Chantix Vs. E Cig!

[bobsyeruncle]

If you don't already suffer from some kind of clinical depression, Chantix can do some pretty scary things to your head. If all you're trying to do is quit smoking, Chantix would be an extreme option.

[jasonculp]

I did the Chantix thing like everyone else. At the time I was taking an anti-depressant and an anti-anxiety. It did have quite a few side effects, but none that was too bad compared to the other medications I was taking. My biggest problem with it was how bad it made me feel, if I did smoke. That is kinda how it worked with me, every time I smoked I felt physically terrible. I eventually quit. The problem is that it doesn't change your behavior, just not taking in nicotine. Ecigs in my opinion is a much better way to quit. You can taper the nicotine as needed. It also gives you something to do with your hands and time, which a HUGE part of my addiction. I was unsuccessful. I did quit for a while, it just didn't stick.

I think another thing that made it not work, I was trying to quit doing too many things at once. Within a month I had quit all medications, caffeine, and started getting in shape. These were all good thing to do, I just wasn't mentally prepared to it all, I snapped and started smoking again. I also quit working out.

[ILuvHuskyDogs]

I realize this is an old thread, but I'd like to add my 2 cents. I've tried cold turkey (four times -- I'm hard-headed), a stop-smoking class (that got me to the 0.1 mg/cig, but never got quit), the gum (raw throat), the patches (I actually quit for 9 months, but it didn't stick because of the habit ) two times, hypnosis (lit up on my way out), Zyban (does that really do anything?), the old e-cig with the nic-soaked paper (too strong), and, finally Chantix. I didn't have any weird psychological effects, although they've been documented well enough that I know they're real, but I did have really severe acid reflux. I was using Zantac AND Pepcid, plus Tums w/ no joy. On my quit day, the reflux was so bad, it threw me into a full-blown asthma attack. I put it aside, went back to smoking, and figured I should just stick a fork in myself, I was done.

I did report the reflux to the FDA, but I imagine it went into the electronic version of their circular file.

I still wasn't depressed. I kept telling myself that something was going to come along. Sure 'nuff, it did. I've cut my analogs by another 33%! Now, if I can just get rid of the water retention . . .