Nic level issues

[Ms.Cruzer]

I'm wondering if this ever happens to any of you. Today was a strange day for me. First, I worked from home and I haven't been able to do that often so I was a little out of my element. With emails coming in at the speed of light and my phone ringing non-stop I did what I used to do on a long phone call. I stood up and thought I'd go sit on the patio and smoke a cigarette. Then I sat back down, surprised at myself and grabbed the Reo all the while having three devices on my desk.

This issue with 6mg juice has been going on for a couple of weeks. I dropped down several months ago so I'm not sure why all of a sudden it's not enough. I even bought a bottle of 12 mg to have on hand but I don't want to go UP with my nic level.

Is it just stress? Is my crazy coming out again? I have had a pack of smokes in my car since the day I quit but I don't think I'd ever actually go get one. Maybe I should to see how nasty they really are but the thought is frightening. This is absolutely a mental game. I miss the ability to de-stress.

 

[fraychek]

It's early days for you yet. For the first couple of months I missed those little breaks on out on the porch, too. So I just took the same breaks, but with my ecig, instead. I don't think I began vaping in the house for quite a while. By then, for some reason, I didn't miss the breaks so much. I still like to take my coffee and newspaper out on the porch on nice mornings. The difference is that I don't HAVE to do it, especially in the cold and/or rain. This will pass. Give it time. You're doing great.

 

[Thundernoggin]

I've been struggling with this because my job can be a giant nightmare stress ball. I use 6mg bakery vapes during the day but keep around a 12mg tobacco for the morning car ride and those times when I feel like tossing office furniture through the front window. Sometimes I just need to go behind the building and not answer the phone for a minute.

 

[eyerhere]

If higher nic is what it takes to stay off cigs its ok. When I am playing in sub ohm I use 6 mg normal adv is 12. Right now rocking 24 on sub ohm. Yea it was a tough day. Just let your body tell you what it needs.

 

[gopher_byrd]

I travel alot for work. On flying days I have one REO loaded with 12 mg because of the long stints w/o being able to vape. If I have long enough to go outside of TSA or someplace that I can stealth that gets me through... On regular days it's just 6 mg... Do what you have to do Lezlee to stay off the stinkies! 12 mg once in a while sure beats those stale nasty smokes in your glovebox...

 

[Ms.Cruzer]

I've been struggling with this because my job can be a giant nightmare stress ball. I use 6mg bakery vapes during the day but keep around a 12mg tobacco for the morning car ride and those times when I feel like tossing office furniture through the front window. Sometimes I just need to go behind the building and not answer the phone for a minute.

I think it's a good thing we don't work together. There'd be flying furniture daily. I work with a guy that vapes and he was a die hard 2-3 PAD smoker. I swear he's turned into such an azz that I hate to see him coming. And I actually LIKE the guy and have known him 20 years! I sincerely hope people aren't thinking that of me but I feel like there's a short fuse (or maybe it's a short circuit) and it feels nicotine related.

 

[Newportlocal]

I just vape 6mg now. Just sounds like stress and an old habit ingrained from the past. That is what you always used to do when you were stressed. It will be o.k.
They taste nasty after being away from them, and definitely don't put out enough vapor.

 

[Ms.Cruzer]

That ticker down there helps keep me on the straight and narrow too. I really don't want to reset that puppy again. You're all so right. And it is an ingrained habit of 40 years and was the best stress coping mechanism. Guess I shouldn't add to it by stressing over my nic level right now.

 

[AStilettoHeel]

(((((Ms.Cruzer))))) One day at a time, lovely!

 

[Kent Brooks]

If higher nic is what it takes to stay off cigs its ok. When I am playing in sub ohm I use 6 mg normal adv is 12. Right now rocking 24 on sub ohm. Yea it was a tough day. Just let your body tell you what it needs.

This is really good advice. You will self-titrate... don't ignore your body. If you're getting headaches and nic-sick, too much... if you are feeling unsatisfied or need a boost, vape vape vape, bump up the nic, or switch to a more efficient delivery device.

 

[DaBucs]

around my 3-4 month mark I had pretty strong urges to smoke...just vape through it and you will be good

the longer you go without the cig the less those urges will come...i still get them but they are getting further apart and it usually occurs when i do something that used to be associated with smoking...

