Chantix Quitting Smoking & other Ways to quit.?

Question

Ok Here's the deal: I can't take Nicorette losenges spray inhaler or patches. I simply don't smoke that much. I was on Chantix smoking dropped from 1/2 pack a day to 1 cigarette a day. I had to quit taking the Chantix because i was having this feeling of drunkedness. I don't drink. I am afraid to try Zyban or Wellbutrin because of the fact that Chantix supposedly is least likely to show side effects. Ok so today is my first day off the Chantix & that uncontrollable urge for a cigarette is back I wanted one with my coffee and the urge is still there now. I haven't given in & I won't, but the urge is overwhelming. I found a tea awhile back that I could drink that will help. Anybody got some other suggestions? Herbal or cold turkey tips I don't care it's all welcome. Thanks

The feeling of drunkedness was this: Dizziness staggering "Hangover" Headache. I literally could not walk without grabbing ahold of everything in sight & also I kept falling out of my chair. :(

Answer 1

the key to quitting an addiction (prescription or non) is replacing the nutrients washed out by the drug. In the case of nicotine it works much like some antidepressants with an effect of increased dopamine in the brain. When the dopamine falls...you need to smoke again. Same with antidepressants. Start yourself on Omega 3 fatty acids (at least 1000 mg per day- more if you feel you need it -this will control mood and help rebuild the brain). Also get yourself a good green supplement- flash dried minimally processed product containing wheat grass, carrot powder or barley grass. I would personaly recommend Power Barley formula from www.globaldnasolutions.com (that is the one i use personaly). Begin it slowly and work up to 1 tsp 3x a day. This will take a way all side effects and withdrawl effects- not only from smoking cessation but from any prescription drug. Which means that as you quit you will rebuild and get rid of the addiction ...no weight gain or crankyness ususally associated with quiting smoking.

Answer 2

Hi And firstly may I say well done for taking the positive step of posting on here.

Looking through the other responses I note that everyone is indicating that some kind of external remedy can be used to help and not one single person has addressed any internal methods. This is a shame because it indicates that the tobacco companies are still winning this battle. You see they want us to believe that cigarette addiction is one of the most difficult things to escape from because if we as a population believe this then we are less likely to be able to quit. Imagine if everyone was going round saying "cigarettes, sure, its easy, just stop smoking them and in three days you will be fine, by the way the withdrawal symptoms don’t really exist they are all in your mind". OK I know this sounds like crazy talk but that in a nutshell is the problem, everyone believes that it will be difficult to quit and that in part makes it difficult to quit.

Think about this - how do you say "Good morning, how are you" in Russian? What’s that? you don’t know - well why don’t you give it a try? Just keep saying words until it comes out right.

Of course that is ridiculous, unless you actually know how to say it, you will never be able to. You simply have to have someone tell you how and then it becomes easy. Well it is the same with smoking - most people (and I mean the vast majority as would be indicated by the majority of responses you received) don’t know how to quit - and why should they? No one has ever told them, they don’t run how to quit classes in school. Now don’t misunderstand me, I don’t mean to belittle all those well meaning people and I support any and all methods for quitting that others recommend - but I also believe that there is much more to it than can be achieved with a simple patch or pill.

Take another example - how do you catch a cold? If you asked 100 people this same question over 90% of them would suggest that ti has something to do with getting cold, not dressing correctly in the winter for example. This actually (and you can verify this with a doctor) is false. The only way of catching a cold is to breathe in the cold virus from another person - your body temperature has nothing to do with it. The reason we tend to get more colds in the winter is because we spend more time indoors, in close proximity to other people and therefore have more chance of spreading the virus! Now if this urban myth can live on for many years and still be active today, then doesn’t that suggest that a similar thing could be in operation for smoking? Especially when you consider that it is in the interests of big tobacco and big pharma to keep people believing that smoking is highly addictive and that you need pill sand patches to get off it.

I have a web site which goes in to a lot more detail about this and I offer help to people who want to quit on a one to one basis by email and IM. I do not charge for anything that I do so please take a look at my site and if you are interested drop me a line.

http://www.quitguaranteed.com

cheers

Paul

Answer 3

Chantix is working for me but if you don't smoke that much you'd be better off with the patch. There are 3 different levels that go by how much you smoke. Get the lowest dose, since you only smoke half a pack a day.

Answer 4

Homeopathic Remedies to Help Quit Smoking :-

To reduce the craving; while discontinuing its use Tabacum 30, 4 hourly

Though addicted to tobacco; but cannot bear the odor of it Lobelia In Q(Mother Tincture) 4 hourly, 5 -10 drops

Great desire to smoke; tobacco heart; oppression of breathing as in asthma Caladium S 30, 4 hourly

To produce disgust for tobacco for habitual tobacco chewers Plantago Major 30, 4 hourly

Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms. No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.
Curing without any side effects or Complications That's the Beauty of Homeopathic Medicine

Take Care and God Bless You !

Answer 5

Hello Eeyore,

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

Chantix is working great for me!! I also do that falling, walking into walls, etc. "drunkedness". I have Multiple Sclerosis and have had these problems before the Chantix. Not sure if they got any worse tho.....