really really worried. - Smoking Cessation Message Board

PumpkinSeed · 08-28-2007, 10:53 AM

i am having wicked gas from taking chantix. it's so bad i feel short of breath. i decided to look up 'gas' and the drug on the internet and came upon a site about the drug, and people on there are like, saying once they quit they got so sick, their livers are screwed up they have breathing problems, joint problems, they know people who have died, etc etc.

i am on my third week and i want to stop. i'm so scared i'm having an anxiety attack. i don't know what to do. i never want to take it again.

is there anyone here who stopped and isn't dying of some horrible liver/swelling/breathing/blood pressure problem?!!!!!!

eek!

velveeta · 08-28-2007, 06:12 PM

I have taken Chantix, quit smoking and gotten off Chantix and I am a okay!! No life threatening illness that I know of. Calm down and talk to your doc!

tomjayc · 08-28-2007, 06:42 PM

Relax. I used Chantix and am glad that I did. Someone before on this site suggested that you quit taking it gradually. That's what I did. I was only taking one pill in the morning because of the insomnia. From their I cut the pill in half and only took half every day for a week or two. Then I took half a pill every other day for two weeks. I'm still living and am proud to say that for the first time in 20 year I'm nicotine free for 6 months straight.

Best of luck to you and remember.................relax and think about what life will be like when you can go a whole week without even thinking about a smoke.

PumpkinSeed · 08-28-2007, 08:49 PM

i'm so excited to have quit for 10 days now!!!

i didn't take my evening pill. the gas is SO bad lol. i really freaked myself out reading all that stuff. then i thought maybe alot of those people are hypochondriacs or something. you know? lots of meds give bad side effects.

nonetheless. i will continue and i am going to taper down too. that is an excellent idea. i don't want to start again.

i can't believe how much money i'm saving! 15 dollars a day! that adds up like you wouldn't believe. i don't want to start smoking again.

i call that stuff willpower in a bottle. i think i can really keep not smoking and cut down.

STELLA1970 · 08-29-2007, 07:40 PM

Well this is just great, now I am really really worried!!!! I hadn't heard anything like what I have just read.