldn't be hypnotized. So they went. It was, like a mass hynotism with suggestions to the crowd to quit smoking. My Mother, who thought it was all so stupid, left that auditorium and never smoked another cigarette again. The suggestion was you would have no desire to smoke and if you did light a cigarette it would taste awful and you would not smoke it. My brother kept trying cigarettes until the suggestion wore off. My Mother, as I said, never smoked a cigarette after that day. My brother did quit smoking a couple years later. So, long story even longer, I would definitely recommend trying hypnosis.

[nickmcmechan]

nrt (nicotine replacement therapy) may be not as exciting but is effective

use a high dose patch if the craving is worse in the morning

use gum if the there is a fidgety feeling to do something with the mouth

[J double R]

My husband had very vivid and realistic dreams when on Chantix, he found it to be very very disturbing. He discontinued its use although it was keeping him from smoking during the time he used it.

the patch does the same thing with dreams...

[Dangerdoll]

my father smoked for 40 years, went to a hypnotist and hasn't smoked since. He said he never lost the craving but just never really wanted to follow through with the actual smoke though...

[necigrad]

I smoked for 11 years. I was in the grocery store one day and saw the nicorette case open. Two small boxes served as a crutch. The quitting method was having money invested in quitting. I've been smoke free for 5 1/2 years now.

I've heard good things about hypnosis as well.

[FISHSHROD]

Cold turkey for me after 20 years of smoking 2 packs a day. Never had another one since20 years later.
I accidently quit when I was hanging around with a girl friend that didn't smoke and went so many hrs without one then went home , went to bed , and the next morning I thought hey , maybe I'll quit. I threw the pack of marlboro into the trash and that was it :)
You HAVE TO WANT TO QUIT !!!!!!!!

[ROLLIN]

It has been a week today I think since she has had a cigarette, but she is starting to cave. I offered to get different things for her to help, but she will not try them. She says nothing can "decide" if you want to have a cigarette or not, only you can. I really thought she was going to quit this time. I am very disappointed.

[oO.Crim.Oo]

My brother is 31 and had been smoking since he was 13. He was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia at 22 and went through chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, and so much more. He still didn't quit smoking! About 6 months ago him and his buddies thought it would be "fun" to be hypnotized so they went to the quit smoking hypnosis class. He has not had a cigarette since!! I'm so proud of him! I would recommend it to anyone! He didn't even go in there WANTING to quit!
I, myself, used to smoke 2 packs a day and quit cold turkey. Ok, well not entirely quit! I will still smoke a cigarette when I'm POed--blame the other half!! But I can go weeks without having one, smoke one, then go weeks again.

[911amanda]

You can tell her that you need her in your life, and that she of all people, she knows what it feels like to not have a mom around. Tell her about all the milestones she could miss out on, Like your wedding, Or your first born... Things like that. Maybe she will wake up and realize that its NOT WORTH SMOKING! I would recommend NCQ and plenty of support from you and the family. Without you guys by her side, she might not be able to do it by herself.

[excuzzzeme]

Hmmmm a 2 year old thread revives!