I can't sleep!

[chelstar]

Since making the switch from analogs to vaping (about two weeks ago), I have barely been able to sleep! Now, I work nights so I've always had some trouble. It is really hard for me to sleep during the day, especially now when there are so few daylight hours here in Minnesota. But normally if I go for a day or two without enough sleep I crash and sleep for a very long time. Since I've started vaping, I keep going day after day with too little sleep (sometimes none.) Even on my days off when I have nothing better to do than sleep, I can't! Also if I do get to sleep, I can't stay asleep. I am pretty sure the only change is the vaping. My hypothesis is that nicotine is a stimulant and I'm getting more now than I did when I smoked. I smoked about 1/2 a pack a day. Now I am vaping much less than I smoked, and I vape 12mg liquid. Obviously the solution is to vape less, and get lower nicotine e-liquid. But I'm getting that anxiety about vaping less, the same anxiety I used to get when thinking about cutting down on smoking. At the moment I haven't slept since I woke up on Sunday afternoon after 4 hours of sleep. I'm going to work in a couple hours. Just to reiterate, before starting vaping I would have slept all day today. I don't even feel tired. But I definitely feel not myself from this lack of sleep.

Anyway.. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

 

[spirits3250]

I had the same problem when I first started vaping, along with having extremely vivid dreams when I did sleep. I've been vaping going on 4 months now and my sleep has mostly returned to normal....actually sleeping better now than when I was smoking. I began the same way....vaping almost non-stop. But now I have eased up on the frequency a bit....not intentionally. It seems that with time the "urgency" to vape has subsided a bit.

 

[jj2]

Here's hoping this doesn't last long.

In the mean time, please feel free to join us.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/wellness-wrecked-bonkers/117433-insomniacs-unite.html

 

[jamie]

Use lower or zero nicotine for a period before bedtime. Ecigs don't give you a sudden crash after the rush wears off the way cigarettes do.

Sleep problems are also associated with cigarette cessation.

You don't need to hypothesize about nicotine being a stimulant, AFAIK that's settled science.

 

[pianoguy]

I had the same problem early on, and found that using lower nic in the evening helped. Melatonin might be worth a try, too - my sleep cycle got all wacky after traveling to Manila, and it helped a lot.

 

[chelstar]

Thanks, everyone. It's nice to hear other people have had this problem too. I finally got a good day's sleep with the help of an Ambien a friend gave me.

Pianoguy, I have considered melatonin, but I've heard horror stories about using it during the day instead of at night, which I would be doing. So I haven't tried it.

 

[des09]

Battled the same problem, laying off the vape in the evening has helped, but I am going to try switching to 0mg after 9pm, thanks for the suggestion, Jamie

 

[psl_shawn]

i loved ambien as far as knockin ya out but it put the worst metal taste in my mouth almost unbearable.

 

[Sard]

Ha! I had this problem also when I first started to vape, tho I was in the phase of testing diff juice's, so I was vaping way too much I think. Now I just cut down how much I vape a bit after dinner and sleep normally. Really tho, I have noticed so much more energy just in the few weeks I have switched over from analogs. It's a good thing for me I guess.