Hello All,
I was hoping for any comments or suggestions from people that have succesfully quit smoking, I have been smoking for about 20 years. As I am getting older, I have really been trying to keep up with my health and the #1 thing I need to do right now is quit smoking, I have a beautiful wife and 5 year old daughter that I would like to be here for as she grows up, graduates high school, and one day be able to walk her down the aisle.
It's hard I know since I was a smoker before I got pregnant!!! Once I found out I was pregnant I cut back a whole lot at first , I would only smoke one to knock off the urge and I made myself feel sick everytime... Until I then I said no more my baby health is important and it's all in the mind!! So u can too stop just think about you baby and your health!! I also did a lot of fast praying!!!
Good luck!!!
Withdrawals tend to exacerbate the symptoms of schizophrenia and cause mania in those who are bipolar. The withdrawals with NRT are more subtle and manageable. Also, some of the stats at whyquit.com are absolutely misleading. CT has the worst rate of long term success. So why suffer and more than you have to? NRT just about doubles your chances, although only 7% of those who use NRT are still quit one year later. That means your chances with CT are about 3-4%.
I have a question for those of you who used the Chantix to kick the cigarettes. I have smoked on and off for years, and I have quit several times for long periods of time, but this time I am in need of some sort of assistance doing it (the thought of no cigarettes is worse for me than the thought of no norco ever was). I don't want to spend any more money on cigarettes, I hate the smell of cigarette smoke, I always have, pretty weird for a smoker, huh?
For 17 months i am still undx will get tests back in a few days ...and i want to finally quit smoking but they want me to wait to fill the prescription until all my tests come back now im getting worried ...
Certainly it's better if you cut down on the cigarettes. Ask your OB or RE to prescribe Chantix for you. I hear it's ok to take during pregnancy and it really helps with trying to quit smoking.
Know you're not a lone if you can't quit, many women aren't able to completely quick during pregnancy and the baby turns out okay. I'm not endorsing it of course, just letting you know that you're not the only that's pregnant and could just cut back.
Although Chantix does not contain any nicotine, it acts on nicotine receptors in the brain. This is how the drug works to help people stop smoking. By binding to nicotine receptors, it blocks the effects of nicotine at those sites, helping to prevent the pleasurable effects of smoking. However, Chantix doesn't just bind to nicotine receptors; it also acts a little bit like nicotine, which may help to prevent symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
By the way, you can always tell that a drug is affecting brain neurotransmitters when you see those warnings they give out, as you do with Chantix, and they warn that they can cause suicidal and violent thoughts and the like. This warning is a dead giveaway that the drug is affecting similar things that antidepressants and anti anxiety drugs and anti psychotics are playing around with.
It’s good to know there are people in the same boat as me! I have chewed NRT gum for 11 years (only smoked for 10) and probably chewed up to 40 bits of 2mg gum a day!
After been given a slightly high blood pressure at a medical I started looking to see what possible side effects there is to long tem nicotine use – high blood pressure was one. I had always thought the gum was safe, no obvious bad side effects listed.
Not that I'm pro Chantix, but allow me to play devils advocate for a minute.
When one contemplates quitting and then sets out to do it, there is a profound loss.....like losing your best friend, and we all have to deal with. I myself grieved long and hard. Could your depressed state be that you have finally come to terms with the fact that it is your time to quit?
I used Chantix and mourned the loss but I also used it before it was linked to "possible" suicide.
time and the amount of time that has elapsed since your use of Chantix. It has been almost 3 1/2 months for me and I am still getting urges and am still quick tempered, just not as often as before : )
I think we will always struggle, quitting is life altering especially if you have smoked for a long time (38 yrs. for me.) I know it will get easier and the cravings will only happen every once in a while and sometimes temper and irritability isn't about addiction but something else.
My suggestion to you is try stopping the chantix and see how you feel. Then you could resume taking it if you feel the withdrawals and cravings come back really strong? Might want to ask a Doctor on that one just to be sure.
As far as I know the headaches are part of the withdrawal and I have a bad one right now.
I googled chantix and sore breasts and found these comments, so I should add my thoughts since someone else might want to know too! This is my second time on Chantix. The first time was fine. This time, though, my breasts have been swollen and tender for almost a month! I'm definitely not pregnant, so this is the only 'different' thing I've been doing (taking the Chantix). I am relieved to find out I'm not the only one.
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