Apparently, in smoking cessation, there is a well-used term: the icky-threes. The worst points in quitting are 3 days, 3 weeks, and 3 months. I didn't think much of it until I got to this point and started having different and new problems. I'm more emotional. I have joint pain, and now, all of a sudden, I have trouble sleeping through the night without waking. Then I thought about it. I'm at the second "three". My third day was also my worst, so maybe there really is something to it. If so, there should be some sort of involved study of the whole phenomenon.
We're talking really smart scientist-types. If I were a trained research psychologist or neuro-scientist, I would SO be all over it. I have a feeling there's a Nobel lurking in this mess.
Alas, I am neither of those things and must stick to suffering through the mystery rather than profiting from it. **sigh**
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