The Patch & Feeling Pooped

[julia20]

A couple of days ago I forgot my patch and I survived. But the entire day it was all I could do to keep my head off my desk and electrocuting myself by drooling into my keyboard.

Last night I went to ballet again (YAY!) and my patch was a little loose afterwards. I peeled it off and Zzzzzz! slept like a dead thing. So I'm wondering if there's a connection. I do know that when I smoked, if I didn't have a cigarette for a long enough period of time I would Zzzzzz! sleep like a dead thing.

So now I'm wondering what I will do when the time comes to stop with the patch. I have four more weeks (2 on 14 and 2 on whatever comes after that.) How can I stay awake after I'm done? Should I start practicing going patchless or will that happen as I step down the patch dosage?

[billb2]

I think you'll be fine! 🙂

[Jenny78]

It just might be possible that your body is needing more sleep for all the changes it is going through from not smoking?  Congratulations on 47 days, Julia, That is GREAT!! I was forgetting my Chantix so just stopped at 3 weeks.  Didn't even notice any change. Just a thought.

[greengirl]

Congrats Julia !!!!!! It's one day at a time our bodies have been held by hostage and now it's re-learning what it was meant to do all over again without the strain of cigs..remeber it's ( NOPE )--NOT ONE PUFF EVER... 8/23/12  I'm a chantix baby I took it for 1month and did what the website told me to do . Every now and then I feel like I want to smoke but I remember is just a feeling and not an action. MAY GOD BLESS YOU

[Buddy12]

Julia......everyone's different, so quitting affects everyone differently.......personally, I've found that quitting made me really tired all the time.......I think that nicotine kept  me continuosly "up" and affected  my blood sugar somehow.......I've found that eating a fiber bar helps......I've bought a bottle of that 6 hour energy stuff, but I've never taken it.....I'm scared to.....I'm on day 129 now and doing ok.....it seems to be getting better, energy-wise......good luck to you...and I wish you much continued success.

[Danno_11-10-12]

Don't worry. You will cross that bridge when you get there.  It will still take 72 hours to shed yourself of nicotine. It will all work out. No worries 

[Nyima_1.6.13]

Julia..I quit cold turkey and didn't sleep for weeks! Who knows why nicotine affects us one way one minute and another the next! I have a feeling that a high protein fiber, bar in chocolate is your best course of action! Good luck girl, this whole sleep thing is crazy to figure out!