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Why Do I Have Heart Palpitations When I Quit Smoking?
When someone quits smoking they go through what is called nicotine withdrawals. This means that the body and brain are trying to get back to the state they were in before smoking cigarettes introduced many toxic chemicals into the mix. These symptoms can range from dizziness to coughing and also range in severity. Some people only have mild discomfort and some people have more severe pain. However, these withdrawal symptoms usually only last 2 to 4 weeks as the body is flushing itself of toxins and rebalancing itself.

One symptom that can be a little more terrifying than the others: heart palpitations. This is usually because anything going wrong with the heart is dangerous. Many people often relate palpitations to a heart attack. This article will discuss what heart palpitations are, causes of heart palpitations, how to ease them, and how Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy can help calm you after quitting smoking.

What Are Heart Palpitations?

Heart palpitations are basically the feeling that your heart is beating too fast, too hard, or fluttering. Sometimes it can feel like your heart is skipping a beat which is called an ectopic beat but these are very common and in most cases are not dangerous. Heart palpitations can also be felt in the throat, neck or other areas of the chest. They are usually mild and only last for a few seconds or minutes.

Causes of Heart Palpitations

While smoking is one of the major causes of heart palpitations, it is not the only one. Many people have heart palpitations after they quit smoking because their body is trying to clean itself of harmful toxins caused by years of smoking. Quitting smoking is a great way to avoid heart palpitations in the future but since your body still has chemicals in it from smoking, you may feel some of their after effects, such as heart palpitations. However, smoking and quitting smoking are not the only causes of heart palpitations. There is a chance that quitting smoking is not the only cause of them and it is best to rule out other possibilities, just in case.

Some other causes of heart palpitations include:
- Panic attacks – Feelings of stress and anxiety combined with heart palpitations could mean a panic attack. They can be frightening but usually only last a short time.
- Lifestyle choices – This includes smoking but also other factors such as excessive alcohol or caffeine, eating rich or spicy foods, or using recreational drugs.
- Medical Conditions – Conditions such as anaemia, low blood-sugar, fever, dehydration, or an overactive thyroid
- Physical Activity – Pushing your body past its limits
- Hormonal Changes – Periods, pregnancy, and menopause are the most common
- Medications – Some medications cause heart palpitations, but this side effect should always be listed on the bottle
- Heart Condition – Sometimes there can be a more serious problem and you should consult a doctor
How To Ease Heart Palpitations

When you quit smoking you could experience some heart palpitations that occur from the nicotine withdrawal. This is a normal symptom of nicotine withdrawals and should subside in a few weeks. There are a few things that you can do to ease the heart palpitations in the meantime. Some of these are:
- Reducing stress and anxiety – Stress can aggravate heart palpitations. There are many ways to reduce stress such as yoga, breathing exercises, or meditation.
- Avoiding stimulants – This can be anything that makes your heart beat faster. Stressful environments and situations, products like caffeine, alcohol, sugar, energy drinks, and especially nicotine can all contribute to heart palpitations.
- Abstain from illegal drugs – Amphetamines, cocaine, heroin, and other drugs will get your heart racing and most likely cause heart palpitations.
- Avoid stimulant medications – Some medications for colds, coughs, and nutritional supplements contain stimulant ingredients.
Heart palpitations can be indicative of a more serious heart condition. If you suspect your heart palpitations are more than just a symptom of quitting smoking, consult a doctor immediately.

Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

Heart palpitations are can often occur after a person quits smoking. There are many withdrawal side effects after you quit smoking and heart palpitations are one of them. They are generally not painful and should last a very short time, but they can be scary because they involve the heart.

One way to decrease stress, lessen your chances for heart palpitations, and quit smoking successfully is to try Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. Joseph R. Giove is a certified Clinical Hypnotist with over 30 years of experience helping people quit smoking and handling the withdrawal symptoms that come afterward. He uses no chemicals that could cause heart palpitations, only the power of the mind. By gently altering brain patterns, he can help you to get over your cigarette addiction for life!

