Two days and a night without nicotine and… sleep is difficult and I have really harsh heartburn. I so rarely get heartburn that I have nothing for it. Usually a glass of milk fixes that. To add to the sleeping problems, it turns into reflux when I decline. Now, my initial plan was to cut all smoking out for several weeks before I quit snuff. This I did. I then planned on going cold turkey from snuff for two days, then a patch if needed/desired(?). That would be tomorrow, but it looks like I will have to use the patch a little earlier. Yes, I actually do have a plan. And, even if I am off by 6 to 8 hours at this point, it is my first difficulty.
A patch and maybe some sleep. A patch, a glass of milk, and then sleep? I need sleeeeppppp. Does anyone know how long the withdrawals are severe? How long before I can get by a bit better, be a bit nicer, without a patch? Just curious about other people’s trials, errors, and successes. Anyone else have trouble with heartburn? I am a chewer, was… could be the difference. I have chewed since I was 12, smoked for at least 2 years before that, nothing illegal, by the smoke's own nature anyway. I will always have a hankering for it, too...
"Does anyone know how long the withdrawals are severe? How long before I can get by a bit better, be a bit nicer, without a patch? Just curious about other people’s trials, errors, and successes. Anyone else have trouble with heartburn?"
ReplyDeleteHow long is dependent on the individual, sad to say. For me, it was a couple days (cold turkey).
Knowing that I was going to become Max Irritable when I quit, my family went away over the Christmas holiday while I stayed home to spare them the brunt of my irritation. Christmas Day was Q-day, and the withdrawal stress had subsided considerably by the time they returned a couple days later.
Full withdrawal took another week or so after that. But my irritation with The World was gone before that.
No trouble with heartburn. Are you substituting a before-bed cigarette with a snack, instead? That may be causing the problem.
Thanks, that gives me something to go with anyway. No substitute, quite like that. I would have chewing tobacco in my mouth all the time, except when eating (though it actually mixed with chocolate quite nicely... *laughs* I am imagining a bunch of female readers just *squeaming* at the notion, maybe some of the menfolk, ha).
ReplyDeleteBut food may be it. Though I did make it down to the knuckles on one hand, I had to find something else to chew on in order to continue writing! So, I probably have been gnawing on anything not moving... or, not moving too fast for me to grab and gnaw. Food may be the culprit, now that I think about it. I might have to pick up some hard candy as a temporary fix. Thanks again.