Feeling Angry all the time ???

[nsd_user663_4884]

I stopped 4 months ago and I have been feeling very very angry for the last 2 months . I have no cravings at all but I dont like this angry feeling. I seem to want to snap and argue withe everyone all the time. Does anyone else feel like this? I wonder if its a side effect but as I say I dont have any cravings???:mad:

[nsd_user663_4149]

Hiya mandyp. Snap, I have been very niggly just lately, having to bite my tongue more often, was ok when I first quit, just gritting my teeth and getting on with it, I put mine down to being tired (not a nasty sod) and I'm sticking to it, and welcome to the forum. Get it all off your chest here. David

[nsd_user663_4119]

Did you ever feel like this when you smoked?

Sometimes we can blame the lack of smoking on all manner of things but actually we felt the same when we smoked.

Coming to the end of term (I work in a school) and I feel bloody awful. I am snapping, rushed off my feet, too much to do, meetings coming out of my ears, deadlines to meet, only 8 working days left................shall I go on? I feel exactly the same as I did last year when I was on over 20 a day.

I am snappy because I am under pressure and not because I am not smoking.

Actually when I feel like nothings going my way I think of the fact I have been a quitter for nearly 5 months and boy does it cheer me up!!!!

Hope things get better for you, 4 months is fantastic!

[nsd_user663_4026]

on the other hand.... i had some issues recently which the doc tried to cure with tablets. They included an extremly short fuse and a total inability to cope. I would like to point out that I have always been a feisty one, just not as extreme as the last few months! I chose to talk to someone instead and amongst other things we have both identified that not only was the smoking an addiction, I also used it as a guage to cool myself off when I started to blow. A chance to walk away and count to ten. Stopping smoking lost me that 'time out' and in losing that I lost the ability to 'stop'. Being aware of that and finding other ways to deal with stress have stopped the intense anger. Worked for me anyway. Good luck xx

[nsd_user663_4884]

now, that makes sense. Whenever i felt stressed etc i used to say "i need a fag"! Maybe thats all it is. I have started taking vitamin B6 as recommended by the doctor. I actually get a "rage" feeling in my chest so maybe this will start to subside soon

[nsd_user663_3728]

Hi Mandyp

Welcome to the forum and well done on the decision to quit possibly one of the most important you will ever make and you will be losing nothing but you will regain control of your life and that has to be good

You will find all the help and support you need on here as we all help each other just like a family we are here for you every step of the way cheering the good days and sympathiseing with the bad but the good far outweigh the bad

Read the posts on here you will find a lot of tips and advice and in the signatures of a lot you will find links to other sites just click on them Here are 2 I find very good to start you off whyquit.com and woofmang.com Read, read and then read some more as the more you read and learn about why you smoked and about your addiction the easier your quit will be

Well done on four months quit that's great the sites in the message may help as will the ones in the signatures of others on here

Post often to let us know how you're doing, to rant, rave have a moan whatever you like pretty much anything goes on here OK

Best Wishes

Marg xxxxxxxx

[nsd_user663_2695]

Nowt to do with smoking, it's a girl thing Why relate moods to the weed? Maybe it's the easy option!!!

Just stay strong and all will be good................from someone who kindas knows :cool:

[nsd_user663_4625]

Nowt to do with smoking, it's a girl thing Why relate moods to the weed? Maybe it's the easy option!!!

Just stay strong and all will be good................from someone who kindas knows :cool:

LOL Gary, that was brave!!!!

The time out thing we can all agree with I should think. I have tried to get a friend to just move themselves away from the situation & take five from it but sometimes easier said then done. I have been lucky in this quit in that I have been able to ride the storm(s). They have been many but I guess my intense knowledge that I can never smoke again is just enough to gewt me over them, damned hard it is sometimes, but hey, I'M STILL HERE,those craves won't kill you, SMOKING MAY.

Love Gaynor.xxxx

[Maverick_uk]

Nowt to do with smoking, it's a girl thing Why relate moods to the weed? Maybe it's the easy option!!!

Just stay strong and all will be good................from someone who kindas knows :cool:

Very Brave lol

This is my first post in the 4 month section

[nsd_user663_4526]

Hi - I can relate to this !

Totally unlike me but I managed to get extremely angry about a company stealing money from mine in an unexpected way, and this anger, even though I tried to dismiss it, became extremely raw and obsessive> It grew stronger than anything I had felt in at least 10 years..£ amount was a pittance....but all I wanted to do was atack everyone.

This 'misplaced raw anger' has lasted 2 weeks so far. Its ridiculous and even though I know its a total waste of time and irrational I'm still trying to control and reduce it today.

For me, this was definitely 100% another 'unfortunate after effect' of the fags.