One of the main reason for the success of addicting substances like nicotine is the existence of withdrawal symptoms. Here we are going to list up the most common symptoms for you, so you know what you have to expect before you stop smoking. As a matter of fact nicotine is highly addictive, and though it is not as painful as other withdrawals, it is very hard to endure.
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The first thing that makes it so hard is the urge to smoke that always returns in certain situations. Situations like after lunch, after the work, on your way to your work, or during breaks. Cigarettes are able to make people feel more comfortable and they appear to ease stress. Of course when someone stops smoking first, he or she will feel very stressed. Just as told earlier this is not the nicotine directly, it is the brain, that makes one feel this way. Stress, is the first thing, your brain will make you feel when you stop providing your body with nicotine. |
Only a few hours after the last cigarette smokers start to feel the physical withdrawal symptoms. They are usually very easy and do not last for more than a couple of weeks. In some cases they can be a little bit stronger, but not significantly and in many cases, people do not even feel the physical withdrawal symptoms.
Physical symptoms can be:
- Sickness
- Headache
- Vertigo
- Lack of concentration
- Anxiety state
- Depression
- Restlessness
- Aggression
- Sleeplessness
- Sweating
Most people experience at most 2 – 3 of the symptoms mentioned above. It is very unlikely that someone experiences all of them. Coughing is not a withdrawal symptom! It is much more the result of smoking itself. Many smokers start coughing when they stop smoking which can be called a self cleaning system in the lungs, that is being activated about 3 – 10 days after the last cigarette.
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The psychological withdrawal symptoms are a little bit more complicated, and they are of long duration. The most common withdrawal symptom is the urge to smoke in some situations. Those situations are usually associated with certain actions like having a break, or waiting for the bus. They can also be associated with certain locations like the balcony or the garden. Smoking becomes more and more a ritual over the years and you can observe it on yourself – Smokers always smoke in the same situations and at the same time. Just as mentioned above every smoker can analyze his or her own smoking habit just by writing down all the situations in which he or she would usually smoke a cigarette. This way a plan for a smoking cessation can be made more effectively just by avoiding everything that can be associated with smoking. |
So now we have listed the two types of withdraw symptoms from nicotine which consist of the physical symptoms and the psychological ones. The psychological ones, that are listed above are usually of only a short duration and easy to endure, while the psychological symptoms manifestate in a hard to resist urge to smoke a cigarette.
The psychological symptoms occur due to a lack of dopamine and serotonine in the brain, this means that providing the body with those two "happy hormones" with the help of non-addictive nicotine substitutes can ease the withdrawal symptoms. Also the removal of all individual experiences that can be associated with the smoking habit can be very helpful to reduce the duration of the withdrawal symptoms.
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