Ok so after the initial elation of being able to not HAVE to smoke cigarettes and feeling subtle improvements to my lung function, rejoicing in not stinking like smoke, being able to vape inside instead of out in the freezing cold....now I've hit a slump.
I keep reading comments where people say they enjoying vaping FAR more than smoking - that vaping "relaxes them", "tastes SOOOOO good!" and I just can't relate at all to that.
I keep saying I have no desire to pick up and smoke a tobacco cigarette - still, after nearly 19 days and this is true, but I think it stems more from the fact that I really hated the fact that I was a "smoker" and was scared @#$%less of getting lung cancer.
I'm not really 'enjoying" vaping as such. I have no desire to try new and different flavours because I can't seem to taste them that much anyway. I can get a very faint whiff - (more smell than taste) if I let the vapour out through my nose but it's not like I am even vaguely "eating" strawberries or maple syrup waffles.
I'm certainly not having any parties on my tongue here.
My idea of tasting something follows through with chewing it, feeling the texture of it and actually swallowing it! To just taste it (if I could) seems a bit like the wine taster who has to spit it out. I don't quite see the point.
I find that there are days where my chest doesn't feel good too. Not quite the same as smoking too many cigarettes but similar. A kind of tight feeling. (Using mostly VG)
Cigarettes seemed to loosen up all the crap in my chest and I could have a good cough, now everything feels all dried up in there and I'm not sure whether theres anything to cough up, or not.
Kinda worries me a bit because surely there should be gunk to cough up after all those years of smoking?
I'm drinking tonnes of water - pain in the bum really as I have to go to the bathroom constantly - waking up through the night too.
So, at this present time I feel a little low.
Feels like vaping is just something I have to be doing to stop myself from going back to smoking.
There's no satisfaction - that "ahhh" feeling that having a cigarette gave me. (I really miss that!)
I'm not constantly faced with "cravings" but I certainly haven't reached a new state of normal where I feel completely at ease. (Using 18 mg but a bit afraid to increase it as my tongue has been irritated, I'm sure by the peppery taste of the nicotine)
Does anyone feel like this - or do you remember feeling like this at some point after you started?
Will this pass?
What can I be doing to get through this period?
Thoughts and suggestions very much appreciated.
Thanks.
I keep reading comments where people say they enjoying vaping FAR more than smoking - that vaping "relaxes them", "tastes SOOOOO good!" and I just can't relate at all to that.
I keep saying I have no desire to pick up and smoke a tobacco cigarette - still, after nearly 19 days and this is true, but I think it stems more from the fact that I really hated the fact that I was a "smoker" and was scared @#$%less of getting lung cancer.
I'm not really 'enjoying" vaping as such. I have no desire to try new and different flavours because I can't seem to taste them that much anyway. I can get a very faint whiff - (more smell than taste) if I let the vapour out through my nose but it's not like I am even vaguely "eating" strawberries or maple syrup waffles.
I'm certainly not having any parties on my tongue here.
My idea of tasting something follows through with chewing it, feeling the texture of it and actually swallowing it! To just taste it (if I could) seems a bit like the wine taster who has to spit it out. I don't quite see the point.
I find that there are days where my chest doesn't feel good too. Not quite the same as smoking too many cigarettes but similar. A kind of tight feeling. (Using mostly VG)
Cigarettes seemed to loosen up all the crap in my chest and I could have a good cough, now everything feels all dried up in there and I'm not sure whether theres anything to cough up, or not.
Kinda worries me a bit because surely there should be gunk to cough up after all those years of smoking?
I'm drinking tonnes of water - pain in the bum really as I have to go to the bathroom constantly - waking up through the night too.
So, at this present time I feel a little low.
Feels like vaping is just something I have to be doing to stop myself from going back to smoking.
There's no satisfaction - that "ahhh" feeling that having a cigarette gave me. (I really miss that!)
I'm not constantly faced with "cravings" but I certainly haven't reached a new state of normal where I feel completely at ease. (Using 18 mg but a bit afraid to increase it as my tongue has been irritated, I'm sure by the peppery taste of the nicotine)
Does anyone feel like this - or do you remember feeling like this at some point after you started?
Will this pass?
What can I be doing to get through this period?
Thoughts and suggestions very much appreciated.
Thanks.
