So good news, I quit smoking last week. Bad news, I feel like shit. I want to know how long this is supposed to last and if it's normal. I have allergy like symptoms (sore/dry throat, stuffy nose), a foggy brain where it's hard to think/concentrate, and I feel sort of down and under motivated. Also do you guys think vaping might help with the symptoms, if this is from not smoking? I have an older one, might use it.
Vaping is def not the solution.
Ya the withdrawel is a pain in the ass and it will continue for a while for your body to heal.
Deep breathing when you feel like you want a stick.
Meditation to get your mind in order
Oral substitutes like small candy or carrots
>>17539735
tough it out. your body is starting to use things that have been paralyzed for a long time. If it doesn't clear up in a week or so, it's probably not from stopping smoking.
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>>17539743
Gotcha, I appreciate the advice. I can get over the physical symptoms and depressed bullshit but it's the mental fog that's killing me, I feel sort of caged like a rat and really anxious, can''t think straight. Oh well, I suppose my body will thank me eventually. Also, I do you think vaping will ruin my progress/make things more difficult for me?
>>17539751
Have you thought of nofap by any chance anon? Not masturbating to clear your brain fog?
>>17539754
Funny you say that, I actually jerked off right before I posted this as a way to vent my frustration and anxiety. Might have been a bad idea. I've tried nofap before, I enjoy the feelings of higher energy I get but after a few days I start to get a little to aggressive/horny and fucking just dominates my mind, turns me into a daydreaming neanderthal. On that note though I have turned down my fapping to just once a day and I've stopped watching porn which is good.
>>17539766
Dude the aggression and hornyness is a way for your body to normalize itself. You need to go on nofap as well as the other things I listed, it will heal your body and your mind. It also severely reduced brain fog.
>>17539754
Are you serious? That's just gonna make it even worse.
Try nicotine gum if shit gets tough, just don't try smoking anything/vaping.
>>17539776
Yeah I see what you mean, it's probably not a bad idea to consider. As to the other stuff you posted I actually do meditate a little bit and use the Win Hoff breathing method with hot/cold showers and all that after I lift, so that has kept me in pretty good spirits/health. Hell, I'm probably just being depressed because today isn't lift day lol. I used to have a cig after I worked out and took a shower.
>>17539809
Cold showers only mate, it will help you immensely.
>>17539813
I used to do cold only. I read somewhere that Burning hot/freezing cold/Burning hot cycle is really good for you, been doing that the past few weeks. It feels refreshing. Should I go back onto pure cold?
>>17539818
I do the cold for the health benefits only and haven't looked back since. Hot water is just foreign to me but this is just my preference.
If the benefits of hot and cold is amazing then go for it buddy, I just can't stand hot water after a work out.
>>17539823
Gotcha, I gotta do more research on the pros and cons of each, I do miss the adrenaline rush I got from cold water. On that note the burst it gives to my nervous system will probably help me quit smoking too lel.
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>>17539831
take your homosexual lifting crap somewhere else you fags.
>>17539848
dyel twink babby detected. Gonna eat 2 raw scoops of whey just for you sweetheart.
>>17539856
Ever since I was in middle school you jocks just rubbed me the wrong way with your "dude lift bro" ideology and creepily checking your calories. How about you fuck off and stuff that whey crap up your logcutter fruit fuck.