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[Dennylou48]

I have the patches at home just sitting there looking at me everyday but I can't bring myself to put them on, I have not had a period for over 3 months and it's all so confusing, will my periods start again, I suppose the scary part is the not knowing how I will react to it.

[zelda]

I can highly recommend Vaping. My husband smoked 30 a day for 55 years and started vaping 10 months ago. The improvement in his health is amazing. He looks better, his skin is better, his breathing, his energy absolutely everything. They have proved that they are 95% safer than cigarettes.

[Anglfrmhvn69]

Hi I'm new to the forum but wanted to reply as I was a smoker as well. I had to give them up a month ago as these symptoms are too hard core smoking made my heart really race and make my bp go skyrocketing. I'm on a bp med before this started happening. I've smoke for many years I'll be 40 in Oct been going through this since I was 34 women in my family all have started this journey early.  My question for you smokers are have you noticed that with heart palps and racing and bp spikes already with peri itself has smoking not effected any of you as it has me? Everybody tells me it's in my head smoking will raise hr well I know better because smoking will raise it but not drastically like it's started to do mine. I can check pulse before and it will  be 79bpm smoke half a cig and it be 112 bpm seems to high to me just from 4 draws off a cig.if the change has effected you this way how did you get through it and do u still smoke?

[SadLynda]

I am an ex-smoker, with 30 years of smoking on the clock.  I gave up and that is when all my symptoms started, for some time I blamed giving up smoking on making me so ill, stopping me sleeping and all the other horrors.  It was some time before I realised it was peri I was dealing with.

As a person with a very addictive personality I now have addictions to my art and buying paint, and to health food etc - which though I still spend far too much, my health is far better for it.

Also the last 9 months on AD's has made me feel better than I have for years.  I never thought I could give up smoking and I used to be a heavy smoker too, but I did it.. the vape things were not around then, so now when I need something its usually a green tea

[Lizab]

When my symptoms were at their worst, yes, I felt my heart rate change with each cigarette. The obvious answer is to quit, and I did stop smoking for days at a time. I should have quit completely during that time, but I know this is weird, if I could smoke a cigarette and feel ok then it was reassuring to me that I was fine. So I kept trying a cigarette now and then just to see how it affected me. It's so backwards that it's embarassing to type that on the forum, but it's true. I tend to ignore my subtle symptoms until they get unbearable, and if smoking makes me feel a little off it's my little sign that I may be in for a rough day or two. I have always had low BP so I'm not sure about BP spikes, but I gave up caffeine during that time as well. And truth be told, even when I wasn't smoking for several days at a time, I still felt terrible, it just didn't directly follow a smoke.

[Anglfrmhvn69]

Thanks ladies for replying I did that too stop a few days then smoke and it was def making it all worse the palpations. I really think I'm in the worst of this as the last 13 months has been unbearable and no breaks one thing back to back. My Dr won't prescribe anything says peri is hard to pinpoint with blood results but if I'm still having a cycle no hrt says raises cancer risk.im actually been wanting a cigarette but it scares me to death the racing heart and flip flops that is worse after smoking so I don't bother with picking them back up

[RedFraggle]

I think I'd try a different GP if I were you.

[CLKD]

Angl - if what your GP told you he/she is way out of line.  Are you in the UK?  Have a browse round the Forum, make notes, change your GP.  Is there a Nurse in your Practice?

[Anglfrmhvn69]

She is a nurse practitioner who should I see to help me? A gyno? New md? New NP

[Mardy]

I stopped smoking 5 years ago on Valentine's Day as a gift to myself. I'd smoked for 32 years and was a heavy smoker who never ever thought I'd be able to stop. I was peri-menopausal & decided I wanted to stop before I hit 50. I just made it!

What I did was go on a Money Saving Web site & they had a stop smoking forum & I got so much support before stopping it was incredible. I asked & got an appointment with a cessation nurse - some one who is trained in it & she was brilliant. I started on Champix prior to seeing this nurse & hit problems with it - strong, weird dreams & panic attacks. I managed to stop the cigs and really feel I cheated as it wasn't that hard. I think I'd reached the stage where I really needed to & did have a lot of on-line support, but the biggie was the cessation nurse - who was so knowledgable about the type of addict you are - she works out what will suit you & tailors a programme to you. One piece of advice sticks in my head & that was get rid of everything - all the ashtrays, packets of ciggies, cig papers - everything - chuck it out. Have a planned stop day & just stop for an hour & then two & then three. Don't say I won't smoke again - too scary. But then it's, 'I won't smoke today', it did it for me.

Good luck - it is actually easier than you think if you just use all the tricks that the cessation nurse gives you & get some on-line support.

[RedFraggle]

She is a nurse practitioner who should I see to help me? A gyno? New md? New NP

I'd definitely see a doctor not a nurse. I'm not sure where the boundaries sit on whether you need a gynae person or not. Are you in the US? That might help those that know more than me advise you.

[Vanessa1]

You're not the only one;  I smoke around 5-7 ciggies a day, mainly after something to eat or with a glass of wine.  I'm 48 and have been smoking since I was 16;  I'm quite fit and don't have a cough or anything (yet) and I walk everywhere and go running at the weekends.  I'm not advocating smoking; some people are susceptible to smoking related illnesses but while it's not affecting me I ain't quitting.  I've been on HRT for around 9 months and finally settled on Femoston 2/10.  Good luck and don't beat yourself up xx

[zelda]

The most important thing is not to be too hard on yourself about it, how about cutting down. My best friend smokes around 5 or less a day (she is 59) and her doctor said its not too bad at that level, although if she could cut it down to 2/3 that would be better.

[CLKD]

Angl : "My Dr won't prescribe … "  if you saw a Nurse Practitioner then make an appt. to see a GP?  Let us know how you get on, you may need to ask for a referral to a Menopause Clinic if the Surgery are over-all reluctant to prescribe.

My Dad gave up smoking roll ups suddenly, it was a week B4 anyone noticed, gosh he was peeved 

[Anglfrmhvn69]

I'm in the us sorry for late response I been struggling with all these symptom. I'm still not smoking and I don't even crave one now. Hope all is well