anyone new to stopping smoking?

[Deleted]

i mean in the last month or so
2 weeks in and i'm doing well but tonight i feel so edgy and snappish.
vaping my head off and drinking cola.
maybe i need a hot bath and an early night but i just want to get up and pace about

[Karma]

Perhaps too much caffiene in the cola?

[DiscoDes]

What mg strength are you vaping?

[Deleted]

18mg. i started on 24 but found it too strong.
its my first coke in a week lol

[DiscoDes]

Try the 24 again IMO.

[stanton]

my opinion is:
if your complaint is feeling sleepless and restless in the evening, i think this is quite common and will likely be worse for increasing your nic levels. if it's a craving for ciggies is the problem then upping your nic levels is an option. the restlessness feelings should pass. but try to get your nic levels down in the first couple of months without making the urge to smoke increase. it's normal to start off on more than you need in the longer term.
that's my take.

[Deleted]

i'm not actually craving smoking. vaping has taken care of that. its just the first time i feel really edgy.
i cant go back to stinkies cos i got rid of all my stuff and i'm determined not to go back.
i dont fancy the tobacco flavours i have either now.

[kibbster]

I went through exactly the same in the 2nd week.
It passed for me though

[lobeydosser]

Lots of people have different opinions regarding Nic Strength and whilst a number of our members are using e-cigs to cut down on their nicotine levels, others actually up their nicotine intake when vaping.

Clearly you are not on a level of nicotine that is suitable for your body and the restlessness, irritability and the increased vaping is telling you that.

IMO you should be upping the strength of nicotine that you are using.
I started at 18mg and found myself almost chain vaping.
I upped to 24mg, then 30mg. I am now around the 26mg mark but I still have a couple of 30mg and one of 36mg.
It rather depends on what I am doing and how I feel, as to what strength of mix I will vape.

If I have had a bad day then the 30mg will get a hammering over the evening.
If I know in advance that I am going out to have what could be a bad day, then I take the 36mg with me.

If life is just breezing along with no ups or downs, then I am content with me 26mg.

I might not be a virginial newby to the vaping scene, but I do recognise that for me, one strength will not do me for all occasions. I will always have different strengths around me.

[gjdart]

I started on 24mg then bought some 18mg.. that was fine for a while then life started throwing some rough stuff my way so went back to the 24mg just to get through. I now vape 24mg most of the day but 18mg in the evenings. Like lobeydosser I'll keep a selection of strengths and flavours around me.

[Deleted]

Thanks folks. That's helpful to know at this stage

[Banky]

I was the same when I started vaping 36mg nic then went down to 18, now vape 24mg,
if I'm going on a night out I up my nicotine to 36mg.

[dave]

I agree - lowering nic levels is not always for the best. In my early days I OD'd on nic a couple of times - nearly passed out! This was because I was not getting what I wanted so just kept puffing away. I found the answer was sufficient power and at least 24mg - often 36mg juice. Others of course go the opposite route and chain vape at lower nic levels. The first few weeks are definitely the most difficult though, so hang in there spikey!

[lobeydosser]

Just as a matter of interest, I am almost heading for a Nic OD right here, right now.

I am testing out some e-juice that I had delivered over the past week.

Okay, some are not steeped enough yet but others are ready and so far trhis evening I have got through, Apple, Menthol, Gingerbread, Caramel Cappuccino, Cocomel, Toffee Popcorn, Strawberry Ice Cream and a couple of spoonfulls of Grants Vanilla Custard.

And my world is absolutely boooooootifuuuuuulllll.
#icon_rofl#

[lobeydosser]

I think I will now take the dogs furra Waltz round the Village Green.