Sleepless

[Chris Cryder]

I have been analog free for 45 days thanks to Vapor4Life. Now my question is, I am having a very hard time falling asleep - is this due to quitting analogs - is this due to vaping tooooo much, or should I just break down and go see the Doc??? Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[6String]

What's the amount of nicotine in your cartos that you're vaping at night?
I would suggest you drop to a lower amount in the evenings and/or vape less before you sleep.
I noticed this too. But i was vaping 36's right before bed and then not able to sleep. So i dropped down to 11's before bed and 18's during the day and fixed that problem.

 

[Davo]

This is a new one for me; I've not heard of or had this symtom myself. Although I don't sleep too soundly anyway, that hasn't changed since vaping. Having said that, our bodies go through chemical changes when we quite somoking and this affects us all differently. If it's causing you great difficulty I would check with your primary care Doc and he could check you out and or prescribe something like Lunesta to help out.

 

[jamvector]

I had the same problem for months in early 2010, as the V4L vaping experience delivered a lot more nicotine than I thought. As 6String said, cut down the nic content and / or vaping frequency in the evening, and if that doesn't work, definitely consult your physician if it is something else causing the insomnia as Davo recommends. I started at 24 mg in Oct. 2009 with a different vendor - no problem sleeping (crappy experience however), then switched to V4L in Jan 2010 - much better nicotine delivery and overall vaping experience. I am now vaping 18 mg during the day and 8 mg after 8 pm - no more problems since cutting back.

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

I am having problems sleeping too. I think it's partly due to quitting anologs, as my doctor told me that the chemicals in cigs deform every cell in your body and the healing process of the cells can cause some sleeplessness. Nicotine can also cause sleeplessness, so I'm kind of working through this myself. I smoked analogs right up till bed time, so I'm hoping this is a phase that will pass. If it doesn't I'll try vaping a lesser nicotine mg at night. I can't function without a solid nights sleep. I'm gonna take a look in the 'health' thread in the main ECF.

 

[Chris Cryder]

Thank you for the info - i started out my first 30ml bottles at 18 and the last three i got were 11 - still having trouble with sleep.

 

[SnowDragon]

All things being equal it would seem that your body is simply adjusting to the lower nicotine levels at 11 mg. Perhaps you should give your body a couple of weeks to adjust and see if your normal sleep pattern returns. I remember having a hard time falling asleep the first month I switched to vaping. I felt ancy and anxious, once I fell asleep my quality of sleep was fine although I was having very vivid dreams.

I often wonder if we (recent ex-smokers) have unrealistic expectations from our bodies after years or decades of addiction. The frustration accompanied with difficulties falling asleep seems to feed upon itself, perhaps you can find a book on 18th Century English Naval Tactics or increase your exercise routine if you have one.

If your conditions still persists after a couple of weeks, then I would take Jamvector's advice and consult your physician.

Hope it all works out for you!

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

I don't know if there's a correlation here or not, but a lot of people report sleeplessness and strange dreams on the patch too. There's a lot of crap in those ciggies we're not putting in our bodies anymore. idk...

 

[Mark37643]

I had difficulty sleeping and strange dreams at first, then it wore off. I vape the same strength all the time. I also had some of the other issues such as dry mouth and such at first, but it all stopped after a couple months.

 

[Mmc]

22years ago, I quit cold turkey for 8 months when I was pregnant. Had severe insomnia for a month
I quit a few days ago and it started again, though not as bad- luckily, I'm not pregnant this time so lunesta is the wonder drug of choice, that or melatonin for a more natural sleep aid
I think the insomnia is not as bad because I am still getting the nicotine

 

[Morandir835]

Nicotine is a strange drug in general. It's a lot like caffine in some ways, with the addiction attributes of cocain or heroine. Smoking analogs before sleeping hurts your sleep cycle, but it takes away the withdrawl issues of not having the nicotine, allowing one to fall asleep. Vaping the nicotine serves the same purpose. Problem is when you first quit your body goes through withdrawls on all the other chems inside a cig, and the nicotine in vaping takes longer to break the blood brain barrier than in analogs, so people usually end up vaping more. That leads to the caffine like effects of the nic. Doesn't help that most newbies (myself included) seem to vape more than they smoked due to the fact they can do it anywhere, and honestly they taste a lot better than traditional cigs. As many have allready suggested use a lower level at night.

Luckily V4L included a few lower nic level freebies in my order that were close enough to what I craved (Cool 8mg as opposed to WOW Nuport 24mg) in my first order so I was able to do just that.

 

[Mary Kay]

I went thru the same thing at first and I started with 11mg! I do think it's a side affect of quitting cigs. I also lowered my coffee intake as well as vaping 8mg. Now it's not an issue. I mix my liquids up so I never know what I am vaping from 11mg to 0nic.
The mind is a funny thing..easy to trick!

 

[5cardstud]

It has made my sleepy time better. I'm not woken up at night from my own wheezing anymore.

 

[jeffree]

Chris, not much to add to what others have written. I had all kinds of weird stuff happening to me at first, and it wasn't until about six months in that I really felt stable. That day will come. Until then, definitely experiment to see what works for you. Hang in there, bud.