Did you use the gum or patch or anything? I'm on the patch, tomorrow I move to "step 2", which is half the nicotine of the one I've been on. My cardiologist offered me a prescription to some new drug that works on the brain, I told him I didn't want to mess around with my brain, it's funky enough as is.
I used the patch also. Itch like crazy about 10 min after you put them on. Then end up with what looks like a burn, and the skin is raised where the patch was. It's still better than smoking.
A few years ago my Dr was going to perscribe a pill that you take once a day for a month, you continue to smoke while taking it, and on abouts the 30th day you stop smoking. I didn't try it, as the insurance wouldn't cover it, and it was $110.
At that point in time I couldn't afford the $110 and the price of smokes, so I just kept smoking.