Stalker rdmcandie wrote:
Hey Ugly.
Are the internet stories of Chantix true? Some of the side effects sound kind of disturbing.
Are the internet stories of Chantix true? Some of the side effects sound kind of disturbing.
I can't speak for anyone else's possible experience, but from my own, I wouldn't give Chantix to my worst enemy. For me the first "alteration" wasn't that bad. Dreams became real. Not as in "Wow, that dream seemed so real." , but as in, as far as my mind could ascertain, they were real. Awake or asleep, there was no difference.
Then it got worse. The dreams started to go back to feeling like dreams, but that feeling transferred to reality. I literally couldn't tell if I was awake or asleep. It may not sound that bad, but my mind started freaking out wondering " Am I awake? Am I asleep? Is this real? Am I even who or what I think I am?" I found it terrifying.
It was kinda like that movie Inception, and perhaps if I had seen that movie before taking it, I would've had some frame of reference. Then again, maybe not. I quit taking it and just quit smoking without it. I will say the Chantix probably did help because I didn't smoke while I was taking it, so by the time I quit smoking I was already over the nicotine withdrawals and such.
I'm no Doctor, but I'd advise to err on the side of caution. At the first sign of anything odd, I'd bail on it before things got any worse.