I was tapering down my intake for the last couple days. I could not tell if I was hyped up from the tapering or if I just had to much in my system from before?
Anyway, I wake up 3 or 4 AM, when I wake up I feel totally hyped up. Is this common with you guys?Â
I came off a big job not long ago and feel like I was burning most of the nicotine up and could sleep. I have been working but not like before and notice a difference in my sleep or lack thereof.
Day one guy here.
Changes in sleep patterns are normal. Welcome aboard read This It explains physical withdrawals
http://www.killthecan.org/robs/effects.asp
Didn't Sleep Right for the First 10 days or so.....Would go to sleep by 10 or 11, up by 1 and I would wake every 40 mins or so until 5-6am....After 3 weeks, sleeping almost normally......
I will quit with you today!!!
Normal sleep will come back. I don't remember what day it returned for me, but I sleep like baby now. I crash when I go to bed, no longer do I stay up 2-4 more hours to keep dipping.
I usually wake up about 5-10 min before my alarm goes off at 6am. Best sleep ever.
(1) Caffeine may effect you more in these first few days. We usually suggest drinking water...a lot of water. If you are walking by the bathroom and not peeing, I would drink more. It clears the poison out of your system faster, and takes the want of coffee/pop away because you are already very hydrated. You're edgy enough. No need to add to it.
(2) Exercise. Run. Lift weights. Do some pushups. Run your body into exhaustion. It, too, pushes out the poison. It also gets rid of that nervous energy you are carrying currently, and helps you sleep. You still may wake up very early, but it usually will help you fall asleep easier at night.
(3) Finally, quitting is mostly mental. Think about it. Even if you consider the first 100 days, 4-7 days are spent on physical withdrawal PRIMARILY. After that, your quit is 100% mental. Simply put, your quit is 96-97% mental at first. Over the course of your lifetime, it is 99% mental.
You were scared to quit.
You stressed about your upcoming quit.
Your addiction said you needed the drug. You said no.
Tapering off alerting your addiction what was happening.
It will fuck with you trying to get its way. Be strong. Get through this initial hit. That's all you have to do. It's simple, but it's not easy.
Take the hits. Move forward.
Proud to be quit with you man.
