Depression Recovery

Question:

You don’t want to smoke???  You should be really happy! I’m sorry I don’t have any advice for you Laurie… Just a shoulder to cry on. It’s Ok… it’s ok…. it’s ok…   there-there    :-) You’re gonna be alright! > I don’t know, but I just feel sad.  I > don’t even want to smoke or eat or anything.  Thanks for listening, > sorry for whining. > Laurie > One month, 13 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. 611 cigarettes not > smoked, saving $224.45. Life saved: 2 days, 2 hours, 55 minutes.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am having a very difficult time at work because of my brain > apparently being somewhere else, (probably somewhere that is air > conditioned) I am making so many mistakes at work that my job may be > in danger.  It’s not like newbie brain fog, I feel like I am all > there, but evidence proves otherwise.  Has this happened to anyone > else?  When does your brain come back? > In addition to this or perhaps because of it, I am having the worst > day since Days 1, 2, and 3.  I have spent most of the day crying. > Maybe the heat is getting to me, I don’t know, but I just feel sad.  I > don’t even want to smoke or eat or anything.  Thanks for listening, > sorry for whining. > Laurie > One month, 13 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. 611 cigarettes not > smoked, saving $224.45. Life saved: 2 days, 2 hours, 55 minutes.

I am at 4 weeks tonight, and I still get kind of silly here and there.  Just kind of floaty/spacy feeling and not quite thinking straight.  Strange enough to where I feel I have to apologize/explain it.  I have had some really cry-a-lot days too (if you’ve read my posts).  It seems to come and go.  I have had a couple really good days now, but the couple days before that were just down in the dirt.  Hang in there, your body is still adjusting! With hope and heart, Kathleen

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> I am having a very difficult time at work because of my brain > apparently being somewhere else, (probably somewhere that is air > conditioned) I am making so many mistakes at work that my job may be > in danger.  It’s not like newbie brain fog, I feel like I am all > there, but evidence proves otherwise.  Has this happened to anyone > else?  When does your brain come back?

I’m 6 weeks down and still waiting. > In addition to this or perhaps because of it, I am having the worst > day since Days 1, 2, and 3.  I have spent most of the day crying. > Maybe the heat is getting to me, I don’t know, but I just feel sad.  I > don’t even want to smoke or eat or anything.  Thanks for listening, > sorry for whining.

You’re not alone. I’m feeling exactly the same, cept without the concentrated heat (though it’s been v warm across the pond today for a change). I have lots of other reasons for being blue right now, but missing my old way of life is right there in the mix and close to being top of the list. I know it doesn’t make sense. I know that smoking isn’t going to help (though it’s hard to shake the whispered ‘oh yes it will’ in my ear). I honestly don’t feel like smoking, and I can’t imagine buying a packet. I do think about the upsides — the easier breathing, the sense of taste/smell coming back — but it’s not helping a whole lot. There’s not even much in the way of craving, just a constant nag. It feels like crap. So I definitely sympathise. I’m just trusting the rest of the people in here when they say it gets better. Hang in there. > Laurie > One month, 13 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. 611 cigarettes not > smoked, saving $224.45. Life saved: 2 days, 2 hours, 55 minutes.

Nice meter and congrats on your hard won FMD, btw. Jean One month, one week, six days, 2 hours, 43 minutes and 43 seconds. 862 times I said NO, saving