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Congrats to all the quitters...it really is a HUGE accomplishment! I quit 3 months ago today using Chantix, but I had the rage issues, too. Right off the bat, it changed my sleep patterns. I'd fall asleep OK, but wake up every two hours, and not be able to fall back asleep for about 45 minutes. I tried sleeping later on the weekends, but it didn't work...I'd just WAKE UP. So after about 6 weeks of lack of sleep, I started to feel really pissed off all the time. I quit the drug cold turkey when I chased somebody for 45 minutes because he cut me off on the highway...I followed him all the way home and really was ready to take a tire iron to his head. If I hadn't lost him at a red light, I may have actually done something to him. That made me stop and think, so I took a Friday off from work, stopped taking the drug and forced myself to sleep all weekend. I felt much better on Monday.

When I hear people are starting the drug, I don't tell them this story...I feel like the drug did it's job, as I have quit and don't feel the need to start again. I just hope that their reaction to it is better.

No, Take the drug!! If you read back through the thread, you'll see different people have different reactions. You'll be fine! If you notice something weird, call your doctor. It works!

LOL...No, you can drive and eat and sleep and everything else (and do NOT give up sex!). My biggest problem was smoking was a habit and a reward for getting something done- "OK, I finished cleaning the house, now I'll have a butt", and after I quit, I continued to think that way...and when I did, it was always a bit of a surprise to me-"Nope, you can't do that". I smoked for 20 years, and I can honestly say that I never had a nicotine fit....I was in the habit of smoking, and it would pop into my brain to have one, I'd say no, and move on. The pills work...it reduces the cravings for the nicotine, you just have to break the habit of having one after a meal, after sex, etc.....it's more fun to go back for seconds on the sex anyway...much better than a cigarette.

Well, the sex thing is good for THAT, too. You can eat, drink and do everything else that you did before...so reward yourself the way you are used to doing it!