Congrats on 17 days, almost 18 now! As for the nic and the test? I sure don't know, but I do know 17 days w/o a cig is an accomplishment!
SWITCH TO 0MG NICOTINE OR NAH?
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while I have dropped my nic level from 18mg initially down to 6mg, some of that is offset I believe by using a sub ohm device (as I understand it, getting a little more bang for my buck on lower nic level with sub ohm)... but I have to admit, I don't think I will ever go 0mg... 3mg, yes... I still kind of like the nic...
Congrats on 17 days!!! Friday makes 9th week off analogs for me. I was a pack a day smoker of ultra lights, smoked over 30 yrs. Started nic at 15mg, did that for a month, then went to 12mg of nic for 3 weeks, then to 11mg for 1 week and last week went to 10mg. I will probably stay at 10mg nic for 3 weeks and then go down to 9mg for a week and then 8mg for three weeks...gradually go down till I reach 0mg nic. Going down 1 mg I don't feel it, but when I went down another mg this week, I can slightly feel the difference. I still have times when I think "I want a cigarette" but it's a fleeting thought that passes...I tell myself "No you don't" and then the urge is gone. Those "fleeting" thoughts are getting farther apart.
I don't know how heavy of a smoker you were or how addicted you were to the nic. I only know that I see people all of the time that cut out the nic too early and end up going back to smoking. It is possible that you were only addicted to the actual habit of smoking. In that case, you would be fine at zero nic.
I have been vaping for 5 years. I started at 36 mg and am down to 12 mg now. I have no intention of dropping again anytime soon. Like you, I quit cold turkey ( wellbutrin) once for 5 years. Yep, ended up going right back to smoking. I do not want to go through that again and am comfortable where I am for now.
I also smoked ultra-lights, about a pk a day, if not more, but I had to start at 6mg, i vaped so constantly that anything stronger made me nauseous, but I've gone up on my nic since then, to 8mg when I stopped smoking, then 9mg, then when I recovered from my relapse I went to 10mg, and have stayed there very comfortably. After I'm finished with WTA in my regular vape, in the fall, I might drop my nic to about 5mg, to see if it helps my cold hands and feet, because when I first started, at 6mg, I did get a bit of relief with my "popsicle paws."
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from studies that I have seen, nicotine is not even harmful to your health, actually improves brain function and is no more addictive than caffeine. It is the chemicals in cigarettes that alter the effects of nicotine and make it much more addictive. If you feel like you need the nicotine, use it, if you feel like you can go down, go down, it's all on you and whatever keeps you off cigs. I started with 18mg coming from cigarettes when I started with a pen and tank setup. Now that I am dripping, I am at a 0-3mg alternation. One thing that is a plus to using less nicotine is much more flavor. Best of luck.
Any time someone talks about quitting smoking or caffeine I think of this episode of NewsRadio:
The episode is worth a watch if you've never seen it. - NewsRadio: Smoking @ Amazon
The episode is worth a watch if you've never seen it. - NewsRadio: Smoking @ Amazon
Keep it gradual. As long as you stay off the cigs, that is the most important thing.
I started with 24mg back in 2013 and gradually got down to 12mg and sometimes 6mg (using a sub-ohm head) but sometimes I need an 18mg juice. If the goal is to eventually eliminate nicotine (which I won't do--I like the nic) I would suggest doing so gradually. With less nic you may feel the need for more power as I do when I use my Atlantis (though for me, it was the opposite, I was using my 12 in that and the lung hit was too much so I went for a 6).
As I mix much of my own juice, I went from 24 to 18 to 15 then 12 and finally 9 (most common for me to vape that mg these days). If you don't mix your own but have several juices you like, I would suggest getting one bottle in a higher nicotine (say a 18) and one in a lower level (say a 6 or even 0) and mixing the two. That way you won't have flavor dilution as you would have mixing in pg or vg.
For example, I like to vape a particular juice (we'll call it juice X as I don't know the rules about posting brand names of juices here yet). I would buy juice X in 18 and in 0 to get juice X in 9mg strength. 9mg is an uncommon nic level for most store bought juices in my experience.
As I mix much of my own juice, I went from 24 to 18 to 15 then 12 and finally 9 (most common for me to vape that mg these days). If you don't mix your own but have several juices you like, I would suggest getting one bottle in a higher nicotine (say a 18) and one in a lower level (say a 6 or even 0) and mixing the two. That way you won't have flavor dilution as you would have mixing in pg or vg.
For example, I like to vape a particular juice (we'll call it juice X as I don't know the rules about posting brand names of juices here yet). I would buy juice X in 18 and in 0 to get juice X in 9mg strength. 9mg is an uncommon nic level for most store bought juices in my experience.
Exactly why I stay at 12 mg. I find that if I try to go lower, I just vape more. When I started reducing down from 36 mg, I did it 2 mgs at a time and about a month apart. Everyone is different and I do know people that don't notice when they lower their nic.
On the rare occasion that I use sub ohm coils, I do lower it down to about 3 mgs though
I'm debating using a 0 nic juice and I just may. Like others have said, I may pick up a couple of bottles, one 3mg and one 0mg and just test the waters. I hate getting fatigued from nicotine overload.
I would wait a little bit longer before switching just to see because 17 days eh wait a little bit more and see if you still wanna switch
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