Just found this forum and spent hours reading the very informative and helpful posts. Congrats to all of you who have succeeded.
So I thought I'd join in. In a self-indulgent way, I thought that if I chart my (hopefully!) progress, I might have more chance of success.
I've sort of found myself on Champix by accident rather than desire which isn't a great way to start, so my first task is to get myself into the right mental frame of mind.
Reason was that at the moment I'm living in France, where I play a bit of sport. In order to compete here, you need a medical certificate (club insurance or something like that). So last week I went off to the docs, blood pressure, heart rate etc all OK. Then you've got to do a series of exercises and the tests are re-done. After mine, when I was seriously 'puffing', the doctor just looked at me and said: "Vous fumez!" - more of a statement than a question.
So I 'fessed up and went through the usual motions of 'Oh, yes, but not a lot' (untrue) and 'I do intend to quit soon' (also untrue). Anyway before I know it, I'm walking out of the doctors with a medical certificate in one hand (passed) and a prescription for Champix in the other.
Decide I might as well cash it in..and had to part with over 50 Euros at the pharmacy. So I thought I've got to stop smoking for at least 10 days to recoup what I've already paid out.
Started taking Champix three days ago with absolutely no effects - one way or the other - at the moment, which I think on balance is a good thing having read about various side-effects.
So I've now a couple of challenges - first one to think myself into giving up smoking and secondly to give up.
Thanks for indulging me with this diary. Hope it works.
Cheers
Sue
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hi Sue, i tried champix, really good, i smoked for the first 10 days with it then stopped and thought it was brilliant, the only side effect was if i took a tablet without food or having not recently eaten, it would make me feel really sick....
glad you got the champix - it worked wonders for me - I was so physcially and psychologically so addicted and am now been smoke free for nearly 2 months.
It's not a miracle cure though and you do have to really want it still. i had a couple of failed attempts on champix before getting it right this time.
Really wish you all the best and welcome aboard! getting champix could be the best accident that ever happened to you
Well done even if you didn't exactly decide for yourself to quit
I also used Champix and found it a huge help I didn't have any side effects except a little nausea with the morning one solved by taking it a bit later instead of first thing
You'll find as the days go by you have less and less desire to smoke and by the 7/8th day I was having to force myself to smoke at all
Below is my standard welcome and advice post which I try and give all new members
Welcome to the forum and well done on the decision to quit possibly one of the most important you will ever make and you will be losing nothing but you will regain control of your life and that has to be good
You will find all the help and support you need on here as we all help each other just like a family we are here for you every step of the way cheering the good days and sympathiseing with the bad but the good far outweigh the bad
Read the posts on here you will find a lot of tips and advice and in the signatures of a lot you will find links to other sites just click on them Here are 2 I find very good to start you off whyquit.com and woofmang.com Read, read and then read some more as the more you read and learn about why you smoked and about your addiction the easier your quit will be
This link is good for the psychological part of quitting
Another Sue! Nice to meet you and so good to hear your story - it's very similar to mine! I had no intentions of walking out of the GP surgery with the intention to quit - but I did, and it worked marvellously!
Very best wishes for your quit - stick with us, let us know how it goes. It helps, I know!
As a smoker, half of us is convinced that we love it, the social side, taste, etc, and half heartedly tell ourselves we will quit it one day.
The other half knows that it is killing us and we really should give it up.
I don't like sounding like them ex smokers who bang on to smokers to give up (like my dad did to me) but honestly, read some of the posts about people who have given up, mine included and hopefully it will inspire you to have the resolve to give up.
I know the thought of never ever having a fag again is scary, but to me now, Id never stick another one of them sh1tty little things in my gob again!
I've not posted in the first week because absolutely nothing has happened! I feel a bit disappointed and at one point was even hoping for some side effects just to see that something was happening.
I appreciate that they are not a miracle cure and that a fair amount of effort and attitude is needed on my part but I was hoping for some indication that they were going to be an ally in all of this.
I'm not being negative and I'm not giving up giving up. I've been encouraged by the various posts here which have explained that Champix kicks in at different times for different people.
The only thing that is slightly different is that I'm having much more vivid dreams and, if I wake up in the middle of them (which I frequently do) I then rejoin the dream where I left off when I go back to sleep. Very weird. Also the dreams tend to be about something that has happened during the previous day so I wake up in the morning not sure which bit was real or imaginary.
