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Stopped Champix 2 years ago but still have anxiety!

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samantha84737
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Hi, I took Champix 2 years ago as I wanted to stop smoking, I took it for 2 weeks and it wasn't doing anything for me. It wasn't putting me off smoking, it didn't make me feel sick. I had no side effects from it. But I decided to stop taking them as I felt they wasn't working. A week later, completely out of the blue I had a panic attack. I have never had one before, I just suddenly started to feel unwell and it turned into a full blown panic attack! I was poorly for about a week after, had no energy and slept a lot! And now since then I suffer with anxiety. I have never suffered with any mental health issues before this and I can't help but feel it was the Champix that have done it to me. I feel like they've ruined my life. Most days are not too bad, but I still have near on constant nausea, I get the sweats and the shakes.

Has anyone else experienced this? Having side effects so long after stopping?

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