Dear Jean, please give the patches a long time to "settle in" before you decide. It takes quite a while to build up in your body and then it is a bell shaped curve of supply. So the first day is less, the second more, and the third, etc decreases. I use the patch too, and really like it. It has some drawbacks, my skin has rashes and there is some nausea but I'm not sure what is normal and what is coming from where - if that makes any sense. Good luck, Love, Sally