i started on 12mg and am working my way from 6 to 3 , at some point i hope to be on zero because nicotine aint great
Hang in there Roto. I know it has been a bumpy road for you and although I've not said it before, I am pulling for you.0 nic? Yeah...in my dreams. I can't even get it together right now. My heart congratulations to those who have quit just like that.
I started vaping 5 years ago at 36mg. I quit smoking instantly after a 33 year pack and a half/day habit. Weaned myself down to 0mg over 18 months or so. Kept it there for a couple of years. During this span of time I was off nic I started to have a very gradual decline in my physical well being.I was foggy in my thinking, found it difficult to concentrate, and simply had no energy to do much of anything. I went to the Dr. for an unrelated issue and found out that my thyroid had stopped working. I was really glad to get that diagnosis because that explained why I felt that way and I was looking forward to feeling better with the thyroid meds. Nope. Even after the thyroid was straightened out I still felt pretty bad.Chalked it up to getting older and kept on with my 0mg routine. I never missed the nic nor craved the nic during this time but I always wanted to vape and was going through mass quantities of e-liquid.
A friend of mine gave me a bottle of 6mg liquid she had picked up accidentally(she vaped 24mg) and since I really wanted to try the flavor I vaped it. It was absolutely unreal the difference in how I felt after just a day of vaping the 6mg.I had so much more energy and I felt so much more alert that I put nicotine back in my life from that point on. And my daily liquid consumption decreased quite a bit to boot.
So, is that a fail? I don't see it that way. I can easily go without nic for very long periods of time and not crave it, but I don't like feeling like a "lesser" version of me off of it. Since nicotine really isn't an issue in the absence of smoke, since studies are showing that nicotine may confer some protection against alzheimers, and since my Mother has recently been diagnosed with alzheimers ,I'm going to keep the nicotine in my vape.
To the person who couldn't understand why someone would vape 0 mg nicotine, vaping serves many purposes besides nicotine replacement. It can mimic the hand-to-mouth behavior of smoking, which is just as much a psychological habit as the physical addiction to nicotine. It also mimics the inhaling/exhaling behavior of smoking.
Yet another laugh and roll from Haunted Myst. I hope he writes professionally.Zero nic? I went the opposite way and kept raising my nic little by little. At 40 mg, my heart rate increased and I lost weight. I was 50mg my hands were shaking. At 75mg, I got an entire days work done in 2 hours but everything appeared red - like heat vision. For the two weeks I was at 100mg I'd black out and wake up naked far from home covered in blood and fur. There were reports of animals being killed by something at the zoo so I went back down to 75mg because I like going to the zoo. The Capuchins make me laugh.
Yet another happy 3 nikk'er. So many of us!!Little did I know then, I can’t feel any nic below 3mg.Stayed off the nic for several months and then got curious what a little nic would be like. Tried 1mg and it did zip. Same with 2mg. Mixed 3mg and hallelujah! I felt normal for the first time since I’d dropped to zero. I was calmer and less anxious, though hadn’t noticed it while I was at the zero mark. Husband said he had.
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You're an animal, Haunted! Please stay away from my dog.Zero nic? I went the opposite way and kept raising my nic little by little. At 40 mg, my heart rate increased and I lost weight. I was 50mg my hands were shaking. At 75mg, I got an entire days work done in 2 hours but everything appeared red - like heat vision. For the two weeks I was at 100mg I'd black out and wake up naked far from home covered in blood and fur. There were reports of animals being killed by something at the zoo so I went back down to 75mg because I like going to the zoo. The Capuchins make me laugh.
The only thing wrong with nicotine is how its been demonized and how BT has manipulated it. It is not a carcinogen. Guess what, everybody has nicotine in their system, it's in your food. Nicotine is beneficial for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer's, Tourette's, ADD, ulcerative colitis,Crohn's and so on. Nicotine, by itself, is not the big, bad boogieman it's been made out to be.i started on 12mg and am working my way from 6 to 3 , at some point i hope to be on zero because nicotine aint great
Not a fail. I call that a big honkin' win!I started vaping 5 years ago at 36mg. I quit smoking instantly after a 33 year pack and a half/day habit. Weaned myself down to 0mg over 18 months or so. Kept it there for a couple of years. During this span of time I was off nic I started to have a very gradual decline in my physical well being.I was foggy in my thinking, found it difficult to concentrate, and simply had no energy to do much of anything. I went to the Dr. for an unrelated issue and found out that my thyroid had stopped working. I was really glad to get that diagnosis because that explained why I felt that way and I was looking forward to feeling better with the thyroid meds. Nope. Even after the thyroid was straightened out I still felt pretty bad.Chalked it up to getting older and kept on with my 0mg routine. I never missed the nic nor craved the nic during this time but I always wanted to vape and was going through mass quantities of e-liquid.
A friend of mine gave me a bottle of 6mg liquid she had picked up accidentally(she vaped 24mg) and since I really wanted to try the flavor I vaped it. It was absolutely unreal the difference in how I felt after just a day of vaping the 6mg.I had so much more energy and I felt so much more alert that I put nicotine back in my life from that point on. And my daily liquid consumption decreased quite a bit to boot.
So, is that a fail? I don't see it that way. I can easily go without nic for very long periods of time and not crave it, but I don't like feeling like a "lesser" version of me off of it. Since nicotine really isn't an issue in the absence of smoke, since studies are showing that nicotine may confer some protection against alzheimers, and since my Mother has recently been diagnosed with alzheimers ,I'm going to keep the nicotine in my vape.