Are you drinking more caffeine products since you started vaping?

[Superstargoddess]

Maybe it's just me, maybe it's just my new medication that I started taking a few weeks before I got my 510, or maybe it's the vaping. Has anyone noticed an increase in the amount of pop (soda), coffee, cappuccino, energy drinks, or whatever you do that has caffeine in it that you consume since you've been vaping?

I thought that I was drinking more pop, and then it finally hit me today seeing how much I have been tearing through this case of Pepsi! I need to not be lazy and brew some tea, I'm just ripping through this case of pop!

Not sure what is causing it, but there is something going on with something!

 

[SLDS181]

Well.... I drink alot of liquids on the regular anyway, but avoid dark sodas (the caramel coloring gives me heart burn). But, I actually have been drinking less soda... and more orange juice. I've even skipped my morning coffee (which I used to NEVER do) twice this week.... and didn't even think about it.

 

[Kent C]

I'm drinking less coffee and am really surprised. It is probably the most obvious - to me - change, other than the tastebuds are revived. I never had much of a hacker's cough - some in the morning... and that's gone, but the thing I've noticed the most is 'less coffee'. I've also not gained weight and thought I might. I love coffee too - starbucks columbian (actually any full bodied columbian). And I've never limited my intake.

 

[rustylug]

Maybe it's just me, maybe it's just my new medication that I started taking a few weeks before I got my 510, or maybe it's the vaping. Has anyone noticed an increase in the amount of pop (soda), coffee, cappuccino, energy drinks, or whatever you do that has caffeine in it that you consume since you've been vaping? quote]

Nop ....Not me.

 

[Superstargoddess]

Well, I guess to be fair I should have asked if anyone is drinking more LIQUID than usual. The only thing that I drink is soda, I don't drink water or milk or anything else. Yes, I know that's bad for me, but I am totally addicted to dark colas! I've survived all of my life this way, don't know how!

 

[rustylug]

Well, I guess to be fair I should have asked if anyone is drinking more LIQUID than usual. The only thing that I drink is soda, I don't drink water or milk or anything else. Yes, I know that's bad for me, but I am totally addicted to dark colas! I've survived all of my life this way, don't know how!

Lol ....Mabey you should put some soda in your cart and vape it

 

[Father Luke]

I gave up caffeine when I quit cigarettes. That was about five years ago.
Sugar was next. I don't even eat ketchup. But it wasn't until this year
that I got into drinking water when I was thirsty. It works. Who'd a thunk it.

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Okay,
Father Luke

 

[rustylug]

I gave up caffeine when I quit cigarettes. That was about five years ago.
Sugar was next. I don't even eat ketchup. But it wasn't until this year
that I got into drinking water when I was thirsty. It works. Who'd a thunk it.

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Okay,
Father Luke

Eh .....!!!! ...

 

[Trixie]

I normally drink quite a bit during the day, mostly water, and notice that on the days when I don't drink as much there is a stiffening and soreness in my muscles. I seem to remember it being mentioned somewhere on the boards that not enough liquid while vaping can result in achy muscles, but don't recall anyone mentioning a tendency toward more or less caffeine as a side effect of vaping.

 

[PatriciafromCO]

always had a cup of coffee in my hand from sun up to sun down,, (that would be my daily liquid intake) since vaping I just have a cup or two in the morning and unless I remember during the day, I won't have a cup until the evening... haven't replaced the lack of coffee with any other liquid .. so have to say no that am not drinking more but actually drinking less..

 

[vaporich]

I drink coffee all day long almost, and when I quit at nite, I switch to some pepsi, or water at bedtime.
I guess, Im drinking more caffine, but I quit drinking when I started vaping, so I think both things Have caused the more caffine intake.

 

[thanas1s]

Well, for a change, i'm gonna confirm what our dear goddess is saying about drinking more coffee, it happened to me too.

The first 3-4 weeks of me quitting the analogs i was heavily vaping on 20-24mg ecopure VG liquid, drinking lots and lots of water. E.T.C. I was also getting sort of 'high' from consuming lots of stimulating coffee and nicotine without the 'lethargy' caused by smoking and inhaling CO2, CO and all the other chemical toxins found in analogs. That and the fact that my body was finally starting to heal from a ten+ year of smoking poisonous tobacco i suppose.

