Giving Up Smoking: Battling Withdrawal Symptoms | BB Articles

The first two weeks after giving up smoking are very taxing and demanding but it is the most crucial period in smoking cessation. Quitters are known and expected to be extremely irritable, frustrated and experience a lot of mood swings at this stage. This is caused by tension brought from the inability to maintain the body’s nicotine levels. Smokers may also undergo a series of anxiety and depression attacks, restlessness, insomnia, lack of concentration and boredom since the body is still adjusting to the lack of constant stimulation that nicotine brings.Giving Up Smoking: Battling Withdrawal Symptoms | BB Articles