[scatterbrained04]

Anyone taken Wellbutrin to help quit smoking? Did it help?

[buddha1too]

My partner was able to stop via Wellbutrin...the second time around, at least. The first time it made her insufferably moody & cranky, so she stopped taking it (thank God!). The second time, she was able to stop.

I stopped by using economic logic. I figured out what I was spending a month (shocking!), & applied that amount towards a monthly payment on a new car. My budget was tight enough that I knew if I picked up the habit again I'd be unable to keep the car. That was incentive enough to get me over the hump & fight the occasional urges that followed.

Whatever means you use, good luck!

[childofchaos831]

I did not purposely take Wellbutrin to quit smoking. I was put on it as an antidepressant a while back. After a few weeks, I noticed randomly I was not going outside nearly as much as I had been. Just seemed to be "forgetting" that I "needed" to smoke, if that makes any sense... the urge or craving seemed to just go down on its own.

I do still smoke, though. I went from 1.5 or 2 packs a day to about 5 cigs a day, roughly. Without even trying.

[MickeyCheeky]

i have never tried and was never into smoking but i wanted to wish you ALL the best of Luck! :grouphu:

[Raindropvampire]

Tried it twice and nada either time. Even at 450mg it did absolutely nothing to reduce my want for a smoke BUT I did notice that I didn't want sweets hardly at all and don't know it the Wellbutrin caused that.

[luvyrself]

My ex smoked until he was 50, regardless of his diabetes. When Chantix came out, I took him to my pdoc and he put him on Chantix plus Wellbutrin and it worked-what a relief. He has paid the price of smoking with diabetes with heart, retina and vascular problems, but he is still with us and can still drive and do the things he likes to do.

Originally Posted by buddha1too

I stopped by using economic logic. I figured out what I was spending a month (shocking!), & applied that amount towards a monthly payment on a new car. My budget was tight enough that I knew if I picked up the habit again I'd be unable to keep the car. That was incentive enough to get me over the hump & fight the occasional urges that followed.

Whatever means you use, good luck!

Get this, my mom decided when ciagrettes got to $2.50 a pack she'd stop, and she did. She likes to pretend she did it cold turkey, but that's not 100% true. She did use mostly willpower and refused to pay for cigarettes at such a price, but she used nicotine patches too.

Jeremy was still alive so we're talking like 2004-2005ish. (I live in KY, our cash crop is tobacco so cigarettes are cheaper here in general, but I think even the generic cheapos are like $6/pack now!)

[HALLIEBETH87]

Originally Posted by MarcusAurelius

Get this, my mom decided when ciagrettes got to $2.50 a pack she'd stop, and she did. She likes to pretend she did it cold turkey, but that's not 100% true. She did use mostly willpower and refused to pay for cigarettes at such a price, but she used nicotine patches too.

Jeremy was still alive so we're talking like 2004-2005ish. (I live in KY, our cash crop is tobacco so cigarettes are cheaper here in general, but I think even the generic cheapos are like $6/pack now!)

I live in Kentucky too!! We’ve grown tobacco s for years

[Moose72]

I just mentioned this to my friend who is a heavy smoker for many years and he said, immediately, "Wellbutrin has side effects..."

[luvyrself]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I just mentioned this to my friend who is a heavy smoker for many years and he said, immediately, "Wellbutrin has side effects..."

So, so funny. The side effects of smoking is death of course. Nowadays somebody really has to work hard to pretend smoking isnt a death sentence.
And dont you love those lists of side effects for drugs on TV LOL Whew, we do have to be careful.