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I quit smoking a month ago. My cravings are near enough gone now. But I have had some terrible effects after. Coughing (with phlegm) I read its due to cilla growing back and your lungs repairing themselves. Feeling tierd and sleepy, feel kind of high and vagueness, breathless with chest pain and kinda aching all over my body. I was wondering if any ex-smoking experienced or people quitting now are going through the same things, or other effects please share.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Keep it up , I had a few effects after stopping smoking similar to some of yours i.e. coughing with phlegm and the breathless for a while but hung in there and all ended well after a couple of months. It is worth it in the end, although it did cost me a few bob in extra strong mints , sure I put a bit of weight on, but a small price to pay.good luck.
I gave up at New Year and have somehow managed to stick at it. But I did have a horrible cough for several weeks and felt very tired and irritable. I was never a heavy smoker, 10 a day max and usually a lot less, so it was probably easier for me than for a lot of people. I sometimes get the odd craving after a couple of drinks, but no way would I start again. Apart from anything else, it's too blooming expensive.
Stick at it, eyesh, you're doing brilliantly. You'll probably be feeling great in a couple of weeks time.
Stick at it, eyesh, you're doing brilliantly. You'll probably be feeling great in a couple of weeks time.
19 yrs since i gave up and still get the occasional craving. Only now they last seconds rather than minutes, so easy to ignore. Best advice to ignore the cravings in the early stages of giving up, is to make an effort to do something else. Hoover the carpet, wash the dishes, check car tyre pressures etc anything to use your hands and take the mind away from the weed. Keep it up, i've never regretted (nor has my bank manager)
Congratulations. One of the best things you'll do in your life. I never coughed when I smoked but had a cough for a couple of months after but I told myself that was all part of the clean up. Whenever I felt like a smoke I brushed my teeth which 1) occupied my hands and 2) the minty taste took away the urge to smoke. Treat yourself to a good teeth clean as that's where'll you'll notice a change first, then you'll notice how well your skin looks. Don't forget; one really hurts.... so don't give into it.
eyesh well done on quiting must say i gave up 2 years ago and I never had a cough while I was smoking and have'nt had one since giving up (not sure if thats a good thing or not) I did notice I caught every head cold that was going around at the time of giving up though, nowadays I cannot stand to be near anyone who is smoking.
The strangest effect that I remember was, nearly a year after I'd given up, going back to a once-a-year event. The moment that I walked in to this place, where the last time I had been in it I was a smoker, a crazy craving to light up came over me! And I hadn't had that for ages and ages before. But it went away quite quickly - I just found it intriguing, rather than a problem.
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