I quit smoking today and would like to know what i can expect over the coming weeks in terms of withdrawals?

Question

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By withdrawals i mean withdrawal symptoms

Answer 1

For the first couple of days, you may feel a kind of heaviness or tightness in your chest when you get the urge to smoke. Nothings wrong, and it will pass. You may develop a cough. It'll pass too. You may also find you are irritable, eat more, and gain a few pounds. All of those things will go away without you having to do anything about them.

Congratulations!

Answer 2

Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves, as you have already observed.
Congratulateyourself on completing the first day - 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.
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.

Answer 3

It depends on how long you have been smoking and how many packs per day. Congratulations I quit in March. The best way is go cold turkey, stop all at once after your mind is set. The urge hits you with wanting something in your mouth, or reaching for the pack that isn't there. I carry 2 packs in my car as a reminder. I had open heart surgery with 4 bypasses and a $70,000 bill. When I get that strong urge I look at them and remind myself what I went through just to get up.Good luck, set your mind and you too can stay quit.

Answer 4

This is what happened to me
I was very tired for like 4 or 5 days...not really irratable but just constantly thinking about it...a little insomnia...hungry all the time...headaches like you wouldnt believe...make sure to drink alot of water and try to avoid coffee at all costs..coffee always made me want to smoke..try to avoid places where people smoke for a week or so too because the smell will make you want a cig so bad

Go Cold Turkey...its the only way..patches and gum only delay the process..

Answer 5

Good for you. You're likely to be irritable, jumpy, and crave smokes for a while. After a few days the jumpiness and irritability will reduce. The craving will stay with you for a long time--months. It will be easy to start again.
You'll also not be able to keep enough food in your mouth often enough so weight gain is probable.

Answer 6

you may notice yourself starting to eat more you may get upset a little quicker yeah definitly on the edge but yes you will notice when frusturated you'll grab something to eat you can also expect to gain weight cause some reason smoking speeds your metabolism when you all of a sudden quit your metabolism slows down dramatically remember after 72 hrs. its all in your head nicotine is out of your system after 3 full days

Answer 7

It is a tough thing, I did it once myself... the hardest part of quitting smking is avoiding the times you enjoy smoking the most ie: when talking the phone (stay off phone) after large meals (eat small meals/snacks, driving in car (chew gum)... thsoe are the tough things.. as far as a physical pain.... or longing.. nah.. its all psychological.. fight it!

Answer 8

You will probably experience interrupted sleep. You will also not be as patient with people as you were yesterday. You will cough up black stuff because your lungs starts cleaning themselves immediately. Probably gain a little extra weight.

Answer 9

well iquit last week and u will get a little edgey and jumpy but be strong and u should succied oh and heres a tip keep anasty cigar arond for a emergancy

Answer 10

1. Extreme cravings
2. possible weight gain
3. sleepiness
that is mainly what i experienced when i quit and it all depends on how much you smoked for and how often and how long