MY CHAMPIX SIDE EFFECTS
I am currently on my 18th day of taking Champix and also my 6th day with out a cigarette. The withdrawals are not too bad, but it's my mood and emotions are all over the place! ive been having weird dreams,which is keeping me up during the night. I've been angry, aggressive, short tempered and just want to rip someones face off!! Which is not the way i usually feel. My poor fiance has been so supportive through this. and keeps reminding me of why i'm quitting. ( We are going to start a family at the end of this year and want to be fully of the smokes before we even try). I'm also doing the Michelle Bridges 12 week body challenge (which i thought would be a good distraction from not smoking) but now as well as not being able to have a smoke, i cant have fat,butter or sugary things and most importantly CAFFEINE! So for the past 5 days all i have been doing is going straight from work to gym and then straight from gym to bed as well as feeling lethargic and tired... so so tired all the time... then angry... then tired again. All i keep thinking its all worth it in the end, has anyone else had these symptoms?
I did champix on my last quit attempt and I left my husband and two children and moved in with my mother for two weeks, until my mother said Its time to go home. I was a mess in terms of my mood and emotional wellbeing. This time Im doing patches, whilst there is some AGRHHHH days , it is nothing like champix. I also have made a conscious effort to take the pressure off and not try and do 50 things everyday, I have been looking for relaxing activities. This whole journey is about incorporating NEW HABITS in your day and evaluating where you are at and what NEW Direction you would like to go in. Then taking the time to slowly research a new path and start moving in a new direction. When you feel like a dart,use that time to jump on google to look up something you would like to do, or read or relax. Take the pressure OFF IT HAS REALLY WORKED FOR ME. This journey is one day at a time. Regularly check this website for inspiration,support and a laugh it has helped me immensely. All the very best x
Hi ashbubbles, I'm on day 35 and using Champix. I personally found the nightmares lasted approx 7-8 days, the intense anger ( like nothing I've ever known) 7 days and trouble sleeping is still ongoing. I get very tired through the day when the tablet is wearing off and early in the mornings before I take the morning dose. I'm quite calm now, I'm happy and cruising along. I find that if I miss a tablet (and I have done this accidentally) then I feel horrible, flat and quite depressed. I'm going to wean off them very slowly when the times comes. I personally am finding Champix amazing and couldn't have got this far without it but it does affect everyone differently. I have had friends that it has sent them a little crazy and/or depressed. I'm not angry at all but I have made sure that I have no stress in my life except work.
I'm into Week 2 on Champix and have already cut down my cigarette number from 1 pack a day to maybe 5 or 6 a day but I still have cravings for cigarette from time to time. The side effects I experienced so far are mostly light nausea, dizziness, and difficulty to sleep at night. Other than that I'm fine. I will continue my treatment and hopefully achieve zero cigarette after Week 4! XD
Just an update to my previous post. I had quite smoking on day 21 and stopped taking Champix immediately. The side effects of Champix was getting more noticeable after week 2 in which I almost couldn't sleep at night anymore. I would wake up every hour and havd non-stop dreams when I fall asleep. This was an extremely tiresome experience and affected my daily life to the extent that I developed a bad skin rash in my arms. Luckily I was able to quite smoking after week 3 and as soon as I stopped taking Champix all these dreadful side effects were gone. Hope I will never need to take Champix again in future.
I am on pack 1 end off week 3. 16 days smoke free, still get cravings. Vivid dreams, bad temper, exploded at work a week ago, huge blue last night with my 17 year old son. Do not know what is worse. BTW smoked for 40 years, mostly rollies. Feeling depressed.