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Q. Has anyone else wet the bed while taking Chantix? I had a very vivid dream that I had gotten out of bed, gone into the bathroom, sat down and urinated. Then I woke up and discovered that I had wet the bed.I knew to expect nausea and weird dreams when I started taking the drug a month ago. Starting the second week, my anxiety and mood swings have gotten bad. The bed-wetting was the last straw. I stopped taking Chantix entirely. I’m not happy about that, because I really want to quit smoking.
A. We could find no scientific reports of bedwetting linked to Chantix. This stop-smoking drug does cause vivid dreams and nightmares, which may contribute to this problem. Anyone who has experienced such a side effect can report it to www.peoplespharmacy.com or to the FDA at www.fda.gov/medwatch/.
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I have been on Chantix for a few months now, I have had some strange dreams but nothing bad. I am so glad that I got chantix and it takes a few weeks to get use to it but after a few weeks no side effects and I am so happy. Best Thing I ever did :0)
Iam on Chantix this is my second week i dont have bad dreams just still have the urge 2 smoke
I did have the sitting-on-the-toilet dream and wet the bed one time. Mostly, though, my Chantix dreams were very entertaining and fun.
I've had some weird weird vivid dreams and wake up during the night quite a bit but it is SO worth it and a small price to pay to me for quitting smoking. I have NOT had the urge to smoke since I quit entirely 4 days ago.
This is so bizarre! I wet the bed this morning after being on the drug for three weeks. I woke up thinking my 3 year old had climbed in bed and had an accident, only after realizing he wasn't their did I realize that I had in fact wet the bed at 25. I can handle all the other S.E. of this drug, waking my husband up at 4am so I could change the sheets was horrible. I feel miserable now and was afraid I was the only one this had happened to. Thank you all for sharing your stories!
I've been able to quit smoking completely about halfway thru my second week on Chantix... I just had my first dream tonight. I was served a Death Warrant from a Demon in my dream and when he handed me the paper there was a huge splash of blood. But this coming from my mind may be normal. lol... so I really didn't consider it a nightmare because it wasn't scary.
I totally wet the bed last night on Chantix. I had a dream I was urinating and woke up too late to find out that it wasn't just a dream! I also have been experiencing nausea but I guess a wet mattress and a stomach ache are worth being a non smoker.
I have had dreams about urinating AND defecating, but have not done either in the bed (as of yet). I just laugh them off. The first time I ever took Chantix I did have a terrifying nightmare about the devil, but this time around I have not had any scary dreams. By the way, I also did acupuncture (2 sessions) along with taking Chantix and have not smoked in 32 days now!
I am on my third week of Chantix now, and have been smoke free for 10 days now. (which I love and give chantix credit for). However, I am 22 years old and have now wet the bed 3 times. How come this isn't a listed aide effect, seeing as so many people are experiencing the same thing? Glad I searched it, I feel a little less embarrassed now.
I am so glad I researched it. This is the second time I wet the bed. The first time I woke up right after it happened, but this time I woke up after the fact. I'm 23.. and wetting the bed. Try explaining that to your boyfriend.
Good to know I'm not alone either. I'm a 33yr old male on the 3rd week of Chantix and haven't smoked in almost 12 days. Maybe this side effect is not listed separately as it is linked to the vivid dreams it causes. Hope this is not recurring, I still have a a week and a half to go until I'm out of pills.
I stopped taking Chantix over a year ago and STILL am having incredible dreams. When I was actually ON the drug, I would wake up in the morning and be able to remember several dreams I had throughout the night, but now I usually only remember the one I'm having as I wake up. In the past, I never was able to really remember my dreams beyond a snippet here and there.
I was hesitant to take Chantix for several reasons, the dreams being among them, but let me tell you, it's ABSOLUTELY been the best part ! I almost want to start taking it again because it's just so fabulous. Personally, I don't think Chantix MAKES you have vivid dreams, I think it simply ALLOWS you to remember the ones you are actually having every night anyway.
First of all, I never realized that I have such an interesting and active imagination- and MEMORY ! I've dreamed about people that I haven't seen or thought about in DECADES. And the places I go !! Wow.
Not one BAD dream though. Well, maybe a few where I was glad it was only a dream when I woke up. Actually, like the one I was dreaming only this morning and actually prompted me finally to look up this subject. I was naked, in my basement with an old best friend of mine (also a female). We were both pawing through piles of dirty laundry to throw in a load of wash... She was also running water, into an old rusty tub- a makeshift bathtub/shower. I felt the water... strangely cool... went upstairs, at which point I realized this was MY house... fridge hanging open... weird... look up the next flight of stairs to second floor and see water coming through the ceiling. Oops, now I see hubby coming downstairs towards me, not looking too happy, and realize I left the tub water running UPSTAIRS for my own bath....
Most of the dreams I have are very pleasant. I wake up still, every morning with out fail, remembering them. I can only hope this new found pleasure doesn't fade away completely in time.
yea I wet the bed last night too. this sucks. if it happens one more time then I'm quitting chantix.
Yes. I had the same bathroom dream followed by bedwetting 2 nights ago. I also wet the bed again last night - though not as severely. I have no history of this. It has to be the Chantix. Been on about three weeks.