I don't mean to be glib about taking medicine. It's an important consideration, best discussed with medical professionals. Of which I am certainly not. But I marvelling at the strengh I've gained through chantix. Here's the thing---I still have cravings but they're far far fewer. And much much more manageable. But what I find so amazing is how i feel when I'm not having cravings. If i think about a cigarette offhandedly, I find myself utterly disinterested. Almost repulsed. Mostly when i'm not fighting the few urges I'm not thinking about smoking at all. That, for me is the "miracle". The last month of two that I stopped chantix was torture. i didn't think I'd make it; I was almost sure i wouldn't. cigarettes dominated my thinking 30, 40, times a day. I just posted about chantix, but I don't think that I iterated my key point. It gives me the feeling of being "beyond" smoking. The remaining cravings reassure me that I'm still in charge. But I think having the nicotine receptors blocked allow me to feel like a NON-SMOKER. If anyone wants a total layman's opinion ( and if doing that doesn't interfere with any kind of medical ethic) feel free to write. At the very least maybe talking to me can help you decide.
