Vaper Fatigue / Sleepiness

[ReigntheGamer]

I think one of my memes is appropriate for this thread. LOL!

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I agree, and was thinking about them when I wrote that.

 

[AndriaD]

Nicotine may be stimulant but I'm more likely to use it to relax. Seems possible it may be letting you relax enough for tiredness and stress to finally hit you.

Yes exactly -- in children with ADD and ADHD, they use stimulants, and it has the paradoxical effect of letting them calm down, because it stimulates the brain chemicals into behaving properly.

Paradoxical effect is well known in medicine -- if I use my asthma inhaler too much, it can actually bring on an asthma attack. Nicotine is a stimulant, but its stimulant effect has the effect of making brain chemicals behave, which brings on focus, relaxation, and perhaps for some, lethargy.

But I agree, sometimes there are things going on which can't be easily explained, even though it's clear they have *something* to do with vaping; it's just difficult to nail it down precisely, and then remedy it. I had a similar problem with extreme foot/ankle edema when I first started vaping; it wasn't that the PG was *causing* it, but it's true that vaping does cause dehydration, or increase it if it's already present; I was already so dehydrated that further dehydration scrambled my electrolytes BUT GOOD! and I had to take a number of steps to fix the problem -- lower my sodium, lower my caffeine, increase potassium and general hydration -- within a week of starting to drink coconut water daily, the problem completely disappeared; I keep it gone by continuing to use less sodium and caffeine, and continuing to drink coconut water daily.

It may just be that nicotine has such a strong organizing effect on your brain chemicals, that it feels like lethargy to you -- it may pass, or you may need to decrease nicotine.

Andria

 

[Ryedan]

No they just fell asleep.

(Sorry I had too.)

Yup

The OP must have been more a rant than a serious post or he would have been participating. Well, I learned something from this thread so it wasn't a complete waste for me.

 

[GrizzlyBaer]

It hadn't happened today, and it wasn't my diy. In fact it hasn't happened since I started only vaping my diy. I think it may have been :

Nic level
PG%
Chain vaping
And lack of sleep.

I know myself well enough to know when to see a doc, also had 2 years preparing for med school before changing my major. So I'm usually pretty self aware of my health.

I was more or less saying that others have said similar things and my curiosity in pharmacology and chemistry have got me wondering what exactly is causing these symptoms.