I'm now on my 3rd day of the 10mg nicotine patches.
Have I been any different than with the 15mg patches? I'm not sure. Yesterday I was craving cigarettes and feeling quite angry and unsettled - although I don't know if that is due to nicotine withdrawal or my lazy teenage step-son winding me up. Perhaps a bit of both (or am I just looking for something to blame my foul mood on?).
I feel that I have kicked the smoking habit because my old smoking routines have gone. I no longer think about cigarettes most of the time and it is only occasionally that I crave cigarettes. Anyway, I've got just over a week of 10mg patches and then I'm on the 5mg for 2 weeks, so we'll see if the further reduction of nicotine has a similar effect.
Of course, after that I will be completely nicotine free. Apparently it takes 3 days for the body to get rid of nicotine altogether, and after that it should be plain sailing. Hah! I guess I'll find out about the plain sailing bit - perhaps the biggest challenge is yet to come?
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