quitting smoking=insomnia, anxiety?

Posted By ellen on August 05, 1999 at 14:29:34
I've been a pack-a-day smoker for the last 13 years (i'm now 30). I've always been in pretty good health, although I do occasionally have anxiety attacks.  I've attempted quitting smoking a few times and always go back, however, I have cut down to two cigarettes a day in the last week.  Since then, I have been having trouble sleeping, I'm coughing or clearning my throat what seems like continously, I feel like I can't catch my breath, have some chest pain and it's all making me so nervous that I feel like I'm constantly on the brink of an anxiety attack.  Is this normal?  I've heard that initially when you quit or radically cut back on smoking, you experience some discomfort--is that all this is?  Before the cut back, I felt fine.
Thanks for your time.










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