Tomorrow I move on to the 'heavy guns' with the blue pills so will keep you posted and thanks again.
Keep at it Sue, my dreams are tailing off now (day 7 no fags) but everyone is different. As for the Champix kicking in, it will and you may get headaches and nausea and everything else that people suffer or you may get nothing but after 35 years of 35 a day I would never have believed I could make 7 hours never mind 7 days. Its down to the Champix not me cause I have no will power whatsoever so dont give up and we are all with you.
Keep with it - don't loose your momentum for not smoking. Everyday have your reasons going round your head like a mantra and remember smoking is such a uselss habbit, dirty, expensive and deadly habbit - LETS KICK IT IN TEETH!!!
Put your reasons to quit in the reasons to quit thread for easy access and when you feel down read it over again. It does help and stop being so impatient, promise it will come
Definately agree - there is no area in life that cannot be improved substantially by quitting! Its a no brainer really - we just need to take that first step and stay with it!!!!
After spending the first week on Champix complaining about 'nothing's happening to me', I finally moved on to the big blue guns this morning.
I had posted earlier that even side effects would be welcome, just to show something was going on. Oh, do I regret that wish now.
I'm a writer who works from home so normal 'modus operandi' is a cup of coffee on my right side, an ash tray on my left and a lap-top in the middle. Breakfast is something I haven't done for about 30 years.
This morning, I moderated my behaviour by starting with a glass of water before the coffee. And I took the first big bluey 1 mg Champix! Within one minute I was having stomach cramps, within three minutes, I'd brought up..... (sorry to those with a sensitive stomach, you might like to skip the next few lines)...entire glass of water and, no doubt, the 1mg Champix. I was bowled over (literally and figuratively) by the speed of the reaction. No sooner had I swallowed it than I was vomiting. Now, I'm sure it didn't stay in my system long enough to have perpetrated anywhere.
None of this was helped by a neighbour calling around in 'mid-vomit' so I could do some printing for him. I think he thought I'd hit the red wine significantly the previous evening.
So, in summary:
1. I'm still smoking
2. Champix hasn't had any effect (maybe because I throw it up as soon as it hits my stomach)...and
3. Going to try second dose tonight and try to combine it with food, because I guess it's got no chance of working if I can't keep it in my system for more than three minutes.
Oh dear I'm sorry you had that reaction to the 1mg champix this morning but maybe if you take it after food that would help
If this happens again go back to your Dr/nurse it could be because of the higher dose
I know of a couple of people on here who could take the higher dose and were fine on the lower one who were successful in their quits [is this the first time you've thrown up after it or have I missed something]
Oh Sue - poor you:(. I'm sorry to hear that you had such a violent reaction to the tablet. Definitely eat with it tonight and hopefully you'll start to see a difference. I've never been physically sick but I got a sensation of throwing up in my throat (delightful!) with nothing actually coming out after I took my second bluey.
Hopefully this initial reaction is an isolated one for you!
I usually take my pill half way through eating whatever meal it is I'm eating. For instance I had 2 slices of toast (they were small ok :o) with a cup of coffee this AM and I took my bluey after the first slice so that my stomach was already digesting food and then still had the same amount to digest.
Best of luck for tonight and let us all know how it goes!!!!!
I hope you can keep the bluey down as I know I would still be a fag ash lil without mine, but dont give up hope as if you can get through the first week on the half tablet you will make it because I keep forgetting to take mine now.
Day 13. Fortunately the sickness has turned into an isolated incident..and I've even been forcing myself to eat something in the morning.
But from day one to today I've not really felt any different. Then two days ago I just noticed I was smoking less, it seemed more of a habit than a craving. I was almost as if I'd fogotten to have a cigarette til something reminded me.
Anyway, I was still feeling a bit down about the Champix not kicking in then today (Day 13 - maybe lucky for me) I've just gone off cigarettes and feel I don't really want one at all. So maybe something is working.
I finish the first two week pack tomorrow, so tomorrow morning is Quit Day for the cigarettes.
Smoked last cigarette yesterday morning, screwed up the packet, threw it in bin and bleached the ashtrays.
The Champix does seem to be helping. I haven't had anything like a craving for a cigarette. It's been more of a habit thing, as if I've forgotten that I should be smoking. So every so often I think about having a cigarette but don't really want one. Hope it stays like this.
