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You didn't mention if it is helping you to cut down or stop. Maybe you can cut back to 1 pill a day? I wish I could offer you more but Deb, if it's not to bad, try to hang in there a little longer. It may pass or you may be able to quit soon if you haven't already. I took them for a 1 1/2 months and a friend just this evening told me that he took it for 3 weeks only! If you feel strong enough you may want to set the date and give it a try. Good luck and keep us posted!

i was just wondering if any one here uses chantix and is it helping you?....

that is what keeps us smoking so if you can learn about what makes YOU smoke and work on it, thats when you will have a better chance of suceeding. When you get a little stronger and find yourself smoking under 5 a day, change up those times when you do it. Don't smoke after a meal but force yourself to smoke before it. Try holding off as long as possible in the morning. I did this and it worked for me. When I lit my first smoke at 1 p.m., I knew I didn't need it any longer.

I hope you can get on the program and quit too. It was much easier with chantix as it was a gradual stop not just one day I quit. I cut down a little at a time as the chantix started to work and then just stopped. It was no big deal by then. I login at the website every day and it says how many quit days I have and gives me a pep talk and info. all the best.

It wasn't easy, but now, 7 months later I can honestly say that it was the best decision I have ever made and I feel so much better. Deenie, I can't advise you as to whether you should continue or quit the Chantix, but maybe if you call their hotline (1-800-438-1985) or your doctor they can. Are you drinking enough fluids? That can also help with the leg cramps. Deenie, if you will, please keep us updated on your progress and good luck!

I hope that you will stick with it. If someone like me that has smoked 3 packs a day for 38 years can quit, so can you. It can do nothing but help our MS, in the long run. If maybe giving us a little more endurance...and certainly helping our lungs...

Hi Bill, I don't know if you quit or not, but maybe you should speak to your doctor and maybe he can prescribe something to help you relax. I quit with Chantix, 1 year, 2 weeks and 2 days ago. I had very few side effects and after 38 years of smoking, I am grateful that I was able to quit. I would recommend that you have a talk with your physician about what is going on. Because Chantix is fairly new, it is important that they document all of the possible side effects.

That it's something positive you can do. What if you did nothing? I'm sure you're building some mass, don't you? Or stalling the progreesion of wasting, somehow. You must be. Those handsome ones lack a little in the brain department. Although, like I told ya, mine is as cute as they come, too, and he's the best I've had so far as far as figuring out what I have. So, who knows! Just keep looking into his pretty eyes..... Feel well! And get your profile up there, T!

Good for you on quitting smoking, i need to quit that disgusting habit, but i am afraid, lol. Maybe i can cover myself with a bunch of nicotine patches, i am going to need help.

Well, you can quit. When you take the mentality of not being able to quit, you are reinforcing in your mind that indeed you cannot quit. Quitting is a commitment. It takes planning and preparation, and most importantly. (If you are going to let a habit ruin your job, I'd suggest some therapy/counseling) You've got to put your head in the right spot. You need to start thinking about what smoking is actually doing to your body/health. I mean, we know there are no benefits to smoking....

Hmm, 'some' of the fatigue may be due to the quit, but the level you're talking about sounds more like the Chantix. You may also want to make an appt for a physical if you haven't had one recently, as smoking can mask all sorts of issues. Congrats on day 3, and good luck!!

I have heard that it is best to quit smoking if you can but cutting down is good especially if it will cause you less stress then quitting cold turkey. The sooner you quit the less regrets you will have after the baby is born. Another thing is if you have been trying to get pregnant then you need to go ahead and quit because smoking before getting pregnant causes problems with the development of your placenta and the fetus. It doesn't just hurt to smoke during pregnancy.

Yea gum, can you imagine, isn’t it the wackiest thing you ever did hear?

If you want a cigarette (and start this now before your quit day) WAIT 5 MINUTES! You can do something else, you can try to think about something else, pet the dog, get a cup of coffee, look for something to watch on tv, anything BUT lighting up that smoke...you will be amazed at how quickly you will forget about that smoke. It will take a bit of time to get the hang of it but if you stick with it you will succeed. I still get the odd craving...

Make sure you surround yourself with positive minded people and tell them that you are quitting so this way they will watch and make sure that you do. You can do this! I promise you that it is do-able.......we were all where you are at now and it is scary but we are here to support you so you need to just throw them out and read and write and talk and keep yourself busy. I joined a gym and yesterday I jogged on the treadmill for 11 minutes straight!!