If you are having trouble quitting smoking or difficulties with withdrawal symptoms like heart palpitations, then consider Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy to help you lead a healthier life!
August 18, 2016
How Long Does Nicotine Stay In Your Blood?
Smoking is one of the most serious health issues in the country today, and has been for years. It’s something that was once incredibly popular and tobacco was actually a crop that the nation’s early economy was built upon, but for decades research has consistently shown that smoking is detrimental to one’s health in very serious ways.

It’s also something that’s hard to stop. Tobacco is incredibly addictive and for most the physical and mental dependence that they build up is hard to break free of. Here at Joseph R. Giove Clinical Hypnosis, I understand that difficulty and can help you break free of your addiction through the power of mental suggestion.

However, knowledge is power and it’s worth taking the time to learn more about smoking, nicotine, and how long it stays in your blood.

What Is Nicotine?

Nicotine is the compound in tobacco that lends it the addictive properties that hook users for years. Chemically speaking, it’s an alkaloid that serves as a stimulant on the human body. It comes from the nightshade family of plants, and only makes up about 0.6 to 3.0 percent of the plants composition when dry – but that small percentage is incredibly potent.

The drug – and it is a drug – works as a kind of stimulant that also triggers some mild psychoactive effects on the user. The drug has a number of impacts on the human body that also help increase the addictive nature, such as:
- Increase intestinal activity
- Stimulated memory and alertness
- Decreased appetite
- Could alleviate minor depression
- Boosts overall mood
In other words, it works just like other drugs and directly changes the way the body is working, as a result leading to addiction.

Why Is It Dangerous?

While most will point out that the majority of carcinogens and other hazardous materials in a cigarette come from other compounds and chemicals within the smoke, nicotine itself is dangerous as well. There are many different negative health effects of nicotine, including:
- Increased blood pressure and heart rate just after a single cigarette
- Increased chance of birth defects in unborn children
- Higher risk of cardiovascular disease
- Too much can lead to poisoning
Thus far, no links have been made between cancer and nicotine other than the fact that the addiction to nicotine leads to continued smoking, and smoking itself exposes the body to more than 4,000 cancer causing agents.

What Happens When Nicotine Enters The Body?

Just ten seconds after you inhale a puff off a cigarette, nicotine begins being absorbed through the mouth, lungs, and nose. From there it travels through the bloodstream and into the brain and begins stimulating the adrenal glands, producing adrenaline. The nicotine also increases the production of dopamine, generating higher feelings of pleasure.

The end result of this is that you feel enhanced feelings of happiness and pleasure, reduced stress, and more. In short, it works just like a drug – including the negative impacts that can come with drug use.

How Long Does Nicotine Stay In The Blood?

Now to the title of this post. There are a couple of reasons that one may want to completely remove nicotine from their bloodstream. The first is that an insurance urine or blood test used to qualify for lower rates might be required from your insurance provider. The presence of nicotine will eliminate those healthy lifestyle benefits completely.

The other reason is simple – quitting smoking means getting rid of nicotine. After all, when you’re addicted to a drug you have to detoxify your body as part of the process. This means that your bloodstream needs to be free of nicotine in order to completely break free of the drug’s hold on you. Of course, it’s not just that simple but the fact remains that eliminating nicotine is an important first step.

The hard answer is that nicotine will stay in your body for a length of time directly related to how much and how often you smoke as well as other factors like age or overall health. For a basic blood test, nicotine can be detected for about 3 to 4 days after smoking the last cigarette. In heavier smokers, it can remain for as long as 20 days.

Eliminating Nicotine From The Body

The simplest way to get nicotine out of the body is to stop smoking, though it can be cleared from the body quicker by drinking lots of water and exercise. However, anyone who has tried to stop smoking can attest to the fact that it’s really not as easy as just putting down the smokes for good.

