Never took Chantix, never will. I'll probably vape for life, though. If e-cigs are prohibited...well, I'm trying not to think about that.
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I used Chantix last year but had to stop the course because the nausea and anxiety we too much to handle. Infact I had to start taking anxiety meds (Paxil) soon after because of it. I went back to smoking a few weeks later.
I was on a flight going to Dublin and I needed to vomit (because of the Chantix). I hadnt eaten so I was dry heaving and suddenly the smoke alarm in the toilets went off!! The air hostesses were banging on the door and shouting that its illegal to smoke on a plane.
I opened the toilet door and told them i wasnt smoking but vomiting because of medication I was taking. I dont know if the smoke alarm going off was in anyway related to taking chantix but it was quit a bizarre experience :0)
I was on a flight going to Dublin and I needed to vomit (because of the Chantix). I hadnt eaten so I was dry heaving and suddenly the smoke alarm in the toilets went off!! The air hostesses were banging on the door and shouting that its illegal to smoke on a plane.
I opened the toilet door and told them i wasnt smoking but vomiting because of medication I was taking. I dont know if the smoke alarm going off was in anyway related to taking chantix but it was quit a bizarre experience :0)
My husband tried it and I personally would NEVER recommend it to anyone.. You'd have to meet him to understand- he is the world's most laid back, social, happy, forgiving, funny, gentle kinda guy you would ever meet. If someone doesn't like him (which is RARE) I always KNOW right off the bat there's something wrong with the person! And nope- no history of mental kind of issues either. After a few weeks or so of taking it he got REALLY mean... (not toward me of course) He stopped taking it and boy was I relieved! I swear he would have wound up killing someone at the rate he was going! >.<
hello drklashes from down near york...
regarding chantix thats what i heard and was afraid of myself, i dont think signifcant testing was done on chantix and i dont bel. they have any longterm studies, i could be wrong but i think it was pushed through the FDA because of big drug lobby and thats it...
plus chantix has piles of class action lawsuits, no thanks
regarding chantix thats what i heard and was afraid of myself, i dont think signifcant testing was done on chantix and i dont bel. they have any longterm studies, i could be wrong but i think it was pushed through the FDA because of big drug lobby and thats it...
plus chantix has piles of class action lawsuits, no thanks
Hi Boston! You're only about a half hour away from me.. Nice to meet you! Least you know you have fellow local vaper in case of e-juice emergency now!
yeah thats always good, i was about to run out yesterday, and then the mail came and had 1 oz. ban. foster 48mg and 1 4 oz. doubler of ban. foster....
the other company sent me the wrong flavor but i tried it and its pretty good, white choc. strawberry is what i got but i ordered french van. ice cream.....
these flavors are something else, hard to bel. i used to smoke usa lights.... what garbage....
lisa if you guys ever run low let me know..
the other company sent me the wrong flavor but i tried it and its pretty good, white choc. strawberry is what i got but i ordered french van. ice cream.....
these flavors are something else, hard to bel. i used to smoke usa lights.... what garbage....
lisa if you guys ever run low let me know..
I tried to quit smoking on Chantix too. I didn't really want to quit smoking, but my job had recently adopted a policy where anyone who smoked was to be charged an extra $25 per paycheck. That's insane.
I really enjoy smoking. I like the flavor, I like the feeling and I definitely like having something that can calm me down when I get stressed out. In addition to all of that, I could FINALLY afford to smoke without denying myself other basic pleasures in life (and this was after the double tax hike on tobacco in FL) so I really was not ready to give it up. Top all that off with the ending of a bad relationship and the beginning of a new chapter in my life and I really didn't want to add extra stress to my life!
So I sat on the issue. The deadline to sign the paper at the time was only a month away. The next time I can register as a non-smoker is in April. I've been charged $25 per paycheck since January.
I began taking Chantix in December 09 because I figured that it would help me quit smoking easily. I had absolutely no desire to quit smoking and figured that Chantix + the extra charge on my paycheck would be a decent substitute for willpower. At first it was ok, I didn't really notice any side effects, negative or positive. My smoking desires were about on par with how it was before Chantix. I went from a pack a day to about 3/4s of a pack a day.
It took me about 2 weeks before I was eventually transformed into a snarling, frothing, angry beast of a woman. I could no longer get a decent nights rest. I'd go to bed at nine, wake up around eleven, be unable to sleep again until one or so and then up for work at 4:30 am. The tiniest things would absolutely cause me to fly off the handle.
