If you quit nicotine, did you get mood swings after 2 or 3 months?

2026-05-12 13:45 UTC

I quit for 2 months, many more to go, and while I don't have any cravings, I'm getting pissed at nothing, getting depressed, distro hopping, all in a day. Woke up today extremely pissed off out of nowhere.

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@IWW4@lemmy.zip 2026-05-12 14:51

I don’t remember mood swings. I was a pretty heavy smoker for about 6 years, smoking was one of the ways that I was treating myself very badly. I was self medicating in a lot of bad ways…. I changed my life in a lot of ways at that time. I lost a lot of weight, I quit smoking, I built a routine of working out regularly, I quit smoking pot, I got my shit together in school. There were so many things I was doing better for myself that if I had any mood swings because of the lack of nicotine, that would have been masked by/compensated for by other things.

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@Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 15:03

Sure did, but actually in a good way. Smoked for 20 years, been smoke free for 10. I found quitting smoking was best thing to happen to me. Only thing I found after I stop was I began to eat more.

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@bedwyr@piefed.ca 2026-05-12 15:20

I just quit vaping last fall or so. I had cravings for a week, that gradually became less pronounced. I don’t even think about it now. Quitting kratom was tougher.

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@wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2026-05-13 04:51

I quit smoking over a year ago, but I still chew nicorette. I haven’t had those issues

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@pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 2026-05-12 14:33

yes. but also before quitting nicotine.

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