So who has tried to quit vaping?

[KiloWatts]

I have not. I'm wondering what kind of withdrawal symptoms are evident when quitting vaping, as opposed to cigarettes. My inclination is to think it's less severe, due to the obscene amount of 'other' addictive chemicals in cigarettes. But I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure. Anyone?

 

[Anima]

I imagine that by gradually lowering the nic levels that you vape you could avoid withdrawal symptoms altogether.

 

[tiffytiff]

i quit vaping for a year and half. (i started vaping after 20+ years of smoking, in the end a pack and a half a day).....i quit vaping because "i think" once i detoxed good and proper off the old stinky ciggys, it was easy to quit the nicotene, i was vaping 0 nic, and i wanted to spend my money on other stuff....due to the stress in my life lately, i felt myself craving the nicotine, rather than smoking i started vaping again, i'm on 6 and zero, no plans on stopping anytime soon.....but i could stop at the drop of a hat i'm sure, right now, i am choosing to vape, i am finding it relaxing, and right now, i will take ALL the relaxing i can get

 

[tiffytiff]

ps, no withdraw symptoms "for me" when quitting vaping no problems whatsoever

 

[W Axl Rose]

I didn't have any problems quitting vaping, but I do use swedish snus...

 

[Tracy68]

How do you replace the habitual aspect of vaping (the same as smoking) ?
You know.... after meals....talking on the phone....for me even finishing a task = having a vape.
What do you do with your hands?
I think the hand to mouth thing for me is going to be the hardest thing to overcome.

 

[BardicDruid]

How do you replace the habitual aspect of vaping (the same as smoking) ?
You know.... after meals....talking on the phone....for me even finishing a task = having a vape.
What do you do with your hands?
I think the hand to mouth thing for me is going to be the hardest thing to overcome.

It comes with time, it's taken me two years to get where I don't need to vape right after eating.

 

[Loveridden]

I quit vaporizing for 4 days recently when I got fed up about something. I was using 18 mg juices. I didn't cut down first. I would imagine it would be a lot better if you cut down first. I felt pretty poopy lol. I dreamed about cigs and e cigs. I felt yucky and had cravings. I felt weak. Also my teeth hurt for some reason. I wondered if I was grinding them in my sleep or something. My mood was low.

 

[KiloWatts]

Okay, so semi-usual withdrawal effects. I wonder if they go away quicker or slower than cigarette withdrawals.

 

[milo hobo]

I would imagine, with no real evidence to support me, that nicotine withdrawl with be much easier than nicotine, MAOI's, CO, etc. withdrawl. That other stuff in cigarettes packs alot of punch in increasing nicotine's already addictive nature.

Furthermore, because vaping doesn't leave a lingering scent, it doesn't have as many exposure triggers like cigarette smoke does. Vaping is also less common that cigarette smoking, so you aren't as likely to see it around and crave it there either.

My suggestion to anyone wanting to quit vaping would be to wear a nicotine patch and vape 0mg juice to dissassociate the nicotine from the vaping. After that, vaping is just a habit that has no chemically addictive potential. It's just habit to keep your hands busy.

 

[APM]

congratulations to those who have stopped vaping!

 

[GIMike]

I quit vaporizing for 4 days recently when I got fed up about something. I was using 18 mg juices. I didn't cut down first. I would imagine it would be a lot better if you cut down first. I felt pretty poopy lol. I dreamed about cigs and e cigs. I felt yucky and had cravings. I felt weak. Also my teeth hurt for some reason. I wondered if I was grinding them in my sleep or something. My mood was low.

Not sure how long you've been vaping, but I see you just joined us in June. If you've only been vaping about that long, I wonder if it was really vaping you were missing or the nicotine in general? I'm thinking those who have vaped for a long time, I would say 1+ years, they may have had a better chance to truely detox and get rid of all the other stuff that comes with cigs. Maybe the e-cig was taking care of your nicotine needs as you were still detoxing from the other stuff. But when you stopped the e-cig, everything else joined in and you just weren't ready yet maybe? I dunno, just thinking out loud here....Maybe it's more to do with people who have vaped longer are less addicted to the whole process than somebody who's only vaped a few months.