I am generally VERY easy going and relaxed. It is typically very hard to ruffle my feathers, hurt my feelings or even shock me. This was no longer the case with Chantix.
The most memorable episode was when I completely flipped out because I was trying to call a contractor about a business matter and the man would not answer his phone AGAIN! This was a very common irksome behaviour of his and it was usually met with a muttering of "unladylike phrases" and a later attempt to call him again. That day, I had HAD IT!! I was SO MAD! I was cussing and just omg soooo angry, right there in the office, in front of several coworkers and my boss.
A couple of days later, my sister told me that I had been consistently acting like this since shortly after beginning the meds and I knew I couldn't do the Chantix any longer. I couldn't bear to live without sleep and acting like that while I had a choice.
I went to my doctor and told her what was going on. She gave me a prescription for a mental holiday (I asked for it so I would have a week to try to get the Chantix out of my system and needed a doctor's note to use my term leave) and a prescription for prozac to be filled "if I needed it."
I never did fill the prozac. I bought my first ....ty e-cig that very weekend from a friend's daughter. It broke about 2 weeks later, but my mom had her spare Joye 510 that I could borrow until I got my paycheck and could get my own.
I'm now down from a pack a day to about a pack a week. Maybe a little more if I get crazy with the beer on the weekends.
My goal is to be completely analogue-free by April. I still smoke them now because I am still being charged and I am rebellious like that lol.
E-cigs are the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't know right now whether or not I will ever go to 0 mg or if I will just stay at 24 mg for life. I don't really think it matters anymore.
I've already noticed a drastic improvement in my lung function by simply dropping from a pack a day to a pack a week. When I exercise, it takes longer for me to get winded and it takes less time for me to catch my breath and be ready for more. Things DO taste wonderful! I usually have my little analogue or two in the evening, so throughout the day - breakfast, lunch and snacks - everything tastes so good!
Why do people use salt? Seriously!
For me, Chantix was a big loser. I will never touch the stuff ever again.
Give me a nice chocolate-strawberry-blueberry puff of vape anyday!
I really enjoy smoking. I like the flavor, I like the feeling and I definitely like having something that can calm me down when I get stressed out. In addition to all of that, I could FINALLY afford to smoke without denying myself other basic pleasures in life (and this was after the double tax hike on tobacco in FL) so I really was not ready to give it up. Top all that off with the ending of a bad relationship and the beginning of a new chapter in my life and I really didn't want to add extra stress to my life!
So I sat on the issue. The deadline to sign the paper at the time was only a month away. The next time I can register as a non-smoker is in April. I've been charged $25 per paycheck since January.
I began taking Chantix in December 09 because I figured that it would help me quit smoking easily. I had absolutely no desire to quit smoking and figured that Chantix + the extra charge on my paycheck would be a decent substitute for willpower. At first it was ok, I didn't really notice any side effects, negative or positive. My smoking desires were about on par with how it was before Chantix. I went from a pack a day to about 3/4s of a pack a day.
It took me about 2 weeks before I was eventually transformed into a snarling, frothing, angry beast of a woman. I could no longer get a decent nights rest. I'd go to bed at nine, wake up around eleven, be unable to sleep again until one or so and then up for work at 4:30 am. The tiniest things would absolutely cause me to fly off the handle.
I am generally VERY easy going and relaxed. It is typically very hard to ruffle my feathers, hurt my feelings or even shock me. This was no longer the case with Chantix.
The most memorable episode was when I completely flipped out because I was trying to call a contractor about a business matter and the man would not answer his phone AGAIN! This was a very common irksome behaviour of his and it was usually met with a muttering of "unladylike phrases" and a later attempt to call him again. That day, I had HAD IT!! I was SO MAD! I was cussing and just omg soooo angry, right there in the office, in front of several coworkers and my boss.
A couple of days later, my sister told me that I had been consistently acting like this since shortly after beginning the meds and I knew I couldn't do the Chantix any longer. I couldn't bear to live without sleep and acting like that while I had a choice.
I went to my doctor and told her what was going on. She gave me a prescription for a mental holiday (I asked for it so I would have a week to try to get the Chantix out of my system and needed a doctor's note to use my term leave) and a prescription for prozac to be filled "if I needed it."
I never did fill the prozac. I bought my first ....ty e-cig that very weekend from a friend's daughter. It broke about 2 weeks later, but my mom had her spare Joye 510 that I could borrow until I got my paycheck and could get my own.
I'm now down from a pack a day to about a pack a week. Maybe a little more if I get crazy with the beer on the weekends.
My goal is to be completely analogue-free by April. I still smoke them now because I am still being charged and I am rebellious like that lol.
