Chain Vaping Like a Fiend

[Maximum Chips]

It's been 72 hours since my last analogue cigarette (actually, 78... but who's counting?). The vaping is doing wonders for me. I've given up for three days about twenty times over the last 10 years or so, but I've always caved in and started smoking again. This time feels different in so many ways. I'm really confident I'm not going to smoke a cigarette again. Normally I'm climbing the walls by this stage. I'm feeling pretty relaxed about the whole thing, though I do feel slightly vague... but I think that may be due to all that extra oxygen my brain is getting at the moment. I'm sure the sensation will pass.

The only issue I'm having is that I am constantly sucking on my e-cig. I mean, pretty much non-stop. I've been drinking a lot of water, but I'm still feeling slightly dehydrated. I'm considering getting hold of an intravenous drip to manage my hydration levels.

A bit of background info on me: I've been smoking for 21 years. Pretty heavy smoker, 40-50 smokes a day. I gave up for six weeks just over two years ago courtesy of Champix (a.k.a. Chantix, as it's called in other parts of the world). Stopped me from smoking, but had a problematic side effect: it made me very short-tempered. I would fly off the handle at any slight problem/inconvenience. I even did a Russell Crowe and threw a telephone at my girlfriend (thank God she ducked!). I'm not normally like that at all; I have a very long fuse ordinarily. The reason I only lasted six weeks was that I had way too much to drink one night and that was the end of it. Straight back onto the cigarettes. I stopped taking the Champix and returned to my more mild-mannered self pretty quickly. I decided not to try the Champix again as I was genuinely concerned about seriously hurting somebody if they looked at me the wrong way.

I've gone off on a bit of a tangent, but I'm really curious to hear (or read) what others have experienced when they first stopped the analogues and switched to full-time vaping. Is it normal to vape so much? I'm on 12 mg juice, by the way. I've considered getting something a bit stronger (have only tried 12 mg to this point). Would a stronger nicotine level help?

Cheers.

 

[EddardinWinter]

I started with 30. I would recommend at least 24 while starting, just to eliminate nicotine withdrawal as a possible failure to your quitting. Your dehydration is normal and probably increasing your nic levels will reduce the amount of vaping you are doing and therefore make it a bit easier to hydrate yourself. Keep drinking lots of water! Keep it up, happy vaping!

 

[EddardinWinter]

BTW, Chantix or whatever it is called has negatively affected three of my friends who have tried to quit. One had rage issues (like you seemed to experience) and the other two had SEVERE depression issues. Your reaction is not unusual, although I love the Russell Crowe reference. All three ended up quitting by vaping without the emotional minefield of Chantix.

 

[MikenGA]

Vaping like a locomotive is very common! Like 'EIW' roared above, make sure your nic level is high enough in the beginning. If it's too low, you'll need to vape more and more. I started at 18mg, but only found success at 24mg; now I'm down to 6mg (not trying to go lower, but my 'body has requested' it).

Chantix made me nutz, too!

Good Luck! Holler if we can help!

 

[volume control]

I started with 18mg as a pack a day smoker. I think you should be on 24+ I did chain vape quite a bit at first, and you do have to put in some work to cut that down a bit as time goes on. I feel a lot better now but it took a while for my lungs to clear up. I was getting dry and sore throat a lot at first regardless of how much water i drank, that has gotten a lot better as well

 

[bmarley5780]

24MG with WTA --- I was able to put it down for 5-10-15 min at a time, when "quitting"

I had a sore throat as well. But it was from all PG liquid. Put a few drops of PG in and it cleared right up.

 

[MikenGA]

24MG with WTA

YES...the WTA eLiquid allowed me to vape much less! After about 4 months, I was FREE, and WTA was no longer a requirement. Now, I vape because I LIKE it, but I can go for hours at a time without nic (if necessary...and have gone for as long as TWO DAYS without a nic fit)! AMAZING 2 ME!!

 

[tko]

I was a 40-50 cig a day type, too. I started with 16mg and 18mg. In hindsight, I wish I'd started at 24mg as the cravings were a little tougher than it might of been, but now, a little over a month since my last cig, I'm pretty happy with 18mg.

I also chain vape all the time, and still have dry mouth, but its worth it as my sense of smell and taste return and my constant smoker's cough is gone.

 

[rlh445]

I started off with 24mg juice and it was good for the first week but I realized it was waaaayyy too much for me about a week in. By then the most serious cravings had subsided a little bit and I was able to step down to 18mg. Still alternating between that and 12mg. 18 for a rough day, 12 for bed time. Good luck and happy vaping!

 

[Orobas]

I'm on 12 mg juice, by the way.

