Smoking can lead to addiction. Quitting smoking is a kind of self-behavior, which needs to resist both physical discomfort and psychological discomfort. Then, it is normal to have some withdrawal reactions after quitting smoking. Insomnia is a withdrawal reaction, and you may suffer from insomnia after quitting smoking.

When smoking, nicotine directly crosses the blood-brain barrier and combines with nerve receptors in the brain that control self-discipline, resulting in dopamine. Dopamine is a stimulant, which can enhance people's consciousness and vigilance. After long-term smoking, the brain habitually secretes dopamine, but the body has just quit smoking, and the secretion of hormones has not been properly regulated, so insomnia will occur.

Insomnia usually occurs on the second or third day after quitting smoking.

Once people who quit smoking lose sleep, nicotine metabolism in the body is completed in a day or so. The body can't adapt to this weak nerve stimulation for a while, and dopamine will be secreted again in the body, leading to nervousness and insomnia.

The time of insomnia after quitting smoking is uncertain, generally depending on the adaptation of different individuals. Some people may not suffer from insomnia for a week or so, and some people may need a long time to get used to it, gradually increase their sleep time and reduce the number of insomnia.

After quitting smoking, you can spend money on sleeping. You can take a hot bath, let your spouse or masseur massage, relax your muscles, drink a cup of herbal tea or hot milk that will help you sleep, listen to some soothing and soft music, relax yourself and help you fall asleep. Try not to drink coffee and wine in the meantime.

Extended data:

Smoking is addictive, called tobacco dependence.

Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease. The international classification code of diseases (ICD- 10) is F 17.2, which has its corresponding clinical diagnostic criteria.

Nicotine is the main substance that causes tobacco dependence in tobacco, and its pharmacological and behavioral processes are similar to other addictive substances, such as heroin and cocaine.

Once tobacco addicts stop smoking, they may have a series of withdrawal symptoms such as craving, anxiety, depression and headache. At the same time, tobacco dependence has a high recurrence rate, and its treatment often requires the assistance of professionals and scientific methods.

A lot of research evidence shows that quitting smoking can reduce or eliminate the health hazards caused by smoking. People of any age can benefit from quitting smoking. The earlier and longer it lasts, the greater the health benefits. At present, there are effective treatment methods to significantly improve the long-term smoking cessation rate, including short-term advice, drug treatment, smoking cessation consultation, smoking cessation hotline and so on.

For smokers who are not addicted or have a low degree of tobacco dependence, they can quit smoking through persistent efforts, but often need to give short suggestions to stimulate their motivation to quit smoking; For people who are highly dependent on tobacco, it is often necessary to give stronger intervention to quit smoking in order to finally quit smoking successfully.

Studies have shown that the average proportion of smokers who have not received treatment is about 2% every year, and short advice from clinicians will increase the number of people who quit smoking for six months or more by 2%.

In May, 2008, the US Department of Health issued a new version of the clinical practice guidelines for tobacco use and dependence treatment based on more than 8,000 references.

The guideline recommended seven first-line clinical smoking cessation drugs that can effectively increase the long-term smoking cessation effect, including five nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) smoking cessation drugs (nicotine chewing gum, nicotine inhalant, nicotine buccal tablet, nicotine nasal spray and nicotine patch) and two non-nicotine smoking cessation drugs (varNiklan tartrate tablets and bupropion hydrochloride sustained-release tablets).

The guidelines also recommend clonidine and nortriptyline, two second-line smoking cessation drugs, which are rarely used in clinic at present.

At present, China has approved the use of smoking cessation drugs are:

1. Prescription drugs: ValNiklan (ValNiklan tartrate tablets) and bupropion hydrochloride.

2. Over-the-counter drugs: nicotine patch and nicotine gum.

The deeper the smoker is, the more likely he is to have discomfort such as fatigue, tension and insomnia after quitting smoking. After quitting smoking 1-2 weeks, these conditions gradually disappeared. The following measures will help to cope with the reaction of quitting smoking:

Tired: Take a nap and give yourself more sleep time.

Nervousness: Take a walk, take a hot bath and do something to relax your nerves.

Headache: lie down and take a deep breath, take a hot bath or soak in a hot bath.

Grumpy: Tell people around you that you are quitting smoking. If you have a bad temper these days, ask them to calm down.

Insomnia: Avoid eating irritating food (such as strong tea and spicy food) after 6 pm, do some gymnastics in the afternoon or evening, and do something to relax your nerves before going to bed.

Hunger: drink some water or low-calorie drinks; Prepare some healthy snacks.

Dizziness: Be careful when changing positions, and move slowly.

Stomach pain: Drink more liquids and add fiber-containing foods (such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains) to your daily diet.

Weight gain: You can control your weight by eating more healthy food and maintaining various daily activities and exercises.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Quitting Smoking (Medical Terminology)

References:

People's Network-Want to quit smoking? This "Quit Smoking Book" can help you.