Here it is 2 months !! I have a strange question?

[stzr500]

Well it's about 2 months and feeling better. Been down this road before but this time with a vape instead of smoking. I did it for 2 years but 2 years to many. I just want to throw something out there, a question if I an nuts or just what is going on. Since my newly and last quit seriously, I have had days of memories I have not thought of in over years, some memories I totally forgot about my entire life and bam, it hits me. I feel like I just dusted off the hard drive in my head again. I will admit it's flashbacks of my life give or take but not all are pleasant dug up memories. Very strange thing if you ask me.  

                      Also onto something real quick. Anyone here using a vape or trying to quit who used a vape, mainly Vuse or other devices that have 5.0%. I strongly recommend stepping down if you are quitting. Cold turkey from a 5.0 % is 50mg of straight up nicotine. The highest you can get which is what I was using then stepped down to a 2.4%, which is still ridiculously high. When I smoked I smoked ultra lights until I quit those. Anyway about the vaping, straight up nicotine without any of the ungodly about of other chemicals. Withdraw and cravings were beyond the gates of hell. I am not joking on that. I shocked my system so bad I went into this thing called derealization which scared the life out of me and lead to panic attacks. I am two months in and finally gradually staying landed for most of the day. My sleep was horrible, depression was was so bad that I honestly have learned my lesson. I will not pick up nicotine again the withdraw truly does scare me that much that I am afraid of it. Anyway enough of my rant. God bless to all who threw the crutch away !! Believe in yourself, you can do this. Those who are on the fence, dive in both feet and hang on. Just remember the good Lord always promised he is with you, never said he wouldn't let bad things happen but he is always by your side !!

[Reciprocity]

Well ... you certainly did go beyond the gates of hell exposing yourself to a 5.0% level of nicotine 

 

This is the issue I always had with vaping. People convincing themselves that vaping was safe because of the lack of chemical additives in tobacco that's in cigs. Yeah but they never talk about the availability of much higher levels of nicotine that vapers can pump into their bodies & brains. Vaping has created a whole new breed of addicts "Super Nico Addicts"!

 

Good on you that you weaned off that crazy level of nicotine slowly in steps otherwise you likely never would have made it back to the land of non-smokers. Keep it up @stzr500! You NEVER wanna go back there again and thanks for the warning about Vape & Nico Levels!!

[GonSo]

Congratulations with your 2 month!!

I have no experience with vaping but I also have considered switching.

Alarming messages from hospital ERs about seeing regularly vapers, frightened me.

[SD2026]

Congratulations on 2 months! @stzr500 You're so well and not long until you hit the 3 month mark!

It sounds very scary what you have been through. I've never vaped but now it's everywhere and especially with young people, it's very sad.

 

I remember when it became popular here, it was considered to be much safer than cigarettes, which we now know is a massive lie! 

 

Thank you for sharing your experience as it can help others massively! 

Keep up the great work! 

[Pilgrim]

Yo stzr500. I was a vaper too. I was a cigarette addict for 13 years, quit for about 12, and then a vape addict for the last couple of years. In Germany the standard highest dose is 20mg, which of course I was hooked on. It did feel like a much more intense nicotine addiction then traditional cigarettes, especially considering the frequency of consumption - a cig burns down after about 10 drags and is done whereas there is no limit to the vape. I, like most vapers, would suck on that thing all day. Chronic nicotine high.

As I near my two month Quit, I have to agree, the withdrawals are a real trial. Even now I find myself having almost panic attack-esque symptoms which I can only associate with withdrawal. I also get genuine cravings to this day, albeit few and far between (thank god). Ultimately I'm trying to say it seems the addiction and withdrawal symptoms of vaping indeed take it to a new level. I've been through the traditional cig quit once and the vape quit now a handful of times. The vape quit does seem harder. I've only managed to keep it for two months until now.

Strength and determination upon you and anyone else who reads this.

 

NOPE!

[Reciprocity]

6 hours ago, Pilgrim said:

Yo stzr500. I was a vaper too. I was a cigarette addict for 13 years, quit for about 12, and then a vape addict for the last couple of years. In Germany the standard highest dose is 20mg, which of course I was hooked on. It did feel like a much more intense nicotine addiction then traditional cigarettes, especially considering the frequency of consumption - a cig burns down after about 10 drags and is done whereas there is no limit to the vape. I, like most vapers, would suck on that thing all day. Chronic nicotine high.

As I near my two month Quit, I have to agree, the withdrawals are a real trial. Even now I find myself having almost panic attack-esque symptoms which I can only associate with withdrawal. I also get genuine cravings to this day, albeit few and far between (thank god). Ultimately I'm trying to say it seems the addiction and withdrawal symptoms of vaping indeed take it to a new level. I've been through the traditional cig quit once and the vape quit now a handful of times. The vape quit does seem harder. I've only managed to keep it for two months until now.

Strength and determination upon you and anyone else who reads this.

 

NOPE!

Thanks for chiming in on the Vape thing @Pilgrim! What you & @stzr500 have related makes a lot of sense, given the increased nicotine levels involved. The other thing that you noted is the difference in how people smoke cigs vs Vape. I had forgot about that but it's so true. They besically go around all day long taking random puffs here & there as they can. That I'm sure also makes a big difference in the addiction level.

 

Wow! Food for thought for sure for us cig smokers!

[QuittingGirl]

Congrats on 2 months!! Keep it up!  Vaping is so much worse than cigarettes @stzr500  Keep following the train and read all you can and you will overcome the horrible addiction like we all have!!!  YOU CAN DO IT!!!