In fact, many of the leading methods of smoking cessation actually rely on the continued use of nicotine to do so. Things like patches, gum, and even those e-cigarette systems all continue to deliver nicotine to the body while avoiding cigarette smoking. This means that even though you’re not smoking, you’re still exposing your body to nicotine. It’s a valid option, but not the best one when you want to make a real change and completely escape from nicotine addiction. After all, nicotine itself does continue to have an impact on your health. Cutting it out completely is a better option – and there are ways to stop smoking that don’t rely on constant nicotine use without the cigarettes.

A Better Way

There is a better way, however – one that’s helped millions of people throughout the country successfully stop smoking. I’m talking of course about hypnosis, and I’ve personally helped countless clients stop smoking through the use of hypnosis.

One of the biggest challenges of breaking free of any addiction is understanding that a part of your brain could be hijacking your efforts. Studies have shown that hypnosis is one of the most effective ways to stop smoking, and by using the power of mental suggestion it’s possible to stop smoking and free yourself from nicotine for good. If you’re serious about getting nicotine out of your body and living a healthier life, hypnosis could be worth looking into.
February 17, 2016
Using Hypnosis to Quit Smoking

With a stronger focus on preventive health trending in our society, it is no wonder that more people are taking the time to examine their lifestyles and make healthier choices. The decision to quit smoking can be a major one, not just because of the health benefits that it represents, but also due to the emotional factors that are also involved. What is unfortunate is that when a person does not reach first time success in quitting, the individuals around that person will often take it as a sign that there is no real commitment to health or change.

Of course, this could not be further from the truth, but the problem is that while the intent to quit may be fully present, the actual motivation is being internally sabotaged. What outside observers fail to see is that the struggle in quitting has a basis in the initial trigger to pick up the habit. This is also where hypnosis to quit smoking can become a powerful tool to success.

Understanding The Human Condition

Although it is appropriate to state that smoking is both a physical and an emotional addiction, it is also important to understand the basis of any addiction. From a holistic perspective, every being gravitates towards that which brings comfort, and shuns that which causes pain. When pain does occur, that which brings comfort can become a crutch that is used to the point of reliance. Once a person has established this reliance, they have also given power to whatever that substance or behavior is.

This is very similar to the way that children learn as they develop, in that reinforcements of certain behaviors will lead to the continuation of that behavior. If a person has a cigarette every time they take a break, they will also begin to crave a cigarette every time they need a break. In a person’s mind, the relationship is both reciprocal and interchangeable. In this manner, the emotional dependence is initially established.

The second important point relates back to reactions to pain, as at its core all addictions are a facsimile to fill whatever wound or lack exists as a result of the pain. Of course, while the intent to quit can still be present, the fear of how to manage pain without the crutch can also generate a means of mental sabotage. This concern over the unknown can then create further pain, which simply restarts the cycle of smoking addiction.

This is also why many people may succeed at quitting for a while, but find that the full severing of ties with cigarettes is not a possibility yet. However, people should also know that the use of hypnosis in quitting smoking works at the heart of these issues and with self perception in order to generate change. Smokers who have the intent to quit can start the journey of healthy transformation by taking the Quit Smoking Vulnerability Quiz.

Tapping Into Deeper Causality

Using hypnosis to quit smoking addresses these deeper emotional causes that can generate blockages to change within the personality. Although there can certainly be an attached therapeutic effect that is also positive for other healthy lifestyle choices, hypnosis for quitting smoking is not actual psychotherapy. However, the impact is still that it facilitates the ability to move beyond these internally generated challenges and achieve the success that is desired. This is particularly important in breaking the cycle of addiction, because it helps to break the attachment that a person has to smoking, and this can allow inherent motivation to have a stronger impact.

This can also be highly applicable since one aspect of attachment is the manner in which people see behaviors and habits as an innate part of the personality. As previously mentioned, individuals will develop perspectives of the self which are based on external feedback or reinforcement. As habits become more deeply ingrained, it is also the result that the person begins to simply accept the habit as who they are.

