Quote Originally Posted by Woody Poundersnatch
Thanks thats some help for me too. I've been going on and off the patch for about 3 weeks now. I'm finally ready to really quit tomorrow......
The patch will only work if you don't smoke at all. Remember it's giving you a steady dose of nicotine and then you come back in and smoke, so you're basically getting a double dose. Your body will adjust and now take twice as much to ween off nicotine.

If you fall off the bandwagon, STOP using the patch all together and go back to the larger dose and START again. IF you don't, your cravings will just increase until eventually you give up and go back to smoking.

I went on/off the patch several times before it worked for me. The only time it did was when I committed to NOT smoke at all. After about 3-4 wks, it starts getting easier and easier until you finally can do it w/o a patch. The hardest hump is the first month or so. It's murder.

BTW, I also did the pill thing. That sucked because it made me all drugged out and stuff. I didn't like the feeling at all. It's a pill usually given to people suffering from depression. It was terrible for me.

Patch worked though. Gotta stick with it though.