no urge to use ecigs anymore

[jdub]

I quit smoking this being day 5 without a single cigarette. I have to urge for tobacco even tho I smoke a pack a day before I quit.

anyone else become lazy after they quit. I just kinda float around not doing anything at work now. except I don't snap and threaten to kill people like I did when I smoked and chewed.

I basicly started ecigs to stop chewing and that worked. but now I really want to quit ecigs to start smoking again so I am not lazy.

 

[doots]

hope you can make it. its nice not to have any addictions..

 

[jdub]

I just cannot stand being lazy like this

 

[Greeneyeddevil]

I was having that problem too and I've been at it for almost 2 months. I took the advice of some other forum members and upped my water intake, and also started taking a vitamin d3 supplement and a vitamin c supplement once daily and the lazies are gone for me now.

 

[rosesense]

As I understand it, it wil take some time to detox and be more normal. I have trouble focusing at work but I am confident it will change if we just hang in there. It has already gotten better for me after 3 weeks.

I hope you will give it more time without going back to regular cigs. Best of luck with whatever you decide.

 

[jdub]

its weird I look at the clock and its 4pm... look up a few mins later an its 5pm

I cannot remember what happened in the last hour and its gone... its starting to get annoying lol

 

[Greeneyeddevil]

LOL..I can feel your pain. Last week I had gotten to the point of delirium lol. I was sleeping fine but felt like I hadn't slept in days. I think it was a mainly a little dehydration because vaping can do that if you aren't careful. These supplements and the extra water have made me feel like brand new.

 

[jdub]

thats another thing I cannot sleep I get off work at midnight I go to sleep about 2am...wake up at 8am if I am lucky I get 6 hours of sleep at most

 

[Trixie]

Some folks tend to give up cigarettes immediately by choice, and it works well for them. Others, myself included, use vaping in conjunction with smoking (I was just being polite, because someone bought me a kit), and over time they naturally give up the ciagrettes entirely in favor of vaping. I began vaping in early June and naturally found myself decreasing my cigarette consumption (1st week dropped from 1-1/2 pks. to 10-15 ciagarettes, by week four I was down to 5-7 cigarettes a day - after two months I was a 2-3 cigarette a day smoker). August 3rd I just didn't have any interest in my morning cigarette, then found myself skipping my afternoon and evening cigarettes, and haven't had one since, simply by choice.
My point is that if you quit smoking because you thought you had to, you may want to re-think the method. Smoking has taken a lot of our time, but the move away from it is not a race so much as a journey, and the journey for each of us is different. So focus on the goal and find the best way for you personally to attain it.
Good luck.

 

[Rainbowz]

That was very eloquent Trixie, thank you. I may need to copy and paste that to a friend of mine who wants to quit smoking and is interested in vaping, but is scared to take the leap. Those words just might give her the nudge she needs.

 

[Trixie]

Glad to be of help Rainbowz, and do remember to also point your friend to this forum. It was instrumental in helping me along this path.
Good luck to you, and to your friend if she decides to try it.

 

[Fishin' Cricket]

Definitely very well put, Trixie.. Thanks.

 

[aubergine]

Yeah, I've quit on several occasions for fairly long periods. i held off until i had a vacation for the second quit because i knew i'd just need to rest and sleep and hydrate and munch and etc. i think it takes a lot of energy to detox, and disturbances and effort are sort of jarring. would have been nice to take a month - it's actually a project, and your body knows it. it wants you to be very chill.
once that was done i got to do depression and anxiety for a good while, really hard for me, and then i felt like a million bucks.
until i had a life crisis and imagined that a cig, just one, would make me feel better. i remember that i was crying on my way to the quikmart, thinking "i just need a cig." next night still crying as the crisis was hard, and the only difference was that i also had my &%*$!*!! habit back.
it IS good not to have any physical addictions. but vaping is a very nice one if one must. this time if i do quit these (not inclined to at present), i'm going to keep some batts and stuff in the closet. if i think i need nicotine, i'll cheat that way, and sure won't be falling back so far. meanwhile, i feel WONDERFUL; relatively safe nico w/o the CA-making tar and stuff, and the 400 toxic chemicals crap in cigs feels plenty ok to me.

