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Suggest Treatment Headache And Dizziness After Quit Smoking

Same as below. Stopped smoking 27 days ago cold turkey and I m the last week to 10 days nausea, headaches and dizziness have stuck around. Wasn t so bad week 1 or week 2 much worse week 3 entering week 4. My doc says anxiety is probably playing a roll and this can sometimes persist for up to 6 weeks. Trouble sleeping through the night also. Sound normal to you. Thanks doe taking the time.
Mon, 22 Jun 2015
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Cannot say in your particular case. Nicotine goes out of the system in the time between cigarettes. All breakdown products decrease by 50% each 17 hrs. Changes from withdrawal from nicotine in the nervous system begin at the time of craving. Peaks at 2 to 5 days. and All signs of nicotine addiction would be going away completely by 2 to 4 weeks. Psychological issues can last indefinitely; certainly one month after quitting but even longer than that. For as long as one thinks about cigarettes. A long time.

Of course many people who have quit cigarettes have other health issues like traffic accidents, gunshot wounds, lightning strikes that are not clearly related to cigarettes. These often occur a long time after quitting.

Some people might say to me that their dog bite three years after being off cigarettes was due to the withdrawal but personally, I would have a bias towards it having to be closely related to the time of quitting.
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Suggest Treatment Headache And Dizziness After Quit Smoking

Cannot say in your particular case. Nicotine goes out of the system in the time between cigarettes. All breakdown products decrease by 50% each 17 hrs. Changes from withdrawal from nicotine in the nervous system begin at the time of craving. Peaks at 2 to 5 days. and All signs of nicotine addiction would be going away completely by 2 to 4 weeks. Psychological issues can last indefinitely; certainly one month after quitting but even longer than that. For as long as one thinks about cigarettes. A long time. Of course many people who have quit cigarettes have other health issues like traffic accidents, gunshot wounds, lightning strikes that are not clearly related to cigarettes. These often occur a long time after quitting. Some people might say to me that their dog bite three years after being off cigarettes was due to the withdrawal but personally, I would have a bias towards it having to be closely related to the time of quitting.