I would get off the lozenges and just stick with the patch. I think what the problem is, is that you're giving yourself 14 mg of sustained release nicotine and then periodically adding more nicotine by the lozenge. Your brain is going, oh, cool, we're getting more again and you're on that roller coaster of peaks and valleys. stick with the patch only. I wore mine for the full 24 hours. The first couple months I distracted myself. The first month was the hardest for me. but I made a list of things I neglected over the years, washing walls, windows, ripping off shelving paper, repapering shelves, taking off wallpaper, washing curtains, rehanging curtains. Just physical busy work and made mental note of how much time had passed without me thinking of smoking.
I replaced my ritual of smoking after completing something by chewing on a toothpick. replaced smoking after meals with popping gum in my mouth. replaced smoking when frustrated by clicking a pen. I did all of these the same way for each time over and over. Before too long, I found myself looking for a pen when frustrated and not even think of smoking. I was simply retraining my brain. When I was hit with a really bad urge, I just closed my eyes and did a deep breathing exercise and reflected on what was truly bothering me at the time that made me instantly think of smoking as my solution and did something about it. https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/general-support/blog/2018/01/17/trust-the-process?sr=searc... I was the queen of chasing my tail in the first 6 months. I was the master of trying to find anything and everything to make this simply go away. When I finally was able to relax and allow it to take its course and all the time it needs and know that this will be a life-long process, but more importantly a learning process, I let go.