It was only after a week, 5th week after quit date, that i started to significantly reduce the amount of nicotine to a fraction of what i had before..... Now that felt like quitting all over again....

Anyways, i am well into 6th week now, and my coffee consumption seems to have gone down, without so much of a hassle from me too. Seems like i just don't need that much anymore, and i really should, since i have been a heavy coffee drinker for far too long. I also notice that i don't crave sweets that much too, sugar is also a reason sometimes ppl crave for coffee when all they really need is the sugar it contains.

I then notice what it says in the nicorette gum pack instructions i have where it refers to changes in other drugs dosage because of quitting nicotine : may need reducing of dosage blah ... blah ...blah...caffeine ... blah...blah...blah possible mechanism : lift of stopping of liver enzymes metabolites because of quitting smoking... (or something along those lines).

It then hit me, i don't need that much coffee to have the same effects from caffeine than i did while i was a 2.5 pack a day chain smoker.

I dunno, i could be wrong and it was all willpower on my part or something, but i highly doubt it. A phd student - graduate on pharmacokinetics or a similar discipline should be able to confirm if what i am saying is true though, now that would be interesting

 

[Father Luke]

I gave up caffeine when I quit cigarettes. That was about five years ago.
Sugar was next. I don't even eat ketchup. But it wasn't until this year
that I got into drinking water when I was thirsty. It works. Who'd a thunk it.

- -
Okay,
Father Luke

Eh .....!!!! ...

Vegetarian, too.

Alright. Your turn.

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Okay,
Father Luke

 

[Hangtime]

12-16 ounces of water from 4am-5:30am

2-4 cups of coffee from 5:30am-10am

approx 68 ounces of water from 10am-4:30pm

approx 48+ ounces of beer from 4:30pm-12am

I might have a pop every now and then, can't really remember the last time.

I drink more water now.

 

[need_2quit]

I'm drinking way less coffee since vaping. My body just doesn't require the extra kick I guess?

Leg cramps are a problem though if I don't drink enough water. I think it's lactic acid build up that someone mentioned on the forum somewhere.

 

[Michelle M]

One cup LESS of coffee daily since I took up vaping. BUT: Water, water, water, all day long. If I get really busy and forget to drink water regularly I am fairly dying of thirst.

 

[larcat]

I've drank about 2 pots of coffee a day since I was 12. About 5 cups in the morning, and about another 5 cups midday, and often a cup in the evening. Call them 10 ounce cups. I should say my coffee intake when I was 12 wasn't this high. That started when I was about 13/14, right around when I started smoking.

I would say I am now doing 2 cups in the morning and 1 cup midday.

I hadn't really thought about it, but it is very odd.

Also finding I don't need the early morning nic rush nearly as badly. First couple of days vaping I would burn through most of a 510 battery first thing. Now I'm taking about 4-5 good solid pulls and jumping in the shower.

*boggle*

Anyone know of any studies linking caffeine use with nicotine?

-Larcat

 

[Mindy]

I am only 5 days off of analogs, but I have had just a can of soda or a cup of coffee in the morning, and that's it. And I am LOVING ice water all of a sudden. This coming from a 6+ can a day AND at least 2 20 oz bottle of diet soda drinker. And something else I have noticed, my daily headaches have come to a complete halt too! Now to find an alternative to kick my serious sugar habit!

 

[gashin]

My caffeine intake decreased - I guess it's because overall I get more stimulation from vapes than cigs because I'm vaping throughout the day while in contrast with cigs I'd get a good hit in the morning with coffee then another one 4-5 times throughout the day and I'd need caffeine in between.

 

[ProtoType]

I actually have the opposite effect. I am drinking more water and milk now. I drink more of the former than the ladder.

Ice cold water has always tasted the best to me (Poland Spring) more than anything else.

My theory is that caffeine interacts with the cocktail of chemicals found in cigarettes and prolongs the stimulation received from the inhalation. When cigarettes are cut out, usually caffeine is decreased (which has been the consensus).

The reason why people are finding water more suitable when vaping is because our bodies still need to replenish as we dehydrate our oral cavity and esophagus (same as smoking, but no longer find caffeine to intensify the chemical mix as it was been removed from our system).

This is just my theory and speculation that is up for debate. Thanks.