Dumb question: When someone quits smoking cold turkey, about how long does it take for the nicotine withdrawal symptoms (esp. irritability) to set in and subside?

Set in? About as long as the person usually goes between cigarettes. Subside? God only knows. I think "they" say four days or a week or something.

Anne - that really depends on the person and how much they smoked. I quit cold turkey and probably was at my most irritable two days in for about 2-3 days, but I was mostly a social smoker and probably only averaged 1/3 pack a day when I quit.

Consumption is a good one. But my all-time favorite old illness is the screaming shits.

Thanks for the input. (Goes back to writing, w/ some reasonable sounding info in hand.)

I am choosing my quitting outfit! hee. I thought I would quit today, so I had worn one of my favorite dresses. I think tomorrow I will wear a new skirt with lots of embroidery on it - and a bright pink tee and a white cardigan. oh and white slides. also? an imaginary tiara.

in my head I will finish every sentence with "eat it!" hee.

Anne, physical withdrawal symptoms are supposed to be largely over withing a few days- for me, irritability was more mental than physical, though.

in my head I will finish every sentence with "eat it!" hee.

You really must. Possibly while wearing a real tiara.

::savors this image::

Maybe just put on the tiara for the actual quitting.

For an old-fashioned illness, you really can't beat dropsy.

Go you with the quitting, msbelle!

don't actually own a tiara, just imaginary.

also? I am gonna go bake a cake. Have a great night everybody who is gone before I check back in.

Consumption is a good one. But my all-time favorite old illness is the screaming shits.

I'm fond of the mean reds, myself. It's a good, all-purpose, all-encompassing diagnosis.