quit smoking weird effects!

Erm.. Go to the doctors? When I quit smoking I didn't get this.

I've had that feeling before, but it was post nasal drip. I'm not sure if your problem is from quitting smoking or not, if it's bothering you badly and hasn't gone away you should probably see your doctor.

Sounds more like acid reflux then a side effect of not smoking. I always felt like I had a lump in my throat and eating seemed to help a little. It was weird and it turned out to be silent acid reflux.

The strangest thing I noticed after I quit smoking was that I coughed more! About a month after I quit I was constantly coughing, it was annoying and finally went away after another few months. I thought quitting would make me not cough as much! lol

Good luck with quitting, it's not easy!

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Of course call your doc, but I think it could be from swelling tissues from the release of toxins (I know, not this board's favorite term.)

I think you don´t need to worry too much. It is more than probably mucus, from yor throat or from your lungs. Tobacco, smoke, avoids your lungs to geet properly "self-cleaned", as the tissues has their own slight movement that rejects mucus out of your lungs and bronchi, and this kind-of-movement is slow or absolutely abolished by the effect of the smoke you have been inhaling for... years?
Now you don´t smoke, your lungs needs deep cleaning and feel able to do it, being smoke-free. You will be releasing mucus for weeks or months. This is why most of ex-smokers say they feel worse now that they don´t smoke than when they were smoking before. This is nasty, because you feel them all the time in your throat or up and down your trachea, and they make food taste funny (LOL well not that fun!). But think about the best decision you could make for your health, even better than losing weight.
I allow myself to tell you this all because I am a doctor, a family physician, and I see this in a daily basis. I just don´t want you to worry too much, let some few days pass and see how you feel. Go toy our doctor whether you think you would worry too much, he/she will congratulate you for your good decision and will encourage your strong will and determination.
Go go go! We can do this. I am quitting smoking net week too. As soon as I reach my weight goal, as I quitted few months ago and gained like 11 pounds, now my goal is 6 pounds under so I don´t stress too much about getting fat again. Maybe we could befriend here and help each other!

My first thought was mucus too...I wouldn't worry about it too much. But go to the docs just to be sure.

No one can really tell you how long it will last though.

I got that too when I quit about 3 weeks ago. Your body may do a number of weird things from the withdrawals, but the benefits of quitting are awesome! The first three days sucked for me though. All I did was lock myself in the house and eat, sleep, exercise and crave cigarettes all freaking day. It was neverending! lol, it gets better though. Good luck!

I quit smoking 6 years ago and all I got was the move vivid nightmares ever!

Congratulations on quitting smoking! As of 7/31/13, I will have quit smoking for 3 years. I agree with others, that I felt horrible for about a week or two after I quit. The physical addiction eased after about 2 weeks. The hardest part for me quitting smoking was the mental part. Smoking was such a habit! I had to remind myself in the morning that I quit smoking. I would mentally crave that cigarette in the morning, or when I drove, or after dinner, or when I was on the phone, etc. I was a pack a day smoker for over 25 years, and I can tell you it ruled my life. I was always planning that next cigarette. Once I got past the mental part of smoking, I have never looked back and never really wanted a cigarette again. (Took about a year for me.)

Good luck to you! If I can do it, you can.