Wednesday, July 18, 2007
It's Not Easy
I could turn this into two different posts, but I'll just leave it under this one and keep it short.
For my first update, I thought I'd mention I went off the Chantix pill entirely around the 2nd week of July. And for the next two days I thought I was going to snap and whimper like a little child who just lost their bee-bop in the dirt. I kid you not, just two days without the pill brought back immediate wants and desires for the good ol'smokey treat. I immediately called the Dr. and had my prescription refilled, but I was going to change my dosage on my own. I had already done so by going from two pills a day, too one and a half and then one a day. So now I went to half a pill today and that seems to be working just fine. So it just goes to show that no matter how much I tout Chantix as a miracle drug, it's not quite that good. It's good, but not that good.
I've also found out that quitting for others isn't simply just taking the drug and *poof* you're done with the smoke. Just recently I've found a few friends who fell back into the cycle and are trying hard to get back to smoke free. I applaud them for going back to it and doing their best to kick it again. I also know of a relative who went from 1.5 packs a day down to about .5 a pack a day, but just can't quite kick those last few. I think he/she is going to get on the Chantix and I hope it works for them. So yea, quitting isn't just take a pill and you're cured and it's not easy.
For my first update, I thought I'd mention I went off the Chantix pill entirely around the 2nd week of July. And for the next two days I thought I was going to snap and whimper like a little child who just lost their bee-bop in the dirt. I kid you not, just two days without the pill brought back immediate wants and desires for the good ol'smokey treat. I immediately called the Dr. and had my prescription refilled, but I was going to change my dosage on my own. I had already done so by going from two pills a day, too one and a half and then one a day. So now I went to half a pill today and that seems to be working just fine. So it just goes to show that no matter how much I tout Chantix as a miracle drug, it's not quite that good. It's good, but not that good.
I've also found out that quitting for others isn't simply just taking the drug and *poof* you're done with the smoke. Just recently I've found a few friends who fell back into the cycle and are trying hard to get back to smoke free. I applaud them for going back to it and doing their best to kick it again. I also know of a relative who went from 1.5 packs a day down to about .5 a pack a day, but just can't quite kick those last few. I think he/she is going to get on the Chantix and I hope it works for them. So yea, quitting isn't just take a pill and you're cured and it's not easy.
# posted by Gon @ 9:14 AM 
