when u quit smoking does your lungs hurt the first day?

Question

i havent had a cig in like 12 hours and my lungs are HURTING is this normal?

it isnt a cough it is just hard to breath deeply and it feels like i dont know but it is scary, shouldnt they hurt like this when i was smoking?

Answer 1

Once you stop smoking, the influences that dulled pain are removed. Now you are feeling what you should have been feeling before.

Well done for stopping. I hope this might help.

Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves, as you have already observed.
Congratulate yourself on having the desire to stop - then you are over the worst, but still need to maintain your resolve. It's just so easy to start thinking that just one won't hurt, but it does. Just one achieves nothing except feeling the need for another. Whatever you do, don't have just one. Beware - alcohol will weaken your resolve.
Here's a few home-brewed tips that might be useful.
It's not just nicotine addiction - there are 50+ chemicals in cigarettes. Also the main problem is habit.
We have been used to having body sensations which we translate as 'my body needs something', which we have attempted to satisfy by having a cigarette.
When we try to stop smoking, we still get these 'my body needs something' sensations, and we still feel that we want a cigarette. We have to train our body to be more selective. When we feel we need something, we have to work out what it is that we actually need.
A glass of water is an excellent substitute if nothing else comes to mind, as it helps with the clearance of the toxic substances in our body. Another good substitute is a bag of salted peanuts, used in combination with the water.
Another thing to do is to find an activity which occupies the mind or body. Go swimming - nobody wants to smoke while they are swimming. Slowly, as our body adjusts and translates the 'want something' feelings into something other than cigarettes, then the feelings begin to go away. We know its not a cigarette that the body really needs, because as soon as we've had one we still have the feeling, and want another!
We will have a few bouts of feeling or even being short tempered. We must try to bite our lip, and control; ourselves. Recognise the short temper as being the removal of toxins which are trying to find a way out. They went in through the mouth, and they try to get out that way to. We must learn to keep our mouth closed, and force the toxins out the other way.

After we have stopped for a while we will begin to feel that just one wont to any harm.
All that leads to is a desire for just another one. We must guard very strongly against the desire to have just one.

Answer 2

Natural Quit Smoking Magic

Answer 3

What I found when I quit smoking some years ago is that I fairly soon developed a cough and started to bring up black tarry stuff. I went to to doc and he told me it's normal that the tar has the opportunity of loosening and some is coughed back up. This went on for a few weeks.

So possibly this is your lungs reacting to some fresh air! You could also just be developing a cough and cold co incidentally.

Answer 4

Are you in a very cold climate ? If you aren't smoking to warm your lungs, it may be the breathing in of the cold air.

Mine didn't hurt when I stopped. But I live in a warm climate.

Answer 5

it is the beginning of nicotine withdrawal. The drug is causing the cravings to worsen. It will ease up in a few days bare with it and

Answer 6

yeah its one of the side effects... what it is is the tar and junk lining your lungs starts to cake and then flake off your lungs are very sensitive to that

Answer 7

Yes. Lasted about 3? weeks. If it keeps up, see you Dr.
Best wishes on not starting again.

Answer 8

yes..your lungs are going through withdrawl and they are tightening....just bear with it ....it will ease up in a few days....the long term effects are worth it

Answer 9

i can't remember i was too b**chy to remember andthing about the first 3 days...lmao...good luck though, i did it so can you