Working on the smoking- gotta quit. Day 1 taking Chantix and I cannot sleep- anyone out there have this issue?

That stuff made me want to kill myself .... Really! I stopped after 10 days

Oh goodness- the dr warned me of that too! Hope that doesn't happen, I'll take the sleeplessness-lol

Chantix was really BAD ju ju for me. I got really sleepless and restless, really bad nausea and vomiting, even when I took it with a full meal (before surgery big meal), when I did sleep, I had some really crazy dreams too. It did, however, help me cut back a bit on smoking for the week I was taking it. I wish I didn't have the nausea and vomiting from it, as this is the ultimate reason I had to stop taking it.

it made me VERY depressed and restless right about day 10 or so.. but also that same day I suddenly didn't care about smoking anymore.. so I quit smoking and immediately tapered back off of it over a few days

I've heard of a lot of bad reactions to chantix like the ones above. Have you tried an electronic cig? Kudos to you for quitting!

Thanks everyone. Yes, I actually have an ecig- but it hurts my throat :-/ I just want to quit and be done.

I took chantix for about a month. I didn't have any problems with it. I eventually forgot to smoke a cig. The hardest part was not smoking in my car. I bought these waterless toothbrush thingys called wisp and when I get in my car I take one out n brush my teeth. That helped me out. It was all about the habit of smoking after I beat the nicotene addiction. Best of luck to you.

I took chantix a few years back ....it DID work! It was the only time in my life I was able to fully quit. But the month after my best friend died and I started again;(

I am going tues to get back on it, I am also teaming it up with Wellbutrin to help with the " loss" part of it!

Good luck we CAN do this!

I have had people tell me about the strange, creepy dreams they have had on it, and how their behavior has changed some. BUT I have also heard that cigarettes never taste the same after. It's been years since I smoked, and it's hard to kick the habit. Good job working on quitting - that's awesome! You can do it!

Thank you all for your support. Maybe its psychological but day 2 on Chantix and just tried to smoke- it was not good. Yay!!!

i stopped taking chantix on day 5 only because i forgot. i also noticed my cravings have subsided and before i used to have a cig in the morning before i even took a shower for work. now i wait for my drive to work. i plan to start it again. it did make me very light headed if i was hungry. dreams were fine just alot more detailed as if i was living out every single moment. i want to start again because i want to be cig free. i know i can do it its just really really hard. i promised myself by Sunday i would quit for good.

We can do this!!!

We should start a quitters support group ......I've never really wanted to stop till now, but this is sooooo worth it!

I'm gonna be giving up nicotine and food at almost the same time, that is soo scary...lol

A support group would be a great idea! I tried taking chantix but had an allergic reaction to it.... a friend told me about the ecig, gonna get one tomorrow and see how that goes

Thank you all for your support. Maybe its psychological but day 2 on Chantix and just tried to smoke- it was not good. Yay!!!

seriously? day 5 i felt nothing. i was still smoking the only difference was my morning cig. im gonna start it again. they taste the same