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I always temp’d through the TWW but, honestly, I think it would’ve saved me the stress if I hadn’t! I personally feel like temping is most important to confirm O and after that it can really be hit or miss. So I encourage giving up the temping stress during the TWW! It’s really easy to read into little shifts that, in reality, don’t necessarily mean a positive/negative outcome.

If you're using a program like Fertility Friend, you may want to continue temping at least until FF gives you your ovulation cross-hairs. This will allow FF to better predict future ovulations for you.

Also, if this is your first month off birth control, you might want to temp just to get a better idea of what your cycle looks like. I know seeing that temp drop and knowing AF was hours away was helpful to me, but can be devastating to some.

Another reason to temp is so that you get your CD1 temps (although hopefully you'll get a BFP instead!). If you skip temping for the TWW and then AF shows up in the middle of the day, you will have missed the temps for that day. Although that probably isn't a huge deal in the grand scheme of things.

If you know temping will make you crazy, skip it!

I think you need to keep temping to confirm O-- it could just be a random high temp if it was only 1, if I'm reading your post correctly. I usually temp all the way through anyway, mostly to just not get out of the habit, I guess, but if I'll be away and it will be annoying, I don't always. I also don't get a drop right before my period starts like most people do, so that doesn't help me. Still, especially on your first one, I would chart all the way through the cycle. I think in TCOYF she recommended doing it all the way through for at least 3 cycles before taking short cuts, but that might have been for trying to avoid, actually.
@Adira: Actually, the only time I don't temp is during AF. Since I temp through the TWW, I get the first one, but since the go up and down a lot during those days anyway, I don't bother.

The only reason I keep temping is to remain in the habit of doing it. Plus, I get a temp drop before AF, so I like the warning. But if you've O'd (and it's confirmed by three days of high temps), there's no reason why you can't stop.