Anxiety from vaping

[Mrs. G]

Oh wow. I just posted the opposite situation. I find vaping helps me get through panic attacks. In the beginning, I suppose I did have some added anxiety but now, I find the controlled breathing and watching the vapor clouds helps ease my panic/anxiety.

 

[Kweb]

The symptoms for nicotine withdrawal and nicotine OD are very similar. Anxiety happens to be a symptom of both withdrawal and too much nic. My bet would be that you're not getting enough nicotine. Not only is the absorption way lower on vaping, the method of action is entirely different and affects the brain with much less "satisfaction" than smoking did. When just quitting, your body is craving those big dopamine/serotonin dumps that you really don't quite get with vaping. And since smoking nicotine is one of the best anti-anxiety drugs on the planet, nicotine withdrawal actually enhances anxiety in a big way. There are many, many threads on this forum about the symptoms you are experiencing, and you should check those out. Best to you.

P.S. For those that think you can get way too much nicotine from vaping, there isn't a single case on record of anyone getting nicotine poisoning from vaping nicotine. For the same reasons (method of action), the patch isn't even considered addictive by science/medicine.

But the bad guys almost killed Jason Bourne with nicotine patches, remember?

 

[Thunderball]

Not to make light of the OP's situation, but I have anxiety if my battery gives out and Im not at home or have a back up.....

 

[Kweb]

I think I'm having the opposite problem. I've been off cigarettes for about a month and I've been vaping like a fiend all day. I found that if I vape a lot of 18mg/ml juice, I start to feel foggy and lazy, but if I cut the nicotine down I perk up again. On the other hand, too much nic was giving me weird dreams and restlessness at night and that problem was greatly reduced when I started vaping lower-nic liquid before bed. Go figure.

Both of those are totally normal- chain vaping AND getting too much nic. When you feel a stomach ache come on, put the pv down for a bit.