talp
09-09-2005, 11:53 AM
I have quit for 8 days and have felt disoriented, slight light-headed, just like my head is clogged. This comes and goes but seems way more on than off.
Does anyone know if these are normal symptoms? and if they should still be there at 8 days? and how long do they normally last before I start thinking it is something else causing it?
Thanks for any help!!!
Does anyone know if these are normal symptoms? and if they should still be there at 8 days? and how long do they normally last before I start thinking it is something else causing it?
Thanks for any help!!!
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luci
09-09-2005, 01:54 PM
Hello!
Yippee for you for quitting smoking, it is a nasty task to undertake, that's for sure. I have been off of ciggies for 51 DAYS now and I can't tell you I feel like my old self yet. I feel better, but not great yet. That is going to take time. As for feeling light-headed, you probably will for a while cause your body has to adjust to not being constantly fed nicotine. I still feel like I have a sinus thing going on, stuffy, and not quite wonderful yet, but I am getting better every day, and guess what--so will you. How long did you smoke? How old are you? Do you have any health problems? If not, then it is probably the ciggies (or lack of them) that's causing it. Hope this helps!
Love,
L
Yippee for you for quitting smoking, it is a nasty task to undertake, that's for sure. I have been off of ciggies for 51 DAYS now and I can't tell you I feel like my old self yet. I feel better, but not great yet. That is going to take time. As for feeling light-headed, you probably will for a while cause your body has to adjust to not being constantly fed nicotine. I still feel like I have a sinus thing going on, stuffy, and not quite wonderful yet, but I am getting better every day, and guess what--so will you. How long did you smoke? How old are you? Do you have any health problems? If not, then it is probably the ciggies (or lack of them) that's causing it. Hope this helps!
Love,
L
talp
09-09-2005, 03:09 PM
Thanks for the response. To answer your questions, I'm 35 and smoked for 20 years - more heavily for the last 5 years or so. The only health issues I know about are high blood pressure and high cholesterol but both are well controlled with meds currently.
I just feel like I'm living in a daze.
I just feel like I'm living in a daze.
luci
09-09-2005, 03:17 PM
You will feel like that for a few months. If you think about it, you are breaking a 20 year habit. Think of how much smoking has become part of your life. Your brain has built nicotine receptors even (well, something like that anyway) and now you have robbed it of the daily fix. If you didn't feel strange at all, then I'd be worried. Your high blood pressure will probably go down once you get over being so nervous without your ciggies. Don't worry, just post something, anything, just don't quit your quit!!
Love,
L
Love,
L
talp
09-09-2005, 03:30 PM
I don't plan to quit the quit - It was more a matter of if it's normal or should I be going to the doctor. The funny thing is I was at the doctor last Friday(9-2) for a check up on the blood pressure, etc(which was good) but, at that point, it was only day 2 and I had not felt anything like this.
hopalong_too
09-12-2005, 03:06 AM
Even after 15 months, the craving is still there....
luci
09-12-2005, 02:22 PM
You sure aren't kidding about still having cravings. I'm sure when I'm as far as you, I will too. I am almost two months, and yesterday, I had a really bad one, like I could taste the ciggie. Very weird. Anywho, I think cigarettes just mask whatever anxieties we already have. Pain, for instance, harmless or not, the nicotine and several other addictive additives, just mask it. I have these feelings too, maybe anxiety pains, or whatever. Does that make sense? I am starting to feel better and better though, maybe that will make you and other people better. I am 28 and smoked for half my life. What a bad little girl. But I guess that beats the alternative-- I have a brother and sister, who, ironically, can't stand cigarettes, but they are addicted to alcohol and drugs. Me, I have never taken a drug (well, okay, an illicit one!), and I can handle my alcohol (well, except for a few, ahem, isolated occasions). I must be in the mood to babble today.
But just don't worry, you will be fine!!!
L
But just don't worry, you will be fine!!!
L