Also yesterday was quite an easy day to quit as I went out to dinner at a friend's house with non-smokers. I quite enjoyed not to having to work out if I had time to nip out on the balcony for a quick cigarette between courses.
Also quite pleased they were non-smokers as I didn't fancy the temptation of being with a group of smokers after a few glasses of wine.
Also, with just a day without cigarettes I seem to notice the smell of them already. Walked passed a guy a few yerds from me and smelled he was smoking. Then came home and my house smelled funny - in a not nice way. So either something has crawled under the settee and died, or I can now pick up on the days, weeks and months of stale cigarettes in here. Ugh! I need to do a spring clean.
Side effects from Champix: wierd dreams, disrupted sleep pattern (which means I'm tired during the day), slight nauseous feeling.
Hit the dreaded Day3/4 of no cigarettes today and was wondering how it would hit me.
So far, eveything OK. Decided to do some reading up on withdrawal symptoms, Champix etc etc. Then came across an article (US site, I guess) which was so full of anti-Champix feelings that I was getting quite worried. Virtually everyone had a horrible case to report of depression, suicidal tendancies, mental institutions (I kid you not) etc etc. Then I decided that the US is pretty litigious - so I'd discount 90 per cent of that. I'm OK after more than two weeks on Champix - apart from the vivid dreams which are more interesting than disturbing.
Anyway, today I decided to try to overcome one of my hurdles. I live in France at the moment, so the weather is still pretty good. One of my favourite ways to pass a couple of hours is to buy an English newspaper, stock-up on cigarettes and go to the local cafe for a couple of glasses of wine, an hour reading the paper, an hour trying to do the crossword, and half a dozen cigarettes.
It somehow seemed that the sky might fall in if I tried to do the wine/newspaper/crossword scenario
without the
wine/newspaper/crossword/cigarettes scenario.
It was as if something would be out of kilter. So I've avoided it the past few days. Today I wondered why I was avoiding something which I really viewed as a treat just because one bit of the component parts was missing, so went off to do it.
'Madame' in the newsagents, naturally brought me my paper and a packet of cigarettes. I'd even got the right money to pay her for both, before I said I didn't want the cigarettes.
'Monsieur' in the cafe brought me the standard glass of rose wine *and an ashtray* - as he's done for months, before I had to shoo away the ashtray and explain.
Anyway, the sky didn't fall in. The reading of paper was fine, the wine was lovely, I still couldn't finish the crossword (nothing different there)...and didn't have a cigarette.
Next test, dinner tomorrow with some serious smoking people.
From what I've been reading today I think you were right not to avoid situations where you used to smoke and enjoy smoking. This article in particular seemed to make sense to me:
It seems that the brain will always associate certain situations with a pleasurable smoke and putting these off do no good other than delaying the inevitable.
I'm not on Champix but going out tonight for the first time since quitting. It's going to be hard but got to face it head on.
Thanks Margeret for your advice...and the meal went fine. No cigarettes...and even better, no desire to have one. Might have been helped by the fact that no-one smoked anything close to my 'brand', but it the past I'd have smoked camel dung if that was all that was available.
When I arrived, the hostess immediately got out an ashtray and said 'Good, I've been waiting for you to come so we could smoke together'. I told her I'd given up, so she immediately said she wouldn't smoke in front of me...which considering it is her house was crazy. So I insisted she smoke if she wanted to and that it would be a good thing for me to test my resolve. Anyway, no problems. The article in the Telegraph, which Nix referred to, makes a lot of sense to me.
Anyway, that's another hurdle over...just got to make sure I don't eat too much that I put on too much weight.
Just coming up to a week smoke-free and feel lucky to have had such an easy time with it. Cravings seem to have disappeared, although I still think about cigarettes, but have put that down to habit rather than desire.
Also am already beginning to feel the benefits of not smoking. I live on the top floor of an apartment block without a lift. Usually - and particularly if I'm carrying the shopping, I only make to it the second floor without having to stop for a breather. Now I can go all the way up without even getting out of breathe. First time I did it, I thought I hadn't got to the second floor yet, when I was actually outside my flat. Great.
Champix side effects are not too bad. The weird dreams seem to be tailing off and I'm getting a much better night's sleep. Still feel nausea after the morning pill, but it is manageable if I eat with it.