E-cigs are the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't know right now whether or not I will ever go to 0 mg or if I will just stay at 24 mg for life. I don't really think it matters anymore.
I've already noticed a drastic improvement in my lung function by simply dropping from a pack a day to a pack a week. When I exercise, it takes longer for me to get winded and it takes less time for me to catch my breath and be ready for more. Things DO taste wonderful! I usually have my little analogue or two in the evening, so throughout the day - breakfast, lunch and snacks - everything tastes so good!
Why do people use salt? Seriously!
For me, Chantix was a big loser. I will never touch the stuff ever again.
Give me a nice chocolate-strawberry-blueberry puff of vape anyday!
Chantix worked for me for 4 months. I stopped taking it @ month 3, one month later I started smoking again.
Then around September 09' I started PV's and have not smoked since, except once at a bar. I don't go to bars often. In fact I think that was the only time I had been to once since I had started PV's. Only had 3 cigs while there.
Chantix isn't bad. I feel as if my mental stability is good, and I thought it was sort of fun having extremely vivid and crazy dreams. Other than the dreams and stopping smoking, no side effects.
Then around September 09' I started PV's and have not smoked since, except once at a bar. I don't go to bars often. In fact I think that was the only time I had been to once since I had started PV's. Only had 3 cigs while there.
Chantix isn't bad. I feel as if my mental stability is good, and I thought it was sort of fun having extremely vivid and crazy dreams. Other than the dreams and stopping smoking, no side effects.
I had a co worker pick up his mothers script when she put it down... OMFG I almost killed that punk. He was a Dbag before the cycle but during I had all could do not to go all stabby stab stab on him and light his corpse on fire.
So fast forward 2 months of him on it, a few beers and the end result was him nearly being taken out by cops and a dui charge.
I stay so far away from that garbage.
Kristique I do agree with you on the salt thing, I can taste it in EVERYTHING! no joke I swear it is in more products than corn syrup.
So fast forward 2 months of him on it, a few beers and the end result was him nearly being taken out by cops and a dui charge.
I stay so far away from that garbage.
Kristique I do agree with you on the salt thing, I can taste it in EVERYTHING! no joke I swear it is in more products than corn syrup.
Same experience here! Took a long time to return to normal after I stopped taking it as well!!
I took Chantix for 6 months on the fist go-around. I ordered it from a Canadian pharmacy to avoid it showing up on my health insurace provider's radar, so I basically self medicated, hence the 6 month stint (I think the standard time on Chantix is 3 months). It worked well and I didn't have any noticeable side effects, other than nausea in the morning when taking the pill, which lasted about 30 minutes.
Six months later, I got off of Chantix and started smoking again a short time later. I'm not sure why I started smoking again after such a long time on Chantix, but why does anyone start smoking again? Anyway, I tried Chantix again on a second quit attempt and I was not able to quit smoking completely after the 7 day "grace period".
The third time I tried Chantix, it didn't work at all, or I didn't feel any effect, and I got off of it after 2 weeks since I intuitively felt that it was not going to work that time. So 3 strikes and I was out. It was a miracle that I saw an ad for an e-cigarette on a web site; and I decided to do a little research. I found the ECF, asked some newbie questions, ordered a Joye 510 starter kit, and I'm still smoke-free after getting my 510 kit 45 days ago.
Six months later, I got off of Chantix and started smoking again a short time later. I'm not sure why I started smoking again after such a long time on Chantix, but why does anyone start smoking again? Anyway, I tried Chantix again on a second quit attempt and I was not able to quit smoking completely after the 7 day "grace period".
The third time I tried Chantix, it didn't work at all, or I didn't feel any effect, and I got off of it after 2 weeks since I intuitively felt that it was not going to work that time. So 3 strikes and I was out. It was a miracle that I saw an ad for an e-cigarette on a web site; and I decided to do a little research. I found the ECF, asked some newbie questions, ordered a Joye 510 starter kit, and I'm still smoke-free after getting my 510 kit 45 days ago.
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I was on chantix for a couple weeks before i pulled myself off after suffering severe nausea. I talked to my dr again a couple weeks later, and he apologized for prescribing it to me without giving me a psych eval. I suffer from PTSD, so was more at risk for experiencing the depression and suicide side effects.
I didn't suffer anything more than the nausea, but i will agree, for the 2 weeks i was on it, i cut my smoking down to almost nothing
I didn't suffer anything more than the nausea, but i will agree, for the 2 weeks i was on it, i cut my smoking down to almost nothing
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