 

[milo hobo]

Since smoke is the killer, my opinion would be to vape as long as you like, with as much nicotine as you like. This will make your addiction to nicotine associated with vaping rather than associated with tobacco smoke. That way, if you do lapse/relapse, then you will do so into vaping nicotine rather than smoking.

Withdrawl is a fancy word for the process your body goes into preparing for a dose of a particular substance to maintain homeostasis. Since nicotine acts as a psychostimulant, your body will prepare for this boost by slowing down (you get dumb and sluggish while in withdrawl). Since nicotine has mild pain relieving properties, your pain tolerance with decrease and you may have headaches. Etc. Basically, your withdrawl is everything you liked about nicotine not just turned off, but dialed back to lower than normal.

I quit smoking only a couple of times in my life because withdrawl was too painful and made too much of an impact on my cognitive functioning. Vaping gets me what I want with none of the other stuff.

 

[Uncle Willie]

After reading so much about nic content in a PV, I'm convinced we get substantially less nic than what we did in a cig .. thus, it should be easier to quit a PV by far .. although I have not yet tried ..

My main problems would be the action of smoking .. especially at a bar, casino or party ..

 

[GIMike]

I'll be honest, I was happy being a smoker. I enjoyed how it made me feel and allowed me to keep my cool in stressful situations. Helped me calm my nerves in ways nothing else could. Now that I vape, I can get the same effect from something MUCH healthier. So I'm happy to continue vaping. If somebody does some dramatic research and finds e-cigs to be just as unhealthy as cigs, I'll keep vaping just like I would have kept smoking if it weren't for this. At least I don't stink anymore

 

[Uncle Willie]

I'll be honest, I was happy being a smoker. I enjoyed how it made me feel and allowed me to keep my cool in stressful situations. Helped me calm my nerves in ways nothing else could. Now that I vape, I can get the same effect from something MUCH healthier. So I'm happy to continue vaping. If somebody does some dramatic research and finds e-cigs to be just as unhealthy as cigs, I'll keep vaping just like I would have kept smoking if it weren't for this. At least I don't stink anymore

Yep, color me a with the same crayon .. I doubt if the PV will be proven worse than a cig, but a lot of that, I think, depends on how you use it .. especially the burnt carto/atty issues ..

I smell better, I'm spending less money, my home smells better, my truck smells better, I feel better ..

 

[dragonladee]

Me too. I am just as addicted to the habit as the nicotine. I think that is why it was so easy for me to quit analogs with vaping when I've tried so many times before-unsuccessfully and miserably-with patches and gum.

For this reason, I have no immediate plans to stop vaping. A few years from now that may change, but even if it doesn't I am satisfied enough with the safety of it that it doesn't cause me worry or distress. For me, being off the analogs is enough. I'm 6 weeks off the pallmalls...there is NO WAY I'm gonna take the chance of leaving myself vulnerable to those cravings this early in the game. I have not wanted a cigarette and I'd like to keep it that way.

Of course it's better not to have any of these habits at all but my mother quit smoking cold turkey, went 10 years and picked them back up-said she wanted a cig every day of those 10 years. I don't wanna be like that.

 

[zerominusone]

I don't see why anyone would want to quit vaping. Of couse, if he/she did, it shouldn't be very difficult; just reduce your nicotine (mg) over a period of time all the way to zero. Then quitting should be a sinch.

 

[KiloWatts]

Since nicotine acts as a psychostimulant, your body will prepare for this boost by slowing down (you get dumb and sluggish while in withdrawl). Since nicotine has mild pain relieving properties, your pain tolerance with decrease and you may have headaches. Etc.

Strangely enough, I actually get the opposite from vaping. I don't get much of the stimulant effects I used to get from smoking. Instead, vaping usually relaxes me, makes me fatigued (ie: "nic coma"). This is the only reason I would ever want to quit (or tone down) my vaping. It's the loss of energy.

For the record, I'm not planning to quit vaping any time soon, but probably some time in the future.

 

[Boodle]

I easily dropped from 24mg to 18 to 12. I was so confident I ordered a slew of 6mg juice. It was much like cigarette withdrawl. I was cranky, anxious... awful. Went back up to 12 and 18. I'm fine there. I'm taking a year off from worrying about it.