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| Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Salford, England
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Zyban imho is no fun. Tipped me into a serious depressive episode a few years back coupled with high blood pressure. No fun - I would suggest that people avoid it like the plague.
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| Super Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Springfield, VA
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It has long been known that a potential adverse effect of bupropion is seizures. The seizure potential is dose-related. Welbutrin has been around for quite a few years and is typically prescribed at 150 mg. twice a day. When they found out that the drug can help with smoking cessation, they came up with a 75 mg. dose and called it Zyban. This info is from healthyplace.com:
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| | #23 |
| Super Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Portland, Oregon
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I took Wellbutrin a few years ago. It made me quit, no problem. Two weeks and I was done. I worked great. Kept me off of smoking for as long as I took it, but the moment I stopped, I started smoking again. None of these things work unless you're committed to quitting. If there's even a shadow of doubt in your mind, you'll start again sooner or later.
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| | #24 |
| ECF Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Charlotte, FL USA
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Totally agree, Surf Monkey. You wrote the absolute truth.
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i tried wellbutrin 2 different times and quit for 4 months and 9 months...like Surf, as long as i took it, i stayed off of the smokes, but i always wanted to relapse...i also noticed an intense inner rage while on it and it went as far as me throwing a knife into the wall in the kitchen of the restaurant i worked at and throwing glasses on the floor...never felt that kind of anger and rage before i had a bout of bronchitis for 2 weeks in December and the doc told me to quit smoking with hypnosis...when i told him i tried Wellbutrin in the past, his eyes got big and he warned me to stay far away from that drug, that he'd rather me smoke, but cut it down to half of normal...i knew what he was talking about, but it just seemed odd for a Dr. to say something like that |
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| Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn
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I quit twice using zyban, first time quit no problem about 3 weeks into taking it. I didn't lose the cravings, I just didn't care so much anymore. In fact I didn't care about much. Walked around in a fog for three months. I stayed quit for about 8 months, but my wife had a major surgery, and I stressed out and started again. The second time, I knew what I would feel like so I tried to quit as soon as possible and get off the stuff as soon as possible. I quit the second time just so I wouldn't have to take the zyban any more, unfortunately it didn't stick. Now I'm down to about 2-3 analogs a day.
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| | #28 |
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Here's my zyban story... Zyban made me very very very aggressive for some reason. I lived in Atlanta at the time. On the beltway, there's the "150mph lane". The far left lane. On Zyban I chased a guy 4 exits past my exit doing upwards of 150mph because he cut me off. I quit taking it shortly after that. |
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| | #29 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rhode Island
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Chemically induced shock treatments, Yep I got that from Buspar. Basically, if you don't really need an AD it will do exactly what you are trying to avoid. Those little voltage spikes in my body we very scary. Last straw was sitting on the couch and noticed my heart rate was 120 or so, not a good resting rate. Called the doc and he had me take more!!!! The next day I was a mess, needless to say, no drugs beyond ibuprofen and such enter this body. I even passed my last kidney stone drug free. WOOHAA! Nestran |
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| ECF Veteran Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio USA
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I believe that in the near future long term users of anti-depressants and the repercussions from using them will make the smoking issue look like a mild case of allergies. I am scared for myself, having taken Effexor for some time. Going off that drug was the worst nightmare I can imagine. I have lost much of my ability to experience pleasure, and that is 3 years after stopping. Anti depressants are very helpful for life threatening episodes of depression, but doctors hand them out like candy. VERY VERY frightening
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