From robert_smrdelj@gmx.de Mon Oct 26 22:46:02 2009 Path: diesel.cu.mi.it!area.cu.mi.it!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "rainbowguardian" Newsgroups: alt.support.schizophrenia Subject: Re: Stopping Smoking and an Anti Depressant. Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:54:01 +0200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <7kdgabF39qrn9U1@mid.individual.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 74AmIC9NJ06u3ztbazwluwLei9gswkQUBJFcRkPQxQ4JjX+Bck Cancel-Lock: sha1:8AfQDdgOVnU4P0ZHdKlZPIdGrHs= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18005 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18005 Xref: diesel.cu.mi.it alt.support.schizophrenia:89022 X-IMAPbase: 1263023160 1 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1 "ChrisC" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:c06829ea-bae5-4732-8959-cd1517b3052e@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... > So I went to see my Doctor this morning about getting some Champix. He > denied me Champix, saying my condition with regards to mental health > it would not suit. > > What can I do I said. At this stage he asked me how I was mentally. I > said fine, never felt better to be honest and that is an honest > statement. Since being back in the UK I have actually never felt > better. Mirtazapine is really working I said. Although I do have a > problem with weight gain on it. Swings and roundabouts said he. Yes I > admitted I can put up with the weight gain. > > I know, the Doctor says. I'll prescribe some Zyban (Bupropion), it > will help with stopping smoking and it has the side effect of making > you lose weight. Plus it's a very effective anti-depressant which will > also conteract the sleepiness of Mirtazapine. Sounds like snake oil I > said. Well give it ago, he said. It can only make you feel even better > and you might just be able to give up smoking. > > One word of warning though, it does cause seizures, so if you get any > funny effects. Stop totally. > > Has anyone had any experience of Zyban (Bupropion), I was going to > take it in South Africa, however, it was really expensive. My doc won't prescribe me zyban, because, she said, there occured several deaths in zyban users.