Nicotine withdrawal is the most difficult part of quitting smoking and this is something that can cause the mental and physical discomforts of quitting. These discomforts can be anxiety, depression irritability and other symptoms that affect the mind, but there can also be physical affects felt when quitting smoking. The physical affects can be tiredness, insomnia, nausea, gas, constipation and headaches. There is no way to completely avoid nicotine urges, but there are ways to make them tolerable while quitting smoking for the first seven days when they will be the worst.
There are some natural, herbal and prescription treatments that can be used to lessen the affects of nicotine withdrawal. The medical ways of dealing with this addiction is with gums, patches, nasal sprays and prescription medications such as Vareniclien and Bupropion which can lessen the cravings of nicotine.
Using natural ways to deal with nicotine urges is also possible, with the use of herbs and vitamins, but the urge lasts between three and five minutes and then subsides until the next urge. The use of some vitamins helps to push the toxic levels of nicotine from the body and there are some herbals that can be used to deal with some of the effects of nicotine withdrawal like insomnia, nausea and other symptoms. |