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libodem

(19,288 posts)
18. I took it to quit smoking
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 01:33 PM
Jan 2013

And stayed on it for a while for the depression. I did quit but with patches and gum. Wellbutrin is an old night time antidepressant, reworked into a new brand name and capabilities. It is really practically worthless as to having any effect. I liked it because I had almost no side effects and very mild to almost imperceivable theraputic effect.

About the quitting smoking... what I noticed about myself, was how emotionally tied I was to them, if I was angry about anything, smoking took it away. I was a real grumpy quitter, and that isn't my normal style. I'm calm and level headed. But not without those cigs. I watched myself get worked up and crabby, during my quit phases, that in my mind entitled me to a smoke, to calm down. I didn't realize until that point how intertwined the process was. Good luck to your husband, and you. He might try and unconsciously take it out on you, but remember it is not personal, it really is HIM, ( and those fucking cigarettes)

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