Day 11 and counting, but having difficulties
Hey all,
First of all, thank you all for these posts, they have helped me tremendously in these past few days.
Looking for some advice. I'm currently at the end of day 11, quitting cold turkey. I decided to make another attempt to quit after some failures with NRT. I planned to quit during my vacation at home, because even with the NRT, I felt extremely tired. Day 1-4 I just spend in bed, sleeping and trying to survive the cravings. But I succeeded with some strong willpower and positive mindset.
After day 4, I kinda felt 'reborn', realizing I could actually pull it off this time and finally maybe live nicotine free. So I kinda thought that the next few days would be a walk in the park because how good I felt after day 4.
However, the past few days have been absolute horror. I have no idea what is happening, but all the good mood and positive mindset seems to have faded. Energy levels are plummeting, I'm super exhausted, I'm normally a joyous person, but I feel like all happiness has faded away all of a sudden.
I read that it may take a while for my brain to be able to live without the nicotine and fix the endorphine 'stuff', but I wasn't ready to fall into this deep of a hole all of sudden. I have been mentally in a dark place before, and I really don't want to go there again.
I'm considering putting on a nicotine patch or taking a nicotine mint, but then I'm afraid I'll totally reset my entire progress from the past 11 days. I also also realize that vaping won't make me happy either...
Any advice? Just power through?