Give and get support around quitting
I quit on 01/24/19. Today is day #62 not smoking. I honestly felt a lot better when I was a smoker, and wonder when I’m supposed to start feeling better now that I don’t smoke. I used to be a happy, fun type of person. That’s changed since I quit. I feel depressed and angry, (so out of character for me). I’ve also gained 11 Lbs ! I feel I’m often close to that breaking point.
Mid there anyone here going thru these issues?
Many, many, many quitters have had the same complaints you listed. Quitting is a huge life change--no matter that it is a healthy thing to do, the chronic dependency on nicotine that developed over years takes time to get over. It's not just psychological or emotional--the dependency was born out of hundreds of thousands of doses of nicotine to the brain. The brain remembers.
Good news is that smobering up (Becoming and Ex) is doable one day at a time.
At 54 I quit. Cold turkey and mostly on my own. I would have been better off seeking and keeping good support such as Ex. All I can say is stick around to find out why you were right in the first place to quit.
Welcome to Ex. Below are links to blogs by fellow Exers--please give them a read, you might find them helpful.
/blogs/Mandolinrain-blog/2019/03/08/evaluate-your-quit by Mandolinrain
Dopamine - the Double Edged Blade by Thomas
I 'm just a few days behind you in my quit at 57 days - just so you know that you are not alone. The people here have been thru this and know more about what is going on than you and I so I try to read posts a lot and say very little. I was wondering, however, if you read Allen Carr's book? He describes what you , and myself , are doing as "moping" or perhaps feeling sorry for ourselves when we should be happy about a good decision we have made. Just saying I have to remember that from time to time when I feel like I'm not getting anywhere.