How many times have you OD'd on nic?

[UkUsa]

Hi Gma Cas I'm sure Kate will have some good advice for you.

I'd probably start off with low. If you feel that isn't giving you enough nic then try some medium next. Rather go that way than overdoing it. I know when i first got mine the damn thing was pretty much glued to my lips .

 

[Grandma Cas]

Thanks for the quick reply UkUsa, I must admit I was thinking along those lines.

 

[UkUsa]

No problem, i just got to work so i checked in here before getting started actually working 8-o.

Just looked into the ecig you bought and i'm not familiar with it. I'm sure someone who is in the UK will have some idea or have heard of it.

That would suck having to wait 8 hours. While waiting have a good read of the forum. There is a wealth of good info on here.

Anyways, i should get started with work.

Enjoy your ecig once it is charged.

 

[Frankie]

I'm a newby & not started yet (still waiting for the battery to charge) but, I have a question. What nicotine strength should I start with? I am smoking very low (nic 1mg & tar 0.1mg) cigaretts at the moment however, I am getting through 2 packs a day8-o

Considering just the *official* nic content of what you smoke, your daily intake from analogs is somewhere around 40 mg. That means you could try any of the liquid strengths (Vapers usually only use up 1-2 ml per day). Maybe buying stronger one and diluting a small part of it with glycerin 50:50 could be a good start. If that (12 or 18 mg per ml depending on the original strength) does not satisfy you, you can easily lower the glycerin part in the next mix until you find what is best for your taste/addiction - Or the other way round, if it is too strong for you. You can also use the stronger stuff occasionally, just a few drops, to give you satisfaction at the time of real need, but not all the time, so you do not increase your drug tolerance.

(Actually, I believe 1mg cigarette is not "low nic" at all. It only has low tar, and that is of no concern to you any more - there is no tar in e-stuff. Low nic cigs are 0,8 mg and less)

 

[UkUsa]

Thanks for straightening that out Frankie.

I always just thought that the low meant low everything. I didn't catch the 1mg of nic per cig before.

 

[Kate]

Hi Cas, welcome to the forum.

UkUsa and Frankie have given you some good advice, I'd agree, use low and have a spike of medium or high occasionally if you get cravings.

This is a good thread for information - http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/2562-helpful-links-videos-new-user.html

 

[katink]

Oops double post to others, forget it

 

[OutWest]

I have just received my 'new' bottles of 36 mg ...and after a few vapes I am getting that very light headed high again....so now I am wondering if a bottle does start to loose it's nicotine strength once it has been opened and keeps on getting exposed to the air.

I'd say most likely, yes. Nicotine breaks down very easily and rapidly, both when exposed to light and to air.

 

[seanmc]

I blacked out the other night at a bar. I think it was the mix of too many shots (about 15 of Hennessy) and having to demo my e-cigs constantly to curious people. I literally went through 2 penstyle batteries, 2 Npro batteries, 1 401 battery and a disposible 401/M8 battery in about 5 1/2 hours. I was puffing on 50/50 mix of JC Tennesee Cured and Peach Cobbler mix 24mg. I woke up on Saturday missing a dental bridge curled up on the bathroom floor of my house...never again...haha.8-o

 

[Beequeen]

seanmc, lol!!! I'm sorry that happened to you but that was hilarious!
I OD'ed the second day of vaping. Alot of juice was leaking through the mouthpiece so I just kept swallowing it. I was walking across a parking lot and started having really scary irregular heartbeats and palpitations. I thought I needed to call an ambulance. It didn't dawn on me until later that night that it was the nicotine. I thought it was my mitral valve prolapse acting up :-/

 

[seanmc]

seanmc, lol!!! I'm sorry that happened to you but that was hilarious!
I OD'ed the second day of vaping. Alot of juice was leaking through the mouthpiece so I just kept swallowing it. I was walking across a parking lot and started having really scary irregular heartbeats and palpitations. I thought I needed to call an ambulance. It didn't dawn on me until later that night that it was the nicotine. I thought it was my mitral valve prolapse acting up :-/

Woah...you were having mitral regurgitations and I was having nicotine/alcohol regurgitations...good times!

