Indeed.

As stated, I stopped using the patches at the worst possible time--just before I embarked on international travel, long-haul flights, and stressful circumstances. I was highly conscious of the stress, both physical and mental, I was putting myself under. And there is no doubt at all that stress is highly embodied for me--even positive emotions set off my paresthesia.

That said, if oxybutynin were implicated in healing damaged nerves and not just suppressing symptoms, one would have thought that I would have withstood the stress.

In short, within a month of coming off the patches, my symptoms were probably worse than when I had embarked on the experiment, if I am to be brutally honest--that is, pain set in rather than just buzzing and itching.

On the other hand, a self-trial of a patch designed for other purposes is hardly an ideal setting, involving a host of variables.