Ok, I am on week 2 of this medication... 1 mg in the morning, 1 mg in the evening.

I have been having the most vivid dreams!!! Never have I woken up so many times a night (occasionally I would wake up about 1x a month...now it's 1x - 2x a night).

last night I dreamed that my cat somehow found a way to get into the rabbits cage and decided to scrap it out with her and then bit her head off!! (I woke up at that point).

I mean HOW HORRIBLE a dream could this be???? I got up to go check the rabbit because the dream was so real




What other side effects are people having???

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SPJRNTGADL!

Oh no....I have a script for it but I have not filled it yet...other than the dreams, how are ya doing?

Christine

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TLJ ~ Women United in Spirit

excellent!

I am still smoking, but not even close to what I was!!!

I had 4 different "triggers":

when I wake up
after I eat anything
while driving
high stress (like a cashier who's ticked me off)


I don't smoke at any of the "trigger" moments anymore, AND I can only "handle" a half of a cigarette at a time!!!

So I have gone from 1 pack a day down to 4 cigarettes total per day!

It's really easy to follow the medication by letting it do most of the quitting for you!

You do have to eat a good meal before taking the medicine or you WILL end up with a stomach ache, but that only happened on my first day... I had toast and coffee, then took the pill...that wasn't good enough...I hurt half the day.

Now I eat a full solid meal and then take the pill with milk...no problems.






just the dreaming...it's so vivid!!!

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SPJRNTGADL!

Your triggers are the same as mine....I'm glad it's working for you...maybe the dreams will go away soon?
I'm going to get it filled next week...

Christine

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TLJ ~ Women United in Spirit

I have been on it for a month now. No vivid dreams here but I did start talking in my sleep. DH says I am just mumbling. My friend however, who was recently on it had the vivid, vivid dreams. Hers were like yours but ended up going away. Hopefully yours will go away soon. Congrats!!!! I can not even attempt to take a puff of a cigarette without feeling sick now.

Eating was one of my triggers too. I have replaced that with sunflower seeds in kernals immediately following a meal. I get the sucking motion with the kernal in my mouth and then when I take it out to crack it open, I get the finger motion. Really, really helps me. Good luck everyone!

how long did it take you to get to the point where just sucking on a cigarette made you feel nauseated?

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SPJRNTGADL!

Oh yeah, one more side effect (I guess)...

prior to taking this medicine you could CHASE me with water before I would drink it... I HATED regular water!


now??? I can't seem to get enough!!! I crave water and ice cubes!

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SPJRNTGADL!

Ooh! That sounds like I side effect that I could use too! Still haven't filled my Rx. I'm playing that "after the holiday" game with myself again!

Are you sure you're not pregnant?
I have THE most VIVID dreams when I am pregnant...
But they are not about cats!!

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nope not pregnant... I am infertile.

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SPJRNTGADL!

Dreamscape: It took me about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks before the smoking made me sick. Honestly it just tastes so bad that I can NOT do it anymore which is a good thing. Yes, I too started drinking lots of water. Good luck and keep up the good work! --Lisa

P.S. Our smoking cessation instructor said we need to be on the Chantix for a minimum of 3 months and can take it up to 5 months. Since I have 20+ years of smoking behind me, I am aiming on taking it for the full 5 months.