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Are Chest Tightness, Breathing Difficulty And Nausea Normal When Quitting Cold Turkey?
I quit smoking a week ago. Cold turkey after smoking almost two years, a pack a day, nearly. I've felt tightness in my chest, only at night, while having a harder time breathing at night, and sometimes feel nauseous. It's also been causing my anxiety to flare up really bad. Is this normal? Will it go away?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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cannot say in your particular case. A LOT of symptoms can occur with cold turkey. AND difficulty breathing while lying down at night is a classic heart failure symptom that is quite serious. And a classic sign of (not very serious) anxiety. Cannot say.
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