I hear ya'!
I had to go higher than 36mg when I was starting out too. That was the third reason I started DIY.
I'm down to 22mg now and it seems to be doing the trick, but I dropped very slowly and held at 24 for quite awhile. Being able to fine tune my Nic is a great bonus.
Read all the stickys and ordered the equipment and material and kept reading while it was shipped. This forum made it easier to start up mixing my own and I'm sure it will help you.
(If anyone thinks vaping high nicotine is worse than slamming down American Spirit Non-filters, they really need to smoke a pack of those puppies and then come back and tell me how my high Nic vaping was bad for me.)