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[krashleen]

I just started Chantix three days ago. I am finding that I am not smoking a complete cigarette, and I can ignore a cigarette urge.


Is that a good sign? I do want to quit...and Chantix with it's 'get quit' system has my quit date as the 23DEC. I don't know if I can do it!
Does anyone know if you have to quit on that date?

any support is welcome. I smoke around a pack a day. The lowest tar and nicotine...people that bum cigs from me, say my cigs are weak.
I don't drink. But I do drink coffee. I don't go out much due to a neurological condition. I don't drive much, but I still manage to get out to get those cigarettes. Dang!
Thanks for having a forum for smoking.

[teddiebears]

It's always nice to see a new "quitter" on this forum. ;) CONGRATULATIONS on your decision to quit. :D

On Dec. 28th it will be 12 years since I quit smoking. Chantix wasn't available back then so I can't say anything definite from my own experiences, but from what I've been told by others who have used it (like my niece) it's best to quit on the quit date stated. Actually, from what some people have said, they had already stopped smoking before that date because the Chantix removed the urge/desire to smoke.

I think almost everyone who had/has a smoking addiction can relate to what you said about managing to get cigarettes no matter what!! :rolleyes: lol

Good luck and keep checking the forum.... Share whatever you need to share. I know this forum can be pretty slow but I try to check often. Sorry I didn't reply before now.

[krashleen]

Hi there. I have quit years ago as long as two years, then picked it up again. What an idiot I can be!

I pray that I won't do that again.

I am really pleasantly surprised that I haven't had many side effects from the Chantix that others have complained about. It's working rather well.

thanks for the welcome. I am hoping that my pain levels will be reduced when I stop too!

K

[krashleen]

I may be talking to myself, but what the hey!
Today is the day, the first day without cigarettes, I am doing good so far :)

Hello to anyone that is starting the non-tobacco journey. Its a rip-off, and a waste of money and health!

[teddiebears]

Sorry I wasn't here before. My emphysema tends to act up in the cold and I was trying to rest so I'd be healthier by Christmas. I am feeling better and decided to get on the computer and check emails and this forum.

It's good to hear that you are not experiencing a lot of the more negative side effects of Chantix.

I agree with you - smoking IS a rip-off and a waste of money and health!! :rolleyes:

Hang in there!!

*silverbells HAPPY HOLIDAYS! *candle

[krashleen]

I am sorry that you have smoking related issues!

At least you stopped smoking...but emphysema still bothers you?


Well, I am on day 8 of my quit. Stopped taking the Chantix, and dealing with it all by myself, and literature from www.whyquit.com

I feel better, hawked up some really yucky stuff that I think was just attached to the lungs, I look forward to better days, with less cravings!

[teddiebears]

I am sorry that you have smoking related issues!

At least you stopped smoking...but emphysema still bothers you?


Well, I am on day 8 of my quit. Stopped taking the Chantix, and dealing with it all by myself, and literature from www.whyquit.com

I feel better, hawked up some really yucky stuff that I think was just attached to the lungs, I look forward to better days, with less cravings!

Emphysema is a progressive and eventually fatal condition, so yes, I do (and always will), have problems with that. :( My doctor told me that quitting smoking was going to be the biggest factor in being able to slow down the progress of the emphysema because at least I wasn't continuing to put all that junk into my lungs. :rolleyes: All I can do at this point is take the medications that make my breathing easier, exercise as much as I can (when I can), and stay away from cigarette smoke as much as possible.

Congrats on making it past the first week. This must be Day 11, right?

Coughing that junk out of your lungs is extremely helpful, so no matter how 'gross' it seems - keep at it!! ;)

I'm curious - if the Chantix wasn't giving you negative side effects, why did you choose to stop taking it?

I'm glad you've found literature at whyquit.com that is helping.

Keep up the good work!! :D

[krashleen]

Hi there...I was reading about COPD, and it sounds like emphysema and chronic bronchitis is under the COPD umbrella. I guess COPD sounds not as bad as emphysema.
But you would know how badly it hurts to have it.

I am on day 11, cruising in to day 12. For some reason I am having some issues, I found some cigarettes, and I didn't dispose of them, but I can't get at them...very easily. I KNOW I SHOULD THROW THEM AWAY...but the nicotine addict in me is making it tough to just throw 'em away.

I did have some SE's of the Chantix, namely head splitting HA's and I already have HA's with having Chiari 1 Malformation in addition to migraines, so I thought it best to just stop taking it. Plus, there really isn't that much information and research on the people taking it, nor do they(Pfizer) offer a taper schedule to quit taking their product.
It appears that Pfizer is still gathering information on Chantix, and I know for sure I don't want to be one of their guinea pigs!!

Having a bad pain day. So sorry if my thoughts are discombobulated(sp) and not thorough in my answers..

Have a great day, and thanks for the encouragement!

:)

[teddiebears]

You must be closing in on 14 days - 2 WEEKS - without smoking. Doesn't that feel good?? :)

Sorry to hear you were getting headaches from the Chantix. I believe that even though a drug may have passed the tests to be approved by the FDA, the companies are continuing to collect data for a long time after it's on the market. :rolleyes:

When I was quitting, I actually kept a partial pack of cigarettes in the refrigerator. I wanted (needed) to know they were there, just in case.... ;) I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing that to everyone, but it really was a big help for me. I didn't feel like I was 'totally' cutting myself off and I didn't feel 'deprived' knowing they were there anytime I wanted one. :rolleyes:

I never even considered smoking one but it certainly lowered my anxiety level having them there. The really funny thing is that I still have that same partial pack sitting in my refrigerator right now. lol :rolleyes:

[jomama]

ok i'm new round here but i like this forum! its been over a year now but i still find myself having to make the conscious decision sometimes...

hehe, teddy bears! u know what i did? i would be sooo convinced that i just needed 'one' cigarette, like, b4 work, so i'd go to the store, buy a pack, and take ONE out! then leave the rest there!! then i would make it through the day and say, b4 bed feel the same urgency, and go to the store n do the same thing, lol, the clerk thought i was nuts, but it didnt take too many ten to twenty dollar days b4 i would skip the night one, and eventually was able to say, 'ok i'm done this is garbage' lol *hugs to all