Posted by ScottSmokes
on 6/3/2009, 8:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Sick from smoking? "
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Apologies: I wrote "blood poisoning," and meant to write "food poisoning." Multitasking is an evil activity.
--Previous Message--
: I see two variables that could account for the
: nausea. First, you said Friday was an
: unusually stressful day; when one is
: stressed, one's body is off-kilter, and
: normal behavior can cause nausea due to high
: blood pressure. Secondly, you mentioned an
: unusually greasy lunch; there is the
: possibility that you had a mild case of
: blood poisoning, which induces nausea and
: vomiting. Add in the carbon monoxide from
: the cigarette smoke, or the nicotine (both
: are toxic to our bodies), and your body just
: reacted to purge the food.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I said a few weeks ago I was going to quit
: and
: would tell my wife about my smoking if I lit
: up again. Well, I'm 0 for 2 on both now-
: smoking again, and still haven't had the
: conversation with my wife. Except I had an
: experience Friday that, if I remember it
: each time I want to smoke, that memory may
: be the perfect behavior modification
: technique. (We'll see if that works past
: Tuesday . . .)
:
: I've been smoking at least 1 or 2 cigarettes
: every work day for the past 2 weeks, getting
: one in at the train station before I leave
: for work and one in the afternoon if I can
: sneak out of the office for a few minutes.
: Friday was a very stressful day of trying to
: meet a deadline on one project and trying to
: tie up another project that won't go away.
: Until lunch, my stomach had been empty
: except for coffee and the 2 Adderall I had
: taken up to that point (prescribed for my
: ADD), and I had smoked one cigarette in the
: morning and one on my way to lunch. I ate a
: much greasier lunch than I normally eat.
: Then, I smoked my 3rd cigarette of the day.
: So, I prance back to work, high off the
: buzz, then I get back to my desk and feel
: extremely nauseated. In just a few
: minutes, I had my first of 3 trips to the
: bathroom to vomit. This isn't the only time
: I've felt nauseated after smoking, but it
: hasn't happened in a few years. I hadn't had
: an experience like this since the first time
: I smoked (a night in grad school when I was
: dumb enough to smoke half the pack when I
: had never smoked before!).
:
: Even though my smoking life has never
: advanced beyond chipper status, I still
: thought it was a little odd to be that
: nauseated after just 3 cigarettes for the
: day (I've had at least 3 or more in a day
: before without any reaction), particularly
: since, for me, I've been smoking more
: regularly in the past few months. I smoked
: my usual brand, too (full flavor American
: Spirits), so it wasn't a bad reaction to a
: strange cigarette I had never tried before.
: So, I was wondering if any of you other
: chippers (5 or less a day) on the board, or
: even some of you who smoke more regularly,
: have had an experience like this, where you
: don't get any strange feeling from smoking
: for a long time, then one day, you
: unexpectedly get nauseated after smoking?
: Just curious . . .
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