day 4
today is day 4 and i am struggling a lot today.I wonder if i will ever enjoy my life as a non smoker.I dont know if the champix is making me feel like this or if its a withdrawal thing.The champix is good but the side affects are almost constant nausea,feeling shaky lack of appetite headache and lack of motivation,teary,andd irritable.I desperately want to stay on the drug cause I need the help it gives me to get off the smokes for good.So i rang the quitline for help and support.What a load of crap that line is!I got some rude bitch and then another who was too busy to help!All I wanted was some support from the place that professes to help people like me.Can anyone tell me if they have had similar symptoms?
Hi Alanic,
I'm on Champix at the moment, and I have the horrible side effects. I spoke to my doctor and he suggested I drop down on my dose so I'm only taking half a tablet morning and evening. Try taking it after food and leave a few bites to have after you take the tablet. It helps absorb it a little better so I get the hit of nausea and 5 minutes later it passes. My husband feels worse on it in the evening so he takes a full tablet in the morning and half in the evening.
The 1mg is a dose for most people, but some can't handle it and it can be adjusted.
As soon as I went to half I felt better. I could eat, I could drive, I could think.
If the side effects are really that bad, see your doctor and tell them you don't want to get off it but still want to keep taking it.
Stick with it...
Hi everyone, thanks for your comments, esp icyprincess. I have cut back to half a tablet morning and night and am feeling 100% better. I am day 7 smoke free today and much more "human"