I quit 12 days ago* and the only real difficulty is that I feel as if I
have pms - delicate, fragile, tearful, anxious, irritable, raw - not my
normal way of being - I assume that I self medicated with cigs and it
will take a while but what can i do to cope with life when I feel like
this.

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The best thing that any person can do to overcome the emotional and physical reactions that some people encounter during the initial quitting period is to reinforce his or her reasons for having quit and to strengthen his or her ammunition as to why he or she should stay off of smoking. Reading at www.whyquit.com and at the Freedom board can help this a lot. I am going to point you to some very specific articles to get you started--but we have a whole lot more information and material available that can help you to cope when experiencing tougher times.

 

Joel

 

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*Because of an incident a couple of days ago, when a person wrote saying that he had been quit for three months and still having major problems, I feel the need to make it clear that physical craves ease up and the other major body adjustments occur once people are totally nicotine free--not just smoke free.

 

Since the person writing this didn't totally clarify this point, I feel the need to put in this disclaimer for all who read here. See the string  "Will I always get the craving?" and be sure to read the 5-7 posts there.