Longtime Lurker Comes Out

[sjct]

Congrats sjct! I have been vaping for about two weeks and I struggle with when to end the vaping session. During my breaks at work, i just time myself....after 15 minutes I'm done and hopefully have enough nicotine to last me until the end of the day.

I recently returned from a week-long trip to the Left Coast to visit my family and was amazed at the hours I could go between stealth vapes. Now that I'm idling at home it's too easy to sit in front of my computer all day and suck away. I'm having to exert some self-control. Like, did you know that nicotine is a stimulant? No kidding! When I vape all day, I have trouble getting to sleep at night. I switch to a lower nic level afternoons and evenings but basically I've got to start crocheting or something to overcome the urge to suck all day. It's such a pacifier!

 

[sjct]

sjct....that is so great to hear! Especially you doing it on your own....I can imagine that was tough. I went through chemical withdrawls when I quit....withdrawls from the other chemicals you find in cigarettes, as my niccotine needs were being met by vaping. It was no where near as traumatic as your experience, but I had only smoked for 25 years. Congratulations on your transition! I hope there are many happy vaping years ahead of you!

It wasn't tough and that surprised me. I didn't have it in my mind that I would never smoke another analog; I didn't give myself a quit date or some other psychological hurdle. I simply thought, I'll try this and see if I like it. Then, I did! I really like vaping so much more than smoking that it's amazing. Now. Seriously. I do take Tapazole, an anti-thyroid medication... and Xanax... and Elavil; was taking these meds before I started vaping. So maybe, these medications buffered the other chemical dependencies to which you refer and made the transition easier for me.

 

[Joye Camel]

Congrats on quitting the nastiest habit on earth and replacing it with a new, fun, tasty hobby!

 

[kellogg]

Sjct, welcome to ECF!

 

[Kellygirl]

I too am a menthol smoker for 35 years. I am smoke free for 3 weeks now, couldn't be happier & also lurk (every single day) on this site. I've tried many juices and just received last week Menthol Artic from Freedomsmokeusa - oh my god!! I felt like i found the perfect menthol - nice tobacco taste with just enough menthol. I've also read on here that someone who was a menthol tried a cinammon and that's all they vape now. I ordered some (CinammonCeylon) from the same company and that is what I vape at night - love it.

Congrats on your success!!!

 

[Dee74]

Thanks so much for your post, my aunt has been having the exact same issues and I forwarded this to her last night. This post may be her problem maybe not but it will sure give her Doc a good starting point.

 

[FreakyStylie]

What an excellent story! Sorry to hear that you had such a rough start, but I'm glad you were able to get everything figured out!