Which quitting symptoms did you experience and which one lasted the longest?

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Coughing?

Tiredness?

Lack of Energy

Hunger?

Trouble Sleeping?

Concentration?

Constipation?

Spaciness?

Anxiety?

Anger?

Depression?

I remember having trouble with sleeping, constipation and taking corners too close when I was driving. Sunlight seemed brighter too.

What did you or are you experiencing?

[MarilynH]

I found irritability and anxiety lasted the longest but hunger was an issue for awhile too! I took 5 mg of melatonin for first couple of months of quitting smoking it helped with my sleep, thanks for posting this....

[JonesCarpeDiem]

@MarilynH 

I had some anxiety and depression around the mid fifties, days 53-55.

that was something I hadn’t experienced before.

I went to my dr for some temporary relief.

[Maki]

For me it was tears , I cried buckets the first days and couple weeks straight  . I didn’t know a person could cry so much but it showed me how much most of my smoking was because of my emotions. Once it was all out and the river of tears dried up it turned to anger, anger at the cigarettes and what they did , that anger drove me forward to keep my quit . I wasn’t going to let it steal one more thing from me .

Great post here @JonesCarpeDiem . I don’t remember much any of the things you mentioned now ,  but I’m sure I went through all . Time heals . You do forget that pain for the good result . So for me tears were the long lasting symptom that I remember most . Second that healthy anger directed towards the cigarette .  

[AnnetteMM]

Stomach issues! The bloating was driving me crazy. I eventually had to stop all fizzy drinks and lay off the artificial sweeteners.

[biscuit9]

Sadness and the blahs.  My brain kept asking for a hit of nicotine and I kept tellling it "no", there was a bit of a battle going on inside of me.  I think it is normal for anyone to feel the blahs/sadness when they are quitting an addiction.  This went on for about 3 weeks (I had anger moments entwined as well).  After that, the blahs just kind of set in as I had to adjust to a new life without ingesting nic.  Even to this day, tears come much easier than they ever had.  I feel things now and those feelings come right out of my eyes....it can be annoying.  This has been a soul searching journey.

[Wozlik]

So good to read this and recognize myself @biscuit9 @Maki .  I just journaled about anger today.  Every day I learn something new.  It’s scary, yet exciting. Seems as though I’m going to get to learn about myself for real, without the block of cigarettes.  Wonder who I’ll find ❤️🚭

[biscuit9]

@Wozlik   It's a "journey".