Unfortunately, this can also be a part of the challenge to quitting smoking in general, as the “smoker” personality facet becomes more ingrained. This also results in part of the fear of change that can be an obstacle, as people become concerned that they will lose a part of themselves in making this wellness transition.

Becoming More Of The Self

By starting the healthy transformation, smokers can find that they will be able to make this transition, while also discovering that they can be more complete individuals as a result. This is also important to realize, as one of the common mis-conceptions about hypnosis is that it can make people do things against their will. However, the truly powerful aspect of hypnosis in quitting smoking is that it simply supports people in doing something for which they already have the intent.

What hypnosis can do is to tap into that part of self which is ready to change and desires to quit smoking. By subtly reinforcing this intent, the sessions also help to quiet the obstacles that arise from inner feelings of doubt, fear, and uncertainty of the unknown. By providing the positive reinforcement for beneficial change while also lessening the impact of internal blockages, the person will gain the emotional tools and resources to stay true to their work towards personal change.

In this manner, it is also important for candidates who are interested in quitting smoking through hypnosis to also understand that the process is collaborative. Both the willingness of the smoker to quit, and the support provided through hypnosis become the basis for actions which are change. This concept also further reinforces the fact that clients are never out of control of themselves, but rather, they are actually learning how to stand more firmly in their own personal power. This makes the use of hypnosis for quitting smoking a powerful resource that makes use of individual motivation and acceptance for change as the foundation for success.

November 28, 2015
Why You Should Stop Smoking
Everyone is aware of the explicit warnings on cigarette packets, which give warnings such as:
- Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide
- Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, low birth weight, and premature birth
- Smoking may be hazardous to health
- Smoking can cause cancer
Each of these missives is quite clear about the potential risk outcomes that are associated with smoking, although other countries will even go so far as to state “Smoking causes Death” on the side of the packets. It would seem as though the concerns of picking up this habit should outweigh the desire to smoke, but many people still make that choice.

Although the Surgeon General’s warning does act as a viable means of informing the population and raising awareness as to the dangers of smoking, every person does have free will to make decisions about their own life. The more pressing concern is that while the awareness of the danger of smoking is present, people still do not consider the cumulative effect that smoking has on the body.

One of the reasons that hypnosis can work so well for smoking cessation is the fact that even the physical impacts of smoking are all about creating blockages. For people who have tried to quit but have yet to succeed, the reason behind it can be the emotional blocks that keep them from truly breaking free from smoking. On a physical level, smoking also keeps people from breaking free and being able to life a healthy life. Taking the Quit Smoking Vulnerability Quizcan not only help in overcoming the challenges of quitting, but also in understanding why you should stop smoking.

Multiple Effects of Smoking Cigarettes

One reason that the danger of cigarettes is so high is because of the large amount of natural and synthetic chemicals that are in them. Tobacco itself contains nicotine and tar, as well as many trace minerals that can be picked up from the soil itself. As a result, even additive free cigarettes can still contain poisons like arsenic, simply from the soil.

Regardless of the other chemicals that may be added to tobacco products, the biggest concern is actually the nicotine itself. In large doses, it is a deadly poison, and this is why some smokers will feel nauseous or need to vomit if they have smoked many cigarettes in rapid succession. The queasiness is actually the body beginning to react to being poisoned.

Nicotine is also both a stimulant and a sedative, which causes the body to react in two very different manners at once. The stimulant effect causes a rise in blood pressure as adrenalin begins to course through the body, but the sedative effect is more pronounced on muscle fibers. This also means that while the heart is beating faster to accommodate the faster blood flow, it is also straining more against the contrary sedative effect. As a result, heart attack and coronary disease become the result of this action.

