Blinkers wrote:I thought it would be good to have a thread where people detail their stages of PAWS they experienced.
So far for me
Initial Detox= 2 weeks
At 2weeks= Felt a million bucks for a few days
2 weeks on slipped into chronic PAWs.
2 months. Slowly started to improve very gradually.
4 months where the waves began
Waves (Ive had two so far going 4-6 weeks).
Symptoms gradually get worse over 4-5 weeks until bed debilitatingly painful. Then suddenly wake up and Im feeling fine for a few weeks before the next wave starts
Im at 7 months now. Smoked for 15 years
Hi Mate,
I've smoked for 12+ years and daily for most of those years and i've stopped smoking 5 months ago.
I've kind identified 2 types of waves - the small ones when can last 10 minutes up to a few hours but they don't affect as much. And the big waves which for me it's anxiety to the highest level, the fear like something bad is constantly going to happen, intrusive thoughts that feel real. But thankfully the wave only seem to last a week - however this particular wave feels like the first couple of months which is not ideal and very scary for me. I think it was the best few weeks i've had since it all started so probably why this wave has really taking me by surprise and killed my optimism.
Just need to keep going and get past this !