Erin
24-03-2009, 11:49 AM
I went to my Dr's a few weeks ago to ask for Champix tablets to help me quit smoking, (have tried the patches,gum etc and havent been able to quit on the) anyway, the doctor I saw said that he couldnt prescribe me champix untill ive tried Zyban.
I had heard bad things about Zyban and really didnt want to use them, but there was no way he was going to prescribe Champix untill I had tried and failed on Zyban :( A friend of mine is a nurse and runs the quit smoking clinic in her hospital, I told her this and she said it was a load of rubbish, she said at her clinic they prescribe Champix before Zyban, not only because Champix has a higher success rate but the side affects are no where near as sever as Zyban can be.
Anyway I took the Zyban tablets as advised - 1 aday for the first 6 days then 2 a day from the 7th day and smoking for the first 14 days. The first few days they were fine, but from the 4th day of taking them they really started to affect my sleep, I was lucky if I was getting more than 2 hours undisturbed sleep a night. I carried on taking them as this is a common side affect of the tablets. But from day 15 of taking them I really started to feel low and depressed, day 16 (sunday) I felt awful and couldnt stop crying, feeling like this was such a shock to me, as I am the tye of person who looks positively at things and dont let things get to me. The last 12 months for example have been the worst of my life, but I got through it without any depression at all, but thinking about the past 12 months on sunday I fell apart, got very anxious and for the first time since last march I felt as though I was not able to cope (there's still alot that needs sorting) :(
I went back to the doctors today, I saw a different doctor to who I saw before, he has taken me off the zyban. He mentioned Champix, when I told him that they were what I originally wanted, but was told I couldnt untill I had tried and failed on Zyban, he asked which doctor had told me that, when I told he rolled his eyes. So it looks like I had been told wrong from the start and I could have had Champix. Anyway the doctor I saw today wont prescribe me Champix for at least 2 weeks, untill the zyban is out of my system and my mood has improved.
Im so fed up, I feel as though ive failed at the quitting, even though its not my fault and Ill be going back for the champix in 2 weeks and starting again. It has just really annoyed me that the first doctor I saw, wouldnt give me what I originally asked for and know I feel like absolute trash, and for what?....Nothing,its not as though Ive quit smoking!!
Sorry for the long rant, just feel really naff :(
I had heard bad things about Zyban and really didnt want to use them, but there was no way he was going to prescribe Champix untill I had tried and failed on Zyban :( A friend of mine is a nurse and runs the quit smoking clinic in her hospital, I told her this and she said it was a load of rubbish, she said at her clinic they prescribe Champix before Zyban, not only because Champix has a higher success rate but the side affects are no where near as sever as Zyban can be.
Anyway I took the Zyban tablets as advised - 1 aday for the first 6 days then 2 a day from the 7th day and smoking for the first 14 days. The first few days they were fine, but from the 4th day of taking them they really started to affect my sleep, I was lucky if I was getting more than 2 hours undisturbed sleep a night. I carried on taking them as this is a common side affect of the tablets. But from day 15 of taking them I really started to feel low and depressed, day 16 (sunday) I felt awful and couldnt stop crying, feeling like this was such a shock to me, as I am the tye of person who looks positively at things and dont let things get to me. The last 12 months for example have been the worst of my life, but I got through it without any depression at all, but thinking about the past 12 months on sunday I fell apart, got very anxious and for the first time since last march I felt as though I was not able to cope (there's still alot that needs sorting) :(
I went back to the doctors today, I saw a different doctor to who I saw before, he has taken me off the zyban. He mentioned Champix, when I told him that they were what I originally wanted, but was told I couldnt untill I had tried and failed on Zyban, he asked which doctor had told me that, when I told he rolled his eyes. So it looks like I had been told wrong from the start and I could have had Champix. Anyway the doctor I saw today wont prescribe me Champix for at least 2 weeks, untill the zyban is out of my system and my mood has improved.
Im so fed up, I feel as though ive failed at the quitting, even though its not my fault and Ill be going back for the champix in 2 weeks and starting again. It has just really annoyed me that the first doctor I saw, wouldnt give me what I originally asked for and know I feel like absolute trash, and for what?....Nothing,its not as though Ive quit smoking!!
Sorry for the long rant, just feel really naff :(