Ugh. Hi! So, 36 yr old female here, started smoking at 18 in the army, quit for 1 to 2 yrs at least 3 times between then and now, but always longed for a cigarette with coffee. Switched to vaping around 30, it was awesome. No smell, no extra chemicals, second hand smoke risk was about the same as standing next to an intersection.
Downsides, took in nicotine a lot more often, could vape on bathroom breaks, in the car, in the house, no one ever knew. I thought I was so good because I was at 3% nicotine liquid and the liquid was lasting 2 to 3 weeks.
Now that I'm on day 3...day 1 I had to double patch 14 mgs, btw I was still nicing like crazy. Day 2 my 21 mg patch finally came from amazon with my 4 mg nicotine lozenges and I'm still a little twitchy, should probably use them more often.
Now I've quit with patches, I've quit with lozenges, I've never had to double patch or quit with lozenges AND patches!
I'm pretty pissed that I thought I was doing the smart thing, the better thing, and what I'm finding is that my nicotine addiction after vaping is at least double what it was at a pack a day.
Now the anger is helpful, it makes me stubborn, so damned if I'm going to buy another vaporizer if only because either ppl are lying, or they don't know enough about this delivery system to make the claims they have about nicotine levels.
Other thing helping me quit- cigarettes hurt your lungs and give you cancer. Everyone knows that. Let's discuss vaping and heart health. I am 36, mom of 3 kids, avid outdoors woman, army veteran, hiking, biking, raw veggie, lean protein kind of lady.
My blood work for cholesterol and sodium and all the "poor life choices or unfortunate genetic inheritances" is beautiful, but this past fall I started having chest pains, heart palpitations, and being short of breath. One cat scan, heart echo and a holter monitor later I find out I have afib. I'm not saying it's all about the vaping, but continuing to vape at this point would be borderline suicidal.
Look up vaping and cardiology and you'll see what I mean. In fact I've been doing that a lot to stay motivated, I have twin boys and a little girl and I can't go dying on them because I like nicotine with my caffeine.
I did a dumb thing, I thought there was an easy way to appease my addiction and still be healthy but really there's no such animal, the easy right choice doesn't exist.
So, I'm agitated, annoyed, and in all likelihood super obnoxious at the moment, but it will get better, it will pass, and stopping will keep me alive longer.
PS my husband quit smoking with chantix 8 years ago, chantix makes me sick but it worked for him and he's not even tempted to smoke or vape after smoking since 13 so I know it's possible, just in case anyone else worries about that like I do 🙂
