Started vaping stopped and I vape a lot
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Your fine and I thank you very much your not far off I did have a doc and pill prescriptions for mental health I do have high anxiety when I questioned prescriptions I thought you were speaking in regards to smoking I started the quit without a doc my mistake.
A pack or two a day I started when I was seven I'm 24 nowWelcome to ECF, brandon sandberg. How long and how much did you smoke? You may need to up your nic level just a bit, or keep a second unit with a higher nic level than what you have now. Vapes deliver nicotine slightly differently than cigarettes, but you're probably just going thru withdrawals of all the other chemicals and nastyin cigarettes. Like Opinionated said above there's nothing (well, magnitudes less..) to worry about chain vaping. It's a helluva lot better than chain smoking..
There's addicting stuff in cigarettes beside nicotine that vaping won't replace. I'd drink plenty of water and consider raising the nic level. Keep at it ... you're on the right track.
Somewhere in the 18mg to 24mg nic level is a common place to to be if you are a mouth to lung vaper. If you are a direct to lung vaper, try 6mg nic strength. If you are doing DIY it's easy to change your nic level. If you buy your juice from a vape shop you can buy various strengths and find the nic level that satisfies without making you dizzy. To cut down the nic from vape shop juices you can buy a lower nic strength juice and mix the two to drop your nic levels gradually or just buy a lower strength when you want to try dropping the nic level.
Once you have kicked the cigs to the curb and no longer crave a smoke, then you can play with lowering your nic level a little at a time.
The advice about getting a back up device and even a back up device for the back up is sound - yes you have to spend more intially but it really really is worth it.
Here's my take - I was 66 when I started vaping; I had first smoked at age 10 and was 100% hooked by the time I left secondary school. My system ran on nicotine and strong tea for most of my life. I had failed on two Smoking Cessation Courses even though they doled out nic patches gum and lozenges - I spent an agonising 6 weeks counting every second since I'd last smoked on those courses before caving in again.
I genuinely feared a re - run of that - and God I still remember walking around the block at 04.00am just to try to stop thinking about wanting to smoke.
I happened on vaping by accident via my formerly chain smoking daughter and her ditto husband - vaping worked miraculously BUT then the fear cut in that my device might die ... the answer was to buy a back up and another back up for that.
My advice - buy back ups and spare coils; stick with a 16 -18 strength juice and be kind to yourself - use it as much as you have to ... there really are better days ahead. Believe it or believe it not there will come a day when you find you don't even like the smell of cigarettes.
Here's my take - I was 66 when I started vaping; I had first smoked at age 10 and was 100% hooked by the time I left secondary school. My system ran on nicotine and strong tea for most of my life. I had failed on two Smoking Cessation Courses even though they doled out nic patches gum and lozenges - I spent an agonising 6 weeks counting every second since I'd last smoked on those courses before caving in again.
I genuinely feared a re - run of that - and God I still remember walking around the block at 04.00am just to try to stop thinking about wanting to smoke.
I happened on vaping by accident via my formerly chain smoking daughter and her ditto husband - vaping worked miraculously BUT then the fear cut in that my device might die ... the answer was to buy a back up and another back up for that.
My advice - buy back ups and spare coils; stick with a 16 -18 strength juice and be kind to yourself - use it as much as you have to ... there really are better days ahead. Believe it or believe it not there will come a day when you find you don't even like the smell of cigarettes.
What was meant I believe was to let your doctor/s know you vape instead of smoke. That way if they need to adjust any medication you might be on they can.
Remember try to enjoy the most when vaping, what does this mean?
Easy, vape when you really want to smoke, grab your gear and take some puff, start including it in your life, having a great coffee, well some deserts flavor and icecream ones are amazing with hot drinks, i like to drive at nights with my Barista eliquid coffee cup and some vanilla-late coffee, sometimes with caramel coffee eliquid, helped me a lot, now i drive and drink coffee with tasty clouds, some years ago i was driving and smoking, i like to enjoy motogp races, with my mech loaded with freshly charged batteries ...
if you want why not, RTA mtl + salt nic, amazing experience, so close to smoking for me, warm vape and that nic rush we love!
try to get a bit more into, you will forget smokes!
Regards,
Easy, vape when you really want to smoke, grab your gear and take some puff, start including it in your life, having a great coffee, well some deserts flavor and icecream ones are amazing with hot drinks, i like to drive at nights with my Barista eliquid coffee cup and some vanilla-late coffee, sometimes with caramel coffee eliquid, helped me a lot, now i drive and drink coffee with tasty clouds, some years ago i was driving and smoking, i like to enjoy motogp races, with my mech loaded with freshly charged batteries ...
if you want why not, RTA mtl + salt nic, amazing experience, so close to smoking for me, warm vape and that nic rush we love!
try to get a bit more into, you will forget smokes!
Regards,
brandon, do you have an rda or rdta? if not, id say get one. you need to find the flavor you like. if you enjoy what you are vaping, tendency is you forget cigarette smoking. you also wouldnt want to have loads of juice at home which you dont use because you dont like it. that would be a waste.
To be honest it's kind of NORMAL to be vaping like a hamster in a cage at your quitting time. There is no harm in upping your nic but by how much can depend. I would sort of start in 2 mg increments and see if it helps.
Things that may also help: WTA (Whole tobacco alkaloids). Gold standard are Aroma's but you pay for that. Ohm's vapes and Umbavapes make a cheaper option. They replace some of the MAOI substances found in tobacco.
They helped me with that "I want to chew through steel" sensation I got at like 3 pm every day. I use them less nowadays but they were really helpful.
Best of luck and congratulations to you.
Anna
Things that may also help: WTA (Whole tobacco alkaloids). Gold standard are Aroma's but you pay for that. Ohm's vapes and Umbavapes make a cheaper option. They replace some of the MAOI substances found in tobacco.
They helped me with that "I want to chew through steel" sensation I got at like 3 pm every day. I use them less nowadays but they were really helpful.
Best of luck and congratulations to you.
Anna
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