Chantix

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  • reese66
    reese66 Posts: 2,920 Member
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    No weight gain because of medication but quitting smoking and weight gain for me is another story.

    Side effects for me were maybe a few crazy dreams that were kind of like dreams on LSD, very interesting to say the least. My favorite side effect is that I have been smoke free for almost three years.

    A friend of mine tried and she thought it made her feel like she was taking speed or maybe meth.
    Another friend had anger issues.
    My sister tried and she flung a pan of lasagna at her husband, but then again she always has anger issues so I don't think its fair she blamed it on the medication, she just wanted to quit trying to quit.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
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    Already ahead of ya :) So far it's been 6 hr 52 min and 51 sec since my last smoke for a savings of $1.43. Longest time without a cigarette or nicotine product, like the patch, for me since I started six years ago.

    That's awesome. I downloaded it last week in anticipation of quitting soon. I'm trying to get to my goal weight (11 lbs to go), before I try again, because it will help me stay motivated to fight against any weight gain.

    Technology is awesome, isn't it?
  • mmildice
    mmildice Posts: 63
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    I used Chantix twice. The first time I used it, I didn't have any problems. I quit for almost six months but stress in my life caused me to start back up again. I tried it again and had terrible side effects. I had bad dreams and was having panic attacks. I had to stop using it before it could help me to quit smoking. I wished I had never started back again but am too afraid to try it again.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
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    my mom took it for a while last year. at first she had really vivid nightmares, and then the depression/suicidal thoughts and panic attacks started. she stopped taking it as soon as she noticed them, and was fine a day or two later
  • arw060310
    arw060310 Posts: 256 Member
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    No weight gain because I was violently ill while taking it. It worked to make me not want to smoke, I just couldn't handle throwing up and being dizzy every 5 minutes. Crazy dreams too!
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
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    I'm back on it after quitting for almost 8 months. I don't like the nausea so I only take it before bedtime, and I am having crazy dreams. Not nightmares, but like other people report, the dreams are so vivid and I seem so..conscious..in them, that it gets to feel like I'm not really sleeping ever.

    But I would suffer almost anything to be rid of cigarettes again. I hate smoking :(
  • SPheonix22
    SPheonix22 Posts: 90 Member
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    My brother is using it. He hasn't gained any weight but he does get some pretty nasty nightmares now, which he never did before.

    You should definitely get this checked.

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