Instead of cutting the patch, pinch it so that a portion of it is stuck together and not touching your skin. That's what I used to do when I was tapering down off the patches and it was a pretty effective way of reducing the dose without cutting the patches, which you're not supposed to do.

I was on Fentanyl for about 9-10 months. It made me extremely depressed, I cried all the time, and that was when I wasn't sleeping. I also lost a lot of weight. It was awful... When I started the 10 day ketamine treatments I had already tapered myself down to at least half or less of my original dose, and then I went on Suboxone to get off of the stuff completely. In spite of that, I was still sick from withdrawal for a really long time - I think at least a month. Maybe more. It was the pits!! NEVER AGAIN!! Unless I am dying....!! I swear that stuff is like poison, I would highly recommend you consider other meds before settling on Fentanyl. I am not even certain that it was all that effective on my nerve pain.

Good luck, Sandy