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I need a rehabilitation for my son, who is 29 yrs old, from this chewing habit

PAST HISTORY : My son has been chewing Gutkha for the past 7 years.

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Patient asked followup Question: 11 years ago

1)He is willing and want to get rid of this habit, but not able to. Can he be treated whilst staying at home? 2)What should we take care about withdrawal symptoms?

Dr. Puneet Madan answered : 11 years ago

Hi,

Yes he can be treated with that habit but the first and foremost is that he should have a will power of his own for that. If he wants to quit the habit and if he does not have that will power then he may attend some counselling sessions by a psychiatrist or he should have a look at the following questions and try to answer them when he is alone

1. Why I am wasting money for some material.
2. What does chewing gives me except for oral cancer
3. we are paying money for making our self sick and to bring disease?
4. Eventually we will be paying more money for the treatment for these disease.
5. the treatment for the disease is more than just simple medicines and they involve chemotherapy which is very expensive and very painful and life threatening also which is difficult to take.

Ways by which you can try and quit chewing is
1)self belief is first and foremost by knowing about the disadvantage it is going to give you in over the years
2)keeping yourself busy in work or something
3)you can replace the tobacco chewing with chewing gum (may be nicotine chewing gum also for a few days,to be prescribed by a specialist
4)motivate him and give him a pat on his back every time he has achieved a milestone
5)limit your intake of caffeine

Withdrawal symptoms may include,if he has had tobacco for a long time are

1)Anger, frustration,irritability,nervousness
2)Anxiety.
3)Depression.
4)Weight gain
he will need a lot of love and care and support from home if you really want him to quit,anger won't do that.

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