Reply #19: Zyban--the pills they give you to quit is also called Wellbutrin. [View All]

[davsand]

Wellbutrin is a fairly commonly used anti-depressant. I used it to quit smoking back in October/November. I was also taking tranquilizers to help me with insomnia. I was a STONED puppy for the elections...

I was amazed at how much the Wellbutrin did to calm the burning desire to smoke, but at the same time it unnerved me to be so unaffected by everything that was going on around me. I'd been warned to go on the drug very slowly--to work up to the correct dose, but I was amazed at how little of it was in my system before I noticed a difference in how I experienced things.

It drove my blood pressure up, otherwise I might have been tempted to stay on longer. As it was, I was only on it about 7 or 8 weeks. I still craved a smoke sometimes, but it was nowhere NEAR as bad as it had been when I went cold turkey.


Laura