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My husband and I have both smoked for 40 years. We are now taking Zyban to quit. I have taken zyban and smoked for 10 days now and today is my target day to quit. I woke up this morning and had my coffee and didn't even want a cigarette. We now have no cigarettes in the house and I know I can do it. Smoking and taking zyban for 10 days, creates a change in your body.
Whatever zyban is doing, it seems to be affecting my brain because my brain is telling me I do not need one. I know I can make it now.

Janice wrote:My husband and I have both smoked for 40 years. We are now taking Zyban to quit. I have taken zyban and smoked for 10 days now and today is my target day to quit. I woke up this morning and had my coffee and didn't even want a cigarette. We now have no cigarettes in the house and I know I can do it. Smoking and taking zyban for 10 days, creates a change in your body.

Whatever zyban is doing, it seems to be affecting my brain because my brain .

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN..

You can do it!

Kudos to anyone who manages to break the habit. I wish more people did. I can't imagine how hard it is. My worst habit ever was nail-biting. One year, my boss suggested I give it up for Lent and it worked. Takes discipline to knock a habit and that did it for me.

GO JANICE!

I used to actually bite my fingers (I know, EWWWW! ). It was incredibly difficult to stop, because the habit was completely unconscious.

gtalum wrote:I used to actually bite my fingers (I know, EWWWW! ). It was incredibly difficult to stop, because the habit was completely unconscious.

Your FINGERS? Not just your nails? Forget "ewwww!" How about "Owww!"

Yeah, I can relate (I think? "unconscious?") because I rarely caught myself biting my nails until someone pointed it out. Mostly, I always did it when I was studying -- helped me concentrate.

Good for you, Janice. One day at a time, you can do it!!!

Good for you!!!

I'm glad to hear that the Zyban is working...I wish I would have had it the first time I quit! It really does make the cravings (physical, not necessarily psychological) go away....

Keep up the good work! Just don't let yourself get bored, and whatever you do, DON"T drink.... those two things were always my weak spots...

Thanks so much. I think John and I hit bottom. We did not like ourselves any more. We know we stunk,our house stunk, our house was dirty from the smoke, our car stunk, and our mouth was coated with crap. We hit bottom to the point we were ready to quit and we are going to make it for sure, I think a person has to hit bottom or really be detemined to make it work. It will be nice to have a nice clean fresh house and body. It has been a long time.

Yes, Zydan really works good. It is expensive tho and our insurance would not cover it because they said it was an elective drug. It cost us $196 per person per month and we have to take it for two months, so the total for us will be around $800, but it will be worth it.

Janice wrote:Yes, Zydan really works good. It is expensive tho and our insurance would not cover it because they said it was an elective drug. It cost us $196 per person per month and we have to take it for two months, so the total for us will be around $800, but it will be worth it.

Does your insurance cover mental health???

If so, talk to your doctor about prescribing Wellbutrin instead of Zyban... they are the exact same medication, but Wellbutrin is marketed as an anti-depressant. Sometimes insurance companies that won't cover one will cover the other....it might at least be worth a shot.

Well, my husband chose this one. He is a chemist here in Puerto Rico that makes drugs. He checked them out and found this would be the best for us. He has a friend who works at GlaxoSmithKline who makes Zyban and they are sure it would work the best for us. Thanks

Good Luck Janice. My husband is trying to quit but cold turkey. He was so mean yesterday after work. I told him he is going about it the wrong way and he needs the patch or something so he doesn't get so mean and nasty.

I don't think you are understanding me exactly...

Wellbutrin and Zyban are the exact same drug...they have the same active ingredient, bupropion....and they are both made by GlaxoSmithKline. They are just marketed under different names for different things because the drug works both as an anti-depressant and for smoking cessation...

Its kinda like how asprin is marketed under a lot of different names....you can take Bayer or Excedrin, both are still asprin. Does that make any sense?

My insurance company told me the same thing yours did about Zyban... they wouldn't pay for it because it was not necessary. So my doctor prescribed me Wellbutrin instead, because even though both drugs are exactly the same, the insurance companies consider the brand name Wellbutrin to be for treatment of depression and somehow more "necessary" than something you use to quit smoking.

I hope I haven't lost you, and I'm not trying to be pushy....I just know how godawful expensive medication can be when insurance doesn't cover it, and I was just hoping to save you a few hundred dollars or so.....

Thanks, our insurance will not pay for any elective medication. They will not pay for any medication regarding stop smoking. Yes, I know what generic medications are. I know it is the exact as the origional under a different name after the origionals patent of approximately 7 years it up. Then any other company can make that drug and put their name on it. My husband makes generic drugs too. But, our insurance will not pay for any of them.
My doctor will not put depression as our ailment so that we can get them paid for. We are not depressed, we are quitting smoking.

I am so glad your medication worked or you. How long have you been smoke free now? I know it is hard..... Janice

You are lucky your insurance company covered it. Our insurance company will not cover anything related to quitting smoking. even generics.

GalvestonDuck wrote:

gtalum wrote:I used to actually bite my fingers (I know, EWWWW! ). It was incredibly difficult to stop, because the habit was completely unconscious.

Your FINGERS? Not just your nails? Forget "ewwww!" How about "Owww!"

Yeah, I can relate (I think? "unconscious?") because I rarely caught myself biting my nails until someone pointed it out. Mostly, I always did it when I was studying -- helped me concentrate.

I do it too. The area around my nails. My girlfriend has a much worse case... It actually bothers me, a lot...

Ummm GOOD LUCK JANICE!!!

Oh what the heck, I'll throw those things away too.

Great job!

BEST OF LUCK JANICE!!!

It sounds like Zyban is the way to go.

Anyone seen Janice online? Last post was Aug 25.

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/search.ph ... hor=Janice

No. I wish I knew how she was doing with the zyban. I may try it too.