It must have been a long time since I tried to quit smoking (I'm pretty sure I have mentally blocked the experience to protect my fragile psyche LOL).
So today, after being so proud of myself that I am vaping almost exclusively 10mg nicotine - from a starting point of 18 mg six weeks ago - I suddenly started having heart palpitations and sweating, feeling nauseated, overall feeling very over-nic'd and I thought OMG how can this be? I am taking in less nicotine than I have in years!
Well... I am still drinking lots of coffee. I forgot. When you step down your nicotine, you get more effect from the same amount of caffeine.
So I thought I would give a li'l PSA for other coffee drinkers who might suddenly feel lousy and over-nic'd - and you're thinking "Gosh all other things have stayed the same, nothing has changed except less nicotine." Check your caffeine intake and make sure that you're stepping that down alongside the nicotine.
I recall now, the last time I quit for more than a few days, I had to drastically cut down on coffee. This might not apply to everyone but it is something I've now had to learn the hard way twice so I thought I would just share that
So today, after being so proud of myself that I am vaping almost exclusively 10mg nicotine - from a starting point of 18 mg six weeks ago - I suddenly started having heart palpitations and sweating, feeling nauseated, overall feeling very over-nic'd and I thought OMG how can this be? I am taking in less nicotine than I have in years!
Well... I am still drinking lots of coffee. I forgot. When you step down your nicotine, you get more effect from the same amount of caffeine.
So I thought I would give a li'l PSA for other coffee drinkers who might suddenly feel lousy and over-nic'd - and you're thinking "Gosh all other things have stayed the same, nothing has changed except less nicotine." Check your caffeine intake and make sure that you're stepping that down alongside the nicotine.
I recall now, the last time I quit for more than a few days, I had to drastically cut down on coffee. This might not apply to everyone but it is something I've now had to learn the hard way twice so I thought I would just share that