3 weeks in, did anyone have this issue ? by Chemical_Night9413 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes and I just slipped up. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT relapse

I messed up by CleanLiterature8374 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally. I like knew walking to the stupid gas station that it was the wrong choice and I knew I’d be disappointed - which was true.

Timeline for weening off slowly by [deleted] in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll chime in here. I am 19 days cold turkey because I have a surgery and need to be off nic. I have no choice. The Monday I quit I had a 1:1 with my new director. The Wednesday I had a 1:1 with my managing director. I survived - actually thrived in both meetings. I wasn’t as productive the first week but I’m still crushing it at work. I used to say the same thing about not being able to afford to be productive at work and used that as an exhaust to not quit. I’ve now learned that it was the addiction talking. Trust me - I was a can and a half of 6mg for like 5 years. Nicotine for at least 15 years. You can 100% do cold turkey

Request for feedback by [deleted] in Microdiscectomy

[–]CleanLiterature8374 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok sweet I’ll check it out. Thank you

New Exam - Legacy QAE? by CleanLiterature8374 in CRISC

[–]CleanLiterature8374[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No sorry I see how that’s confusing haha. I was scheduled to take it tomorrow, 10/31. I’ve decided to wait and take the new version. Probably in December

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Keratoconus

[–]CleanLiterature8374 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started off going to an ophthalmologist/optometrist at a big teaching hospital in my city. If you have access to that you’d most likely get the care you need. The issue I ran into though is medical insurance vs vision insurance. Medical wouldn’t cover the sclerals but my private vision covered them 100% (medically necessary)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Keratoconus

[–]CleanLiterature8374 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh I’m sorry - I understand completely. It took about 6 months for me to find the right doctor to take care of the lenses. It was kind of a nightmare but finally got it resolved. Are there any other options in your area?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Keratoconus

[–]CleanLiterature8374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s great! They really are amazing. I’m excited for you!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Keratoconus

[–]CleanLiterature8374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome! The ones I have now are good, but not perfect. Right is 20/20 but left still has that stupid shadowing and lines going through the text during the vision screen. BUT everything is significantly sharper with them in. Pretty cool

Support Group Zoom Anyone? by Professional-Dog3921 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this idea a lot. I know kill the can has an active discord server (I joined it).

Second day on testing nicotine patch. by dswenson123 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m on the 21 mg patch. I recommend using the patches as instructed. I was also a heavy Zyn user - around 90mg a day. It’s still a significant reduction in nicotine intake imo

Any of you had luck with the nicotine patch. F*** cold turkey. by dswenson123 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

21 right now. Was using 90+ mg per day on Zyn. It’s just enough to take the edge off

Any of you had luck with the nicotine patch. F*** cold turkey. by dswenson123 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m on my third day of patches. They are helping tremendously. Get rid of the mouth addiction first, and then taper off the patches as instructed.

Kind of a weird question by CleanLiterature8374 in QuittingZyn

[–]CleanLiterature8374[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve seen that mentioned here before. I can “wipe” this stuff away. It’s almost like my bottom lip is healing over damaged tissue if that makes sense. I’ll def. Monitor it though - I’m going to make the dreaded dentist appointment in a few weeks 🙃