I have been on the patch for about a year and 3 months and I have never felt any of those symptoms. It might just be that your body is adjusting to the hormones that the patch contains. However, there are side effects to using the patch such as: skin irritation, vaginal bleeding, problems wearing contact lenses, fluid retention (one that I experience) and change in skin color. But some people also experience nausea and vomiting, dizziness, breast symptoms, headache, menstrual cramps, abdominal pain (also).
In extreme cases: change in appetite, nervousness, depression, loss of scalp hair, rash and vaginal infection.

Maybe you will want to hear from someone who has experienced the same as you, but I thought that by providing this info will help ease your mind. If you think that it isnt worth going through these things, than find out if other form of birth control would be best for u.
Good luck!

:shock: the next day after the first day of the patch. I woke up nauseous. Threw up about 4 times during the day. I bought a homopathic remedy called: nux vomica took it and have not had intense nausea symtoms or had to threw up since and this is wk 2 day 1 for me. I still get a tiny queasy but I find I am more senstive to what I eat and easily get naseous with subject matters etc. I highly recommend it at your local health food store. I bought it at whole foods and I told the guy why I wanted it and thats the homopathic he handed me. It cost me 9 bucks and you take these tiny balls (pills) under your tongue. Be sure to stay hydrated drink plenty of water until you get your symptoms under control. Also before I got the nux vomica I was taking ginger tea and it really helped too. Best of luck

I never had anything quite like that but I have been on the patch now for about 6 months and at the start I did feel sick especially on day 1 and 2 of changing the patch.

Try moving the patch, I wear it on my bum and so my underwear cover it.
Im no doctor but maybe the position of the patch has something to do with it as its so close to your tummy.

Feel better soon!

Well I just took my patch off after 3 days I though I was going to fine becasue the first day was nothing and second only a little quesy. Now day 3 and I have hardley eaten a thing all day becasue of being quesy. Doctor is going to let me try ortho low next month to see if that helps. I know I have to stick in there with it to get past the side effects but I am going on vacation next week and did not want to feel anything like this. I have not actually gotton sick but this constant upset stomach is no fun.

I felt absolutely terrible on the patch too. I started the patch on a sunday and on wed I felt absolutely terrible. The doctor said stick with it and the pain and nausea and cramping and headache dulled, but I still did not want to eat and when it started to repeat itself the next week (mon night of the second week I took it off for a couple of hours it hurt so bad) but wed(the day I felt the worst so far) I got into the doctor and they said they wanted to start me on something with less dosage because I was also getting a local reaction ( it hurt where the patch was and was all red even days after I took the patch off.) he put me on a low dosage pill, lutera. I started halfway through the packet and I am on the friday of the second week ( I took the pill wed night and took off the patch at the same time, and also took one last night and I still feel great.

Also, other notes: my second week I put the patch on my back instead of my lower abdomen like I did the first week. It was a lot better with locality reaction. My body still hurt, but not like it did when the patch was on my stomach. If you do go on a pill I would suggest taking it at night with some food just before you go to bed so that any nausea you get from it will be while you are asleep, then you feel fine in the morning.

Hope you feel better soon! Good luck!

Sypathetic

Im on day 5 of the second patch, its my first non spotting day im soo happy! Its like my period did no stop for almost two weeks lol. For a few days now i'd had the slightest crmaping and yesterday it was a little bit stronger. Not bad crmping just barely noticable and for a little while but it was definately there. After that the spotting just stopped. My breasts are a little bit tender and a litle bit bigger (no complaining there) but thats all the side effects I experienced. My biggest worry about the patch was possibly getting nauseous so along with it I bought all these medicine for that lol I used one the very second I put it on but since time went on and nothing happened I did not take it again. I dont know if its patch realated but im not hungry either so... Matybe thats another side effect I dont know