I feel like if I just started chewing again, life would go back to normal. I didnt cave as I never want to feel this hell again. I just had the hardest day so far, I heard depression is part of this quitting process, but man I cried all day today and for no reason either my life is not that bad, ya I have had ral bad anxiety as of late and i started seeing a hypnotherapist for that. But this depression just hit me like a ton of bricks today. Everyone that knows me thinks all of this is from my divorce that happened about 5 moths agao, but I still think it is just the the fing whore nicotine tring to find a way to get me to come back. I will never chew again if this is what it takes to quit, I am just wondering if anyone else is going throught the whole depression and feeling like crying stage, as I feel like I am losing my mind and almost want to check myself into a mental hospital but I know I am not crazy. I am not a sissy guy either who cries often, I mean I played college football for f-sackes Please someone tell me this is a stage like the fog and it will pass in a day or two, i cant take a week or two of this......
misterbeeds, 38 days on your own is bad ass. No one said quitting is easy, but it is totally worth it. I don't think no nic is the problem, I think you need to see a doctor or talk to someone. We are all here to help, jump into chat as there is usually someone in there. You can do this.
Hey man, i had very similar symptoms in at my mid twenty days. I am very new to my quit as well but i never had depression or panic attacks prior to quitting. I got better after a couple of very melancholy days. I was a state qualifying wrestler from my freshman year on and also felt like i was being a pussy - YOUR NOT! KEEP UP THE QUIT
I went through some depression. Like we always say go see a doc if you think you need to. Quitting this shit is harder than anyone can imagine.
Read up on our little drug of choice. I have some articles on my intro page that may help you understand why you feel like you do. For me the physical part of quitting was much easier than the mental part.
We will help with what we can, but if you feel like you need to see a doc by all means do so.
Nicotine , or the lack thereof, is absolutely a big part of what you are experiencing right now. Add that to your other situation and its not surprising you are sobbing the fetal postition. This is quite normal. You are in a well documented period of funk. As greg suggests, take time to read the articles here. Take a step farther and pick out some old quit groups and read them back to front. You will see that the ups and down are similar from group to group.
Never be afraid to shout out if you need help. There are many people that have been in your shoes.
Nice quittin bro!
Mr. Beeds: Most, if not all of us experienced some level of depression in the first couple months of our quits. If you think about it, it would be amazing if we didn't feel depressed.
Over the years, our emotions became managed by nicotine...plain and simple. When you deleted the managing chemical from the equation, everything was bound to go haywire.
I can guarantee you, though, that if you keep going with your quit, two things will happen:
1. it will get better. It does for ALL of us who maintain the quit.
2. You'll never, ever have to go through this shit again.
For many of us, it took about a year for our noggins to be running at full capacity again. Until that happens, by all means, go see a doctor if you feel you need to. That doesn't make you a pussy.
The truth: you were a pussy when you allowed youself to be controlled by your addiction. Now that you've kicked it to the curb, you're a man. The only thing that could change that would be if you caved, and we all know that can't happen as long as you keep posting.
...theo 779
