Hi my name's Michelle. I haven't formally introduced myself yet (will do that in the appropriate place tomorrow). I'm on day 6 of my quit.

For days one, two and most of day three when I had a crave I'd look at the clock to time the three minutes. As soon as I looked at the clock, the craving would go. It would last about 5 seconds.

On the evening of day three, I had a craving episode that lasted two hours. Looking at the clock didn't help, drinking water didn't help-it felt like nothing was working. I came on here and did some reading and listening and it started to die out.

It felt like a craving but I (mostly) didn't want to smoke. I never felt like I'd go out and buy some cigarettes. However, the physical/psychological sensations were very unpleasant.

I had an episode like this on the morning of day four and I'm having one right now (it's dying down now, actually). It feels like the blood has rushed to and is rushing around my brain. I feel kind of light-headed and tingly. It feels almost like the physical symptoms of anxiety.

I am wondering why my recovery is getting worse. Maybe it's not getting worse; the first two days I was obsessing far more about cigarettes, but the craves were far more manageable. Now, they are less frequent, but really powerful. I don't really know which is worse. I kind of dread these happening as the physical feeling is so weird. I know it won't harm me, but I still don't like them.

Are these even craving episodes? Could they be linked to my brain receiving more oxygen? I know people aren't allowed to post medical advice on here, but I'd just like to know if anyone else is going through/has gone through this.

Thanks, Michelle