How does Wellbutrin help you quit smoking?

I have been on Wellbutrin for about 2 years for anxiety and depression. I'm a smoker and it didn't make me quit but it has helped me slow WAY down

I have taken wellbutrin in the past. I was not ready to quit smoking so I stopped. Now I am back on it. Both times I noticed I increased smoking from say 10 cigs a day to a full pack. By day 5 in the past at least I was done. I tried a cig on day 6 in the past and I threw up. Finally by day 7 cravings were gone. I was on it for 10 days then stopped. This time around I want to quit. So I am placing full effort into this. I am having the same issues as before. I know I will be done by day 5.

I recently started taking Wellbutrin to help me quit smoking and for depression. After 5 of taking it I have only smoked 2 cigarettes, and both times I felt ill afterwards. I am having negative side effects, such as a dizzy, floaty feeling, but that seems to be lessening. My depression is slowly lifting and I feel like this will work in the long term. Remember, whenever you start a new medication like this you are bound to have an adjustment period. don't give up:)

This is my second day on Wellbutrin for quitting smoking and I'm still smoking a lot! Hopefully it will be better tomorrow!

Well my doctor prescribed me Welbutrin for my mood. and i was a smoker and i loved smoking.. i didnt smoke ALOT like 6-7 ciggs a day and i enjoyed it... after a while i noticed id go whole days with out smoking or only have one and i thought something was wrong with me bc i have been smoking since i was very young and when i did smoke it was nasty and when i tried to smoke 2 in the same night i almost threw up. i was good at smoking at first on it but outa no where i dont crave it no more. im kinda pissed bc i didnt wanna quit but i guess this was what was best...

I have been taking Wellbutrin for about 4 weeks now as an anti-depressant. I had little desire to stop smoking cigarettes. I have noticed within the past week or so that I have little desire to smoke. I realized that I have been going hours between smoking cigarettes. I used to smoke around 10 cigarettes a day. Now a pack is last me 3-4 days. And a lot of times I will light a cigarette, take a puff, and simply put it out. I have little desire to smoke. It seems to me that I light a cigarette simply out of habit. When I run out of cigarettes I'm not gonna buy anymore and see what happens. I don't believe I'm gonna want anymore. I haven't noticed that the cigarettes taste bad. They taste the same to me. I simply don't want them.

Hi I was prescribe Wellbutrin to help me quit smoking and my doctor said it would help with my mood too. When I don't have a smoke I am a very nasty person. But my only worry is that I see that other people taking wellbutrin have had issues with their mood and have had suicidal thoughts. Should I be worried about this? I really want to quit smoking I just dont like my side effects of quiting smoking.

I've been on Wellbutrin for a week and a half now and I am pleased and surprised by its effectiveness. It makes cigarette smoking less desirable.

I don't know how it works biologically but it does. The best way I can sum it up is that it lifts your mood in general and therefore, at least in my experience, I had less need and less desire for my vises.

Tell your friend to not expect immediate results but within a few days he'll notice a change. The second day on it was almost bad for me, he'll experience a kind of spacey-ness, almost a detached feeling like floating. It was weird and it almost made me second guess taking it but then the next day I felt a bit better. T
hen by the end of the first week I felt good and found myself forgetting about smoking.

I would recommend it to anyone.

Hi, can someone tell me how long it took until the cigs started tasting bad and you just didn’t want them anymore. I have been on the Wellbutrin almost 5 days and still smoking with no difference. Just to note I am taking it for depression, the quitting smoking would be a bonus. Thanks in advance.

i am about to get on wellbutrin..to quit smoking mainley..and perhaps help me with my depression and anxiety..lol not funny..anyway..thanks people.

ill let you all know how it go's..with side effects and such.

I too will be taking Wellbutrin/patch tomorrow. I will also be using the Wellbutrin as an anti-depression. As I understand from my Dr. the Wellbutrin is to make smoking very unpleasent. I believe that it can work because my friend started taking the Wellbutrin about six years ago for his depression and he quit smoking after about two weeks and never went back. So while I am fine with the smoking cessation I do have issues with the side-effects. I will be talking to my Dr. tomorrow and will let you know what side-effect she says may occur.

Wellbutrin decreased the pleasure I got from smoking. Unfortunately, I started smoking again several years later.