I quit smoking like 4 weeks ago.
I am getting mild depression as a result. My ability to focus has also been affected negatively, and I am finding less joy in life. Is this normal?
Smoking certainly helped with focus, attention-- but I suspect it was because I was addicted, not because it does so anyway. Now that I am not smoking, my brain may take time to recover or will it always be dull like this?
I suppose there is a loss of ‘interest in things’. Like negatives are hitting me without smoking, could it be the case? And, how long with this feeling last?
Congratulations on quitting.
I can’t.
Smoking helps smokers with
anxiety, paranoia etc
Thank You.
It helps but it supposdely helps briefly, while increasing the baseline anxiety.
That is what I just read.
I have quit only 4 weeks ago, and to be honest I am currently feeling worse, not better.
This is true for most everyone who quits smoking. It goes away after a few months.
I see. I hope it goes away quickly. Have you quit it?
Feb 15, 1992. It wasn’t fun.
Long time. That is good. It is all about having the will or what they call resilience in psychiatry.
Benzos were harder to quit, before that alchohol wasn’t easy to quit, and I am almost done with caffiene.
Like I used to drink 9-10 cups of tea daily, now it is 2-3 cups.
Youve done extremely well quitting all that
yes same happens to me without nicotine. i feel no reason to wake up. cant focus. gets harder to understand language. gets very hard to think and speak.
Yeah, no reason to wake up, as well. This has also been happening to me. These are what I am referring to as ‘negatives’.
Will this reverse?
i kinda think for me it doesnt. i think nicotine is a medication to me. idk about the depression and not wanting to wake up, that might reverse. its been years since ive been off nicotine for any good period of time. but for me the not being able to think is my natural state and the nicotine helps me think. since its a cognitive inhancer. but i did quit smoking and switched to vaping, or use nictoine pouches that go in my mouth. smoking is very unhealthy.
if u find u cant handle it please dont go back to smoking. there are safer ways to consume nicotine.
I was vaping before I quit. How long did you completely quit nicotine?
probably a year or two before with the help of nicotine patches. i used the highest dose patch until i quit having any cravings, then i stepped it down. used that til no cravings, then stepped it down to the lowest dose, used that til no cravings, then stopped it completley. it was the best way ive ever quit and i dont remember feeling depressed. but it did become hard to think again.
But I didn’t have these problems before starting smoking (of nor wanting to wake up, etc).
any thing u didnt have before u started smoking will probably go away eventually if u stay quit. so thats a good thing.
When I switched from smoking to vape I felt some mild depression. I found that I was full of nicotine all the time and didn’t get a craving to satisfy. It felt more like a reward when smoking or a dopamine response. I found myself on occasion immobilized on the couch, unable to get up and do the most basic things. I forced myself to action a few times and feel much better. I’ve probably had less than 10 cigarettes in the last 30 days.
Good luck on your quitting journey! 
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