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elleng

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2. Took it for a while for depression;

Sun Jan 20, 2013, 12:00 AM

Jan 2013

was ok, but changed to something else. NO IDEA what its effect on smoking cessation would be. Wiki says: is an atypical antidepressant and smoking cessation aid. It binds selectively to the dopamine transporter, but its behavioural effects have often been attributed to its inhibition of norepinephrine reuptake.[3][4] It also acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.[5][6]

I guess you know all that. Good luck to him.

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anyone with experience with wellbutrin? [View all] fizzgig Jan 2013 OP

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he took the initial doses before bedtime and has been antsy fizzgig Jan 2013 #4

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Took it for a while for depression; elleng Jan 2013 #2

thanks, ellen fizzgig Jan 2013 #5

supposed to help with cravings, impulse, depression Kali Jan 2013 #3

no therapy with this fizzgig Jan 2013 #7

I meant I was supposed to get it Kali Jan 2013 #9

thanks, kali fizzgig Jan 2013 #12

Meds are different for each individual. mzteris Jan 2013 #6

yeah, going off meds cold turkey is a terrible idea fizzgig Jan 2013 #13

even tapering off effexor mzteris Jan 2013 #17

No personal experience, but several co-workers have tried it 2theleft Jan 2013 #10

thanks for sharing your experience fizzgig Jan 2013 #14

I've taken it for almost ten years Tobin S. Jan 2013 #11

six months no smoking is wonderful fizzgig Jan 2013 #15

I'm thinking that he's abnormally grumpy because of nicotine withdrawal Tobin S. Jan 2013 #16

he's naturally grumpy fizzgig Jan 2013 #21

I took it to quit smoking libodem Jan 2013 #18

You are so right - the emotional tie... 2theleft Jan 2013 #19

Thanks libodem Jan 2013 #20

it really is an emotional thing fizzgig Jan 2013 #22

Keep your sense of humor libodem Jan 2013 #23