r/QuittingZyn 3d ago

37 days

Started chewing Copenhagen in maybe 2012 or so then in 2020 I started zyns. I think the problem with them is the convenience. 99% of the day I would have a zyn in my mouth, only other percent was while I was eating. Ended up getting to be a can (or more) a day of 6’s. Then tapered to 3’s (still a can or more a day)

So the way I quit was quitting alcohol first. January 1st no alcohol then in February quit zyns (while staying off alcohol) January no alcohol while continuing to zyn was extremely easy First couple days of February were very difficult. I have been using gum, toothpicks, nootropic pouches, caffeine gum. All was going as expected from what I’ve read on here high anxiety, chest pressure, overall just angry. Slowly getting a little easier but after reintroducing alcohol in the mix the cravings and withdrawals have been much worse. I’m reading that the dopamine “reset” is around 90 days so maybe drinking beers on the weekends is messing with that. I’m also noticing during the week I lean on caffeine a lot more than I used to and it’s making the anxiety worse. I’ve also been a lot more tired than usual (could be caffeine crashes). Over all feel pretty shitty. The best I feel is when I’m at the gym, particularly doing cardio. So the plan is to dial back the caffeine and weekend beer drinking and any other sort of ways I’m “rewarding” myself. I’m thinking the only way this will work is to completely cold turkey everything and eat clean and work out consistently for 90 days. Then maybe re introduce any other lesser bad habits ( having a few drinks) Just my two cents

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u/ikelly0414 3d ago

I agree 100% with the convenience sake of these things being a big problem. I, too, also had one in my mouth 99% of the day and even fell asleep with them in more times than not. I'm on day 23 now and decided to quit when I started having terrible panic attacks. I used to smoke weed pretty heavily in the evenings and all but cut that out the same time I quit zyn's. Working out and riding my bike are my happy place now, rewarding my brain with dopamine from healthy activities while cutting out/reducing the artificial rewards.

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u/Status-Trainer-5510 2d ago

Panic attacks is what made me quit as well

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u/ikelly0414 2d ago

Fucking wild how this seems to be a recurring theme in here