aspergers and vaping.

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theddead

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For me, chimpanzees and clowns. Clowns are really creepy.

Chimps. Yes!
Clowns?
(OK. I'm a big jerk. .....)
Clowns always seemed pathetic to me...
(Here comes the hate mail)
Well! They are!

Oh. What Have I said?
The horror!

Do you have drippers?
Or tanks now?
 

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Chimps. Yes!
Clowns?
(OK. I'm a big jerk. .....)
Clowns always seemed pathetic to me...
(Here comes the hate mail)
Well! They are!

Oh. What Have I said?
The horror!

Do you have drippers?
Or tanks now?

I think you're safe, unless there are some Shriners on the thread.
 

theddead

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I've got two Lemos (v1), an Aga-T5, and a Magma dripper. And you?

2 billow v2 tanks.
4 vulcan rdas
2 freak show rdas
2 patriot rdas
4 little boy rdas
1el cabron rda
3 clt v3 rdas
And about 4 others i don't use.
I have a problem don't I?
 

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Are the Legos nice?
Sigh. ..... lemo.

I like them. That's why I bought two. From what everyone else says (I don't have a lot to compare them to), they have a more restrictive air flow than most of the newer ones, even more than the Lemo V2 & the Lemo drop. I have one built to about 1.1, the other to 1.3, and even the drippers at 0.8. I don't like massive amounts of vapor.

I do want to get two box mods, but I still haven't figured out which. All I have now is an iStick 30W, which works well enough for how I vape, but I think of it as disposable piece of gear.
 
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Do you recommend the lemo?

Yes, and no. They're easily available for ~$20, so that's a bonus. They're very easy to build. I got it right the first time, and I've been told I don't have enough mechanical aptitude to put a new eraser on a pencil. I've never had a problem with either of them leaking, and I'm frequently leaving them lying on their sides. For me, it's a great vape with good flavor.

The cons include the fact that you can't easily build without dumping the tank. (You can, but it's a little fiddly). And for people who like a very free airflow, I've heard complaints that it's too restrictive.
 
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I like them. That's why I bought two. From what everyone else says (I don't have a lot to compare them to), they have a more restrictive air flow than most of the newer ones, even more than the Lemo V2 & the Lemo drop. I have one built to about 1.1, the other to 1.3, and even the drippers at 0.8. I don't like massive amounts of vapor.

I do want to get two box mods, but I still haven't figured out which. All I have now is an iStick 30W, which works well enough for how I vape, but I think of it as disposable piece of gear.

I have 1 dna 30 box mod.
And it's nice, but i build at .5 ohms.
So. .... pointless for me.
I want a higher watt box mod.
But i don't know what.
Maybe the vapor shark?
I'm Still trying to decide.

Mostly I have manhattan clones.
And I love them. (Ehpro and a-mod)

I need to go sleep.
I have 2 projects tomorrow at work (blech)
G'night nofumus!
Thanks for hanging out with me!
 

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Yes, and no. They're easily available for ~$20, so that's a bonus. They're very easy to build. I got it right the first time, and I've been told I don't have enough mechanical aptitude to put a new eraser on a pencil. I've never had a problem with either of them leaking, and I'm frequently leaving them lying on their sides. For me, it's a great vape with good flavor.

The cons include the fact that you can't easily build without dumping the tank. (You can, but it's a little fiddly). And for people who like a very free airflow, I've heard complaints that it's too restrictive.
I have a friend I'll buy 1 for!
 

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I also am on anti-seizure medication but I
am NOT on it because of absence seizures. I am on it because I have a "weird" form of neuropathy for which
they do not know the cause. (Sensi-motor PolyNeuropathy) The anti-seizure medicine helps diminish the pain
from the body-wide neuropathy

nah, I don't worry about it -- besides I am on Neurontin which is not quite the same.

I'm way to far behind to catch up all that I've missed in here, but did have to jump in quickly on that. Gabapentin (neurontin) has been pretty much a miracle drug for me. And I know that even more now since I'm having to drastically reduce and probably quit taking it completely because of a bizarre side-effect (not something to worry about unless you have really bad kidney function) and I am literally hurting all over. Thus why I've been gone most of the last week.

I have Transverse Myelitis - think of it as sort of like multiple sclerosis but with just one really big lesion in the spinal cord, resulting in what acts a lot like a bad spinal cord injury. But one of the main effects is severe neuropathy and fun other nerve special effects. (The reason that I started vaping is that the inability to hold onto a lit cigarette is a very immediate health risk.) And gabapentin has worked really well for that, and, apparently as a pretty good general pain control med.

I didn't have any of the more standard side effects that it can cause, but if you have lousy kidney function it can build up in your system and cause myoclonus - very weird random twitches. As side effects go it could be fairly benign, unless you use your computer a lot (like every waking hour) since random twitches can make typing and using a trackball pretty close to impossible. And trying to enter passwords can take 6 or 7 attempts.

So my neurologist has had me ramping gradually down in the amount I take, in the fond hope that there would be an amount I could still take that would still help with the neuropathy but without the myoclonus. Well, we hit the dosage where it no longer helps with the pain, but still causes side effects. Which is why I've been "staying home" sick all week. It looks like we're going to have to try to figure out something else that might work.

But the whole point of this rant is that there isn't anything else that works as well for neuropathy as gabapentin. i'm really going to miss it. I'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming once I catch up to the next 10 pages I've missed.
 

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Like a kid the night before Christmas?
Maybe, sort of sometimes, like anticipating something I'm looking forward to, but usually seems more like trying to hang on to happy feelings, things that make me feel good about myself. Might not happen as much if I felt happy with myself in a more complete way, but maybe still would happen, because I can't seem to shut down thinking enough about almost anything.

One common way it happens is that I can't stop working on whatever creative projects or problem solving I've involved myself in, even when I'm in bed trying to sleep. Fun stuff, enlightening stuff, frustrating stuff, just about anything. But the most gratifying and the most frustrating experiences seem to lead to racing thoughts for me most.
 
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