You should get at least 24mg. You can lower yourself again once your body is done withdrawing from the other addictive things in cigarettes (low dose of MAOI, etc)

 

[Faylool]

I still vape a whole lot when I'm not busy doing something I can't vape at. I still vape WTA a lot and I never go below 24 mg. I don't plan to quit so I guess I've got the green light since it doesn't make my body sick. If I'm vaping too much when I buy 36 mg nic (or DIY it) I do get nauseated so that is my signal it's too much.

 

[Kopfstimmen]

I started with 18, and had a 24 for in the morning. I used WTA too, but that was before I managed 72 hours (of course, I wasn't trying that hard, so I might have made it that long without it).
I think everyone chain vapes when they first stop smoking.

 

[steved5600]

I have yet to find a person who could stay on Chantex or what ever they call it. Had a few who gave up on vaping because of the early automatics. Me I never want to go back to the stinkies.

 

[Maximum Chips]

I started with 30. I would recommend at least 24 while starting, just to eliminate nicotine withdrawal as a possible failure to your quitting. Your dehydration is normal and probably increasing your nic levels will reduce the amount of vaping you are doing and therefore make it a bit easier to hydrate yourself. Keep drinking lots of water! Keep it up, happy vaping!

Thanks mate. Got through another day with no problems. I'll order a higher nic bottle tonight. I can get something delivered within two days from New Zealand, but it's a bit on the pricey side. Probably worth it to see what difference it makes.

 

[Maximum Chips]

BTW, Chantix or whatever it is called has negatively affected three of my friends who have tried to quit. One had rage issues (like you seemed to experience) and the other two had SEVERE depression issues. Your reaction is not unusual, although I love the Russell Crowe reference. All three ended up quitting by vaping without the emotional minefield of Chantix.

I spoke to my then boss about what I was doing and explained the anger issues I was experiencing. She was quite supportive, though she started calling me "Russell" after that.

I've known quite a few people who've taken the drug. Two gave up successfully. One had no side effects whatsoever, the other had minor mood swings, but persisted and successfully quit. I've known a few others who had to stop taking it very quickly as it sent them a bit loopy.

A few years earlier, I'd tried Zyban. Had absolutely no effect on me, good or bad.

 

[Maximum Chips]

Vaping like a locomotive is very common! Like 'EIW' roared above, make sure your nic level is high enough in the beginning. If it's too low, you'll need to vape more and more. I started at 18mg, but only found success at 24mg; now I'm down to 6mg (not trying to go lower, but my 'body has requested' it).

Chantix made me nutz, too!

Good Luck! Holler if we can help!

Thanks mate. I really feel like I'm going to kick the cig habit once and for all, was just a bit concerned about growing a new appendage in the process.

 

[Maximum Chips]

I started with 18mg as a pack a day smoker. I think you should be on 24+ I did chain vape quite a bit at first, and you do have to put in some work to cut that down a bit as time goes on. I feel a lot better now but it took a while for my lungs to clear up. I was getting dry and sore throat a lot at first regardless of how much water i drank, that has gotten a lot better as well

That's good to know. Not really getting a sore throat as such, just a bit dry. I can't seem to drink enough water, yet I'm ...... like a racehorse all the time.

 

[Maximum Chips]

24MG with WTA --- I was able to put it down for 5-10-15 min at a time, when "quitting"

I had a sore throat as well. But it was from all PG liquid. Put a few drops of PG in and it cleared right up.

Whole Tobacco Alkaloids? I've not heard of that before.

[Googles furiously...]

That's really interesting. Presumably, the WTA makes vaping even more cigarette-like. Is juice with WTA commonly sold or is it a bit of a specialty item?

 

[Maximum Chips]

I was a 40-50 cig a day type, too. I started with 16mg and 18mg. In hindsight, I wish I'd started at 24mg as the cravings were a little tougher than it might of been, but now, a little over a month since my last cig, I'm pretty happy with 18mg.

I also chain vape all the time, and still have dry mouth, but its worth it as my sense of smell and taste return and my constant smoker's cough is gone.

Nice work on the month+ of being smoke-free. I'll probably try some 18mg and 24mg and see which I like best and if they make any difference to my vaping levels. When I was smoking, I would often smoke two cigarettes in succession, so I'm thinking I may just have a natural inclination to chain, regardless of the method.

 

[Maximum Chips]

I started off with 24mg juice and it was good for the first week but I realized it was waaaayyy too much for me about a week in. By then the most serious cravings had subsided a little bit and I was able to step down to 18mg. Still alternating between that and 12mg. 18 for a rough day, 12 for bed time. Good luck and happy vaping!

Thanks. In retrospect, I probably should have ordered a few different strengths when I first started. I got 12 mg in my first order and it seemed to do the trick (I didn't smoke for two days after getting my SI Volt, but I didn't have enough cartos/juice to continue).