Really afraid,Sudden Cigarette Sensitivity

[JohnM]

Sorry to bother y’all, but I’m really scared. I’m 24 and pretty heavy smoker, nearly 2 packs a day. I almost never get dizzy because of cigarettes, but yesterday night and tonight I’m suddenly getting lightheaded after only one. Sorry to get so personal, but I had some dark stools earlier, so now I’m freaking out that I’m bleeding internally because of colon cancer or something else, which is why I’m getting so dizzy after smoking. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m really frightened that I’m dying.

 

[TruthHurts]

Sorry to bother y’all, but I’m really scared. I’m 24 and pretty heavy smoker, nearly 2 packs a day. I almost never get dizzy because of cigarettes, but yesterday night and tonight I’m suddenly getting lightheaded after only one. Sorry to get so personal, but I had some dark stools earlier, so now I’m freaking out that I’m bleeding internally because of colon cancer or something else, which is why I’m getting so dizzy after smoking. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m really frightened that I’m dying.

This is likely because of carbon monoxide ingestion as a by product of tobacco combustion slightly depleting the oxygen supply along with nicotine and its Central Nervous System stimulant effect.

 

[JohnM]

This is likely because of carbon monoxide ingestion as a by product of tobacco combustion slightly depleting the oxygen supply along with nicotine and its Central Nervous System stimulant effect.

I appreciate you replying, but I don’t understand what you’re saying.

 

[TruthHurts]

I appreciate you replying, but I don’t understand what you’re saying.

Smoking increases carbon monoxide in the blood which prevents the blood system from carrying oxygen around the body effectively so your brain and heart isn't getting the oxygen that it desires. Dizziness is just one of the effects that smoking has on your central nervous system.

 

[Cuchculan]

His next question will be ' why now '? He has been smoking 2 packs a day for some time now. I am a smoker too. Can't say they ever made me dizzy at all. Unless I had no had one in a long time. Then had one. That can make you feel like you are spaced. I am wondering how quickly he smokes a cigarette? You smoke one very quickly it can also make you feel a bit dizzy. Nothing to do with the cigarette. More to do with the air you are sucking in as you smoke. Quicker you smoke, more air is sucked in.

But the issue could have been caused by something else. All he can remember is he had a cigarette. So is blaming it on that. Like when we are sitting down. We jump up out of the seat very quickly and we can have a rush of blood to the head. This can make us feel dizzy. If he was smoking in advance he will blame the cigarettes. Might begin to link one to the other. That smoking now makes him dizzy.

Not doubting your answer @TruthHurts Just as a smoker I have never felt dizzy. Might have done so for other reasons. Shall we ask him what he was doing either before having his cigarette or whilst he was having it? Anything different than he normally does? Anxiety levels before and during having his cigarette?

 

[JohnM]

His next question will be ' why now '? He has been smoking 2 packs a day for some time now. I am a smoker too. Can't say they ever made me dizzy at all. Unless I had no had one in a long time. Then had one. That can make you feel like you are spaced. I am wondering how quickly he smokes a cigarette? You smoke one very quickly it can also make you feel a bit dizzy. Nothing to do with the cigarette. More to do with the air you are sucking in as you smoke. Quicker you smoke, more air is sucked in.

But the issue could have been caused by something else. All he can remember is he had a cigarette. So is blaming it on that. Like when we are sitting down. We jump up out of the seat very quickly and we can have a rush of blood to the head. This can make us feel dizzy. If he was smoking in advance he will blame the cigarettes. Might begin to link one to the other. That smoking now makes him dizzy.

Not doubting your answer @TruthHurts Just as a smoker I have never felt dizzy. Might have done so for other reasons. Shall we ask him what he was doing either before having his cigarette or whilst he was having it? Anything different than he normally does? Anxiety levels before and during having his cigarette?

I slept a lot, like 14-15 hours, before smoking, but I do that a lot. Of course when I started feeling dizzy after only one cigarette I started to freaking out. The dizziness goes away as soon as I stop smoking, so it seems to be caused by it.

 

[Cuchculan]

Then we shall go with what @TruthHurts said. As we have no explored everything else.

 

[Izthewiz]

You're just worried now?
2 packs a day is a lot.
I'd quit asap cancer isn't the only concern.
Heart disease.

 

[Jgriffin]

Sorry to bother y’all, but I’m really scared. I’m 24 and pretty heavy smoker, nearly 2 packs a day. I almost never get dizzy because of cigarettes, but yesterday night and tonight I’m suddenly getting lightheaded after only one. Sorry to get so personal, but I had some dark stools earlier, so now I’m freaking out that I’m bleeding internally because of colon cancer or something else, which is why I’m getting so dizzy after smoking. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m really frightened that I’m dying.

I quit smoking after 20 years last October. I quit due to health anxiety. I noticed when I had anxiety and smoked the dizziness came on. I correlated the two things. When you have anxiety it's normal to have changed breathing patterns and combine it with smoking and I'd get the dizzy spells as well.