Day 3 and feeling odd

[nsd_user663_56508]

Well day 3 here, but for some reason I feel down quite a bit today.

It's hard to explain in what way, as there seems to be no particular reason for it :confused:

[nsd_user663_54332]

Hi Bluebottle

It's a nasty feeling but it does get better!!

You're doing really well os far, and the early part is the hardest.

Are you using any NRT or going cold turkey?

[nsd_user663_56508]

thanks Kat and Gemma lou

just going cold turkey, as thought it would be easier to just let go completely rather than have to wean myself off something else instead at later date :rolleyes:

[nsd_user663_42390]

thanks Kat and Gemma lou

just going cold turkey, as thought it would be easier to just let go completely rather than have to wean myself off something else instead at later date :rolleyes:

Hi Bluebottle, I too felt very down at first, very down indeed, almost as if I was greiving, but the others are right it does pass, it is, as Kat says your mind adjusting to having no nicotine. The first 3 days are by far the worst in my opinion and you have them almost under your belt now so well done you!

Keep going it is so woth it. I smoked for 40 years and I have been quit for 1 year now and I am so glad I did even though at times it was tough.

[nsd_user663_56458]

Hi Blue

Is my 3rd day as well and can i just say you are doing absolutely fantastic especially to stop smoking cold turkey.

Im using patches and have had 2 pieces of gum as well today.

Im not particularly down today but have been so snappy and irritable it must just be the withdrawal of the chemicals.

Well done again and see you tomorrow on day 4

[nsd_user663_52535]

Well day 3 here, but for some reason I feel down quite a bit today.

It's hard to explain in what way, as there seems to be no particular reason for it :confused:

Bluebottle (do you like Bombay Sapphire?)

I could/and have written what you have said in your post, so I know exactly what you mean, just feeling of woe and feeling lost.

This quitting malarkey is an emotional Rollercoaster and can affect mood swings, especially in the early days. I can only say these feelings will become less and less.

So, please cheer up, remember baby steps, one day at a time and you'll be fine

Fi x

[nsd_user663_56508]

feeling a bit jittery now so think I am away off to bed, might even get some of this 'ere intermittent sleep thing too :rolleyes:

[nsd_user663_51263]

Hi Bluebottle

This is not my first quit attempt but I know it has to be my last.

I am on day 3 myself and this is the first time I can honestly say that I am coping well. I know that this is because I really know I must quit this time so failure is not an option, I actually want to stop smoking at last.

In the past I have found the first few days really difficult but I think that was because I always felt that I was 'depriving' myself instead of trying to remember that I was 'setting myself free from something that I had allowed to rule my life'.

I don't want to sound as if I am preaching at you because I have been the world's worst quitter - I used to think I loved my cigarettes and that I couldn't do without them under any circumstances, they were my only pleasure.

What a joke that was - I have wasted a load of money just to risk damaging my health and it has taken me almost 40 years to come to my senses!!

Stick with it Bluebottle, keep remembering your reasons for quitting and believe in yourself that you can do this. It will get easier and you will accept your quit as each day goes by so long as you know that you 'want' to do this.

Good Luck

Lindax