Similarities With Cold Turky

[SnakeFarm]

My most successful quit attempts (6 months +) were all Cold Turkey, and I learned my personal progression through the stages of withdrawal. First week, intense cravings, hunger, irritable as hell. Second week; strong cravings, inability to think, tendency to over react to everything, gas. Third week; mild cravings, extreme fatigue, hairballs, mouth sores, zits, feeling of impending doom... Sixth week; return to baseline with occasional mild cravings.

With the PV and 24mg juice, I had not experienced anything like a craving and didn't expect to go through much of the usual stuff, but, here at the middle of week four, I suddenly mouth sores, hairballs, and zits. I have gas too, but the fatigue is so bad I don't have the energy to fart.

I'm still committed to switching. I think most of the "symptoms" are just normal biological systems coming back online after having given up during the struggle with combustibles. A good sign, eh?

 

[TinyTimberGal]

A very good sign. Congrats, it gets better every day.

 

[madjack]

...most all of those are signs of detoxing...remember to drink LOTS of water...I found 2000mg of vitamin c and a megavegavitamin helped as well.............
madjack

 

[washvap]

Even though the nicotine from e-liquids help with the initial process of quitting. Eventually you WILL have to go through all the physical changes and some withdrawal symptoms. Just be patient and it will be gone in another few weeks.

Congrats on quitting and continual success in the future.

 

[kabonk]

hairballs you say?

 

[x-smok3]

hairballs??

 

[SnakeFarm]

Ok, "hairballs" might be hyperbole. The first time my cat did that, I almost shot him out of mercy. No, I'm just hacking up stuff that the little lung soldiers were too war-weary to do anything about while I was smoking. Of course, my wife , who quit cold turkey twenty years ago, thinks it's because of the vaporizer, so I try to "stealth hack" around her. She does not believe in lung soldiers.

 

[WillieB69]

Ok, "hairballs" might be hyperbole. The first time my cat did that, I almost shot him out of mercy. No, I'm just hacking up stuff that the little lung soldiers were too war-weary to do anything about while I was smoking. Of course, my wife , who quit cold turkey twenty years ago, thinks it's because of the vaporizer, so I try to "stealth hack" around her. She does not believe in lung soldiers.

Tell your wife it's very common to cough and hack when you quit smoking. It doesn't happen to everybody but a lot of people cough and hack as the lungs are trying to clean themselves from all the crap you've inhaled into them over the years. Vaping may actually be helping that process as the vapor is likely breaking down all that gunk.

 

[madjack]

...the PG in vape juice is the same as used in nebulizers, which hospital use for breathing treatments so, tell her, vaping is helping to loosen up those little lung soldiers, so they can get up and out of there(hence the hacking)........
madjack