Further, nicotine acts as a vasodilator, which is another aspect of the high blood pressure that can result from smoking. However, when blood vessels are consistently dilated, they also become stretched and worn. The result of this can become:
- Stroke
- Blood clots
- Aneurisms
Although the combustion of carbon in smoking cigarettes greatly contributes to the occurrence of lung cancer, nicotine also plays a part in this disease. Bladder cancer is directly linked to cigarette smoking as are gastro-intestinal cancers. The combustion and tar build up in the body also produce outcomes including:
- Emphysema
- COPD
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Chronic respiratory disorders
All of these manifest outcomes are obstructions in some way or another, whether they are direct physical obstructions or ones that result in obstruction of a quality lifestyle. This can make the behavior of smoking and the outcomes very telling regarding a person’s psychology.

It’s Time to Quit smoking

Although the medical facts about what smoking does to the body and to health should be sufficiently illuminating for people to want to quit, this does not always impact the actual motivation. For many people, statistics and health risks are just facts that seem in no way attached to any personal or experiential foundation for the smoker. This is not an insensitivity in any way, but is simply a factor of how people learn through being able to relate information to a practical and familiar perspective.

This is also why some of the strongest reasons for why you should stop smoking will always have to come from yourself. When the situation is viewed from this perspective, you are also able to examine your willingness, intent, and personal goals, which can result in some of the greatest reasons to stop smoking. People often find that these reasons can also be a part of the release of emotional blockages that facilitate with quitting through hypnosis.

Learning to take care of one’s self can be difficult, especially if there are family demands and obligations, as well as a plethora of outside stressors that also contribute to wanting a cigarette. However, a person can not help their loved ones or live a full life if they are not healthy and well within themselves. This makes the biggest reason to stop smoking not only about caring for your health, but about caring enough about yourself to want to stay healthy.

Accepting this ability for self love can be a major step in finally taking the action to stop smoking, since it rejects the suppression of health and embraces the concept that change generates positive opportunities. With the use of hypnosis during the process, greater blocks can be released, while the healthy aspects are reinforced. For smokers who are ready to take hold of this chance to truly care for self by making the decision to actually quit.To begin a journey of release that can lead to greater wellness, take the Quit Smoking Vulnerability Quiz.
November 16, 2015
Introduction: Videos to Help You Stop Smoking the Easiest Way

Watch the videos in the order as numbered for the best effect in helping you stop smoking today.

My name is Joseph Giove, I’m a clinical hypnotist and I have helped thousands of people stop smoking over the last 25 years. My background in biomedical engineering gives me a deep understanding of the neurophysiology of nicotine addiction and a powerful and very successful solution for those who want to quit smoking now.

There are many misconceptions, even down written lies, about the process of quitting smoking. Because of this if you’ve tried to quit over and over again and have failed, it’s not your fault.

The good news is that I’m about to reveal my secrets for helping you become free of the habit and addiction of smoking cigarettes…truly the easiest way.

The video series that I’ve created and the video shorts that follow address most of the misconceptions, questions, and techniques that most people use to stop smoking: cold turkey; with pills, like Chantix; patches, gums, eCigarettes and other nicotine replacements; and also through hypnosis…truly the most effective way.

So grab a pen and paper because you want to take notes.

I help people quit smoking all over the world through phone sessions and through private sessions at my clinic in Northern California. If you need help feel free to call my office at 925-215-4017 or contact me here.

Get set for your freedom… freedom from the control and domination that cigarettes and nicotine have had over you in the past. Now is the time for your freedom, my friend. Get ready to enjoy it!

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September 13, 2014
Tip 2: Stop Smoking Timeline

My name is Joseph Giove. I’m a biomedical engineer and a clinical hypnotist. I’ve helped thousands of people stop smoking over the last twenty five years. I created this video series to help you become free of the habit an addiction of smoking cigarettes.

Once you have made the decision to quit smoking cigarettes, what is the most effective stop smoking timeline?

