No snus for 10 days now

[Santafechestnutred]

Doctor says no tobacco or alcohol....Blood pressure problem....I am having a much harder time dealing with no snus than booze....Once I get my weight under control ( I am 50 lbs overweight) I can indulge occasionally... ..I am exercising....I either need a new doctor or a double dose of thunder loose.....RED

[desirexe]

Good for you!!! I made it 4 days without snus and fell off the wagon...I should have thrown my snus out but I wasn't trying to quit...just had other things in life keeping me away from snus. With that said..keep it up!!

[jagmanss]

I say, Take a blood pressure pill like me and keep on snusin'

Doctor say's... Please!

They are all full of shit and don't know all... Hell! They even told me that medicine is not an exact science and don't have an answer to everything, So take half of what they say and throw the rest away, But If you are overweight, I would agree to loose some and cutting out the booze may help...

Hell! Man! Ya can't do all 3 and expect to not have a doc bust on ya...

I say get a new doctor though... Unless the doc is at least suggesting a High blood pressure med...

if you are not willing to cut out any of those, Yeah! quit snus.

[GoVegan]

Congratulations!!! Hang in there and I hope it gets easier by the day. Please keep us posted on your progress and don't forget about us if you stop snusing. We have plenty of threads that don't focus on snus to keep you busy. Snuson is the ultimate source for information on Nazis, UFOs, fleshlights and how Ron Paul actually has a chance of winning the presidency.

Oops almost forgot to add snuson is also your source of informations in regards to the world ending in 2012.

[Santafechestnutred]

No snus

I am on blood pressure meds....It has stabilized...But If I can lose the weight...Then I can snus...If I could snus in moderation I would, but I have a snus in every waking moment....Its funny ..I dont crave cigarettes (I quit with snus 5 years ago)...I CRAVE snus...

[sgreger1]

Yah i'm on blood pressure meds too and had to really limit my drinking to a glass of whine here or there, plus I gotta lose some weight. Snus probably isn't affecting your BP that much though to be honest. Can you do us a favor and report how much your BP drops after quitting snus? I honestly wouldn't expect it to be very drastic at all, it shouldn't be raising as much as say cigarettes would.

[GoVegan]

Nicotine is known to throw your chakras off balance. Quitting can only help.

[Snusdog]

Nic is out of the system in 72 hours (if I am not mistaken) so I would think you should already have a good idea of the results (unless of course the Doc is concerned with the salt content in snus)..............but that would mean your doctor knows a heck of a lot more about snus than most Doctors do.........my guess it is the nic he is trying to limit.

Anyway......I would not freelance this decision..........I would talk to your doctor and ask direct questions (are you treating snus in the same category as cigarettes..............if so why and is their research to back this up).
It may be that you just have to drop the weight (good idea anyway) and snus provides a great incentive to do so

Regardless keep us posted................I think your experiences will be very helpful for those who may face the same issue and come to the forum looking for help.

[Santafechestnutred]

Have an appointment in 4 days...I will let you guys know if bp has changed..Doc knows nothing about snus...All he says is NICOTINE is bad....I could go for a nice skruf tranbar about now.....

[truthwolf1]

Since smokeless is such a small part of the population I really wonder how doctors so easily categorize it with the number one way tobacco is used, SMOKING.

[Tristik]

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Do yourself a favor and order a few cans of General Silver. That way, if you end up cracking and having some snus, at least it'll be one with a lower nicotine content.
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[Santafechestnutred]

When I crack it will be with Thunder loose

[spirit72]

When I crack it will be with Thunder loose

If you do crack, have you considered nasal snuff? Still tobacco, still contains nicotine, but in general it will not knock your socks off like Thunder will.....

[Santafechestnutred]

Snuff

I do enjoy snuff...IHDT is my fave...My problem seems to be moderation...Before I discovered snus I was a serious snuffer...Snus suited me better as I tired of sniffin every 15 minutes it seemed...I am a nicotine addict...Once I start I lose self control....I dont think I can use a tobacco product occassionally...After I lose some weight (down 5 pounds already) I predict I will snus again....I can do without alcohol much easier somehow...But if I drink , I will drink 5 drinks aday...Only at night , mind you...I have an evening alcohol dependency....Surely not so rare a condition...Thanks for listening and for your advice....Red

[CzechCzar]

In terms of diets, I have experience with Dukan and the Caveman diet... you might want to try one of those they work quite well!