Is Vaping Good For Your Mental Health?

[WharfRat1976]

Here is an interesting article: Are e-cigarettes good for your mental health? | Society | theguardian.com

 

[samturdo]

well nicotine is good for the brain so id say so. havent read the article yet but will do so now

edit: interesting but we all know cigalikes wont replace cigarettes. hand out drippers and you might have something there

 

[LMS62]

I can't speak for anyone else, but since vaping keeps me off analogs, I would have to respond with a big YES.

 

[a wandering soul]

depriving me of nicotine isn't good for me or anyone around me's mental health..

lol

 

[TyPie]

Absolutely, Positively! Nothing quite as enjoyable and relaxing as puttin' my feet up and vapin' my favorite juices for a spell.
It MUST be true.....

 

[BigMak45]

It definately is for me!

 

[Rotowoman]

I read the article. It was pretty interesting, and since I've suffered from severe depression at some points in my life, I can attest to the truth of it. However, I will keep vaping. It satisfies the nicotine cravings AND satisfies the hand to mouth thing that's going on too.

 

[crxess]

Not if your wife is only Vaping because she can't afford her RYO's supplies.

I messed up and mentioned she was slurping on the Clearo, as I was refilling and checking to be sure it wasn't flooded or gunking up.

Who would have thought she'd go ballistic and stop using it.
Now she is thrashing a straw around in her mouth........................ arggg.....

 

[Israfil]

Well....I don't know... I do know that no nicotine maxes Isra go crazy.. So I would say that it isn't so much good for my mental health as it's bad for the world if the guy with a fair amount of free time and plans to build an exo-suit and take over the world doesn't get his nicotine....

 

[tj99959]

Well it was until I started prepping for a Health Dept. hearing for e-cig regs.

http://www.webermorganhealth.org/pdf/Public Hearings/ENDS_draft_2014.pdf

This part is interesting

3.10 “Employee” means any Person who is employed or retained as an independent contractor by any Employer or Nonprofit Entity in consideration for
direct or indirect monetary wages or profit, or any Person who volunteers his or
her services for an Employer or Nonprofit Entity.

So I guess I'm an employee of the e-cig industry because I volunteered my help at the Utah Vapers assoc. BBQ last month
http://utahvapers.com/

So far I've printed out about 140 e-cig related studies for them to consider.
Even found one from 1947, wonder if that's "long term" enough for them.

R., Loosle, et all (1947) Tests for the chronic toxicity of propylene glycol on monkeys and rats by vapor inhalation and oral administration.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 91:52-76.

So now my mental health has been trashed by the health dept

 

[junkfixr]

Vaping probably makes me respond at least 5 seconds faster with..... "Duhhh,huh?" "What'd you say dear?"

 

[vapero]

I just posted this elsewhere before I stumbled on this thread so I'll quote myself

I started vaping to quit smoking, then I realized that I didn't need the nic, so I lower it a lot and felt that I didn't needed it, but then I realized that nic was keeping my ADHD at bay and it got a bit out of control after lowering it, so no I upped my nicotine and vape as a self medication.

 

[WharfRat1976]

"Giving psychiatric patients access to e-cigarettes, particularly on closed wards, is definitely something to consider."

Wouldn't you just love to see One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest redone and they all were smoking REO'S?

"Nurse Ratchet, can you get my E-Liquid please...I want my CUSTARD today"

 

[Wolfenstark]

From first hand experience I can say for me that It is Not bad for mental health.

 

[Israfil]

"Giving psychiatric patients access to e-cigarettes, particularly on closed wards, is definitely something to consider."

Wouldn't you just love to see One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest redone and they all were smoking REO'S?

"Nurse Ratchet, can you get my E-Liquid please...I want my CUSTARD today"

I'd rather see A Clockwork Orange revamped with ecigs instead of milk.

 

[Tempesta]

I worry a lot, and don't relax enough. Quite apart from its other benefits, vaping is very relaxing for me, and thus a definte boost to my mental health.

 

[Big Me]

Absolutely! I haven't killed a single person since I started vaping.

(Which is good because I was running out of places to hide the bodies... )

 

[GT86]

I think it's very good for my mental health. I've been beating myself up for years because I needed/wanted to quit smoking but couldn't. I would think about it everyday, I think it affected my esteem. Since I started vaping a month ago I feel a lot better about myself, I'm not beating myself up anymore and I have a much more positive attitude knowing I'm not killing myself with cigarettes and that I was finally able to quit smoking. The fact that I have finally accomplished something I've been trying to do for years has really been a boost for my mental health.