 

[aubergine]

And good luck!

 

[beast775]

im on mnth 3 right now and i still notice the spaced out thing happening,but it goes pretty fast now.it takes time.it took along time smokin to get where everyone was before they quit.good luck,it will pass.

 

[Keebler]

If you are vaping a lot, you probably are getting dehydrated. If you have to vape more often than you smoked, try switching to a higher nic level and vape less often. What works for me personally is 18mg vaping about 10 puffs every two hours. If I feel like vaping in between, I just deal with it the way I used to if I wanted to smoke more, I just find a milestone (ie: I will go outside and vape after this task) Avoid vaping at your desk at work or sitting in front of the TV. Ejuice still has nicotine, so it is still addictive, and if you don't watch it you will be vaping 48mg constantly and be worse for the wear. Nicotine is a drug of convenience, meaning the more you take in, the more you will want. If it is available nonstop, you will want it nonstop. No chainsmoker ever started smoking with that goal in mind, it built up over time.
I read some members keep a 0mg pv for regular vaping and use a nic pv only when they crave. I plan to do that until I wean myself off nic altogether. My goal is to vape because I want to, not because I have to. Stay strong and stay in control of the habit and it will get better. After a month I am starting to feel great and the periodic idea that I might want an analog is more and more ridiculous with every day.

 

[River]

ummmm, if I got lazy after I quit cigs who would notice?

I don't really think there would be much difference anyway since I play with puppies all day at my job.

So far they have not complained.

 

[maureengill]

You may consider checking out the following part of this forum...

Smokeless tobacco - E-Cigarette Forum

Maybe you need that spike of nic to get you going and keep you even. Maybe you can vape less nicotine and choose another nicotine option like snuff or snus. I only say this because I just got my snuff order this week...might be worth a gander.

Maureen

 

[solaar]

It's funny, I felt the exact opposite. Since I don't smoke anymore analogues I feel more productive. At least there are clear hints from the non-smoking world around.
No need to sneak out to the smoker's exile anymore ('the lazy time waster area' in the eyes of the anti-smokers).

Sometimes I'm thinking I'm just one of those lucky .......s who were able to kick the analogues right away as soon as the e-cig arrived in the post.

One of the main thoughts that kept me away from the cancer sticks for good is that with the PV you can have a puff anywhere you want. But you don't have to of course. Well, with an analogue you don't have to either (let's be honest, especially those of you who often travel long distance on the plane) but you can't have it anyway.

There's something about this externally imposed "you can't" that made it much more difficult for me to accept quitting before the e-cig. And then there's something about the throat hit and smoke blown into the air, no matter where it comes from. It's hard to explain...

 

[skydawgg]

could cigarettes be covering up vitamin deficiencies? once i stopped smoking and started vaping i have noticed a few vitamin deficiencies, B, D, mainly but i also started taking a ginseng complex (200mg of each kind(panax, korean red, chinese, siberian)) WOW do i have energy and i dont feel like a grump. oh and if you are stressed or have anxiety and fatigue and you just quit smoking take a b50 complex with sensoril in it (some root extract) ...you will be wondering how you lived at all before. i would also recommend vitamin c...when your lungs are clearing out i think they are more accepting of infection...an immunity boost will help (zinc lozenges and the vitamin D help boost immunity aswell). also now that you saved all your money from smoking analogs...maybe it is time to start taking a multi vitamin? i can say that xtend-life true balance is awesome...a real multi that can actually be absorbed by your body, this holy grail of multi's contains your basic b complex and much more check it out here http://www.xtend-life.com/default.aspx.