Hi Princess, the tiredness thing is a bit weird, as I didn't use NRT I was sooo dopey for the first couple of weeks, then the caffeine kicked in big time and I had trouble sleeping. Exercise is brill as it gets the endorphin's going and your should settle down reasonably quickly, just remember, it's all worth it
Its all part and process of the quit and your body adjusting. I too had exactly the same thing. Took ages getting off to sleep, sometimes hours and then exhausted all next day. Agree Gym is the best place. If you have steam room there (If there is a pool of course) I use to sit in there as long as I could bear it, help clear the lungs out.
Could it be that all that exercise at the gym contributed to your inability to drop off and the subsequent oversleeping, Princess? It's just a thought!
Having said that though, it takes our poor old bodies time to adjust to being nicotine-free; they are so used to us having poisoned them for years that they tend to go a bit haywire!
You are doing very very well, try and not over do it seeing as you are tired, get to bed early and go places where it is forbidden to smoke, like the gym, the cinema, you can watch a good movie now and not be waiting for it to end so you can go and smoke.
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