crying for no reason - what the heck

[KatNL]

Well I think I'm 99 days without smoking now. but here I am all day with tears leaking out of my eyes for no real reason and wondering if this is how I always was underneath the smoking - a big, frigg'in, self pitying, bore. Is there a reason for this surge of bad and anxious feeling and loss of personal confidence? I did not have any expectations that this would be easy. But I really didn't know how depressed and helpless I was going to feel. Thanks for this space to write. I hope this is some kind of stage....

I still haven't gotten rid of the patches? I dont put them on till 4 pm now and take them off at 8pm. On run club nights I only wear it for two hours total. So what the heck is going on . This is my plan to just keep lowering the time on both ends every two days until there is no time left. But what the heck! Today is a very bad day

[Quit4Money 1 Year Smoke Free 9 Months Smoke Free]

Ugh I'm so sorry (((Kat))). I had a few leaky days where I was crying for no reason and feeling out of sorts with myself and the world. Let's chalk it up to quitting shall we? And also, who knows what kind of hormones those damn patches interfere with. We are all such complex beings. I say just completely embrace yourself with this weirdness and know that it will pass. Self-pitying - check. Bore - check. Depressed - check. Lack of confidence - check. I have felt all those so much since quitting last 5 months. Part of it is just life and part of it might be quitting. Just know they are solely feelings ... NOT reality. And you will feel better sooner than you think. Big hug.

[KatNL 6 Months Smoke Free in reply to Quit4Money]

Thanks for your kind words! Finally gave it up and went to be early last night. Woke up feeling better. I agree about the possible hormone thing. ANd Maybe NRT is not the best way to quit. Too late now Ive got to get to the other side of it. but for anyone just starting out to quit, maybe NRT may just drag the whole thing out.

[Hidden]

Hi Kat .I can imagine how you feel .But that’s absolutely normal . Cigarets are a drug and once you lower the amount consumed your will go into withdraw you are still getting nicotine as part of the patch treatment and fortunately not thousands of chemical in cigarrets .

I’m not an expert on the patch but I’m sure that you are slowly decreasing the amount of nicotine to a point of zero ,after that your whole system will be clear of nicotine .that’s when your body will find freedom again and you will never miss smoking .Breathing exercises are real good .off course working out and yoga are exellent too .

If you have to cry , just cry don’t forget this is part of healing .

What you are feeling is only temporary and it depends only on us to completely stop very soon and give your body a break finally ..any reacción we get when we are recently quitting is totally worth it and never compared with all the damage we caused when we smoked

Keep it up 👍

[KatNL 6 Months Smoke Free in reply to Hidden]

thanks very much. Yes now that I feel better this morning I realize I have been having these bad days whenever I lower the time Ive got the patch on. So Im going to try and remember that . Im pretty close to the end of the patches for me.