Surviving Chantix

Really? Tell us about your life from start to now. Quite the bold statement with very little info.

i am now currently off champix for over three months and i feel you may be correct i havent had the best life but i havent had the worst either and i am just lost these days i have been trying to just work and be with friends but it just doesnt seem to help i also have been having odd pains which doctors over the last few weeks have told me is nothing i havent felt right since quitting and shouldnt still be nicotine withdrawl so i have been scared it makes sense that is what the drug was designed to do so is it just time that will make things better or should champix and chantix be taken off the market did any one think of that fact when they put it out or did any one actually care
i am now on effexor and it helps a little but i also just started it but my depression was around before but could handle it since then it just seemed to get worse i only needed the first pack and now that i think about it i prolly didnt even need that

I took chantix for 2 weeks, had some vivid dreams (nighmares) nothing to bad but enough for me not to want them or want to be on chantix either. I have been cigerette free since March 1 and I feel very good about not smoking.
As for the effects of chantix.. ummm.... Not much other than extreme bloating which I had to do a toxic cleanse to get me right again. I'm convinced you are or have been suffering with depression before using chantix. I hope you get a handle on your depression soon and quit smoking as well. Otherwise smoke and be happy.

I took Chantix for two days @ 0.5mg. The 2nd day began with mild nausea and ended with a psychotic rollercoaster. Obviously, the Chantix are long gone in the garbage. This depressive side effect is directly correlated to the Chantix drug interacting with my dopamine receptors and in no way related to any nicotine withdrawl symptom as I smoked before, during, and after this episode. Through research, the dopamine D2 receptor is the "pleasure receptor" thus Chantix works directly on that area to decrease sensitivity. I have yet to determine how it decreases sensitivity or by what methods sensitivity can be increased again to pre-Chantix level/state. I can only pray the effects are short-term but the findings lead me to believe otherwise. Patient findings also suggest that SSRIs are ineffective and may be detrimental. Much research has been conducted as the D2 receptor has been the basis for studies concerning varied substance abuses. Unless dopamine receptors do not have a regeneration capability (like an arm or leg) and we are left with mangled brains, there is an answer to be found. My brain will either heal itself or I will find a way to safely do so. NOTE: I take (by prescription) Ritalin daily. Since my second and last day of Chantix the Ritalin (for control of adult ADD without hyperactivity) has been near ineffective. ADD medication does not interact with seratonin, it deals with dopamine. This further supports the findings that SSRIs do not alleviate lasting Chantix mental symptoms. I hope this information helps someone, somewhere, discover what is happening to us.