KBee42
03-26-2003, 06:55 AM
Or Wellbutrin.
My husband has been a smoker since he was 13 years old. I quit cold turkey in August when I was in the middle of this current horrible flare, but I was never addicted so completely the way he was.
He tried to quit New Year of 2002, and I nearly killed him. He's the sweetest guy in the world and when he tried to quit smoking was the only time that he has ever been outright mean to me. Vicious. I was practically shoving cigarettes in his mouth because I couldn't deal with it.
This time around we agreed that he needed help. Zyban isn't covered on our insurance (Because lord knows that lung cancer is oh-so-much-cheaper than the patch or a pill, pardon me while I snort derisively *SNORT*) so he went to my psychiatrist and was prescribed Wellbutrin which is the same drug as Zyban.
WHAM. No smoking. Within two weeks he was down to two a day, as in two cigarettes a day. From two packs a day. And that's if he remembered to smoke them. On January 1st he put down the smokes and hasn't had one since. Not one.
He has one or two moments of craving, but that's it, and they have been moments instead of days.
Most importantly from my point of view that mean and nasty guy never came out. He's stayed himself. The ciggs just stopped having control over him.
We've also seen about 15 musician friends of ours use the drug to quit successfully. Including folks who rolled their own and chain smoked.
Quitting is great, and I cold-turkied it and it's definately possible, but if you're having a tough time, go for the Wellbutrin. It worked for us!
My husband has been a smoker since he was 13 years old. I quit cold turkey in August when I was in the middle of this current horrible flare, but I was never addicted so completely the way he was.
He tried to quit New Year of 2002, and I nearly killed him. He's the sweetest guy in the world and when he tried to quit smoking was the only time that he has ever been outright mean to me. Vicious. I was practically shoving cigarettes in his mouth because I couldn't deal with it.
This time around we agreed that he needed help. Zyban isn't covered on our insurance (Because lord knows that lung cancer is oh-so-much-cheaper than the patch or a pill, pardon me while I snort derisively *SNORT*) so he went to my psychiatrist and was prescribed Wellbutrin which is the same drug as Zyban.
WHAM. No smoking. Within two weeks he was down to two a day, as in two cigarettes a day. From two packs a day. And that's if he remembered to smoke them. On January 1st he put down the smokes and hasn't had one since. Not one.
He has one or two moments of craving, but that's it, and they have been moments instead of days.
Most importantly from my point of view that mean and nasty guy never came out. He's stayed himself. The ciggs just stopped having control over him.
We've also seen about 15 musician friends of ours use the drug to quit successfully. Including folks who rolled their own and chain smoked.
Quitting is great, and I cold-turkied it and it's definately possible, but if you're having a tough time, go for the Wellbutrin. It worked for us!