Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)
Abrupt Quit, Detailed Symptom List: A Two-Week Report
After 15 years of smoking and one earlier gradual quit, a community member reports the full symptom list two weeks into an abrupt quit: heart palpitations, mid-sternum pain, easily startled sleep with racing heart, bigger appetite, irritability, drowsiness, dizziness, and stomach bloating.
Experience snapshot
- Recovery day
- Day 14
- Recovery stage
- First Two Weeks
- Quit method
- Cold Turkey, Gradual reduction (previous attempt)
- Years smoking
- 15 years
- Cigarettes per day
- Not reported
- Quit attempt number
- Not reported
- Age group
- Not reported
- Gender
- Not reported
Main challenge
Heart palpitations, Shortness of breath, Chest-area pain (mid-sternum), Falling asleep easily but waking with a racing heart, Increased appetite, Irritability, Drowsiness, Dizziness, Stomach bloating, Belching
Reported outcome
Still smoke-free at two weeks.
Evidence status
This is a single community report (community-report). It describes one person's experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence.
This page summarizes a community-reported personal experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence. Identifying details have been removed.