Hi Dingo,

Thanks for posting. :-) You say that you think that smoking is not good for depression & yet you still smoke? Do you mean that when you are depressed it will make things worse, but once you're ok then it's ok? (does that make sense? lol)

Socks,

I know exactly what you mean in that it calms you down and gives you a chance to breathe!! I find it very difficult to relax on a day-to-day basis & my mind seems like an endless merry-go-round at times! Smoking always seemed to help that... gives me a chance to slowwwww down.

On the other hand I can see where I got "too" attached to it.... and it was the first thing I wanted to do when I walked in the door after work & I think I would have done it 24/7 could I have!!!!

And nutty MaryJane... lol... welcome to the elite club :-P
You hit the nail on the head in that I believe it's all ok in moderation & does help to some extent!!!!

The reason I started thinking about this recently is this.......

I was taking 2 types of meds for the past year or so. When I went for my appt this year my insurance had changed & they don't cover one of them. So we upped the one and quit the second.....

I haven't smoked this year..... well except for once!!!! (no wonder I'm going nuts... lol) when I was visiting a friend. But now that it's been a good 6 weeks or so w/out the other med... I find myself wanting to smoke all the time!!! It just strikes me as weird in that I haven't been smoking nor craving it until recently.

My psychologist says it's very common for her to see people quit smoking once they find a medication that works for them..... or they go to counselling for a while & get things straightened out because then there's no longer that "need". So she definitely says that the adult smokers she sees are smoking because they are STRESSED and it helps....... for the most part. ;-)