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By Kaza67
schedule 19 Jan 2015

hi i started on champix yesterday and i havent set my date to stop yet,my urge to go and light up is not as often as it normally was.Is this the champix working on me or is it just in my head,idid feel a bit strange in myself about hours after  tang my 1st one,can anyone help me please

schedule 20 Jan 2015

Hi Kaza, i don't know a lot about champix but i believe that is how the drug works. It effects the same sensors in your brain that are triggered when you fire up a cancer stick. Good luck and let me know when you set your quit date.

By Kaza67
schedule 21 Jan 2015

Thanks addicted canada,i think sometime after my 2nd week on champix i will be setting my quit day.Thanks again for your advice.

By Tommo
schedule 21 Jan 2015

Hi kaza. I am on champix as well. I started at the beginning of december and after about a week I stopped buying smokes but must admit I did have a few a day with friends at work or when out. Them on New Year's Day I quit and have not had a cigarette since. I am finding I don't get the urge to smoke very often now and I have been out with friends smoking and I just don't do it. As far as side effects go I have noticed I get a dry mouth sometimes and I dint sleep as well as I used to. Neither of these are bad enough to worry me and a small price to give up. There can be worse side effects though so you need to keep an eye on how you feel.

Sorry long message but good luck. Set a realistic date soon then stick to it. If I can you can.

Cheers. Tommo.

By Kaza67
schedule 22 Jan 2015

hi tommo ...1st of all well done+congratulation's on quitting.im the same right now surrounded by smokers and im stil having between 3/4 fags aday,i gave up 2 yrs ago for 18 weeks on the patches.Im on 2 champix aday now its day 5 im just woundering if the blue tablets in my 2nd week are alot more stronger? Thankyou so much for the comment this site is really helping me on my journey to finally quit once+forall.Thanks.

By Tommo
schedule 22 Jan 2015

Kaza the blue tablets are stronger but to be honest I didn't notice any difference. Once on the blue ones you are supposed to quit sometime in this week.

I think for me setting an actual date and focusing on that helped. Good luck you can do it.