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Chantix Insomnia, Help!
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I have ben on Chantix for 15 days and have successfuly quit for 10 days. But the insomnia is torture. I have been getting up after about 5 hours sleep and can't fall back to sleep. This morning I woke up at 4am! I have young children so its not like I can take a nap whenever I want to catch up on sleep.
I take Advil PM which helps but I am building up a tolerance to it. I was planning on taking the Chantix for 12 weeks as recommended but am thinking about only 6-8. I LOVE not smoking and DO NOT want a death stick. But I am worried about a rebound if I quit the Chantix too early. Former Chantix users, any advice? Posted on 09/19/09, 08:09 am |
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Did the same think to me. I switched to 1 in the AM like Joanna. I took 2 for about 6 weeks and then 1 in the AM for 2 weeks and then I quit Chantix all together. I needed some more sleep:) I did not rebound to smoking, I'm still quit after 151 days. And I'm just like you, I love not smoking. You have a great attitude ttk and that is very important. I know you can do it.
(hugs:) 
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I only took the morning tablet because of the sleep thing,it made no difference to the effect of the champix. Try just having the one tablet a day,I only took two a day for three days.At about 8 weeks I cut to half a tablet a day and I stopped taking them altogether at the end of last week....no problems so far. Hope this helps,if in doubt have a chat with your doctor,apparently loads of people have successfull quits on a reduced dose of champix. xx
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I too only took 1 a day and then my last 2 weeks I split the pill in half and only took half a day.
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stick to it and endure the sleep issues ... staying quit is more important. After I felt that I had my quit under control, I began cutting my Chantix pills in half. Still helped with the quit but reduced the side effects a bit ... I don't recommend this until you have at least 30 days under your belt.
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I cut back to one a day like Joanna and quit taking it at 5 weeks. GREAT for killing the urge but VERY powerful side effects.
Good for you on your quit!
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Thanks much, everyone, I went down to one pill/day in am after last Saturday. Have not cheated and sleeping a little better. Still having vivid dreams and insomnia but to a much lesser extent. I thought I was going crazy on 2/day, just couldn't do it.
Will probably keep up 1/day for at least two more weeks.
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