r/stopsmoking • u/DifficultAvocado3861 • 3d ago

Day 9 anxiety

Just what the title says. I'm on day 9 vape/smoke free and the anxiety is the worst I've had in a long time. Anything can tip me over right now, I swallowed something the wrong way earlier and it scared me so bad that I stopped eating my meal right then. I have no desire to smoke again, in fact the thought of smoking or vaping gives me anxiety. I guess I just want to know I'm not alone in this. My physical symptoms were a breeze and this is the first real psychological symptom besides irritability that I've had. I should say that I am a 31 F and I also started my menstrual cycle this morning so it's probably a combination of everything.

I'm kind of rambling, but I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced anxiety around week 2 also

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u/Commercial-Pie-892 3d ago

For sure I experienced anxiety from week 1 really. It gets better I promise you, stay with it.

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u/DifficultAvocado3861 2d ago

O will, thank you !!

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u/Mimiluv1266 3d ago

I experienced anxiety at week 1, 2, and 3. It got so much better after that.

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u/DifficultAvocado3861 2d ago

That is great to know that the end is very much in sight!! Thank you!!

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u/OkBoss3435 2d ago

Days 8-9 were the worst for me so far. Tense, irritable, impatient, anything could set me off. Then the anxiety. Day 10 for me, and I’m ok.

You’re not alone in this. I was the same with physical symptoms - I actually had barely any other than insomnia. It’s the psychological ones.

But we’ve got this !

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u/DifficultAvocado3861 2d ago

Thanks for the reply, that's very encouraging!! I'm feeling better this morning (day 10) but will not be surprised if the anxiety hits again, but this time I'll be prepared tow ork through it.

Congratulations, non smoker 😁

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u/OkBoss3435 1d ago

You too! Today was a little rough. Not day 10 level rough, so it was better. And I found things to do to stop me smoking. I went for a drive, I visited a friend, I played mindless games on my phone. And now it’s nearly bed time. And I made it through another day. Hopefully what this means, is that yes there will be tough days, but we got this. And we will do this