Glad to hear that already you're beginning to feel the benefits and it gets even better the firther you go Promise
Hi Christine
Well done as you start the journey to freedom you'll be just fine OK I can't remember if I sent you the following post and if I have my apologies in advance
Below is my standard welcome and advice post which I try and give all new members
Welcome to the forum and well done on the decision to quit possibly one of the most important you will ever make and you will be losing nothing but you will regain control of your life and that has to be good
You will find all the help and support you need on here as we all help each other just like a family we are here for you every step of the way cheering the good days and sympathiseing with the bad but the good far outweigh the bad
Read the posts on here you will find a lot of tips and advice and in the signatures of a lot you will find links to other sites just click on them Here are 2 I find very good to start you off whyquit.com and woofmang.com Read, read and then read some more as the more you read and learn about why you smoked and about your addiction the easier your quit will be
This link is good for the psychological part of quitting
Just read back my through this thread. It's funny to look back on some of the thoughts I had before I quit. Now have done a month smoke-free and cigarettes are like a distant memory that doesn't seem relevant now.
I still think about cigarettes but in an ambivalent way. I don't particularly want one. I think that's the difference between being an ex-smoker and a non-smoker.
One of the things about not smoking that I enjoy the most is no longer having to plan around your next cigarette. Given the current anti-smoking rules, it was always an issue when I was shopping, in a pub, someone's house, travelling, visiting, working, in a restaurant/bar, in company with non-smokers, theatre, cinema, sports hall, - in fact doing just about anything - as to how I was going to get in the next cigarette with minimum disruption. Then 10 minutes after that, the whole cycle starts again. I think I must have devoted a significant part of my life to planning how to smoke, then not really enjoying it because it was generally rushed and guilt-filled.
Still on Champix. Had no major side effects, initial nausea has gone, still having weird dreams, but maybe that's just me. After a total of about five weeks on Champix, I cut down to half a tablet in the morning and half in the evening (that cured the feeling of nausea); and now I've gone down to just half a tablet in the morning. I've not noticed any change in my attitude to cigarettes since cutting down.
The circumstances of the past six weeks have been conducive to not smoking, I've been abroad and not in the company of that many smokers. But that all changes on Monday. I'm back in London where just about everyone I mix with smokes...and they don't know I've given up yet. So the 'default' situation is tables outside restaurants, regular trips outside the pub for a quick smoke and ashtrays in everyone's houses.
Just wanted to say thank you for this blog (we should have a blog forum for these threads) as when I started Champix this told me more than the doctor did and so it was very very helpful.
Your journey has been very interesting to follow especially for newbie’s. I think you have come so far and you must be pleased with yourself. You’re a strong lady so you will manage to cope with the smokers and if they are true friends they will take into consideration that you have given up.
Hi, Thought I'd do a little update and try to catch up with my thoughts. Still not smoking and don't miss them at all.
Actually feel very pleased with myself. Not only for the physical signs of giving up, eg better skin (someone told me I looked radiant the other day - makes me sound like I've just come out of a nuclear plant!), fitter, livelier, more energy etc etc. But the big plus is I really like myself for giving up.
I look back on how I was controlled by cigarettes, even though I wouldn't admit it at the time. For example, I'd visit my sister and her adorable kids who would want to play a game with me. Then I'd break off to nip outside for a quick cigarette. Was I really trying to pretend that I'd rather stand in the cold and rain in the garden than talk to two little kids who had been waiting for my visit all week! I feel ashamed of myself.
Anyway, I thought I'd update you and warn you all of the Nicomonkey that lurks in the strangest of places. The Nicomonkey, as his name suggests, is a cunning little creature that can climb into the strangest of places, sit on your shoulder and start whispering tempting bad thoughts. (He's a close relative of the Drinkmonkey, you know, the little creature that visits your house some evenings, throws your clothes all over the place, tips the remains of a kebab or Chinese takeaway on the work surface, jumps on your head while you are asleep, then rubs sand in your mouth so you feel sick in the morning).
Anyway, I had a visit from the Nicomonkey earlier this week. He broke into my house, loosened the fittings on the washing machine and then spilt water all over the kitchen floor, flooding it. He's done untold damage to the floor and the kitchen units. Now, if there is ever a set of circumstances when I would have reached for a cigarette or 20, it's standing in an indoor swimming pool that used to be my kitchen!
I also think the Nicomonkey was at work last night scoring the equaliser for Lyon against Liverpool with a minute to go. That was a chain-smoking moment.
