Tips for Champix!
After smoking for over 20 years I decided to quit for good this time as I could never cut down & it was always I will quit after I finish this packet - which never happened. I have tried patches which didn't work for me. I went to the doctors & got Champix & was warned about the side effects.I got nauseous from the first tablet & I was taking the 0.5 tablet,this happened to me 3 weeks in a row & I started losing momentum so I went back to the doctors & got the 1 milligram champix as I would never quit if I kept trying with the 0.5ml champix.
This time I also bought an electronic cigarette, the ones that screw together,tobacco flavoured & Australian made called Aussie Blue (I found these are the closest thing to a real cigarette & you don't have to charge them up & put the flavour into them etc}At $10 they are cheap & last the same amount of time as a packet of cigarettes.
I also would eat a piece of cheese or have some yoghurt & have some milk to line my stomach before I took the Champix & also bought Nausil tablets [not on script}from the chemist & it has certainly made a difference.I don't get sick at all now after taking Champix, I do get the weird dreams [like walking down the street with 2 penguins!!} but I don't have any actual cravings as such & have been cigarette free now for 6 weeks now. Sometimes when I did want to smoke so I would use my fake cigarette - these are weird, you blow out blue smoke but they taste ok & don't have real nicotine in them but they seem to give you something to do with your hands & I found them at the local chemist. I know if I didn't get onto Champix there is no way I would have been able to stop smoking.I can't believe I have stopped myself & now I can walk past the cigarette counter & not hesitate where before I would be over there before I left the shops to buy cigarettes I have been offered cigarettes & I am not even tempted to have any which is something I would not have believed I could have done before. One good thing I noticed with Champix was when I still smoking & I went on Champix it made the cigarettes not taste as nice, they seemed quite bland which apparently Champix does to help you stop smoking & it really worked for me.I am so confident that I will not start smoking again & especially since I didn't realise how much money I was spending on cigarettes, its nice to now how money left over every week for a change. Hopefully this will help someone else with quitting.