hiya everyone , ive just found this site, and im so pleased.
ive just started champix, im on day 5, having headaches but still want to smoke! nothing else seems to be changing, when will i start to notice a difference , and when will the urge to stop kick in?
sorry for the questions but i soooo want to lose the desire to smoke
jude xx
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Thirdly: what a great decision you've made.. to quit! Champix helped me a lot - the only thing to keep in mind is that a miracle it ain't, you still need to do some work yourself.
You'll find loads of good folk on here with masses of experience and all are willing to share.
When things start to kick in depends a lot on individuals.. probably over the next day or two you might start to notice differences!
Welcome to the site and congratulations on having completed 5 days already
Many will say those are the hardest 5 days and you are well on the way to overcoming the dreaded old nicotine addiction.
Quite a few of the guys have also used Champix and i am sure they will be along soon to impart their wisdom
I quit new years day so am on day 18 and i am hardly thinking about smoking at all - certainly no physical cravings now just the odd moment or two when i think it would be nice to have a fag but nothing more than that.
Remember the only thing a cigarette gives you is the desire to have another cigarette. They pointless and useless.
All the best of luck to you, this is place is full of warm and knowledgable people and whenever you need support or a moan or just want to share how its going this is the place
don't know why but this had me in stitches.. not often LOL is true but here it was.. in fact still giggling to myself.. thanks Paul, you've cheered an old man up!
Search out user 'justintime' he was one of the first users and gave a lot of help out here.
People recommend, eating with the tablet or just before and drinking water with it. To help ease the sickness, also pepermint tea anything with ginger in it, biscuits, beer, tea etc
also you could try those sickness bands, they are sold in chemists. A bead presses on a pressure point on the wrist, I found these useful for morning sickness and the kids in the car.
'Kazza' is a current champix user too. And 'steveh' used it
Jude, Champix did what it says on the tin for me - did have moments of mild nausea but nothing to worry about. I used crystalised ginger bits throughout the whole day, tomato juice (still on that) and Bach rescue pastilles.. Not all at the same time mind! Dry Jacob's cream crackers were also helpful in the mornings
ive only had 4 cigs today, thats brill for me! even those ones i prob threw half away , im really impressed with the champix, im now trying to get hubby to get some.
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