Anyway, just to alert you to the Nicomonkey. He's not in my house at the moment, so might be planning to pay you a visit. He can strike at any time and can be very tempting. Just show him the door, he's bad news.
How posh are you with your new indoor pool, who needs a kitchen anyway!! You forgot to add he steals your sense of humour but it does return (at some stage:p)
(I originally posted this in the Tips section and it was suggested to me that I also put it here in the blog - which is where I probably should have put it in the first place!)
Some people really struggle with the 'quit' particularly the first few days/weeks. So I thought I'd try to put down in writing the way I approached it, by trying to be positive about the actual quit process. It might not help everyone but it might help some people embarking on the quit road.
It's not surprising it's hard, if it was easy there wouldn't be anywhere near as many smokers as there are. Reading and understanding the nature of the addition does help. Remember you are trying to break a drug addiction - there will be physical cravings and mental desires born out of years of habit. You need to break both of these and it's not easy, but it can be a more positive experience if you try to enjoy the quit itself and recognise the achievement in the process.
I'm not talking about the benefits of not smoking, I mean the achievements of actually going through the quit.
1. Be proud of quitting. Many, many people have tried and failed. It's not easy and you're doing it. Be proud of yourself. It takes willpower and determination - and you've got both.
2. Other smokers are envying you. They might not be openly supportive but I reckon that deep down every smoker is looking at you and thinking I wish I had his/her will power.
3. Recognise your achievements. Each day, week and then month without a cigarette is a major achievement and milestone. Celebrate it. Treat yourself to something and pat yourself on the back.
4. Enjoy the convenience. Although your thoughts might still be dominated by cigarettes (it's only natural, you're breaking a long-time habit) recognise the freedom and convenience it's giving you during the quit. Your 'default' position might be having to go outside in the rain for a cigarette, planning your next cigarette break, leaving friends/family in favour of a cigarette break etc. Now you have the convenience of doing exactly what you want to do without being interrupted by having to stop to feed your addiction.
5. Every night and every morning. Every time you go to sleep tell yourself it's another day behind you, and well done. Feel good about yourself for having got through another day. Every morning remember how good it felt to have got through a day and you want that feeling again.
6. Challenge the 'firsts'. Every ex-smoker has a fear of the 'firsts'. The first drink without a cigarette, the first party, the first long drive etc etc. All these are triggers for cigarettes. Instead of avoiding them, welcome them, prepare to beat them and then be proud that you can tick off that trigger and never have to do the 'first' again.
7. Substitutes. Enjoy having something better/healthier to do instead. Whether cooking a new recipe, taking up walking, drinking more water, eating better food.
8. Enjoy the immediates. It is a fact, you now smell better (you might not notice but other people do), breathe easier, etc. You're body is responding positively. Even the down-side of quitting eg mood swings, eating more, spots(!) are all signs that your body is recovering from years of smoking. You should be pleased each time you go through one of them, it's a sign you're on the road to recovery.
9. Real money. If you were smoking a packet a day, that's the equivalent of £35 a week extra in your pocket. Be pleased you've saved that, treat yourself.
10. Profit and loss account. List what you've lost by not smoking, and what you've gained.
11. Freedom of choice. For the first time, you have freedom of choice over whether you smoke or not. As a smoker, you need to feed that addiction. Now you can choose whether to smoke or not. Think back to the first cigarette you ever had. If you could turn the clock back and choose whether or not to smoke it, I reckon most smokers would say 'no'. You have that choice again! This time make the right one and be proud that you are doing so.
12. It's a challenge - and you're doing it. Be proud of your quit.
And thank you Cyprien...its such a good blog and so useful to me as I'm on day 9 of my Champix road. I'm taking it day by day and not finding it too bad...I'm pretty spaced out after starting on the blue tablets but I'm sure that will pass
Thank you for the tips once quit too, I am sure I will be re-reading them many times
After reading through the Champix blog on this forum I thought I would begin my own journey of journal entries. I am committed to writing each day and I thought this would be the perfect place to put down my own experiences and hope with Champix... here goes ...
