Help with Chain vaping

[xDarkRelic]

So I've been vaping for a little over a month now, and I love it. It's saving me money and tastes delicious. My only problem is that I've been chain vaping more than normal lately, and I thinks it's because I adjusted my nic down to 6 from 12. Does anyone else have any ideas or suggestions? I'm not saying chain vaping is a bad thing but I just find myself doing it more at work than operating my camera.

 

[Wolfenstark]

Usually lower your nic level when you start to use a device that is better at delivering vapor than your previous one.
Most find they do it due to the vape being too harsh.

 

[Cheechako]

Unless your a doctor doing laparoscopic surgery, no worries.
Just up your nic level a bit...

 

[Bob Chill]

12 to 6 is a big jump. Mix the two together and try that. I mix my own and I've been backing down 2mg every 3 months. Went from 18 to 10 in my tanks over the last year. I could tell the difference of just 2mg/ml each time but the adjustment period is short. If I skipped down to 5 right now I would be a walking fogbank.

 

[maxthegerman]

I'm in the same situation. Since I went down to 6 mg I'm vaping permanentely. But I'm doing this since about 4 months now. It causes no health issues for me and I really enjoy it. So yes I know exactly what you're talking about

 

[freeall]

Nothing wrong with chain vaping, but make sure you drink lots of water to stay hydrated.

 

[Rickajho]

Why did you decide to cut your nic level in half only one month into quitting smoking? For most people that's too radical of a jump too fast.

 

[twgbonehead]

Don't rush dropping the nic levels, and don't jump too big on any one step would be my advice. Give it time.

Nicotine tends to be a self-adjusting drug. When you cut your nic levels in half, your body wants to vape twice as much. Although you might adjust over time, it's better to either take it in smaller steps, or at the very least keep a tank of 12mg on hand to occasionally "pump up" when you find yourself vaping too frequently.

Particularly since you've only quit the smokes for a month, you really want to get adjusted to vaping, and get rid of the tobacco influence (there are psychoactive components in cigarette smoke which take longer than a month to get out of your system). Let your quitting progress at a rate that works for your body, you'll be ready to cut down your nic levels soon enough!

And congrats on your first month!!!

 

[Gagirl]

I did the same thing when I went from 12 to 6, it will get better. I'm down to 3mg but I have a lot better devices and attys then I had back then. Lol!

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

I don't agree that there's "nothing wrong with chain vaping". Not only can no one prove that but as a general rule of life, anything in excess is bad for you. Anything, even sex.

I agree with others that perhaps you reduced your nic level to low and too soon. I would try going back to 16mg for a few days or so just to see if in fact it reduces the amount you vape back to "normal". Only then can you even remotely begin to deduce if it is the sudden, drastic reduction in nic level that is causing you to vape more. I say "remotely" because, logically speaking, there are so many other things that could be causing an increase in vaping...

-stress
-anxiety
-depression
-maybe you are getting addicted to experiencing certain flavors
-maybe you are getting addicted to just vaping in general (vaping isn't the godsend that some people think it is. It is merely a replacement of one addiction for another. Whether or not you can successfully use it as a stop smoking device is entirely dependent upon whether you have the will power to even quit smoking).

These are just to name a few of probably literally hundreds.

 

[TheBigPicture]

I started at 12mg and found after a couple of months that after 3 or 4 heavy hauls, I wouldn't even want to look at my mod for an hour. But I was still craving the nicotine, and I didn't want to vape at a strength that had the potential to make me woozy. So I took a 12 and a 6mg of the same flavor and mixed some in a clean bottle at 50/50. Voila, 9mg e juice, if you average it out. Enough nic to satisfy you but not so weak to make you want to vape constantly.

 

[freeall]

Coming up next on Dr. Phil...

 

[Thrasher]

I don't agree that there's "nothing wrong with chain vaping". Not only can no one prove that but as a general rule of life, anything in excess is bad for you. Anything, even sex.

I agree with others that perhaps you reduced your nic level to low and too soon. I would try going back to 16mg for a few days or so just to see if in fact it reduces the amount you vape back to "normal". Only then can you even remotely begin to deduce if it is the sudden, drastic reduction in nic level that is causing you to vape more. I say "remotely" because, logically speaking, there are so many other things that could be causing an increase in vaping...

-stress
-anxiety
-depression
-maybe you are getting addicted to experiencing certain flavors
-maybe you are getting addicted to just vaping in general (vaping isn't the godsend that some people think it is. It is merely a replacement of one addiction for another. Whether or not you can successfully use it as a stop smoking device is entirely dependent upon whether you have the will power to even quit smoking).

These are just to name a few of probably literally hundreds.

And its very well documented that dropping too fast causes people to excessively vape to make up for the difference.

I been vaping almost 5 years, I make 5 mg. And when I'm idle I chain vape excessively. Even if I do it to the point of feeling crappy, it clears up sleeping.

If your still newish, the body is still trying to find that chemical crutch from cigarettes that doesn't exist in vapor so we subconsciously try to make up for it with nicotine. Nicotine has the unique ability to be both a stimulant and a depressant.

Chain vaping is still better then smoking.


Personally, I use eliquid, I find chains take to long to heat up and don't make a lot of clouds anyways

 

[twgbonehead]

Personally, I use eliquid, I find chains take to long to heat up and don't make a lot of clouds anyways

Clearly, you've never tried the LegalVape 4000. It eats chains for breakfast!

 

[Thrasher]

Pfff when I really wanna vape I got an old steel coffee can with a 5 inch coil made out of 8g copper wire using a cotton towel for a wick hooked up to two car batteries in parallel

 

[Cheechako]

Pfff when I really wanna vape I got an old steel coffee can with a 5 inch coil made out of 8g copper wire using a cotton towel for a wick hooked up to two car batteries in parallel

I think I saw you vaping...

 

[twgbonehead]

Pfff when I really wanna vape I got an old steel coffee can with a 5 inch coil made out of 8g copper wire using a cotton towel for a wick hooked up to two car batteries in parallel

Try a roll of rayon paper towels. Beats the crap out of cotton towels, you never get that "wet dog that fell into a pit of lava" taste!

 

[OlderNDirt]

After 40+ years smoking, I was able to quit immediately with 18mg nic, so stayed with that for 5 months or so. I began to think about cutting the nic back, but was not comfortable knowing what nic level I was using at a particular time. Just the probability of knowing I was using 12 instead of 18 would make me think I needed more. So I talked to my wife about getting juice at both levels, but having her filling a tank with the level of her choice so I wouldn't know and there would be no influence to how it made me feel.

But, and there is usually a but, I never got to that point. I got an Atlantis and Subtank and immediately lowered my nic level to 6mg and have been going fine with that since (although some might say I am hitting it a bit hard).. For now, I am fine with where I am at, but should I feel the need to drop down further, I still plan on implementing my "don't ask, don't tell" plan so I can avoid that placebo effect.

 

[Thrasher]

Try a roll of rayon paper towels. Beats the crap out of cotton towels, you never get that "wet dog that fell into a pit of lava" taste!

Naaa I'm moving on, 1800 watts is for the dudebro noobs

I'm getting a nice hand held gigawatt model

 

[GaryInTexas]

Been at 18mg for 2 years and have been happy. Think I'll just stay there.