Ups and Downs - Smoking Cessation Message Board

tampaquit · 03-01-2007, 01:26 PM

Today is 1 week quit for me and I have done very well. But today, I have had repetitive urges over and over to have a cig. I won't have one and it passes, but it is like labor pains without the pain! It builds up and I drink water and it goes away, and then comes back again, I drink more water, etc. In fact I have been drinking so much water, I had an employment physical yesterday, and I had to leave a sample and the nurse says "My My, aren't we hydrated"! I even went to the grocery store and walked through some ladies smoke to see if it bothered me and it didn't. This is a new pack of pills and I'm wondering if there are occasional duds in there. I mean, I have reallllllly felt good, been nice to everyone, let people cut in front of me, sang in the car today because someone said too! Just curious if other's have had the same issues.

And I saw on some other threads we have a couple of more quitters on here! So welcome, and when you have a bad day, like everyone does, you too can post your own thread. Think about all the quitters on here and how much money each of us is saving, and how much money the cig companies are NOT getting!!!! And how healthy we are all going to be!

I have been quit for 6 Days, 18 hours, 25 minutes and 14 seconds (6 days). I have saved $28.41 by not smoking 189 cigarettes. I have saved 15 hours and 45 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 2/22/2007 9:00 PM

mangojunky · 03-01-2007, 01:49 PM

Tampa,
I have experienced the same thing. The first 3 days were fairly easy, and it seems to have gotten a little more difficult. I wonder if our bodies realize that we are serious about quitting and the nicodemon starts acting up. I have also cut back on my meds, so that might be it.
It sounds like you are doing a great job......hang in there!
Reward yourself today!

deb

Kevin__ · 03-01-2007, 03:07 PM

Congratulations Tampaquit!!! One whole week of no smoking!!! That is really, really awesome!!! Keep up the good work.

I know exactly what you mean. Days 1 - 3 were pretty easy for me. After that I thought of them more often, but only briefly - say, a few seconds at a time. Drove me a little nutty too. (I quit 32 days ago, so the memories are still pretty fresh.) During the second week the thoughts decreased pretty dramatically. (So I think next week will be a whole lot easier for you.)

Then things got a little weird. During the third week, I started dreaming that snuck a few puffs off of some ones cigarette. It was so real at the time. I literally jumped out of bed at 4:00am in a cold sweat. I could not believe that after all the hard work I put into quitting that I could do such a thing. I felt awful for about five minutes. it scared the tar out of me.

Then it occurred to me I just had a bad dream and that none of it was real.

Smell the coffee...

The following night I dreamed I had smoked two whole cigarettes. It was really awful. Could not believe I did such a thing. Woke up in a cold sweat. Realized it was all just a dream again. Could NOT get back to sleep. Scared me too bad.

The third night a dreamed I had smoked four whole cigarettes. It was really awful. Could not believe I did such a thing. Woke up in a cold sweat. Realized it was all just a dream again. Could NOT get back to sleep.

By about this time, this routine was getting pretty old and I was getting really aggravated. After five days of this nonsense, I told a good friend (non-smoker) about these dreams. We shared a good laugh about the whole thing. The dreams never came back. Go figure... Guess the dreams needed a little airing out with a friend before they would go away.

I honestly think it was because I was un-learning the habit of smoking. Both consciously (daytime) and unconsciously (night time). Maybe "un-learning" is not the best expression. Let's try it this way. Have you ever heard the expression "If you don't use it, you lose it?"? I guess it's the same with this old habit. You are not smoking any more, so eventually you will stop thinking about it all together. It just takes a little time.

One way or the other, don't let it get to you. You will eventually get aggravated with being nagged to death by the nicodemon and move on to something more constructive.

Kevin__

tampaquit · 03-01-2007, 04:05 PM

Mangojunky, thanks for replying. I was hoping you would because I know you are just ahead of me. OK so it's not just me, or pseudo pills!

Kevin, I am laughing out loud because this week every night I have also dreamed I snuck a smoke and woke up thinking are you an idiot??? After all this work? My son still smokes and one day I actually had to go out and look in the ashtray to make sure I hadn't sleepwalked and smoked one. I was sooo mad at myself. And of course in Chantrix Dreamland, it was quite vivid and pronounced in the dream, and I smelled like smoke and everyone knew I had smoked. I hope you are right about the second week.

Thanks for letting me whine....

Kevin__ · 03-01-2007, 04:34 PM

Oh my gosh, you too huh? I thought I was the only one in Chantix land who had nightmares about smoking again. I know what you mean about the sleep walking part too. Very strange dreams, but I got a pretty good laugh out of the whole experience.

Kevin__