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Posted at 11:21 AM on Oct 07, 2007 by grif, #24171
Felt a great responsibility to share my daughter's hellish experience while on this drug. My daughter is 33 years old. While taking Chantix she would at first laugh to herself frequently, went to anger and resentment to bizarre behavior and paranoia. She felt threatened that cameras where watching her in our home, phones were "bugged", heard demonic voices, lost her appetite, felt her life was threatened by an ex-boyfriend or the government. She became depressed and wanted to just die. She began to work part- days and went to missing days of work for she lived in complete fear. She also had panic attacks. After going off the drug for five days she virtually came back to us and is back to her pleasant and yes- smoking unconstipated self.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Apr 08, 2008 by soffiotti, #6875

This is my fourth full day on Chantix...and it sucks. I just went through a five hour crying jag with my friend - with nothing outside the ordinary occuring. I'm telling you I lost it.

My friend has seen me through some tough times. However, right now in my life things are fine. Yet tonight I broke down and had no control. I felt like a teenage who has all kinds of pent up emotions and doesn't know what to do with them. And as that same teenager, I felt like everything was wrong.

Let me say, this has no basis in reality. My kids are fine, school is good, work is work...

But I lost it tonight..

Not beyone control (I'm still here)...

But beyond control for me.

And the nurse says, "symptoms will subside the more you take it.

I don't think I'll survive it.

I haven't cried or felt so bereft since my divorce.

I want to be done with Chantix.

I want to quit smoking.

What is the price to be levied?

Right now, it's too much.

I can't function.

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Reply over 2 years ago on Jul 06, 2008 by drizstik, #9826

That is exactly what I experienced on Chantix too! I was put into the hospital for evaluation because my husband didn't know what was wrong with me! It took him about a week to realize that the schizoaffective symptoms were caused by Chantix. I was in the hospital for two (very long!) weeks! I'm still recovering from everything that happened last March, and it's now July! I don't even know how Chantix is still on the market! I'm so glad that your daughter was able to recover that quickly!

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