I’ve been using the patches and the lozenges, I know you aren’t supposed to but I was smoking so much the patches weren’t enough, now I’m almost off the patches and I’m not sure I can quit the lozenges too. I might as well be smoking.
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Nope. Lozenges are still better than getting all that ■■■■ in your lungs. Just keep trying. Don’t let yourself feel like it’s not enough to be worth it. Any effort is worth it. Just keep trying!
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I agree with LED. I’ll be right there with you in a few weeks, California cigarettes are unaffordable.
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oh man you got that right
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I agree with @LED. If you’re just using lozenges then you’ve won ! Also you’ve broken the habit aspect of smoking.
Don’t go back to smoking !!!
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yea, you and @LED are right, what am I thinking? It’s just the addict talking probably.
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My dr said gum or lozenges with the patch are completely safe as long as you don’t use more than the package says
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oh cool, I didn’t know that
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I’m just worried cus I only have a few patches left, then I’m done. But I still feel like I need the lozenges.
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and they are expensive, more than cigarettes, but in the long run they will be cheaper because I will get off the lozenges
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When I quit smoking for 4 months I changed lozenges with halls cough drops and it worked. Wish I would’ve been smart and not started again.
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what made you start?
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When I quit 4 years ago I was using the 21mg patch along with 4mg of gum.
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how was it when you finally stopped the patches and the gum?
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Was dating someone who smoked. It started up just an occasional drag but ended up smoking again
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I haven’t stopped. 
I lowered my dosage though, I went from 21mg to 14mg to 7mg in about half a year, then I dropped the patches.
Nowadays, I alternative between 2mg to 4mg lozenges. I take about 5 - 7 a day.
Once in a blue moon I go a day without nicotine; but everything becomes so boring and dull.
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are you glad you don’t smoke anymore?
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100%.
The physical withdrawal was tough too. The act of just holding a cigarette and smoking. That feeling you get, you know?
Seeing other people smoke was really hard as well.
I tried vaping but I still didn’t like the fact that I was polluting my lungs, especially with nicotine flavoured water.
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I think it really helped me that I moved away from all the smokers that I know. Now I’m not around smoking at all unless I see someone on the street. That has made it easier for me. So I’ve stepped down from 21mgs in 2 months. I do about 5 4mg lozenges a day. I hope I can just ween myself down. I think I have 5 of the 7 mg patches left and about 30 lozenges then I’m hoping to be done with nicotine entirely. But if I have to get more lozenges that’s ok, I guess I will.
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I think it was 8 weeks 21mg, 6 weeks 14mg and 2 weeks 7mg.
Take your time, nicotine is a hard drug to quit; especially for SZs.
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