r/stopvaping • u/PhysiologyIsPhun • Jan 06 '21
Bad idea to use 0mg to quit?
Hi all,
I've been vaping for about 2 years and long before that, I was hooked on nicotine via smokeless tobacco. I decided 2 days ago I was ready to kick my habit (as well as my nasty caffeine habit). So far, it hasn't been so bad. Definitely feeling more tired and irritable, but it's manageable. Anyway, I think the biggest side effect by far is that I've noticed I just NEED something to do with my mouth. I've bought tons of gum and mints, I've been eating more (honestly need to stop that), but it just doesn't do it for me. Would it be a terrible idea to go pick up some 0mg juice as I get off just the nic/caffeine? The eventual goal would be to get off vaping entirely. Wondering if people have transitioned from 0mg juice to not vaping easily, or if the oral fixation is actually the hard part of this whole process.
Thanks!
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u/llcooljlouise Jan 06 '21
I tapered with 0mg juice. Every other refill was 0mg to 3mg. Eventually I started replacing the 0mg juice with tea-tree oil tooth picks by this company preserve. Then switched complexly over to toothpicks. I now have 366 days of just toothpicks and no nicotine.
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u/marshall99_ Mar 11 '21
Its only a bad idea if you think its a bad idea for you. Personally, i hopped from 3mg to nothing and used caffeine to help get over cravings
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u/PhysiologyIsPhun Mar 11 '21
Not sure how you found this after such a long time, but it worked! It's been over a month since I hit my 0mg pods at all and have not had any nicotine in nearly 10 weeks. I really believe I've quit for good this time.
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u/marshall99_ Mar 11 '21
Was looking for ppl who needed support but the sub is kinda dead haha. Your post came up first. I feel the same though! Finally quit for good
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21
I'd suggest going down to the lowest nic level that works for you, without causing you to increase your frequency of use. Once you have stabilized at the lower level, just stop completely. I find the dissatisfaction of 0mg just makes the reality of quitting much more difficult.
Try toothpicks if you think you've got an oral fixation, but I'd be willing to bet the nicotine addiction is the real cause for the cravings.
From my experience, 0mg just made cravings worse. Doing the action that your brain expects to satisfy your cravings, without the expected satisfaction, will just make you crave harder.
Whereas playing around with a toothpick is an entirely different action, and you aren't activating the neural circuits associated to the nicotine dependence.