leave it to pfizer: attn smokers

For anyone who smokes and wants to quit, ask your doc about Chanitx. It is a new drug by Pfizer that came out last year. If you tried Zyban (welbutrin) and had no sucess, don't think that Chantix will be the same. I tried Zyban and it did nothing for my smoking. I quit with Chantix, it has been 3 months since I bought a pack of smokes, I used to smoke almost 1 pack a day!

Thanks for the info--my quit date is June 1st. I'll ask my pdoc about it. Congrats on not smoking!

do the drugs inhibit your ability to think straight? my bf has trouble quitting because he can't think straight and he needs to to work. he has been curious about drugs that might help.

Thanks, Jenn...No success trying to quit on my own! I'll ask my doctor about this!
Patty

I became a non-smoker March 1, 2005. Cold turkey, the only way to go, for me. I didn't want to trade one dependency for another (my view). I since have learned that smoking is an anti-anxiety behavior, after my anxiety skyrocketed about 3 months after I became smoke-free. At least that's what it seemed like, that it skyrocketed. But I think the anxiety was there all along and I was just dealing with it by smoking, so when I changed that behavior then I began to really feel and experience the anxiety; it was more noticable to me.

This isn't uncommon. It's a huge reason many people return to the behavior that helped their anxiety.

Being willing to feel this and recognize it for what it is will help keep your new healthy behavior in place. I realized that what I wanted was to not feel so anxious and edgy and grrrr!! but I was able to see that as something separate and not a reason to do something I didn't want to do. Being sure I didn't want to relieve those feelings with smoking, I came up with other ways, some I knew and some from trial and error, to help with those anxious feelings.

Becoming smoke free is wonderful !!! My clothes smell good, my hair smells good, my wallet is healthier too!

Maybe we could suggest a sub-forum in Health Support for "Becoming a Non-Smoker"? What do you think about this idea?

I wish anyone and everyone who decides to become a non-smoker the best success! It is so worth it... YOU are so worth it!

Thanks for the tip. My son tried to quit with zyban and it didn't help so I will pass along this information.

I quit, like Echoes, cold turkey. I have been smoke free for 11 years. Nicotine is a powerful addiction and it works on the brain....that is why it's so hard to quit.

Best of luck.

The scary part for me…I quit smoking for about 11 years and then picked it back up. It was like I never quit—right back to a pack a day. I am still kicking myself for picking them back up.

I did that once, too. I quit for a year, then went right back to where I was (was going to only have one).

I think most of us try at least several times before quitting for good....Consider it practice!

I too quit cold turkey... twice... well successfully twice with a couple year lapse. Quit maybe 17-18 years ago... oh that must age me... lol.

I quit so that my last cig was Friday nite before I went to bed (so I could get a start over the weekend of working through a little of the crabbiness) and I washed all ashtrays and put them away. I used toothpicks or straws... Straws did not look too keen but worked.

Did not do meds way back then...not sure if I would want to go that route but never know.

Good luck.

when I was trying hard I used wellbutrin and the patches. was working really good but others in the house were smoking so that made it really tough then some stress hit. like others said just started right back to where I was. *sigh* still smoking

My mom is on week 3 of Chantix with great results so far. She was a 47 year smoker and was recently DX with COPD her doctor said quit smoking or die. The Chantix is kind of expensive but the doc said most people only need it for 1-2 months. Mom has had no cravings for smokes and has even lost weight the last 3 weeks.

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