Day #18 - Smoking Cessation Message Board

badbackdavid · 03-04-2004, 05:51 AM

Good morning everyone. Well, it's day #18 and I'm doing OK. I did have a setback of the sort yesterday (day #17). I've heard it said before, but it was honestly like I was not wearing a patch at all yesterday. I was flat-out irritable and depressed. Strange. It was almost like it was day #1 or #2 all over again. The good news is that I did not give in or anything like that, but I did have some pretty bad withdrawals to deal with. Hopefully, that was just a one-time affair and that today will be back on track again.

Have others that have quit by using the patch ever experienced this before? I'm talking about going weeks at a time doing and feeling great and then wham! - you suddenly have one day that's seems like you're not even wearing a patch.

Thanks,

Dave

smartgal · 03-04-2004, 10:55 AM

I've had bad days off and on, so yes, it's possible. The other possibility is that you put the patch somewhere where the nicotine wasn't being absorbed as well. Maybe? I forgot to put my patch on twice this week. Both times I got really tired, but that was it. I'm going to drop down to 7 mg next week and see how that goes.

badbackdavid · 03-04-2004, 12:57 PM

Thanks for your input, guilty. I'm going to start bringing a spare patch with me to work to put on just in case this happens again. The patch's mfg. says to use a different site (place on your body) everytime you put on a fresh patch and to not use the same site twice in any week. This is due to a skin irritation issue - doesn't have anything to do with absorbtion.

I don't know - but like I said, I'll have a spare close at hand in case this happens again.

It was kind of funny yesterday - everytime I had a strong craving (which was pretty much all day long), I would feel through my shirt to see if the patch had come off or something.

Thanks again,

Dave

badbackdavid · 03-04-2004, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deda

Dave--Sometimes I had wondered if I got a bad patch that somehow missed getting the shot of nicotene when it was manufactured.

Who knows. You could try removing that one and try another?? Maybe it was just your body chemistry that day. Did you sleep well the night before? Eaten well that day? Stress issues? Sometimes we just have a bad day, and have to expect that when we quit smoking.

Deda,

I've also wondered the same thing about the possibilities of getting a "lemon-patch" every now and then. I will start taking off the patch in question and putting on a fresh one if this happens again.

I did not sleep very much the night before this happened and am sure that it did have something to do w/ this particular day.

Hope that you're doing well,

Dave

eightball61 · 03-04-2004, 01:14 PM

Dave,

You are going strong and doing well. You have a lot of support here and dont give up.