There are a number of factors that influence this. If you smoke a pack a day or less pick a day, wrap your head around the process of quitting and your commitment to quit and then just do it on that day.

If you smoke more than a pack a day is very helpful even safer to taper down to under a pack before you actually quit.

So if you are between a pack and two packs, take a week to two weeks to taper down under a pack a day and then quit. Of course pick a day before you start tapering, pick a day you will be quitting on that day.

If you are between a pack and two packs or more than two packs take two to three weeks to taper down and a good way to do this tapering is just to eliminate every other cigarette. If you smoke three or four cigarettes in the morning, smoke two cigarettes in the morning for example. Then once you are under a pack a day then that is your quit day.

If you have other addictions it becomes a little bit more complicated. Addictions such as alcohol, cocaine, meth, I suggest you quit those other addictions first. Most people don’t like hearing that, but the problem is these other addictions can often create triggers to smoke cigarettes , so you can end up going back and forth if you don’t quit these other addictions first like alcohol, meth, cocaine.

If you have a food addiction I suggest you quit smoking first because the process of quit smoking changes your metabolism and you want that metabolism to normalize over three, four weeks before you address the food addiction.

Some people have a concern about gaining weight once they quit, and it is not true that you automatically gain weight when you quit smoking. You will if you replace one bad habit with another, for instance smoking with over eating. So get your system to normalize and if you are going to be going on a weight reduction or weight loss program or even a healthier eating program, quit smoking first, wait three to four weeks, and then address the food or the carbohydrate addiction.

The reason you want to use the stop smoking timeline is because quitting smoking too suddenly if you smoke more than a pack a day is not a very safe thing to do. Smoking that much nicotine, puts a tremendous load on your heart and your nervous system and it can be quite a shock to stop that too suddenly. That is why I recommend people taper it down. So make a commitment to yourself, pick a day, follow this timeline and just do it.

Take action now to be free. If you need assistance, I help people all over the world through phone sessions and private sessions at my clinic in Northern California. Feel free to call my office at 925-215-4017 or contact me here and get ready to enjoy your freedom.

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September 13, 2014
Tip-18: Five Most Common Myths about Quitting Smoking

My name is Joseph Giove. I’m a biomedical engineer and a clinical hypnotist. I’ve helped thousands of people stop smoking over the last twenty five years. I created this video series to help you become free of the habit an addiction of smoking cigarettes.

Five Myths About Stopping Smoking:

quitting smoking is hard. Not! quitting smoking is easy when you approach it the proper way.

I am not addicted. Bull. If you are smoking more than 2-3 cigarettes a week you are addicted. If you cannot stop; if you cannot put them down; then you are addicted. Nicotine is a habit and it creates the addition.

I will gain weight. No, you will not gain weight when you quit smoking properly, i.e., where you do not replace the habit of smoking with the habit of eating. So gaining weight is not an automatic assumption once you quit smoking.

I am losing a friend. No, you are not losing a friend; in fact, you are not losing anything at all. You are gaining everything. It is pure gain to quit smoking. If nicotine was a friend it was the worst possible friend you could ever have: it lied, cheated and stole from you. Cigarettes, smoking and nicotine are not your friends.

How will I deal with stress? You will deal with stress in a more healthy and constructive way because nicotine is a stimulant. When you get stressed out do you think about going to Starbucks and doing a triple shot of espresso? Of course not; that sounds silly to address stress with a stimulant, doesn’t it? Nicotine is a stimulant. The fact that you think it reduces your stress is actually a false association. When you stop putting that stimulant in your body you actually find it easier to deal with stress. You will learn a different way to deal with stress rather than putting a cigarette in your mouth, toxifying your body and adding a stimulant.

Take action now to be free. If you need assistance, I help people all over the world through the phone sessions and private sessions at my clinic in northern California. Feel free to call my office at 925-215-4017 or contact me here and get ready to enjoy your freedom.

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September 13, 2014

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