Congratulations for taking the plunge. I used to smoke two packs a day. I would have one lit in the ashtray and light another one up!! It had become a subconscious thing for me. SOOO difficult to quit when you don't even have to think about doing it! The house wreaked, my clothes wreaked, and my truck wreaked. I was so addicted to the nicotine that when I would try to quit cold turkey (which had worked twice before for me when I didn't smoke so much and was much younger), I would have mild panic attacks which always resulted in me driving to the store to get smokes.
After tons of research, I decided that Chantix was my last resort and that if I wanted to quit, I had to give it a shot. I set my quit date for two whole weeks after I started taking it. I ended up getting close to running out of cigs after about ten days and just decided not to go get anymore. I took the Chantix for about 6 weeks and then got off of it. I haven't smoked since. That was 4 years ago this past Nov. 18 at 7:30 in the morning
. I didn't have a support mechanism, even my husband just thought it would be another failed attempt....and said that on more than one occasion.
Of course, you know that there are side effects. I can't remember all of them right now but I do remember very vivid dreams. But they were cool vivid rather than scarey vivid. Dreamed about people that I had long ago forgotten all about. I would never have remembered them on my own, so that was pretty neat. My husband said I was a bit crazy on it but I told him that *I* wasn't crazy while I was on it, *HE* was, lol! I don't even remember any of the other side effects as I didn't experience anything other than what I've told you.
My first Ah HAH! Moment came one day after eating dinner and probably 3-4 days after I quit smoking while still on Chantix. I ALWAYS had a smoke after eating, ALWAYS. I had just finished clearing the kitchen and gone to the livingroom to sit and watch TV with the hubster. I picked up some crochet that I was working on and two hours laters, I literally jumped in my chair and did the quick little inhalation of breath when I realized I had not even THOUGHT about a cigarette! That, to me, was an absolute miracle.
Best of luck to you with this. You CAN do it, just keep the positive attitude, don't be LOOKING for side effects because sometimes I think people talk themselves into having things like that if that's all they dwell on, and most of all.......GOOD FOR YOU!!! Keep us posted. I am subscribing to your thread
