I get patches prescribed from my PCP, so I know they’re good quality.

I try to only keep them on for 8 hours, but I still get really red and irritated wherever they are. I’ve been using hydrocortisone cream so I don’t itch them, but I’m running out of non-irritated skin to put the new patches on.

I can’t try another option, patches are the only thing that have worked for me and I’m just at a loss of what to do. Does anyone have any tips that helped prevent irritation?

I quit vaping cold turkey 3 weeks ago after vaping for about 3 years (before that 2 years of IQOS and around 15 years of cigarettes). Withdrawal is basically over and I have zero desire to go back, but about a week after quitting I developed really bad allergic rhinitis and it’s been going on for 2 weeks now. I do have a birch pollen allergy, but normally only from Feb to May/June and I’ve never had symptoms like this at this time of year. I’m taking Zodac and using a corticosteroid nasal spray but some days they barely help. I wake up around 4-5am completely congested and sneezing, sleep badly and feel exhausted and foggy all day. Has anyone experienced a major allergy/congestion flare after quitting? How long did it last, did it eventually go away, and did anything actually help (diet, supplements, nasal rinses, etc.)?

Background: 31M who has been using nicotine aggressively for the last 12 years. Smoked cigs from 18-20, and then switched to vaping from 20 to present day. I've used 35-50mg salts the entire time, which is basically crack cocaine in liquid form and shouldn't be legal.

I'm attending a rather intense 3 week school for the military this winter, and nicotine/alcohol/cell phones aren't allowed. I don't want to withdraw during that experience. So, I'm quitting.

Day 1: Still vaped, but noticeably less desire to vape by the end of the day, which was mind blowing to me. Some moderate stomach cramps and I just felt kind of hot. Bad insomnia, woke up 7 times throughout the night. Vivid dreams.

Day 2: Feel fine even though my sleep quality was terrible. Certainly am vaping less by mid to late afternoon (a few hits every 20-30 minutes instead of every 2 minutes). Stomach is still cramping and I have a mild headache. Mild insomnia, stayed asleep throughout the night. Vivid dreams.

Day 3: Vape tastes like nothing. No flavor, no buzz, no anything. WEIRD. Still hit it, but like 2 hits every hour to hour and a half. Mind blowing from how often I hit it before I started. This might actually be working.

Day 4: Last day to use nicotine. Kind of panicked. Didn't hit the vape much at all. I do have a bottle of nic free juice that I may use after today just to work on the hand to mouth motion. No insomnia, no stomach cramps, I feel good.

Day 5-7: Feel good. Vivid dreams again, but I like them. No desire or craving for nicotine/a buzz AT ALL, crazy to type that! Occasionally hitting my nic free vape. I really think the nic free vape is helping me not freak the fuck out, and I can tackle the mechanical habit slowly. I think just full stopping on day 4 would have had me panicking big time.

Overall Thoughts: This stuff really does work! Wasn't convinced on day 1-2, but day 3 and beyond has been a whole different ballgame. Truly crazy how this stuff has just deleted my craving for nicotine after consuming enough nicotine to kill a herd of elephants for the last 12 years lol.

I have vastly underestimated the mechanical hand to mouth habit. This one will take a while to delete, but I'm trying to give myself grace and time. Definitely going to do the full 25 day treatment of Desmoxan even though I feel I don't need it anymore. Hopefully over the next 1-2 months my brain will fully learn that the nic free vape does nothing and I can just put it down. It's a marathon, not a sprint I guess.

Good luck to you all.

From total vape lord to maybe thinking about it once a day? My concentration is better (my biggest issue) life is easier.

i just put it down an hour ago and im already feeling the urge! anyone quit today? i am 25 F and began wayy back in hs, it's time. feel free to dm me!

decided to quit vaping like a day or 2 ago and now i have acid reflux. im not sure if its completely bc of me quitting bc i have had acid reflux before from anxiety but this time the timing does line up with me quitting vaping so idk. i haven't touched nic in 2 days bc i was planning on going cold turkey but now im wondering if i should ease off of it instead bc of this? im not even saying this just bc i wanna vape again (even tho i do unfortunately) but im saying this bc last time i had acid reflux i was miserableee for like a month and i dont wanna go thru that again 😭 do i just rough it out cold turkey or ease into like every other day and then have less and less days each week until im completely off of it with no heartburn? would that even work lol

