The last few nights have been horrible and that is a trigger for me. I have mild sleeping pills but, when my insomnia is bad, they don't work. I don't want anything stronger. In the past, when I couldn't sleep and my anxiety would build, I would get up and smoke to relax.
I'm really thinking there is something wrong with the patches I'm using. I'm just not getting my usual relief. They're not expired but I got up about 4:30 this morning (after 2 and 1/2 hrs. of sleep) to go on what was supposed to be a day trip on the Blue Ridge parkway with my husband. We haven't done anything for yrs. while we were drinking and now the boredom is settling in. It hasn't rained here since the beginning of May and, wouldn't you know it, they called severe thunderstorms today. We took a shorter trip outside of Charlotte through the old mill towns, about 2 hours, had breakfast and then returned. It's so nice to get out of this rat race for a little bit. Anyway, I was supposed to change my patch this morning but, when we got home, I was so sleepy I took a nap. I was able to sleep for a couple of hours. Now it is about 5 hours after I should have changed my patch but I'm really not feeling any different. Fairly easy day as far as cravings go. If anything changes I will put on a new patch but, for now, I'm just going to see how things go. I also have lozenges for emergencies.
I hope everyone is having a good smoke-free weekend!
Connie
