Hello! Newbie here. I want to start by thanking everyone for this great resource. I took my first Chantix this morning and thus will have a quit date of 10/4.
Like many other folks, I have tried other treatments in the past to no avail (well, I quit for a year once, about 4 years ago). I'm hoping I can benefit from a support system this time around, but don't really have the time to commit to the local in-person meetings offered thru my health system. So I'm hoping the wonderful support you all provide on this board will help me keep at it.
So hello to all, and wish me luck! I really need to stop, my lungs are getting worse (I have had allergy-related asthma since I was a kid).
Relevant stats in the service of others� research efforts: 43 yo female; pack-a-day habit. Will follow the prescribed regimen (starting with .5mg). Not sure yet whether I'll taper off or quit cold turkey (plenty of time to ponder that!). So far, so good (it's been an 2 1/2 hours since my first pill and I don't seem to be getting the upset tummy... I did the breakfast/water routine, tho). Feeling a little strange in the head (sort of lightheaded, I guess), but it isn�t really enough to bother me. It�s just an awareness that somehow my head feels a little different than normal, if that makes any sense� and a bit of that �scalp crawl� feeling.
Good luck to everyone who's out there on this same journey!