I agree, Chantix is an amazing tool to help kick the habit. I have only known one person who wasn't able to quit using Chantix and by her own admission she was not ready. Even my FIL who had been a heavy smoker for over 40 years quit with Chantix and hasn't looked back.
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.
I'm not too sure but I do know my friend killed himself because of that drug.
As far as cognitive therapy, she learned how to calm herself down. She also learned how to ride out these panic attacks (we live in California, so this was explained to her like "riding out an earthquake"). Her therapist also forced her into states of panic, so that she would become desensitized to the feelings of anxiety. Everything that she feared, her therapist made her confront-- after about 6 months of this treatment, she is doing so much better.
If you have depression you know it. Life is miserable. It's not just not being as happy as you'd like to be, it's being in a pit of despair. We have a tendency in today's society to medicalize everything, and then sell a drug to you for everything. These drugs might in fact make you feel better until they don't anymore or you have to stop taking them, which can be really hard. Alcohol makes you feel better until it doesn't.
I just went to the doctors today. She perscribed chantix to quit smoking. Ive been on suboxone(for opiate addiction) for 1 year and 4 months. I take 16mg. a day. Im just wondering if it is OK to take them together. I just want to find out as much as i can befor i start chantix. Please give me as much info as possible.
Early pregnancy and can't quit smoking entirely-yes I know it's AWFUL and am mad at myself and feel terribly guilty but I can't seem to give it up completely. Anyone know if chantix or the patch is better or worse than actually smoking & pg? Ideally I'd be able to quit but can't so far.
I'm going to play the devils advocate here and ask you how you know that Chantix caused all of your problems?
You ailments may be coincindental and there are plenty of people who have problems at your age who have never taken the drug. I used Chantix and quit with it after nearly 2 months on it. I am 54 and had no problems at all.
I have noticed complaints about the "during and aftermath" of Chantix but no one can definitively link it to the drug.
I, too, smoked for over 40 years. Between that and severe acid reflux, I had built up excess tissue on my vocal cords, to the point that I could hardly talk. I'd gotten to the point that it was so painful to even make sound that I tried not to talk as much as possible. I was sent to an ENT, who said he could remove that tissue (it wasn't cancer, but he was sure it would be soon), but he wouldn't touch me until I had quit smoking for 2 months.
Hi~I have been on anti-depressants but not at the time I took Chantix. I would even call the pharmacist and ask if there is potential for problems taking both together. I did have major side effects-mostly nightmares, bad sleep, bad stomach aches and nausea so I stopped it before I quit smoking. I have started it again just two days ago. I am taking it at night with over the counter sleep aid because I know that was the hardest part. It also makes me a little cranky.
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