Day 11 has begun. I anticipate it may be better than the day before.
What I have come to wonder is: maybe I have not been sleeping enough and that is what has made me so crazy these past few days. I do know that the body requires much more sleep as it is detoxing. However, I have gotten between 5 and 6 hours AT THE MOST each night and maybe that is just simply not enough. If the body truly needs 8 hours of sleep to just function day to day, it should need even more to deal with the stress of detoxing. So, maybe I had just pushed myself to the point of exhaustion and that is what led to my crazy feelings of depression and anxiety yesterday.
Last night, I arrived home from work at 7pm. I went straight to bed and immediately fell asleep. I did not wake up again until 8:30 this morning. 13 1/2 hours of sleep.
I am imagining now, that I had just simply pushed myself to the point of exhaustion. And on top of all of that, I was running and doing yoga each day and that was simply expending even more energy, depleting my body even more.
Today, I am feeling much better after my long siesta. I did 45 minutes of aerobics this morning. I plan to get up early to run again tomorrow morning, so I just need to make sure to get enough sleep to deal with the extra activity on top of the ongoing detox.
So far, there have been no cravings for cigarettes today. Everyday, I find that I can breathe a little more deeply.
Updates will follow.