Hi all,

Just wondering if you or anyone you know has been on Champix to quit smoking?

This is my second time. The first time I stopped taking it as I was constantly sick even being woken at night to vomit and then the pains in the stomach started.

I spoke to my doctor before the new year and he decided to give Champix another go, Im very nervous about it (I have a history of Panic Disorder) but he has given me some things to help combat the nausea problem.

The reason I ask is because it occurred to me while taking my tablet this morning that it was almost exactly 2 years ago that I started Champix. It was then that I started feeling quite ill most afternoons, by ill I mean 'out of it', dizzy and depersonalized. Even when I stopped in March this continued, getting progressively worse. Then in May I was hospitalized for Anxiety for 2 months. Firstly in the psych ward (which I requested - scared I had completely lost my mind) then onto the MBU.

I wonder if the Champix contributed to this...... I am sure it was something I was already prone to get I just wonder......

Ive tried to stay positive about it this time and not look at the bad side effects.... telling myself if I can just last until Feb I will have stopped long enough to stay away from smokes with some willpower. However when I try cold turkey I have NO willpower at all. Generally by 6pm I HAVE to buy those smokes. But I have to say that that year when the Panic started was horrendous and I would not wish it on anybody!! I missed DD's first bday because I panicked which still to this day breaks my heart, for over a year I felt like I wasnt living but fighting to live and never getting anywhere. Many times wanting to give up.

I wonder if it was Champix as well because no one has ever been able to pinpoint what bought it on. Tay was 10 months and I couldnt wait to get home from work to see her. No one died, we didnt move, things with DH were fine. My appointment with my psych isnt until Feb although I would like to talk to her about it.

TIA