Anxiety Increase After Weaning Off Chantix (Top voted first)

I recently weaned myself off of Chantix. Prior to taking it, I had already been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but it was totally manageable. I had only had one full blown anxiety attack before getting on Chantix and none during. However, in the week since I have been off of it, I have been seriously anxious. Like a mini panic attack a day anxious. I've made an appt with my doctor, but I wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this sort of thing. I feel like a freak. :(

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Please don't feel like a freak, such experiences are completely normal and we all go through them, some more than others, so there's no reason to feel that way.

And yes, when you stop taking a medication like Chantix, it can cause rebound type effects, which may include anxiety attacks.

Learn more Chantix details here.

I recently had a very interesting experience where a medication I was given to help with some anxiety and irritability actually cause me to experience even more. It was quite a nightmare, so you aren't alone.

It may take a few weeks to completely wear off, if you were taking for awhile, but these effects should eventually go away.

When is your doctor's appointment?

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Monday, thank God. I feel like I'm out of my mind right now... Deep breathing and exercise aren't helping... and I'm not even comfortable enough to be around my family. This. Is. Crazy. They need to put an additional warning about these "rebound effects." Never felt so out of sorts in my whole life. (Not smoking though... so I guess there is something to be said for that.)

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I am too, off of chatax for about a month now, i feel crazy since i have been off it...Anexity to feeling like suicide or killing someone. Its not good..I have to go and see a psychologist from it! My advise, keep smoking, and dont take chantax...It will change your personna forever

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I'll get through it and I'm sure you will too. I think I'd rather be crazy for a short amount of time than die at a young age of lung cancer.

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To The Freak, no, you are not the only one.

To start with, I have a severe anxiety and depression problem. I have taken different medicines for the past 13 years.

I have tried Chantix 3 times. It worked the first time. No side effects, no problems. But eventually, I got back into smoking.

I figured I'd try again last year. That time, I got super severely anxious and depressed, as in wanting to be dead and thinking about how to do it. I stopped the Chantix, and it took well over a month to get back to "normal." However, I wasn't sure if it was the Chantix, as I tried to stop my normal medication around the same time. Stupid.

I tried Chantix again about 6 weeks ago. All was great for the first 2 weeks, but then I stated getting hyper anxious and severely depressed again. I knew then for certain that it was the Chantix, as I restarted my other medicines after last year's try.

I have stopped for almost 3 weeks, and am still experiencing immense anxiety, depression, thinking I'd be better off dead. Every few days I'll wake up feeling normal again, but then the feelings return. This is what happened last year. So, I know it'll pass, but during the times I am affected, it's a hell.

I have feelings where my body feels almost like a chill, kinda like butterflies, while also feeling heated. A constant sense of anxiousness bordering on paranoia, which all worsen my depression. A vicious circle.

But you will get over it. It does take some time. You aren't a freak. Just bear it out, and eventually everything the Chantix caused will disappear, and you will be back to your pre-Chantix feelings.

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