As I am posting in the new members forum, I am obviously new to the forum. Not only that, I am new to vapping. In fact, today was the first day. I have talked for awhile with a guy at work who is really into some crazy mods and me being the techie that I am think I will eventually get to that point, though I am realizing there are steps to get to this point. I have thought about making the switch with the intention to eventually get to quitting all together (or at least 0 nic vapping). I am 35 and have smoked about a pack a day for nearly 20 years and that scares the heck outta me to say that. I am tired of feeling like crap, but don't feel like cold turkey would be for me. I have a family, kids and I want to be around as much as possible and stop now while I can still reap benefits of doing so.
I have spent a lot of time combing through this forum and the rest of the net researching all the options and deciding which would be for me. I think that initially I will be going with a medium size PV (such as an eGo type or something of the like). However, I am actually at a point where I am finishing up at my job of 5 years. Was told December 30th that after 40 years, the business was sold as of that day. Everyone was fired except for me (had to help liquidate all the assets that we had). The reason I say that is that cash flow is very tight. Family of 5 and I am the only source of income. I do not have the luxury of wasting a lot of money trying to figure out the best fit though I know spending some for things that don't work for me is inevitable. I probably wont be able to order my PV for a week or so. Therefore, I finally got tired of waiting and decided to go out and purchase a disposable eCig just to kinda see what it was like so to speak.
It goes against many of the reviews that I saw, but I ended up getting a Fin disposable, tobacco flavor, 1.6%. Took a few puffs and it was strange (rather, new) but wasn't that bad. I only took a couple to start with. Then when I was going to get my son from work, I decided that I was gonna take about 8-10 puffs during the trip instead of the whole analog that I normally would have smoked. Here is where things got a little strange for me. For the most part I was please to find that I was actually satisfied - meaning, I did not feel I needed to smoke an actual cigarette. However, I started feeling a little weird - not scary really just sorta spacey and sleepy. Now, I know what getting to much nicotine feels like (rapid heart beat, dizzy, etc.) and it did not feel this way. Here is a big caveat though - I have had an anxiety disorder w/panic attacks for about 18 years now and no matter how much I try not to, when trying something new, I sometimes get anxiety though the symptoms listed above are not really what I feel usually (though the spaciness could be).
Back to why I chose the Fin - I live in a somewhat small town and no matter where I went, it seemed that the only strengths available were all 1.8% or above (Whether V2, Cherokee, Mystic, 21st Century, etc.) As a final chance, I went to Walmart and they had many selections of Fin, from 6mg to 24mg. I have been smoking Marlboro 72 Silver (Ultra-light, .4-.5 depending on where you look) for about a couple years now. I am used to those now, they are light but have a decent throat hit, which I really like. I had read maybe starting with the 6mg but also read it didnt deliver a very good throat hit, so I made the decision to go with the 16mg, thinking that I could just take less puffs if it was too much.
So, on that note, based on what I have said, does anyone think my weird feelings came from too high a level of nic? Should I chalk this $8 up as a loss and go get the 6mg to see if that is any better, or could there be another reason?
Thanks!
Mike
I have spent a lot of time combing through this forum and the rest of the net researching all the options and deciding which would be for me. I think that initially I will be going with a medium size PV (such as an eGo type or something of the like). However, I am actually at a point where I am finishing up at my job of 5 years. Was told December 30th that after 40 years, the business was sold as of that day. Everyone was fired except for me (had to help liquidate all the assets that we had). The reason I say that is that cash flow is very tight. Family of 5 and I am the only source of income. I do not have the luxury of wasting a lot of money trying to figure out the best fit though I know spending some for things that don't work for me is inevitable. I probably wont be able to order my PV for a week or so. Therefore, I finally got tired of waiting and decided to go out and purchase a disposable eCig just to kinda see what it was like so to speak.
It goes against many of the reviews that I saw, but I ended up getting a Fin disposable, tobacco flavor, 1.6%. Took a few puffs and it was strange (rather, new) but wasn't that bad. I only took a couple to start with. Then when I was going to get my son from work, I decided that I was gonna take about 8-10 puffs during the trip instead of the whole analog that I normally would have smoked. Here is where things got a little strange for me. For the most part I was please to find that I was actually satisfied - meaning, I did not feel I needed to smoke an actual cigarette. However, I started feeling a little weird - not scary really just sorta spacey and sleepy. Now, I know what getting to much nicotine feels like (rapid heart beat, dizzy, etc.) and it did not feel this way. Here is a big caveat though - I have had an anxiety disorder w/panic attacks for about 18 years now and no matter how much I try not to, when trying something new, I sometimes get anxiety though the symptoms listed above are not really what I feel usually (though the spaciness could be).
Back to why I chose the Fin - I live in a somewhat small town and no matter where I went, it seemed that the only strengths available were all 1.8% or above (Whether V2, Cherokee, Mystic, 21st Century, etc.) As a final chance, I went to Walmart and they had many selections of Fin, from 6mg to 24mg. I have been smoking Marlboro 72 Silver (Ultra-light, .4-.5 depending on where you look) for about a couple years now. I am used to those now, they are light but have a decent throat hit, which I really like. I had read maybe starting with the 6mg but also read it didnt deliver a very good throat hit, so I made the decision to go with the 16mg, thinking that I could just take less puffs if it was too much.
So, on that note, based on what I have said, does anyone think my weird feelings came from too high a level of nic? Should I chalk this $8 up as a loss and go get the 6mg to see if that is any better, or could there be another reason?
Thanks!
Mike
..Hey Mike! Congrats on starting! The best advice I was given when I started 2 years ago on nic, (I quit for same reasons you described), is this: 
