I started with 24mg and just bought a bunch of 18mg in hopes of cutting back. After about a week on no TH, I'm going to buy a bottle of the same flavor with 36mg and mix it with the 18 to pop it back up.
Going down in Nic strength
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I realized for me that smoking was the ritual of hand to mouth. I mean, I know that nicotine played a part, I was a pack and a half PD smoker of camel light menthols, and I started at 12 mgs. I was down in 6-8mg range in a week. I do vape a lot, but again I think it is the ritual of it and now I can do it anywhere I want.
Good job to the OP, seems like you're doing good. Keep going until you get where you're trying to go. I started out on 24mg, I have a 18mg juice that I've been loving the past few days, (banana cream, nom noms) and I'm dropping to 18mg all the way pretty soon.
Eight months ago I started on 16 mg, within one month I started to DIY and decreased my mg each month till I reached 0 mg . For myself, I new I hadn't become addicted to cigs in one month so it stood to reason I wasn't going to get off them in a month either. As with the OP I found it to be too easy and kept waiting for the hammer to drop...it's been 2 months at 0mg now and no withdrawals. I have now come to the realization that the strongest addiction for me is the psychological one of the hand to mouth. I'm still carrying my PV around like a security blanket. Ideally I would like to quit all together and who knows maybe in another 8 months I will but if that doesn't happen I'm O.K. with it.
Thanks for sharing that. I should start with the DIY because I'd have more control. It's hard to order really low nic premade ejuice because it seems so expensive for so little nic. My frugal side might appreciate the DIY and while I enjoy my nicotine, the ritual is big with me too. I'd feel naked and lost without my PVs.
I wanted to add something to this since the mailman came today...I ordered some 0 nic juice just to try it out and see what happened...gonna stay in the 8 or less range. There is no bite imo.
I am still at 36mg and have been since I quit analogs 3 1/2 months ago. Not even considering yet to decrease my nic intake. I am just so glad I quit. Congrats and good luck getting to 0 nic.
I realized I was vaping too much so I cut back from 24 to 16 . Not much different to me I enjoy the flavor and there is enough nic for me not to notice much . I never intended to quit nic just not get it from analogs anymore is all . It has become a hobby as I am DIYing my own juices now and using the money I am saving to try new thing when they come out . When there is not much happening I love to sit and vape it keeps my hands busy . Some nights I have 4 ecigs sitting in front of me and I am rotating though them . Provari , ego and boge Leo . Different atomizers or cartos I can't decide what I like on any given night so I just use them all .
It's not mental. I vaped 24 mg for three months before getting my EMDCC's, got nic OD symptoms pretty quick, dropped to 18, still sick. Dropped to 12 and am at my happy place for now. Dual coil definately seems to get the nic to your system faster somehow. Anybody want to speculate what might be going on?
SA just curious - how often do you vape using that strength. I'm down to 12 but it seems I vape constantly when not at work. On the good side, when working I don't seem to miss it much, or have as strong a nic crave as I did when smoking.
DC goes through eliquid faster than CE2 yet vapor clouds exhaled are smaller than CE2.
I suspect DC increases dosage.
I started with 24 and after a couple of months switched to 18 with no consequence. Once my DIY supplies come in I'll be cutting 60 down to 15mg so I guess I am cutting down in baby steps. Maybe next time I will get 48 and cut down to 12mg if this goes OK. I just want better VG flavors than I can get now.
Just wondering if anyone thought about or tried this method:
Start off at the nic level for you to keep the cravings at bay.
after a week or more.. start adding 100% vg or pg to dilute the nic in your juice.
after another week, add more vg or pg
Haven't tried it myself but wondering if that would work. I'm guessing the flavor would become diluted as well as the nic (but hey, if you started off with a very strong flavor, maybe it won't be so bad?)
Start off at the nic level for you to keep the cravings at bay.
after a week or more.. start adding 100% vg or pg to dilute the nic in your juice.
after another week, add more vg or pg
Haven't tried it myself but wondering if that would work. I'm guessing the flavor would become diluted as well as the nic (but hey, if you started off with a very strong flavor, maybe it won't be so bad?)
I'd think it would be hard to give up flavor and nic at the same time. A 10-20% dilution with a fairly strong flavor seems like it might be okay.
The transition from 18 to 12 was easy for me. I went to 6mg and all hell broke loose. It wasn't enough nic for me. I went back to 18 and occasionally 24. I decided to quit stressing about lowering my nic and enjoy not smoking for a bit. I hope your step down in nic is easy and calamity-free.
I started at 24mg's, I smoked a pack a day of Marlboro Lights. I think the 24mg is too strong of a throat hit. I had another post asking about that peppery feeling in the back of my throat. So from a couple of replys I am dropping to 12mg's. I dont mind if I vape more to get my nicotine, I just want to make it enjoyable. Right now it's a little to much to bear and I placed my 12mg 80/20 pg/vg blend to see if I cant get rid of the peppery throat hit. Anyone else experience this??? Did dropping the nic mg's help? Any input is appreciated.
I am currently vaping 12mg 100% vg juices and I get the peppery throat feeling in my mouth too! I've noticed that it's more pronounced over the surface area of my tongue, not my throat - especially after eating.. maybe because my taste buds are already sensitive to stimulation from the food? Just a guess..
I've considered dropping down to 6mg for my next juice order (dying to try AVE!).. but I've only tried one 6mg juice before and the throat hit practically disappeared for me.. The vape was smoother and I didn't experience any overwhelming peppery note but I also felt like I wasn't getting enough nic.. It also seemed less flavorful, but I can't be certain since I didn't try the same flavor at 12mg.
At times 12mg seems like too much nic for me but I don't want to dilute my juice and lose the flavor. It's weird, but for some 12mg flavors I can taste (and sometimes FEEL) the nic more than others.
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Started with 18mg and now im on 12mg. But i actually get a headache from 18 mg if i vape it to much. This is from the start. So i guess 12 mg is fine for me. Sometimes i get back on 18 mg for a moment.
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