It stands to reason that when you remove a stimulant like nicotine that you have been dripp feeding into yourself for ages, something is going to happen. It will take time for your body to adapt to NOT having that stimulant in there. Using the patch is proobably not such a bad idea...perhaps use half a patch and see if it stops the cravings. if so, then gradually reduce the size of the parch over a few weeks and wean yourself off. But notice those addictive sneaky thoughts too and be alert to them.

Val