Symptoms? - Smoking Cessation Message Board

talp · 09-09-2005, 08:53 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!!!

luci · 09-09-2005, 10:54 AM

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

talp · 09-09-2005, 12:09 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.

luci · 09-09-2005, 12:17 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

talp · 09-09-2005, 12:30 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.