Nicotine Patchs ??

I read several posts about people using the patch.  Last week I bought some and have been using them.  My symptoms have been improving ( no bleeding for 3 days now ).  I have been cutting the patch.  Started with a pretty small amount, went up some, and today I put on a much larger than piece (about 75% of the 21mg patch).  I started feeling off and getting jittery as the day went on and by noon I was jittery, someone dizzy, and a little nauseous.  Do you think this is from the patch?  Has anyone else experienced this?  should I stop using it?  Should I just lower the amount again?  Up to this point I had noticed no side effects.  Just curious what you all thought about it.  I didn't do anything else different today so I am assuming it must be the patch.  I did take it off and laid down for about 20 minutes and I am feeling less jittery/dizzy.  Im going to try to eat. 

Ok when you say overdosing... Im ok though right? Like I don't need to seek medical treatment?

Angela, I wasn't a smoker and started with 2 days at 5 mg (cutting up patches), 9 days at ~10 and then almost 2 months at 14 mg. I did notice feeling a little buzzed when going to 10. It worked great for me but then stopped working.....tried uceris (no luck) and had to do evil prednisone, which I am now tapering off of. If I get sick coming off the E.P. I will try the patches again, but at 21 mg. I will work up to that dose first.
Good luck!

Can you tell us about your work up a little more? Did you just start off my cutting the 21 mg patch to a random size? If you didnt do the work up properly, and made large jumps in consumption then its possible that what your experiencing is a minor OD; nothing life threatening, but you should decrease the amount your taking and build up to it gradually.

Its also very likely that you could be experiencing a placebo affect, where the changes are literally a result of your own psychology, not the increased nicotine dosage. How long have you been on your current dose?

I did not smoke before and yes I started by cutting it up, but was careful about the sizing. I think I did bump up to much too quickly this time. Thanks Bananagirl, I remember reading your posts...I may refer back to them again. Maybe I should invest in the lower dose patches since cutting them hasn't seemed to work for you. It may work better for me. I have seen a decrease in symptoms such as no blood and less mucous, but have still had some urgency and loose stools.

Thanks! I get paid Friday at which point I will buy the 14 mg patches and try them out. I may put them on in the evenings after work initially in case I do start feeling sick again.