What Are The Side Effects Of Quitting Smoking?

One of the hardest and the most common addictions in the world is without a doubt smoking.  The biggest obstacle in quitting smoking is the nicotine addiction.

Nicotine bonds with several receptors in your brain, which causes an addiction with withdrawal symptoms.  Hence when you quit smoking, there will be several side effects that are caused by nicotine withdrawal.  However, you can prepare yourself for these side effects by knowing about them and combating them with natural products or with anti smoking products.

One most common side effects of quitting smoking is definitely aggressiveness and nervousness caused by nicotine addiction. 

Thus the most common symptoms are anxiety, irritation, confusion and depression.  In some cases of heavy smokers (especially in women smokers), there have been cases of crying and extreme bouts of sadness attacks due heavy withdrawals symptoms from Nicotine. 

Another important side effect is definitely insomnia.  In approximately %20 of the smokers, they will lose more than 3 hours of sleep in the first 4 weeks of quitting smoking.  In most of the cases, irritation, depression and insomnia will be present together as withdrawal symptoms. 

However, perhaps the most common side effect of quitting smoking is definitely weight gain due to increased appetite.  In almost over %80 of the cases, smokers who quit find an irresistible urge to eat more.

Thus this increased appetite to eat (especially sweet snacks) will cause smokers to gain more than 10 pounds in the first 3-4 weeks of quitting smoking.  Of course, some people may experience all the side effects mentioned above all at once.  However, by using nicotine patches, nicotine gums and anti smoking pills you can reduce these side effects of quitting smoking considerably. 

Of course, you should also watch your diet if possible in order to control your weight gain after you quit smoking.