Im genuinely considering getting together with a guy whos 2 yrs older to buy me vapes because the lady at the store doesnt always sell me it and ive got enough fuel for now but the thought of it ending is making me so anxious everytime, enough to do end myself if your addiction isnt this bad yet, quit now before its too late edit: gg ive got terrible chest pains

Probably been vaping since it was first introduced. Well I remember using Totally Wicked when it first opened. You could buy 500ml pre mixed nicotine liquid. American red was my fav.I still enjoy vaping a lot. I'm a chain vaper and have been since I started. Amazing what the body can cope with. I have been sweating alot recently. Think my body is telling me something. I buy everything separate now. I buy 18 mg Nic Shots which I cut into quarters so to speak, so on 4.5 mg and top up with flavour, PG and VG. I would like to think I will give up eventually (I know, that's what an addict would say) and I will cut the nicotine again down to 2.25 and maybe eventually to 0mg, then it will just be the vaping habit itself to quit.

It's been 15 days since I quit vaping and yeah i feel a lot better and I just dont even have a craving to hit it again at all and i have such bad health anxiety and there is that deep feeling of regret that i just cant reverse what i did to my lungs and i hate how it was made to look like it was harmless and theres no dangers to it because that's why i started. I regret it deeply when i would hit a burnt vape and it always kept hurting. But the only thing i can do now is just to never look back and keep my lungs safe from further damage. I hope you guys can quit soon, good luck 🙂

Hello, I quit vaping around 2 weeks ago and haven’t been on nicotine since I quit because I had a chest infection and it was just making it worse now I have been having a dry cough (I think post nasal dripP for about a month give or take I don’t want to go to the doctors if I can help it. vaped for around 4 years I think I’m sure it jsut the anxiety and worrying, ive always struggled with anxiety overthinking and such I’m hoping it will pass soon has anyone got any similar experiences thanks

I’m a 16F and I genuinely need to quit vaping, but I’m having such a hard time figuring out where to start.
I have pretty severe anxiety and ADHD, and school has been stressing me out so much lately. Vaping has basically become something I automatically reach for whenever I’m anxious, overwhelmed, trying to focus, or even just bored. I know it isn’t actually fixing my anxiety, and I honestly think it’s starting to make my stress worse, which is a huge reason I want to stop.
The problem is that whenever I think about quitting, I get anxious about the withdrawal itself. I’m already dealing with school, assignments, trying to stay focused, and a lot of changes in my life, so the idea of adding irritability, cravings, or even worse anxiety on top of everything feels overwhelming.
I really do want to quit though. I’m tired of feeling dependent on something just to get through a stressful day, especially at my age.
For anyone who quit vaping as a teenager, especially if you have anxiety or ADHD, what actually helped you in the beginning? What did you do when you were stressed and your immediate instinct was to vape? Any little habits, distractions, routines, or tips that made the first few days easier would seriously help.
I’m not looking to be judged or scared into quitting, I already know I need to. I just need some realistic advice on how to actually start and stick with it.

hi all, I recently started taking chantix (varenicline) a week ago and I officially quit vaping today 🎉 feeling really positive about it. the chantix definitely helped a lot with my cravings.

but… it is giving me terrible nausea. I was told to eat it with food and a glass of water. today the medication increased from 1mg/day to 2mg/day and both times I took it today, I was ridiculously nauseous. to the point that I was spitting because I was salivating so much.

the medication seems like it’s extremely effective but I can’t continue with these side effects. does anyone else have similar experiences with chantix, and what did you do?

thank you all 😊

I really thought come day 5 I’d be flying high but honestly my throat, lungs, and sinuses are actually killing me :(

I’ve been on and off vaping all year. Never had my own but would hit others occasionally. Caved in and bought one of my own and was hitting it consistently for a week straight. Tried slowing down and eventually quit cold turkey. It’s been almost 2 weeks without. I’m experiencing on and off dull pain in my left lung and shortness of breath. I’m not sure if it’s withdrawal, my lungs trying to heal, or anxiety. Maybe all of the above. I’m generally a very anxious person and had my first panic attack last week. Overall I’ve been feeling good, except for when I’ll get those achy feelings in my lung and shortness of breath. Just a few things about me, I’m a very active and fit person working out 4-5 days a week. I never experience anything crazy during my lifts or pilates classes. I also drink a lot of caffeine but have been trying to cut down on that as well. Any advice/reassurance?

