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I don't know where else to ask this question as I'm uncomfortable talking about it with anyone in person. I basically need something to get me through the next five days. Its my last difficult stretch of exams for the rest of my undergrad career and I am in the absolute lowest emotional period I have ever experienced. I feel really ****ty all the time. I feel bad about myself and almost everything around me. Few things can sustain my happiness for long before I get back to sad thoughts and tears.
This morning I had one drag from a cigarette and I started feeling better. It helps me end the period of terrible feelings so that I can think about things I need to do to finish this last week of studying. I had less than a full cigarette over the course of the day. Maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of a cigarette so far for the day. I am thinking of maybe continuing using it through Thursday and then quitting.
My concern is whether I will be able to quit. After Thursday I am done with class work and exams until finals. So, I would have far less stress to deal with. My question is do you think I can quit it and feel normal within a week after quitting? Will my mood and natural concentration ability return to pre-tobacco levels by the end of the month? I'd appreciate anyone's opinion.
I am considering this only because I feel so bad. I'm not going to judge anyone's drug usage, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that tobacco is far more benign than real stimulants that students are known to abuse (e.g. amphetamine). I do get the feeling that amphetamine use is more common than tobacco use among pre-meds. So I have to ask this: If you've ever witnessed a friend or anyone use a psychostimulant for whatever reason, do you think that they would have been able to fully recover psychologically from 3-5 days of cautiously using the psychostimulant.
I don't want to mess up my brain forever, but at the same time I can't get through this on my own. I don't know what to do.
This morning I had one drag from a cigarette and I started feeling better. It helps me end the period of terrible feelings so that I can think about things I need to do to finish this last week of studying. I had less than a full cigarette over the course of the day. Maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of a cigarette so far for the day. I am thinking of maybe continuing using it through Thursday and then quitting.
My concern is whether I will be able to quit. After Thursday I am done with class work and exams until finals. So, I would have far less stress to deal with. My question is do you think I can quit it and feel normal within a week after quitting? Will my mood and natural concentration ability return to pre-tobacco levels by the end of the month? I'd appreciate anyone's opinion.
I am considering this only because I feel so bad. I'm not going to judge anyone's drug usage, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that tobacco is far more benign than real stimulants that students are known to abuse (e.g. amphetamine). I do get the feeling that amphetamine use is more common than tobacco use among pre-meds. So I have to ask this: If you've ever witnessed a friend or anyone use a psychostimulant for whatever reason, do you think that they would have been able to fully recover psychologically from 3-5 days of cautiously using the psychostimulant.
I don't want to mess up my brain forever, but at the same time I can't get through this on my own. I don't know what to do.