Question's on Champix

Hello Costa,

Well done on four days. When I took the Champix I set my quit date for day 14. My experience in the first week I continued to smoke as normal. By the time you are on two tablets a day you are in the second week it feels different, I started to dream odd dreams. Had the nausea for an hour after taking the tablets. When I would light a smoke,it sometimes felt sickly smoking. I got absolutely no enjoyment from it anymore. I found I'd light up and let most of it burn down. The closest I can get to describing it is , if you have ever had a night out where you smoked alot,to the point where you are totally burnt out, and cannot smoke anymore that is what most smokes were like for me on the second week. I also could not sit near people smoking it made me sick to my stomach, felt like choking. By day ten on the Champix my relationship to smoking had dramatically changed I couldn't believe the lack of enjoyment smoking gave me. They did a right job on me. So I stopped smoking at day 13, there was just no point prolonging it. That was it after that just did not smoke anymore, I wanted to be smoke free. That was my whole reason for going the Champix route, it was my first time to quit and knew I needed something powerful. I responded well do them, they created a negative association. I actually looked forward to the new beginning. I cleaned the place up and loved the look of no dirty ashtrays around, felt cleaner and fresh. I was emotional also I guess just felt vulnerable, and proud that I followed through on it, but scared also the unknown, being an adult for the first time without a crutch. I had forgotten to take the champix two mornings in the third and fourth week, went to work without them. I felt my guard was up more, but I did have cravings, of one more thoughts niggling in my head very powerful,there were intense, but did not give in. I started to notice everyone smoking on the street,it was mad. I found the nausea continued after taking Champix, I personally could not stick another month, I just wanted to focus on not smoking, not taking tablets that made me sick. Anyway's I dropped the Champix after the first month. I found because of that and a mixture of quitting, the second month I was all over the shop, emotional coming off Champix early, and quitting in week 3 at that stage it hit me with a bang. I was grieving a loss felt sad alot, but feeling determined to continue, releasing loads of emotions , I think it was a healing , and a positive. I never thought I'd be smoke free, I was heavily addicted, dedicated, had all the justifications for why I smoked. If I can do it anyone can. Life is better now, I am 5 months free no looking back, you get thoughts now and then but that's just remembering. If you as a person want to stop you will do it. One day at a time. The biggest thing I learned was that there is no such thing as having one more smoke, that last one to enjoy, does not exist, I never went back to check, because I know its all in the head. I know it's a negative behaviour, that is harming me. That's my experience quit everyone is different, and responds to withdrawal differently. If you wanna stop , you will, trust in your ability , shoulders back, be strong, doubts are normal but do not give into them. Keep going Costas, it is worth it, the benefits totally out weight the negatives. I have more money, I have better mood, I sleep better,better skin, stronger mindset, understand myself better. Most importantly I can breathe, the very basic thing of living is breathing and that is deeper and better. I feel alive and not controlled anymore by a false idea that inhaling trash will make me feel okay or get me through a day.

Believe in yourself .. stay strong , keep posting.

Hi costas, took me and my husband 14 days

of champix before we stopped.As converse said the cigs just start tasting bad and you lose all enjoyment. Set a date to stop and go from there. You'll be good

I'm on my day 9 and I was wondering the same thing but tonight I had a cigarette and felt like throwing it out really not enjoying it , thank god it's funny how champex works it just does , hang in there