Chantix - Drug Information And Side Effects (Page 3)

How long does chantix stay in your system? Could it still be affecting me after 9 months?

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It's been 1 and ahal weeks OFF chantix. Nausea is gone, not smoking, feeling a lot better. Mood is greatly improved but I've also been working more. I don't crave a cig...I'm actually happy. My thinking has improved, excess gas is gone. Last week at my drs. I told him this was horrid stuff, he kept saying I'd be ok. I see sunshine on the horizon. Hang in there folks, but be sure to check in with your dr.

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I hate to say.. It may never be completely out of his system. I took it twice and I am not right. I worry alot and have anxiety now. It has been a few years. He will get better, but he will never be exactly the same. I hate to be the bearer of bad news.

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I'm taking chantix now and I have notice that I can't orgasm!! I wish I could! Does it stay that way? I hope not!!

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My last day of work was 4/21/10, I had been taking Chantix for about a week, but I was also taking an anti-depressant. I have severe anxiety/panic attacks still. And worst of all, I am still smoking. There are thousands of us out here but you have no legal recourse against the makers of Chantix unless you attempted or committed suicide. Just thinking about it all the time isn't enough. I know I can add to my list of problems :Anxiety/panic Disorder, Depression (on 2 separate meds), Fibromyalgia, COPD, GERD, IBS, migraines, and agoraphobia, can no longer focus long enough to read books and I was an avid reader at least 1 book every 2 days, I'm easily distracted and my memory is horrible. I can go into a room 3 or more times for something and end coming back without it and I remember why I went into that room. Have been denied SSDI and is now in the appeal office in Virginia. Mind you, I filed this claim in October of 2010, no income at all. I get $200 in food stamps but that is just for food not toilet paper, paper towels, cleaners. I owe so many people that I think when they see it's my number they either send it to voicemail or just not answer the landline and let it go to the answering machine...

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I think the commercials describe the effects but not the extent of the effects other than suicide. If they would say "chantix may cause permanent brain damage" people would think twice before taking it. I don't see how permanent brain damage from chantix is any different than brain damage from street drugs. Hang in there people. My prayers go out to you.

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I used chantix for 3 months with some very minor side effects (occasional nausea, gas, bloating) that subsided when I stopped taking chantix. I have been smoke free for almost a year and was very pleased with this. However, I have been seeing my doctor for nerve pain & I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I am not sure if I agree with this diagnosis so my doctor and I have been looking further into the causes of my pain. We have actually traced the start of this pain back to the month that I quit smoking. I had never made a connection before but now I am wondering if taking Chantix could be related to this persistent all-over pain(joint & muscle). I had never had any health problems until this past year. I am only 30 yrs old and concerned that I may have to live with this pain.

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My husband only took Chantix for 4 weeks. We have been married for 31 years and we both boasted on what a wonderful relationship we had...Sure we had our stressers, but we dealt with them. Depression and hostility started setting in on day 7. By the end of the month he disassociated himself with all family and me. Gets very angry and says hurtful things. I try to talk to him he says he he doesn't care if I love him or he loves me. He just wants to coexist in the same house until we can sell it. He is looking for work now out of state and says he is leaving me. He is not the same man I knew 5 weeks ago. I miss the man my husband once was. Thsi is a terrible drug for some people and I truly believe your doctor should go over all the warnings with his patients personally. It has destroyed us for now. He has been off of it for 1 week now and I pray that the man I married will return to his old self again.

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I am on my second round of Chantix and stopped about two weeks ago. My memory is shot when I used to have a steel trap for a memory, my attention span is that of a gnat. I have phantom pains all of the time out of the blue. I never want to go out or talk to others. I snap out of nowhere over the oddest things. There is no question in my mind that Chantix has altered my brains chemistry for how long is the question! I fear it may be for the rest of my life.

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Don't give up hope Annmarie and Kim. It took a month or so before my doctor put me on wellbuterin after chantix wrecked havoc in my life. Things can come back and eventually even out but holding on until then is tough. Please seek help until you find it. Understand that it is the chantix and not you. Similair to someone having a bad trip. Until then just breathe, hope and pray. Hang in there.

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My husband was the one on Chantix.....he has been off 16 days after a month long regimen. After 14 days he is slowly coming back to being the person he once was...not 100% but is getting there. We haven't talked about it and I don't think he was truly aware of how he was. Were you?? Hanging in there!