I've tried so many times to stop smoking (what a frustrating, energy consuming , waste of time its been) and having mild depression at times in my life I have always got to the point of 'Stuff it!' and will light up again. This time is different. I don't know why but it is. But irrespective of the trouble people have had with Champix or those who profess 'cold turkey' is the only way, I know, for me, I need help. After much reading and listening to others I finally decided to use Champix with support from my doctor and personal writing. I know each person will reactly differently to Champix so I am going to 'ignore' the horror stories and just watch my own body doing what I can to alleviate anything untoward that arises and have some faith that what I am doing, here and now, is right for me.
It's day 8 and I have the heavy morning nausea that many seem to suffer from. It's a little like my first 3 months of being pregnant with my son and I remind myself how wonderful the end result was with him so with Champix, I will keep going. And oh, that morning coffee! :rolleyes: - always a highlight to my day is now becoming intolerable. I know coffee doesn't help the nausea (neither does the cereal or toast for that matter) but it's manageable. Not ready to forego the caffeine fix - not yet. Dreaming is an interesting experience - I remember them now (never have on a regular basis anyway) and they definitely should have a warning for 'Parental Guidance recommended'! And okay, I'm a little grouchy (irritable, short with my words, down in the mouth - I need to remember my family care about me too and have been through my 'doing this' numerous times) but all that said I'm committed to the long haul.
So here goes Day 8. I may not want to stop filling my lungs with smoke today but it is coming so let's get on with it.
'When you realise nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you' - Tao de Ching
Well done restarting your quit I think you may still be smoking with the champix just now but it sounds like you're almost ready to go smole free
I also used champix with a good result I have been smoke free now for almost 15 months I had tried almost everything else before and nothing worked for me either
I had just the sickness feeling in the morning as well I wish you every success in your quest for freedom
Below is my standard welcome and advice post which I try and give all new members
Welcome to the forum and well done on the decision to quit possibly one of the most important you will ever make and you will be losing nothing but you will regain control of your life and that has to be good
You will find all the help and support you need on here as we all help each other just like a family we are here for you every step of the way cheering the good days and sympathising with the bad but the good far outweigh the bad
Read the posts on here you will find a lot of tips and advice and in the signatures of a lot you will find links to other sites just click on them Here are 2 I find very good to start you off whyquit.com and woofmang.com Read, read and then read some more as the more you read and learn about why you smoked and about your addiction the easier your quit will be
i started taking champix on thursday 18th feb, today is day 6 for me and i have not had one ciggy, i feel so proud, i havent even got to the blue tablet yet lol. i am just going to take it day by day and see how i go , my quit date is 1/3/2010 do i have a few days yet so if i have one i wont feel too bad but i dont actually want one.
I was wondering what t would be like to go on champix as iv tried everything and nothing has worked ... SO determined to quit, esp for my little boy who is actually asking me to do it.
Will be phoning the stop smoking nurse at my doctors tomorrow about going onto Champix.. so thank ou VERY VERY much xxx
Hello I started Champix 9 days ago and today is my 2nd day not smoking. I've tried the patches the inhaler and i can honestly say i think they are amazing. I've had nausea symptoms and the vivid dreams. But i like my dreams, they are funny. You wake up and think they are real haha.
I take my champix with two pieces of toast and i don't really feel sick, or take it after food on a full stomach. The first week I took champix, I didn't really want to smoke, I didn't feel like one, it was more force of habbit.
I also had a bottle of wine off them the other day and became very ill. Vomiting and didn't remember even going to bed. To be honest with you the champix has made me not really even want to drink. So i feel better, as i cut down on the ale, and now i've packed in smoking, It's only been a day, and as of yet i've not really been stressed. So i've along way to go. But i woke up this morning and i haven't even coughed, i can breath, i've hardly any snot or nothing.
I can cope with the nausea, tweleve weeks of being a bit off if it makes me quit the horrible fags. I am so looking forward to the next few weeks, because i can announce to people i don't smoke, and i am gonna be proud. A fag will not beat me!!
I would recommend champix to anybody thinking about smoking. I was that bad i could actually eat them. And i think for the first time my love affair has come to and end with them. It's all in your mind!! x
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intolerable. I know coffee doesn't help the nausea (neither does the cereal or toast for that matter) but it's manageable. Not ready to forego the caffeine fix - not yet. Dreaming is an interesting experience - I remember them now (never have on a regular basis anyway) and they definitely should have a warning for 'Parental Guidance recommended'! And okay, I'm a little grouchy (irritable, short with my words, down in the mouth - I need to remember my family care about me too and have been through my 'doing this' numerous times) but all that said I'm committed to the long haul.
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