Quitting with champix
Started taking champix on the 22nd of April 2016, am about to begin on week 4 of the tablets & was still smoking 3 weeks into taking them.
I found taking them during the first week and also smoking wasn't too bad, but by the time I reached week 2 and the milligrams of the tablet jumped from once a day on 0.5mg to now twice a day on 1.0mg i was starting to get very irritable, depressed, angry, moody, hated everyone and just snapped for no reason and everytime i would take the tablet (morning & night) I became very nauseous like I was about to throw up (I explained to some people as very identical to how u feel when u are hungover) this started on about day 2 of week 2 and lasted until about day 2 of week 3 and during that time I really felt sooo sick everytime i had a smoke and it would give me a headache.. but as soon as I reached day 3 on week 3 the nausea passed and I no longer feel sick when I take a tablet and still smoked for 4 days up until day 7 of week 3..
I have only been quit for a day now but for the last few days that I was still smoking on champix it didn't faze me whether I had a smoke or not to be honest, I started cutting down from 20 a day to about 3-5 a day.. I only noticed I smoked alot more still once I did my usual things that tempted a smoke (driving, talking on phone, computer, being social) and it wasn't that I even craved the smoke it was the fact that it was my routine to have a smoke when I was doing these activities..
So to round it all up I do believe champix is Def worth a try but I will have to see how I go over the days/weeks/months to come..
I have quit in the past b4 with nicotine replacement/cold turkey etc and by day 1 I already want to kill people and am so angry and can't handle to cravings but from taking the champix I'm actually doing ok.. having a smoke keeps popping into my head every now and then but to b honest I'm not to fazed if I have one at all.. champix makes the cravings 50,000 times easier to handle.. yes u still wouldn't mind a smoke but it's so.mich easier for the cravings to pass and not bother u while using champix :-)
Will keep updating as time passes as fingers crossed this time will be my final quit attempt that actually sticks!! :-D
I have spoken about stopping smoking and the reasons we smoke its not the smoking that's the problem really its a symptom of things we would rather not deal with.
I knew I would have things to deal with after stopping smoking and for me its been OCD I been very I have to do this and I have to do it this way and I have to have it done by this time, and its not so bad I am getting things done around the place, but I can see how it annoys people and I get annoyed if others cant keep up, so I have to cut the people out in some ways to get things done.
what I am saying is if we can see the thing and deal with it without upsetting others to much :) and learn better to deal with our emotions and even if need be ring someone like lifeline etc.. to let the stuff out and get to our truth so we can deal with it and live smoke free and relatively content, not sure any human being is meant to be happy 24/7 , so contentment really is the goal from what I can see.
and I am not telling you what to do what I am learning is reading what people write helps me wake up and so I share what I am working on in this stop smoking process.
hope you can get to where you would like to be one day at time as we all have hopes of doing.
thanks for being honest it will help others I am very sure.
IC
Keeping it a day at a time - stopped drinking 23 years ago using that method. Just wish the thoughts of ending it all would leave me, i am sure its aside effect from Champix and speaking to my doctor later on - but god its scary.
I believe that everyone has there own triggers to nicotine craving and I have tried everything from patches, sprays, gum, inhalers, e-cigs, and nothing worked until I used Champix. The first time went fine until I started wondering why I had smoked & loved it for 40 yrs, turning 65 this year, so thought I could try 1 cig and no problem. Big mistake! So now, I am trying it again remembering why I am quitting, between my spouse & I it is a $750/mo cost and that is a lot plus we both have respiratory problems and choking & coughing day & night. I stopped doing anything that triggers my craving immediately on the day of my first pill, replacing coffee with tea, juice, lots of fresh water. I also changed my habits from TV watching to doing puzzle games on my computer upstairs. Set my quit for June 15, 2 wks after starting and ended up quitting on the 5th as the smell was awful, as well as the taste. The thing is to never give up, if the first time fails - try again, you are not a failure and are respected & commended for this. Plus, the days that I quit for the 1st time was not wasted as I am sure my lungs got a nice break from that smoke and it is easier the 2nd time around when one has a good reason to make the change & stop. Possibly the hardest addiction to overcome. Three cheers for everyone trying & you will succeed if you make it happen. It does not matter if it is the 1st or the 20th time, it is the desire to overcome this that counts. I am with you all the way. I just plain don't want to waste $9,000/yr anymore so I can choke and blow out a nauseating smell on others. 2 mg/day is making me really sick 24/7 so I am going to cut that in half, says so in the inserted pamphlet in the packaging - middle page halfway down. I just didn't take one last night and got a great sleep and no wanting to run to the washroom every hour during the night to be sick. Feel great and took a 1 mg this morn. Will discuss getting the half .5 mg dosage with my Pharmacist to be safe. Looking forward to a wonderful summer, not a nauseated one having to fight sleep everytime I take pills.