Day 3 off the fags, day 8 of Champix, feeling odd

So I had my last cigarette on Friday night, a bit early because I was still on the 0.5mg Champix pills but to tell the truth I was feeling ready, cigarettes just weren't doing it for me any more so I decided to just get on with it.

It's been going OK the last couple of days, yes I've had some cravings but I've worked through them and today I started on two blue 1mg pills a day.

Now I don't know if it's the bigger pills or the withdrawal, possibly both, but today is turning out to be a very strange day. Cravings seem easy enough to deal with but there's a lot of other stuff going on.

Firstly I have a headache, in fact it's more of a head "pain" really, just around one temple.

Secondly I keep getting a very odd sensation like I can't swallow, almost like the back of my throat is paralysed, it only lasts a moment but it scares the heck out of me every time.

Finally, and worst of all I feel dizzy and foggy in the head, a sensation that I can best describe as feeling "stoned" but not in an enjoyable way (lets not go into how I know what that feels like, I was young once).

So is this pretty average stuff when you double your Champix dose, or am I special?

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nsd_user663_1910

6 years ago

Hiya mate

Sounds a bit out of the normal to me.

Champix with me made me feel a bit spaced out now and again but only in short spells.Had the odd headache but nothing too strong,what you could do is juggle about a bit with what time you take pills-try late morning with some food,even if just a biscuit with your tea and around 7 also with food.If thats not working change times again but try to have it with some food.

If symptoms persist or get worse see the Doc

Thanks for the reply.

Actually I feel fine now, think I may have just suffered a bit of an anxiety attack. I'm no stranger to these but you can only usually recognise them after they've subsided.

I had a lousy night's sleep last night so maybe that's to blame.

If the internet wasn't laden with Champix horror stories I wouldn't be so hyper-sensitive to every little symptom.

Except for the stoned feeling, that's definitely the meds... yeah mon.