I'm desperate. And Shaley Girl, did you stop using Chantix b/c you didn't like it or you were done with the program. I've heard good things about it...

(I had put mine in the dining room breakfront.) If you do that, you will only smoke when you actually want to. You will find that, in very short order, and with no feeling of deprivation, you will have cut back by almost half. After that you start to say things like, "I will wait 15 minutes before I go for that cigarette." After a while you will forget about the 15 minutes and realize a half hour has passed. And so it goes.

Don't even get me started. I went on Chantix about a month and a half ago. I got so deathly sick to my stomach...it was horrible. So I got some liquid nausea medicine from the drugstore. I found myself getting up in the morning, drinking the medicine so I could take a pill so I could quit smoking! It was such old behavior and it scared the bejesus out of me, so I stopped. Now I am back to square one and smoking more than ever. I wish I had an answer for you--I wish I had an answer for ME!!!

I am one week into the Chantix. I have cut my smoking in half and am gearing up for the quitting all together. I can do this!

So, that did not work for me. Now, recently I am going outside to smoke. And I have now cut my smoking in half. But, to quit smoking is the absolute best thing a person with COPD can do for themselves. Plus, as Teko suggested, your father needs to stay active as possible. Helps to build up the lungs etc. I too noticed the shortness of breath quite awhile before the diagnosis of COPD. I am not who I once was I will admit. But, I am still up and functioning in many ways.

Life goes on and I assume you're not going to move just so you can be successful at quitting smoking, right? So here's what you do. You pick yourself a new quit date. Get Chantix or the gum or whatever aid you choose and if you choose cold turkey, that's great too. It doesn't matter, as long as you quit. You say you "really really want to quit" so what you do is just do it!! That's exactly how we all did it. Visit whyquit.

I smoked throughout tx, but bought 'roles' instead of taylormade and rolled smaller cigarettes and cut them in half. This way, I'd cut down smoking, but felt I could have one whenever I needed one.

Do you think Im wasting my time and effort here by cutting in half what they tell you to do? I only have 4 more weeks till I leave? I planned to do the 21mg for 1 week 14mg for 1 week and 7 for 1 week, then BINGO nothing for 1 week, then off to Jamacia! Well so much for well layed plans!!!! I guess Im hoping the pills will help I guess?????

He gave me an idea. figure out how many you smoke in a day. cut that in half for the next week. If you need one more then smoke one more. he said it will probable take me about a month to stop. Triggers, thanks for the great info. Also set a scheduled time everyday to smoke.

Hopefully the next one will be better, I just wanted to drop you a note about the Chantix. I took it about a year and a half ago. It did work very well but I had horrible side effects from it after only a few weeks of taking it. It also has ALOT of neurological side effects. It even has MS listed as a rare side effect. I think what it does in some people is it brings out the MS symptoms. I just wanted to give you heads up. I hope it works wekk for you without any problems.

or your doc has an issue with that...I think maybe tapering would be better in the long run...cut down gradually so you don't have those spikes...the highs and lows with anxiety. And...tell your hubby you are by no means crazy....just that everything you look at (including him) looks like a big old Lucky Strike. ;0) Good luck...and let us know how you're doing!

HOw terrible is an addiction when you keep inhaling thick choking smoke into your lungs full of carcinogens when you are wheezing so bad you can barely breathe in a breath of air yet you continue doing it anyhow??? I have 1 and half packs left here and not buying anymore. when they're gone, theyre gone and thats it. I have to do this. My husband is also starting to come down hard on me for it.

Yes since it worked for you you can take halfs. No matter how you think smoking calms you down, it really doesn't and makes your pulse and pressure go up. The only panic attacks I ever had were after a morning smoke.

Thank you Rayne, I am so happy to find this site where I can talk freely and not feel like a dummy. Your suggestion and other's have been so helpful. I am grateful that I have a awesome GP ( a female) and she listen's and always gives great advice and/or treatment. Oh I discovered sneezing it very painful after having PT surgery, maybe it's just the way I sneeze but oh my goodness I thought I was going to hit the ceiling.

I smoked for 40 + years,have copd & needed to quit. I was sent too many smoking sessation clinics with no sucess. I took it upon myself to use the strongest nicotine patch ,I never dropped the dose,and was given a prescription for Nicotrol Inhaler ( or as I call it my cheater cigarette) it has cartrages with nicotine and looks like a cigarette.

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