CHANTIX Review

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mistergeminib
Fryeburg, ME

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3 months smoke-free with depression side effects

married, I believe in honesty, trying to quit smoking

Cons

disrupts sleep patterns, terrible dreams, Weight Gain, depression

APR

2008

My wife and I were both smokers for over 30 years. Our Dr. recommended that we try the Chantix program and work as a team to support eachother. We did the first week, taking the pills and still smoking, then the second week was pills with no smoking. We both thought we were on the right road and that we had finally found a cure for both saving our health plus money spent on cigarettes. We remained smoke-free for an entire 3 months, but it wasn't easy, especially for my wife. One of the side effects of Chantix is depression and that was what she suffered from. She said there was no reason to drink her morning coffee, answer the phone or enjoy anything pleasant because those things just weren't worth it anymore now that she did not have her old habit of smoking. That worried me. Also on the program she experienced vivid dreams that were not pleasant. After the 3 months and time to renew the prescription, she refused and began intermittently smoking again. Gradually she is back to smoking and I gave in and am back to smoking again also. Chantix has a program via email that is supposed to give you support, but she said it just reminded her that she had lost something she really enjoyed each day when she read her emails. Yes, we could have opted out of the email support, but at the time we thought it would be good since it was all part of the program to help us quit. Good luck to all of you that succeed in the Chantix program or whatever method you choose, but it didn't work for us.

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NYGoddess wrote on Nov 22, 2008 at 4:29PM

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See ....thats was really messed up. You 2 should of thought of doing something together that took the place of a cig break. You could starting reading books, started a hobby or take online courses. Something to occupy your mind and time. She wasn't depressed, she just didn't want to stop smoking. I really can't believe people started drinking coffee because they smoked cigs give me a break. She could have read the newspaper while she drank coffee.

tough-nut wrote on Aug 25, 2008 at 12:17PM

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Your wife sounds like a self-pitying oaf

dracothuban wrote on May 7, 2008 at 9:19AM

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You have to WANT to quit smoking, Obviously your wife did not and if you did it was hard on you when she started again. I am sorry it didn't work out for you.