Champix day 3
Hi everyone. I am on day 3 of champix and so far so good. I have smoked for 11 years varying from 5-15 smokes a day. This is my second attempt on champix as the first time I couldn't handle the sickness. This time I'm not sure why but the nausea is no where near as bad and I am having the tablet with a meal like a lot of you guys have said and it really works. Today I had one cigarette and I don't think I will have any tomorrow!!!! My only issue is the insomnia! The dreams are crazy and it is taking me so long to wind down at night and I haven't even started the double dose yet! Has anyone got any sleeping tips while on champix and does the insomnia get worse as the tablet increases??Thanks in advance :)
Hi KKP
I haven't taken Champix but was wondering if perhaps you change the time when you take your tablet. I have read some posts here that say one tablet early morning and one then with dinner. If you are having dreams with the one you take from the morning.......eeek I don't know what I can say.....can you cut it in half and only take half?
Hi Goonellabah2,
Thanks for the comment. I have set my alarm for 5am to take the tablet and hopefully fall back to sleep then I will aim to take the other tablet at 4-5pm. I am very sensitive to caffein so I'm thinking this may be the reason!
Hi Eric, I don't plan on cutting the dosage down just differing the timing. Which worked ok this morning. I don't drink tea or coffee as I am sensitive to caffein
I used champix with great success and it is now day 364. I didn't have trouble sleeping but that is probably because I cut sugar and caffeine(Coca Cola) out of my diet around the same time.
I absolutely loved the dreams I was having.
I didn't set a date to quit when starting champix and over the first 2 or 3 weeks my cigarette intake cut down on its own and then I noticed one day I only had 2 so the next day I threw the rest of my ciggies out. Not bad considering I smoked 50 a day for 16 years.
after 2 months on champix I stopped the pill popping and the rest is history.
My advice is don't pressure yourself with a set date, all that will do is stress you out as the date gets closer and we all know that during stressful times we tend to smoke more
Thanks for the comments guy, I appreciate the advice. Day 4 has gone great. It is 3:41pm and I haven't had a smoke yet. I am thinking I just won't bother and that will be it!!? Last night the dreams were insane. I set my alarm for 5am to take the tablet, but woke up at 4am dreaming I had already taken it so I turned my alarm off to go back to sleep only to fully wake to double check what I had done!! So I took it at 4am, which was an okay idea, the nausea wasn't too bad but I didn't get back to sleep until after 5. I am going to take the evening tablet in 20 mins and see if I am able to sleep okay. Thanks again for your advice, I think I will need all the luck I can get for this!