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Post by easilydistracted on Jan 29, 2017 22:15:56 GMT
I'm trying to stop smoking! And I've run out of Concerta (my fault, I phoned too late) and today has been kind of weird... Anyway, back to Champix In the list of possible side effects it has and I quote "decreased appetite, increased appetite" WTF? Make your mind up! Later on it's no more decisive, "constipation, diarrhoea". My imagination balks at the horrors of that combination! No, No No, that's just plain, No Anyway! Bloated stomach and flatulence, oh yes My lower tummy is now resembles a small Zeppelin, if there was a jet propelled one. There wasn't but I sadly am. It was funny for the first day or seven but that humour is wearing off. Just like I smell... Part of me wants try lighting the farts but I fear going up like the Hindenburg itself. Anyway! "increased appetite" I think the thinking behind this drug is... You eat yourself silly, a ravenous hunger that just won't stop, so much so that you don't have any money left for ciggies. I passed 6000calories about tea-time. Actually, I should be more accurate about that... I'd eaten 6000calories by tea time, 10 jam donuts, packet of chocolate biscuits, bar of chocolate, some proper food and some vain attempt to limit the damage food - dry crispbreads... I have however discovered a way to control the hunger, thankfully before I gnaw my own limbs off. Chain Smoke!!!
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Post by marionk on Jan 30, 2017 14:38:14 GMT
Lol, I'm actually seriously considering taking up smoking.
And if I can't get the doc to prescribe me bupropion or selegiline, I'm going to tell him so.
And if he still won't px anything similar (maoi), I will try it. I'd like to get natural dried tobacco though, like my FIL used to smoke.
There are a couple of other things that can be smoked for the same effect, and one of them actually smells nice too, so if I can get some, I'll probably try that first, but I will try not to tell him that. ;P
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Post by marionk on Jan 30, 2017 14:53:34 GMT
Champix sounds a bit dodgy for ADHDers tbh
The beneficial effect of cigarettes for ADHDers, is from the MAOI aspect of tobacco. Reducing that effect, i.e. no longer inhibiting the monoamine oxidase, means that your dopamine gets broken down as fast as it ever did.
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Post by marionk on Feb 3, 2017 9:51:20 GMT
Penny just dropped, the real reason that stopping smoking increases appetite is because you start eating to stimulate dopamine, just like dex and mph reduce appetite, only the other way round.
Realising that coffee has the same MOAI as tobacco, and that I'd never had more than one mug a day, I decided to try substituting coffee for tea, and it's brilliant. I'm still scatterbrained but I'm a lot calmer, happier, confident, and clear headed.
I'm going to try it with nicotine tablets today. I have taken them before, but apart from a slight stinging in my mouth, they do nothing for me, and they leave a bit of an ashtray after-taste too, so I'd rather eat regular mints really, but then again, I haven't really given them a proper try. I'll let you know how I get on.
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