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**cece1960** · 01-16-2008, 10:41 AM

...to get a bum patch?

Man, today I am crawling out of my skin (day three)!
Its not the anxiety that I'm aquainted with while on the patch but instead feels more like nicotine withdrawal (I've tried the cold turkey before)
I have a POUNDING headache and all the rest of the crap that comes with it.
Has anyone ever felt like they forgot to put the nicotine in the patch?
I know, sounds crazy but...

wdnwfn · 01-16-2008, 11:16 AM

It could be a bad patch...perhaps where you've placed it, it isn't sticking to the skin the way it should. Regardless, I'd try another one just in case. Those first three days are really rough and it could also be just the fact that it's day 3. I'm only on day 10 and I still feel a bit antsy periodically, but I think it's getting a bit better. Best of luck to you!!!

**historyteach** · 01-16-2008, 06:17 PM

Did you follow directions and "rub" the patch when you put it on?
That "activates" it.

Day 3 is the last day of *physical* withdrawral. After today, it will be the psychological withdrawal only, which, by the way, is much longer lasting, but, is different. I found it irritating, but, doing something different helped.

Cece, patch or not, you CAN do this...
Give yourself this gift.
It's the most wonderful one you can do for yourself.

Shalom!

**cece1960** · 01-16-2008, 07:26 PM

I thought the "physical" concerned the nicotine aspect? Being I'm on the patch I didn't think the three day rule applied.
But if it means physical cravings, unrelated to nicotine withdrawal, then perhaps thats what happened today. Someone at work mentioned that my brain/body will give one last hurray before it stops trying to convince me to smoke lol
It really lessoned as the day went on and I feel normal again.
I am determined to make it. I do not want to go through day 1-3 again!

barb dwyer · 01-17-2008, 12:32 AM

cece - yeah - sometimes those packets can get pinholes .. and dry up. I also liked the prep your skin thing too.

I've put on patches - and thought nothing was happening.

01-16-2008, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
cece1960 Forum Leader Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: PA Posts: 1,219	Is it possible... ...to get a bum patch? Man, today I am crawling out of my skin (day three)! Its not the anxiety that I'm aquainted with while on the patch but instead feels more like nicotine withdrawal (I've tried the cold turkey before) I have a POUNDING headache and all the rest of the crap that comes with it. Has anyone ever felt like they forgot to put the nicotine in the patch? I know, sounds crazy but... __________________ The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are going. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

01-16-2008, 06:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: centered again Posts: 8,057	Did you follow directions and "rub" the patch when you put it on? That "activates" it. Day 3 is the last day of physical withdrawral. After today, it will be the psychological withdrawal only, which, by the way, is much longer lasting, but, is different. I found it irritating, but, doing something different helped. Cece, patch or not, you CAN do this... Give yourself this gift. It's the most wonderful one you can do for yourself. Shalom! __________________

01-16-2008, 07:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
cece1960 Forum Leader Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: PA Posts: 1,219	I thought the "physical" concerned the nicotine aspect? Being I'm on the patch I didn't think the three day rule applied. But if it means physical cravings, unrelated to nicotine withdrawal, then perhaps thats what happened today. Someone at work mentioned that my brain/body will give one last hurray before it stops trying to convince me to smoke lol It really lessoned as the day went on and I feel normal again. I am determined to make it. I do not want to go through day 1-3 again! __________________ The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are going. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

01-17-2008, 12:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 7,133 Blog Entries: 3	cece - yeah - sometimes those packets can get pinholes .. and dry up. I also liked the prep your skin thing too. I've put on patches - and thought nothing was happening. __________________ "When banks fail, it is seldom bankers who starve." 'Going Postal', Terry Pratchett

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01-16-2008, 11:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
wdnwfn Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11	It could be a bad patch...perhaps where you've placed it, it isn't sticking to the skin the way it should. Regardless, I'd try another one just in case. Those first three days are really rough and it could also be just the fact that it's day 3. I'm only on day 10 and I still feel a bit antsy periodically, but I think it's getting a bit better. Best of luck to you!!!

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