Well I made it through the proverbial weeks of hell and heck. On reflection I'd say they were easier than I feared but not as easy as I'd hoped. I think the Chantix definately helps. I had no side-effects (where are those vivid dreams I was promised?) except a bit of nausea if I didn't take it with food. I definately don't feel normal yet but the discomfort is more of an annoyance. I think I got this.
I'd like to know:
1) when do you stop thinking about smoking every waking minute? It's not so much a temptation as a constant reminder that something is not right.
2) when does your concentration level returns to normal.(Probably same answer as 1). I'm in a technical field and think for a living. I've been useless at work these two past weeks. Mathematical equations might as well be a foreign language and I can't debug the simplest computer code. So far I've been able to put off the technical stuff and concentrate on the mundane (documentation, yuck) but eventually I need to be able to think again. Soon I hope!
Two weeks in I'm very glad I quit. I'm starting to breathe better, smell better (in both senses of the word), and have more energy. I've conquered a number of triggers so far which makes me feel confident. I'm hoping I'll turn some sort of corner in the normalcy department soon but we'll keep taking it one day at a time.
