Finally found our Dose!! YEAH!!

[jamie]

Last time I posted, I was had been experiencing severe nicotine OD on 18mg. I thought my wife was doing good, but come to find out, the headache she was experiencing was also do to nicotine OD. Anyway, we dropped down from 18mg and 24mg carts to 8mg and it was still to much. We finally found that doing a combination of 4mg and 0mg carts works great! No OD symptons and no withdrawal symptons. I was starting to feel like I had just wasted a whole lot of money on the e-cig thing but now I think it's going to work. We were both pack-a-day smokers of menthol light 100s but I think the brands we smoked was not delivering as much nicotine as we thought.

Congrats to you both on your progress. And I have to say, it's great also that you posted about this. I consider it a real service to the forum and I thank you.

My biggest disappointment with the rapid growth of ECF has been in watching new members being aggressively prodded to start out with high strength nic before they have any idea what their personal tolerances are.

I don't mean to use you as a lecture point, but really, it's such a perfect example of why some of us 'old timers' encouraged caution and moderation to new vapers. I hope you continue to share your experience and to be a voice of reason at ECF.

Best wishes to you and your wife.

 

[Katya]

I agree. I was saved from making the same mistake by accident; the first kit I ever ordered was from GreenSmoke and it came with 6 mg carts. Even though I didn't much care for their flavors (let alone their prices), I learned that 6 mg was very close to what I needed and liked. I disregarded the many posts recommending 24-36 mg for the newbies and ordered three strenghts: 11, 8 and 4. I am a Virginia Slims Ultra Lights smoker. I found that 8 mg is perfect, 4 is nice in the evening or even in the afternoon. I couldn't take more than 3 or 4 puffs on the 11 without getting slightly dizzy. The fact that all my 11s were the tobacco flavors didn't help any--I found them to be way too harsh and bitter.

After several weeks of trying different flavors, I am enjoying my V4L experience immensely and I have only one piece of unsolicited advice to all the newbies out there: start low! 11, 8 and 4 is a perfect mix for the beginners. Besides, if you find it's not strong enough for you, you can order up and vape the lower strengths later in the day, or when you need a change of pace. You can not smoke 24 or 36 if you're like me, ever. You'll have to try to trade them or throw them out or empty and refill with lower strength juices. Not worth it.

 

[Katya]

I agree. I was saved from making the same mistake by accident; the first kit I ever ordered was from GreenSmoke and it came with 6 mg carts. Even though I didn't much care for their flavors (let alone their prices), I learned that 6 mg was very close to what I needed and liked. I disregarded the many posts recommending 24-36 mg for the newbies and ordered three strenghts: 11, 8 and 4. I am a Virginia Slims Ultra Lights smoker. I found that 8 mg is perfect, 4 is nice in the evening or even in the afternoon. I couldn't take more than 3 or 4 puffs on the 11 without getting slightly dizzy. The fact that all my 11s were the tobacco flavors didn't help any--I found them to be way too harsh and bitter.

After several weeks of trying different flavors, I am enjoying my V4L experience immensely and I have only one piece of unsolicited advice to all the newbies out there: start low! 11, 8 and 4 is a perfect mix for the beginners. Besides, if you find it's not strong enough for you, you can order up and vape the lower strengths later in the day, or when you need a change of pace. You can not smoke 24 or 36 if you're like me, ever. You'll have to try to trade them or throw them out or empty and refill with lower strength juices. Not worth it.

 

[Katya]

Sorry, double post. I don't know how to delete it...