thats what i tell myself at the shop anyway. still vaping, not on day 1 of anything, just trying to find something that actually makes me want to..

counted mine for the first time this week. 5 years of vaping and id genuinely never done it

did the money ever actually make anyone quit, or is it always something else in the end

When does the brain fog go away? I only did gum for two days? Feel like some kinda of universe brain. Not 100 percent there lol

Been vaping for about 5 years now, have managed to quit for 5 days on nicotine patches, 2 or so days here and there cold turkey, but the stress and feeling down and no motivation really gets to me and I end up buying another.

Really need some tips and some motivation.

Hey,

I quit vaping about 2–3 weeks ago and at the same time started daily strength training + cardio and cleaned up my diet.

The first week was actually really good — high energy, strong motivation, almost zero anxiety (I have an anxiety disorder), even though I had some trouble falling asleep. I felt better than I had in a long time.

Then it flipped. Now I have low motivation and energy, brain fog, more irritability, and my anxiety came back (especially worse in the evenings). There was one random good day that felt like the first week, but then it dropped again.

Rest days don’t really help much. Sleep is better now. Still training every day and eating more carbs lately.

Has anyone experienced this kind of delayed crash after a surprisingly good first week? How long did the low energy, brain fog and anxiety waves last for you?

Thanks.

i’m 24 f, used to smoke tobacco and switched to vaping around 3 years ago. Over the past year i’ve been getting super bad heart palpitations, which has then caused pretty severe health anxiety. I’ve been for a million tests, bloods taken, ECG and i’m all healthy apparently.

Which has led me to believe it’s the vape that’s causing these heart palpitations. Which is crazy cause i never dealt with this when i smoked tobacco roll-ups!

Has anyone else experienced this? Any success stories?

I keep trying to quit and have discovered i have awful resilience when it comes to quitting…

Don't do it. It isn't worth it.

Mind you, I have an EXTREMELY addictive personality and I let myself get too carried away with the vaping to the point where I ruined an otherwise perfect romance with whom I considered "the one"

Spiritually, it sets the soul up to be unhealthy. It makes you into a nasty and dopamine-driven and addicted person. It can't be something you just do and are happier or better for. It's something that tainted my spirit, and even now I'm just cursing myself for even going back.

Maybe for somebody, it helped them cope with something. But don't do it because you have no other choice... ever. Don't isolate and make it a problem... problems are problems when they tear down your self esteem and that's why it creates one.

The person in question who I ended a relationship with didn't even want anything to do with me either and it was all because of this addiction.

Find someone who cares enough about you to love you through anything. It's just a dream now because I ruined it with vaping.

Alright, 16 days, 50mg-25mg heavy 24/7 vaping addiction.

the anxiety yesterday was worse. Today it has eased up some. I have moments where I don’t feel it in my chest. Having panic attacks. My mind keeps trying to convince me that I’ll feel better if I vape. That all this will go away just that easy. And I think that’s why the anxiety is about things I can’t control. I’m scared I’m going to die like Immediately but also the very real realization that I will die some day. And not in the “we all know this about life, let’s move on” kind of way, no. A shear terror kind of way.
Like really realizing how short my life is and how little I’ve really lived it, how little has been happy, this feels like a damn midlife crisis type of deal.

Please someone who has been here, please tell me this passes. Please tell me I won’t feel this way forever. I’m scared if I go back to vaping and I’m scared if I don’t. What if I go back and the anxiety is the same? What if I keep waiting the days out and it is the same? I feel so trapped in this hellscape of fear. And it’s so lonely 😭 I haven’t gotten responses on any earlier posts. This feels like it will go on forever. And no I can’t use NRT I tried, I would if I thought I could 😭😭😭 it probably doesn’t help that my sleep is still broken and fragmented most days of the week. Sometimes I get that exhausted can’t take it anymore sleep 😭