If you have insurance, they can proscribe drugs for that. A friend of mine was on them when he quit, but he never really got irritable, so they just made him super cheery. He had to get off them because his wife who'd just had a baby couldn't take it.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Jun 07, 2005 5:02:56 pm PDT #239 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Emily - Jun 07, 2005 5:03:19 pm PDT #240 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Isn't pleurisy what the sister has in The Glass Menagerie? Cause it sounds like blue roses?
That's it, that's all I got. That and this crippling sense of being a big old faker. Back to Forgotten Calculus I go.
Jesse - Jun 07, 2005 5:04:24 pm PDT #241 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dumb question: When someone quits smoking cold turkey, about how long does it take for the nicotine withdrawal symptoms (esp. irritability) to set in and subside?
Set in? About as long as the person usually goes between cigarettes. Subside? God only knows. I think "they" say four days or a week or something.
msbelle - Jun 07, 2005 5:05:02 pm PDT #242 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Anne - that really depends on the person and how much they smoked. I quit cold turkey and probably was at my most irritable two days in for about 2-3 days, but I was mostly a social smoker and probably only averaged 1/3 pack a day when I quit.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 5:05:18 pm PDT #243 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Consumption is a good one. But my all-time favorite old illness is the screaming shits.
Anne W. - Jun 07, 2005 5:06:25 pm PDT #244 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks for the input. (Goes back to writing, w/ some reasonable sounding info in hand.)
msbelle - Jun 07, 2005 5:09:30 pm PDT #245 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am choosing my quitting outfit! hee. I thought I would quit today, so I had worn one of my favorite dresses. I think tomorrow I will wear a new skirt with lots of embroidery on it - and a bright pink tee and a white cardigan. oh and white slides. also? an imaginary tiara.
in my head I will finish every sentence with "eat it!" hee.
Lilty Cash - Jun 07, 2005 5:14:16 pm PDT #246 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Anne, physical withdrawal symptoms are supposed to be largely over withing a few days- for me, irritability was more mental than physical, though.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2005 5:15:57 pm PDT #247 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
in my head I will finish every sentence with "eat it!" hee.
You really must. Possibly while wearing a real tiara.
::savors this image::
Maybe just put on the tiara for the actual quitting.
Theodosia - Jun 07, 2005 5:27:07 pm PDT #248 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
For an old-fashioned illness, you really can't beat dropsy.
Go you with the quitting, msbelle!