I am using Chantix for the 4th time in over 10 years. The second time I used it I quit smoking for over 2 1/2 years. It worked beautifully for me: smoking provided zero pleasure and it was easy for me to quit. Since then I have found Chantix to be less efficacious. I'm nearly finished with the second week and I can still get a slight dopamine hit from a couple drags. Is there such a thing as Chantix resistance? Has anyone tried three doses per day instead of the prescribed two? I didn't find anything useful on the internet.
I'm a 40+ year smoker.
The one thing I have learned in this journey is how much of it is psychological. I had a much easier time the 1st time I quit with chantix than the 2nd. Neither of those quits were forever. I remember when I 1st learned I could use nicotine lozenges with the patch. I quit without 1 single craving. I relapsed during NML. At 124 DOF, I believe this is my forever quit, and I quit with the patches and, the first week I used about 5 lozenges/day, but it seemed to barely take an edge off the cravings. I think excitement and motivation do a great deal to minimize cravings no matter what quit method we use.