 

[Beequeen]

Haha!! Thank God we BOTH didn't wind up on a gurney ! That 36 mg juice I was "drinking" really did a number on me. I sometimes wondered if I'd eventually die of lung cancer from smoking analogs, but never dreamed I'd keel over from imbibing nicotine juice!

 

[Grandma Cas]

Considering just the *official* nic content of what you smoke, your daily intake from analogs is somewhere around 40 mg. That means you could try any of the liquid strengths (Vapers usually only use up 1-2 ml per day). Maybe buying stronger one and diluting a small part of it with glycerin 50:50 could be a good start. If that (12 or 18 mg per ml depending on the original strength) does not satisfy you, you can easily lower the glycerin part in the next mix until you find what is best for your taste/addiction - Or the other way round, if it is too strong for you. You can also use the stronger stuff occasionally, just a few drops, to give you satisfaction at the time of real need, but not all the time, so you do not increase your drug tolerance.

(Actually, I believe 1mg cigarette is not "low nic" at all. It only has low tar, and that is of no concern to you any more - there is no tar in e-stuff. Low nic cigs are 0,8 mg and less)

Thanks Frankie
Cas

 

[Frankie]

I remembered Trog´s experiment proving the liquid does not seep through pores on human hands and washed a 18mg cart because I spoilt it with a food flavouring. I did not OD, but the feelings I suffered for some time were really not pleasant at all. Heart mostly, also sweating, could not sleep, was like on several redbulls. I don´t know about palpitations, they are supposed to be irregular, but my heart was beating somewhere in my neck for a couple of hours. Freezing cold outside helped against that a bit. Cold water drink, too.

Now where is the truth? Did anybody else have problems just because of skin (hands, fingers, etc.) contact with the juice? Does Trog have a wooden hand or are my fingers oversensitive?

 

[ZambucaLu]

I think it must be an individual thing Frankie. I use 36mg juice and get it all over my hands all the time and it has never bothered me. When I get "experimenting", I could spend hours fiddling around with the juice and I usually will not wash them until I'm done.

Could be just like everything else....individual sensitivities. Some will just react to it more than others, I guess.

Lu

 

[pansub]

I keep trying to OD but have yet to manage it

 

[D_Struct]

I keep trying to OD but have yet to manage it

 

[fuzzyvape]

I havent yet but i try not to vape constantly on my 24mg juice in the mornings i ussually smoke about 6 or 7 analogs in an hour before vaping i always wake up fiending bad and go through probably 40-50 puffs of the ecig to calm it havent od'd yet and im a pretty avid smoker

 

[Frankie]

OK, I give up. In thought I was a smoker and I did think that for some 25 odd years, but I don´t think I ever smoked 7 analogs in an hour. Must have been very light smoker. No wonder I had problems with the juice on my fingers.

 

[skullsoup432]

Hey, I'm a newbie but must comment on nicotine OD. I've done it twice, never on analogs. The first time was on snuff. Yeah, the product you snort a pinch of. I was trying to quit analogs and snuff seemed "romantic" ( also reminded me of an illegal substance I used to enjoy). The second time I had just gotten out of the hospital, where they had given me a patch to quell my 3 pack a day addiction. Both times the same, racing heart, nausea, agitated, sweats. I just started vaping today, dripping and hitting my Janty (HUGE thanks to Kurt at VaporGuys,A-1,5 star service)for 4hours before the battery died. I smoked 1 analog an hour during this time, 16mg high juice for drip. I thought it was my imagination, but I did feel slightly buzzed. Kind of anxious, high strung and jumpy. For something to do I made pudding and jello, even baked tomorrows/todays turkey breast!
Getting the juice on hands, isn't that akin to a patch? Dermal absorption? Kind of like poison ivy or fiberglass insulation, you think? Bothers some but others are not "allergic". Thanks for reading!!!!