oi I has a problem...
I've been trying to wean myself off vaping nicotine for awhile now. I never smoked, and stupidly picked up vaping nicotine during college; now having been at it for about 7 years. I've been mostly trying this through trial and error with some light reading on the net for ideas, and it's gotten me from 14mg/ml at my peak down to 1mg/ml! Super proud of that. At one point I was really worried and doubting I could get below 4mg/ml. I did it!
I think I've hit a wall now, though. Check it:
As you can see, I start out tapering down on 1-2 week schedules. It didn't work. I started withdrawing hard. So, I cut it back to 1 month schedules or more to let my receptions adjust. That's gotten me pretty far! A few times, I tried to simply vape less by leaving it places, or using self-restraint. The cravings and irritation came quickly to make me not feel confident in that as a long term solution. I tried to quit at 2mg/ml, and after a day of intense cravings, constipation, poor concentration, no motivation, and waking up every hour of the night, I caved at 4am and broke the attempt, desperate to sleep.
You see, the reason I'm tapering at all is to avoid these strong withdrawal effects. I work with computers, and have to do complex problem solving daily. I am responsible for keeping systems operational, and working with interdisciplinary teams in planning a startup's system architecture. Lapses in concentration and effectiveness for days would be felt throughout the organization. On top of that, my sleep is paramount to continuing to function optimally. So, combining the poor concentration itself and sleep deprivation from withdrawing seems like a catastrophic meltdown on my productivity.
I come to ya'll for ideas on how to continue with tapering with the intention of eventually quitting nicotine altogether. Since bumping down to 1mg/ml, I've had cravings 20-50% of the day. While vaping. It seems like I can only barely get enough nicotine into me. My juice consumption has doubled from what it was at 2mg/ml on some days. The doubling of juice consumption happened when I first hit 3mg/ml, but it evened out over the month that I stayed with it. Yet, this has been difficult to stay with due to the paradoxical cravings that aren't being satiating while I'm hitting my vape for minutes straight! I'm having serious doubts about continuing, desperately wanting to increase my nicotine to simply feel on an even keel again.
The only idea I have is what I've done in the past, and know to work. That being increase to 1.5mg/ml and lower the taper increment to 0.5mg/ml each month (1/4th steps instead of 1/2 steps), yet again elongating the schedule. Does anyone have any other ideas for me to be able to stick with this?
In case its relevant, I'm using an iPV D4 with a uwell crown II tank and 0.5ohm prebuilt coils at 50w.
I've been trying to wean myself off vaping nicotine for awhile now. I never smoked, and stupidly picked up vaping nicotine during college; now having been at it for about 7 years. I've been mostly trying this through trial and error with some light reading on the net for ideas, and it's gotten me from 14mg/ml at my peak down to 1mg/ml! Super proud of that. At one point I was really worried and doubting I could get below 4mg/ml. I did it!
I think I've hit a wall now, though. Check it:
As you can see, I start out tapering down on 1-2 week schedules. It didn't work. I started withdrawing hard. So, I cut it back to 1 month schedules or more to let my receptions adjust. That's gotten me pretty far! A few times, I tried to simply vape less by leaving it places, or using self-restraint. The cravings and irritation came quickly to make me not feel confident in that as a long term solution. I tried to quit at 2mg/ml, and after a day of intense cravings, constipation, poor concentration, no motivation, and waking up every hour of the night, I caved at 4am and broke the attempt, desperate to sleep.
You see, the reason I'm tapering at all is to avoid these strong withdrawal effects. I work with computers, and have to do complex problem solving daily. I am responsible for keeping systems operational, and working with interdisciplinary teams in planning a startup's system architecture. Lapses in concentration and effectiveness for days would be felt throughout the organization. On top of that, my sleep is paramount to continuing to function optimally. So, combining the poor concentration itself and sleep deprivation from withdrawing seems like a catastrophic meltdown on my productivity.
I come to ya'll for ideas on how to continue with tapering with the intention of eventually quitting nicotine altogether. Since bumping down to 1mg/ml, I've had cravings 20-50% of the day. While vaping. It seems like I can only barely get enough nicotine into me. My juice consumption has doubled from what it was at 2mg/ml on some days. The doubling of juice consumption happened when I first hit 3mg/ml, but it evened out over the month that I stayed with it. Yet, this has been difficult to stay with due to the paradoxical cravings that aren't being satiating while I'm hitting my vape for minutes straight! I'm having serious doubts about continuing, desperately wanting to increase my nicotine to simply feel on an even keel again.
The only idea I have is what I've done in the past, and know to work. That being increase to 1.5mg/ml and lower the taper increment to 0.5mg/ml each month (1/4th steps instead of 1/2 steps), yet again elongating the schedule. Does anyone have any other ideas for me to be able to stick with this?
In case its relevant, I'm using an iPV D4 with a uwell crown II tank and 0.5ohm prebuilt coils at 50w.
It's helped me arm myself with solutions to refine my plan and feel confident in continuing with cessation. I hope your holidays were satisfying and wish you all enough in your lives. <3
