gave up smoking now i cant sleep

lostinnappies

Has anyone ever had this problem. I used to smoke about 10 a day and now that I have given up it seems that the lack of ciggeretts has brought about insomnia...... I dont get it, I thought with the lack of an extra stimulant that if anything I should sleep better.

God Im just going to have to take up smoking lol.

Feelgood

I've actually had this problem as of late, waking up every couple of hours..

How long have you been off them?. The insomnia is supposed to claim down after about a month?.

lostinnappies

Feelgood wrote: »

I've actually had this problem as of late, waking up every couple of hours..

How long have you been off them?. The insomnia is supposed to claim down after about a month?.

couple of weeks now, hopfully as you said after a month it might stop.... bags under my eyes are just charming.

Feelgood

lostinnappies wrote: »

couple of weeks now, hopfully as you said after a month it might stop.... bags under my eyes are just charming.

Well its better having black eyes than black lungs!!. Stick with it, best decision we will have ever made me thinks..

Caoimhín

I did indeed have that problem.

I solved it by exercising more during the day. Try jogging for 20 minutes for a start.

lostinnappies

I gave up twice before while pregnant, nine months of no fags. I never had a problem with sleep then, but i guess my body was doing other things lol. Support on giving up smoking board is great.

Chad ghostal

Caoimhín wrote: »

I did indeed have that problem.

I solved it by exercising more during the day. Try jogging for 20 minutes for a start.

+1 this was the only thing that worked for me.. tried camomile tea + other sleep aiding teas, but they all ended up giving me horrible nightmares..which were just as bad as the insomnia.

good luck OP

kmick

It stops after a few weeks - try 'rescue remedy' for a short term solution.

Terpsichore

I don't know if that could help (Please ask your doctor first!), but you might want to try melatonin. It's a dietary supplement that you can find in health shops. I use it - very scarcely!- when I travel long haul, to help regulate my sleep patern if jet lag is involved.

That's what Wikipedia says of it:
"The use of melatonin as a drug can entrain (synchronize) the circadian clock to environmental cycles and can have beneficial effects for treatment of certain insomnias."

Of course, to be taken in moderation and of course, take your doctor's point of view before hand! And of course, if kids are involved: not the best as it will really knock you down!

Physical excercise (walking, swiming) should really help you too, first to flush out toxines (drink plenty of water while excercising) and second to tire you in a healthy way.

All the best in your battle. You're doing wonderfully well.

lostinnappies

Thanks Terp,

Insomnia has now passed, but still much ligher sleeper then I was before.... I wake up when my 1 year old snors in the next room lol (he's not that loud)

the GALL

As an ex smoker (off them a few months), I can relate to your insomnia lying in bed for hours tossing and turning for 2/3 weeks it was a killer. There was one weekend I think I got maybe 10 hours sleep (fri to mon), I looked into the causes and couldn't find a reason(which satisfied me), so I came up with my own, It was my body getting all the oxygen that it wasn't getting when I was smoking. So I put that into context and realised that I was nearly free , I just had the mental addiction to contend with. When this stage of repair is over you'll sleep better and then it's on to the mental addiction, YOU WILL BEAT THAT, you've sown the seed of freedom by making a concious decision to quit.
Stay focused your nearly there.
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