 

[Ms.Cruzer]

around my 3-4 month mark I had pretty strong urges to smoke...just vape through it and you will be good

the longer you go without the cig the less those urges will come...i still get them but they are getting further apart and it usually occurs when i do something that used to be associated with smoking...

Maybe I'm not crazy after all DaBucs. When I've failed before, it's been around the 6-8 month mark so psychologically I know I need to pass that. I often wish I was one of those people who could emphatically say "I will NEVER smoke again." I have no intentions of smoking but I still couldn't ever say those words either.

I was one of those smokers that literally almost everything was associated with smoking. Example - we like to cruise on Celebrity Cruise Lines who has one of the strictest smoking policies of all lines. I would book our cabin based on the proximity to the smoking area. Thinking back, that's just pretty sad the hold it had on my life.

So today I'm going to settle in with my 12mg ACB for a while and see if it's better. Sorry Nanny, I rather like it with 3 months steep.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Since you have a Reo get some unflavored mixed at 12 or even 18mg. When the urge hits just put a drop or two of the stronger unflavored on your coil. It will give you that quick shot of nic and slowly fade as you continue to squonk and vape.

 

[roxynoodle]

Do you have a kayfun? I don't know why, but I swear it concentrates the nic. 6mg can feel like 15mg. My Rose clone does, too.

 

[Thundernoggin]

Maybe I'm not crazy after all DaBucs. When I've failed before, it's been around the 6-8 month mark....

I'm hitting 6 months right now and this has been the hardest point for me. I was woken up the other day by the smell of someone smoking heavily in the next room and the cravings had a vice grip on me. One problem. Nobody was smoking when I got out of bed.

 

[XJ-linux]

Everyone is different, but I just told myself (when I quit smoking and started vaping) that I could vape as much, as often and at whatever nicotine levels I felt like. Once I realized there wasn't any reward for getting down to 6mg or 3mg, it didn't matter to me what level I was at. Today I run anything from 12mg to 6mg regularly, and even the occasional 18mg or 3mg for some flavor and atty combos. All good - I'm not smoking... I'd run whatever nicotine level gets you to where smoking seems like an unnecessary activity.

 

[motabrownie]

This just reinforces the fact that nicotine addiction and cigarette addiction are two different beasts. Nicotine patch anyone? Didnt think so. I do believe, however, that cig addiction can be overcome with flooding your system with nicotine. Thats all I did when I had cravings. I just vaped my you know what off till I started feeling wobbly LOL. You can do it.

Mind over matter. Mind over matter. Mind over matter. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Ms.Cruzer]

I'm hitting 6 months right now and this has been the hardest point for me. I was woken up the other day by the smell of someone smoking heavily in the next room and the cravings had a vice grip on me. One problem. Nobody was smoking when I got out of bed.

Like I said. It's such a mental game. That would be a little spooky but it must have been a great dream!

Be careful what you wish for though. I had 12 in the Reo all day and along about 4:45 decided I didn't really feel too great. Headache, nausea, neck hurting. I realized why so I just took a nap for about an hour and now I'm right again. My body says NO to the 12 mg all day. (That was an accident.) I may try the unflavored idea to drip when needed which would keep my absent minded self from spacing out on what I'm vaping.

I've got to listen to that crazy woman that lives inside me better.

 

[built4feel]

One day at a time....
...and one squonk at a time...

...maybe build your coil at a lower ohm or try something different with more airflow... I recently went down to 6 a few months ago and getting more vapor and doing lung hits is what really kept me satisfied... give it a try. I can't vape anything above about 10mg for more than a couple drags... So maybe do like FB suggested with dripping some on your coil, instead of filling up a whole squonk bottle.

Congrats on another day! I don't even think about (realistically) smoking anymore...its definitely a big freedom from those fire sticks, and I don't get cravings like the ones I did when smoking.. vaping is just a reward, unlike smoking which felt ... horrible...

edit:

I smoked for 6 years...so it may be different for you... I heard that for each year you smoked, it takes one month to get out from under the grip

 

[Kent Brooks]

Since you have a Reo get some unflavored mixed at 12 or even 18mg. When the urge hits just put a drop or two of the stronger unflavored on your coil. It will give you that quick shot of nic and slowly fade as you continue to squonk and vape.

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