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Re: smoking and endoFrom: natasha (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri Oct 27 13:06:18 2006
At Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Angie wrote: > >Hey Natasha, >I've been smoking for about 7 years and though I wasn't officially >diagnosed with endo the surgeon said that's what he saw, but the lab >work didn't confirm it. I've been trying to quit for about 6 months and >have tried the patch the gum and Zyban. The only thing that helped was >the Zyban. I was still pretty moody from the lack of nicotine, but it >just took cigarettes off my mind somehow, I just didn't think about them >so I was fine. The only problem though is that zyban is an >anti-depressant and I'm taking amitrypiline which is also an >antidepressant so i had to stop the amitrypiline. After a couple weeks, >I couldn't take the pain worsening so i had to go back to the >amitrypiline and without the zyban it's very difficult for me to quit. >Though I haven't gone fully back to a pack a day, I still smoke a cig >here and there. About smoking making it worse, well I don’t know that I >have endo so I can’t help you there. But what ever it is that I have it >got worse when I quit but that’s probably because I had to stop the >amitrypiline. I have noticed that caffeine makes my pain worse. Hope I >helped a little, > >At Thu, 26 Oct 2006, natasha wrote: >> >>At Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Abby wrote: >>> >>>Hello everyone. With a big group like this one I know there are people >>>here that have had endo for a really long time and I know you ladies >>>probably have a lot of education under your belt and have heard almost >>>everything there is to hear when it comes to this disease. I am so glad >>>that you ladies are here for people like me and others that don't know a >>>lot about endo yet because you ladies can give us your hindsight 2020 >>>and save us from the missteps that we might would make otherwise if we >>>hadn't met all of you in this great place. Maybe you veteran ladies of >>>endo can help me out with this one or maybe some of the newly diagnosed >>>ladies have heard this and can help out too but either way I just have >>>to find out if this is true or not. I have been questioning the truth >>>behind being a smoker with endo because I hear so often that women that >>>smoke have a harder time than women that don't smoke. I went to see my >>>doctor yesterday and my doctor made mention that the reason I was having >>>frequent endo episodes and intense pain is due to my smoking. He said >>>women with endo that don't smoke don't experience near the problems >>>smokers do. I'm not trying to defend that I smoke or come across in a >>>way that sounds like I refuse to give up the cigarettes but I've noticed >>>that consumption of a lot of caffiene can do that also. If I take in a >>>lot of sugar my episodes of active endo and the pain can be really bad >>>than on days when I haven't consumed a lot of caffiene. Has anyone else >>>heard this from their doctor before about smoking making endo and endo >>>pain worse? Is there any truth to it or is it just another myth people >>>have put on the symptomatics of endo? I just suspect it is my doctor's >>>way of trying to get me to quit smoking all the while using my disease >>>and my problems as a foreground reason. I would be more accepting of >>>his suggestion to quit if it were really about making my endo better for >>>me but if it's just using my disease to get me to quit under false >>>preceptions that's not fair to make me think I'm going to feel better or >>>fair endo episodes any better if it's not true. I just know when I do >>>have pain and episodes with endo I resort to smoking because it calms me >>>and I've never noticed that the episode got worse after I put the >>>cigarette out, I've just noticed that I hurt the same no matter if I've >>>got a cigarette in my mouth or not. I'm sorry I took up everyones time >>>going over the deep end on smoking and endo but I just don't know what >>>to believe about what my doctor told me because I don't want to go >>>through the painstaking process of quitting spending money on >>>medications or programs to help me quit smoking after I've been smoking >>>all these years just to find out that the endo is still going to >>>continue to overtake my body and be just as painful than it was before I >>>ever quit cigarettes. Thanks everyone for your help and advice. I'm >>>glad I have somewhere to go to get support for this disease because it >>>can be a lonely disease when no one but you knows what you feel and what >>>comes along with it because it's not like it's so common that people >>>know about it. I feel sometimes like I am the only person in the world >>>with endo and coming here helps me to realize that I'm not alone or at >>>least I'm not alone in the world anyway. >> >>hi abby i think maybe it dsnt help it i smoke to im very depressed with >>this disease i think stress is the biggest cause of making it worse but >>i dont think smoking helps netheir im having hypnotharapy at the moment >>and i have cut down to under ten a day because of my depression im >>thinking bout asking doc bout zyban it helps u quit and helps with the >>depression i tried the patches and didnt work but ive heard good things >>bout zyban they say smoking affects the kidneys and liver to with women >>with endo how long you been smoking for?if you dont mind me ask > >-- >Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. ><br>-Sir Winston Churchill > hi angie they told me that if u suffer with depression they dont usually prescribe zyabin weird dont u think?as its a anti depressant anyway im going to ask to go on it i take st johns wort for depression and pmt only been taking it few weeks but they said id have to come of them if i took zyaban
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