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I did not know for the first month..was in denial. I just kept thinking it was quitting smoking and harder this time. By the time I knew something was really wrong everything was just dark..void of everything it was too late and major depression confusion and mental blocks were already there.I actually got worse after quitting it. It slowly got better. Finally located an article called "This my brain on chantix". That helped me understand it was the chantix. Hang on, hope and pray. I hope your husband comes backs like I did.

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Thanks Happiernow.. Good lucj k to you! I am so glad I found this site...it has helped keep me sane!!

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Husband has been off Chantix for 3 weeks now...seemed a bit better for a couple days, now he wants a divorce. he is being mentally cruel, saying very hurtful things. I think Pfiser needs to take this drug and see how their trip goes! I know in my heart, Chantix has ruined our marriage of 31 years!

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I know just what you mean about the world becoming a dark place. For me, it was just ugly.
I took Chantix for 3 weeks in May (2012), and now it's the end of December and after a lot of intense therapy, antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds I am better. Not whole, just better. I am not longer suicidal, I don't have the days of crying, the days when I don't leave the house, the nightmares, the memory lapses (not as bad anyway), or the feeling that I want to just fade away and never face another day. Seven months of after effects and five of those were pure hell. I still have bad days, but more good days. This was not me at all - this person who for days was unable to care for herself or others. I managed to keep my job (I have a PhD in research), but really wanted to quit. I had to take a lot of vacation and even disability time.
The meds are fine and have helped, but I know that it will take time for the damage done to my brain my Chantix to heal... if it ever does. This might be as good as it gets. At least I'm mobile again most days. Months went by until I could laugh or enjoy anything. I lost tons of weight even though I quit exercising. And do I smoke? Yup. Sure do. Chantix is evil.

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Maggie, Were you aware of how you were? Myhusband thinks there is nothing different about him. He'a a health professional and would hope he could see it. Were you the same at work as well as home? I don't think I can take 6 more months of living like this with him. He refuses any type of counseling

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I wasn't aware immediately. In fact, others began pointing out to me that I was behaving strangely. At first, I was hostile and rather aggresive. I remember coming back from the gym one day and telling my husband that I got angry at another driver and thought I should force him off the road. My husband said that my behavior at home was increasingly angry and cruel. That phase lasted for a couple weeks, then I went off Chantix because I knew my behavior was all wrong. But as soon as I went off the Chantix, the anger quickly diminished and I went headlong into a paralyzing depression. It was like being on that drug revved my brain in damaging ways, but when I went off it it did a reverse and just shut me down.

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Is your husband any better yet? If so, how long did it take for him to be himself again. Mine took it for 1 month and has been off for 3 weeks. He is hateful, cruel, depressed , wants a divorce and more. I don't know how much longer I can hang in there

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Kim, Hang on. Maybe try to get some support from Alanon or something like that. Your up against the effects of a drug that has changed the person you know. Try to get some help from Narcotics Anonymous or whatever... these people (AA, NA or Alanon) can accept the philosphy that a drug can change a persons brain chemistry. Just look at it like bad acid or something. You are powerless over someone else- period. But that does not mean you cannot ask for help from someone else also- like a support group. If you are over whelmed and don't know where to turn please go find some support even if your spouse will not.

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I am sorry you are going through this Kim. It tooks months for some side effects to leave me. It has been years now and I still have the worry and anxiety ( I NEVER had this prior to Chantix) I noticed I was behaving different and having visuals of heading into the median and going sailing while driving down the highway with my fiancee at the time.(ex now) I had my ex calling me white trash one day for an episode that happened at Dunkin Donuts drive through. That was about a month and a half of taking the "miracle" drug. Have you bluntly said to him it is the Chantix that is ruining us?

Ann Marie it does get better. You just never get back to the way you were before taking Chantix.

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Littleg,

I have told them that the Chantix has changed him...his response is that he is not depressed, not suicidal or does not have the strange dreams, so therefore, it is not Chantix. He is positive of that he says. I discovered, the nicere I am to him, the nastier he is...but if I ignore him or not be nice he happier. I think when I am nice he feels guilty but doesn't understand why and does not like feeling guilt so he turns it on me. Thank you for your reply and support. Hang in there!!!

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