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This is about siezures while driving -

I'm one who has to report success with it.  I have quit for about four months now, and Chantix eliminated most cravings with no side effects.  We'll see what happens when I decide to wean off of it, but the nagging from the kids helps as well.
Joe
I have nothing but good to say about Chantix...After smoking for 25 some odd years I quit 1 year and a half ago with the help of Chantix. I had no side effects and it worked wonders. I am so sorry to hear there have been problems with some taking this medication, but I hope many more have the same success I have had. Just be careful Joe, OK? [QUOTE=Pip!]This is about siezures while driving - i have to weigh in here on Chantix.. It worked perfectly after taking it for one month.. I had not smoked for four months... extreme stress of my husband's job sent us both off the track on quitting.. Chantix helped me to quit 9 months ago!  I have never had another puff.  What I did was after quitting all smoking I quit the Chantix 4 days later.  We are all different in our quitting processes but I must hail Chantix as it took all of the withdrawell (sp?) away. I wanted to use it but the reports make me nervous.  This just sealed it for me.  It may be good for other people but I think we need to be aware of 'signs' and have somebody double checking us to make sure we're not a statistic. [QUOTE=Pip!]I wanted to use it but the reports make me nervous.  This just sealed it for me.  It may be good for other people but I think we need to be aware of 'signs' and have somebody double checking us to make sure we're not a statistic. I took care of a 37 year old yesterday who is on a 30 liter non rebreather, for a COPD exacerbation. She is in terrible shape, but heavy smoker and got pneumonia along with it. It is hard to watch people suffer like that. If only we could take our young children on a trip to a pulmonary unit, I think it would maybe influence their decisions about smoking. Please quit before it is too late if you smoke. Slow suffocation is a horrible way to die.Good post Pip.  I don't know, they tried all that stuff with us in grade school and high school.  Brought in a guy with hole in his throat, showed us movies of diseases lungs, etc.  Maybe it worked for some, who knows.  It's just my opinion, but I think smoking is self-medication for something, either boredom, depression, low self esteem, or whatever.  I also think there is a genetic component to addiction.  Wellbutrin is an anti-depressant, so there must be some connection to depression or anxiety.  That why Chantix is so cool, in my opinion, because it satisfies the nicotine receptors in the brain instead of being a nicotine replacement therapy.  Now if I could just stop eating everything in sight... "I took care of a 37 year old yesterday who is on a 30 liter non rebreather, for a COPD exacerbation. She is in terrible shape, but heavy smoker and got pneumonia along with it. It is hard to watch people suffer like that. If only we could take our young children on a trip to a pulmonary unit, I think it would maybe influence their decisions about smoking. Please quit before it is too late if you smoke. Slow suffocation is a horrible way to die." Frack!  Tramadol???? [QUOTE=Pip!]Frack!  Tramadol???? Yeah, what JasmineRain said. Very, very few people will have seizures from any drug. Our drug seekers will frequently tell us that tramadol gave them seizures so they can get something stronger.  Here's a study a pulled from Google: I have co-factors!  I had some sort of stroke/adverse reaction/whatever!  I started this in the beginning when I first was diagnosed and it was one of the things I never double checked.  Now I double check everything (especially since the Armour Thyroid fiasco).  But then, I didn't. 
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