About Reducing Nicotine intake

[Rukaguy]

Routine blood test = high troponin levels, admitted to acute ward in local hospital, five days later after ultrasounds and an unpleasant angiogram declared fit and healthy, healthier than average heart thankfully. Long chat with two cardiologists neither that fussed about vaping but they advised Nicotine does have a negative affect on people with an underlying heart condition, temp increases in pressure and heart rate but narrowing of the arteries is the greater risk. The current understanding is that the level of nicotine isn't a factor.
So I've become a 0.

This is true. Glad you've gone 0%. A lot of people have underlying cardiac disease based on a lifetime of smoking and the co-existing unhealthiness that invariably goes with a lot of smoking cigarettes. Vaping usually indicates a want or action that has increased healthy pursuits. =]

Glad you're well too

Nicotine is, however, most likely to be dose dependent in increasing risk of the above. The greater the dose, the greater the effect. If you're a 0.6%, one (not Mostly) should try the highest strength to see what I mean; with respect to how you feel.


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[Rukaguy]

yeah just step it down one level at a time - from 18 to 12 to 8 to 6 to 4 to 0 if you want to go that far but always keep some of the higher strength available

I've said before that this is probably wise. Keep whatever you need to stop going back to fags. Don't do what my mum did and only stock 0% so that the fags tempted, and lurked, and tempted again... Smoker again in no time. Glad to say she's going back on the bandwagon


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[alastairrigby]

I tend to stick between 12 and 20, not bad considering I stupidly started on 36mg

 

[Rukaguy]

I tend to stick between 12 and 20, not bad considering I stupidly started on 36mg

It's not stupid. I need to move down a peg. Want to be 0.6 realistically.


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[alastairrigby]

It's not stupid. I need to move down a peg. Want to be 0.6 realistically.


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Thing I've notised when I move down nicotine strengths is that I just chain what I've got so it ultimately makes no difference other than meaning I get through a bottle quicker, so I'm gonna stick around 12 I think when I cut down again haha

 

[cheersm8]

I tend to vape 18-30mg nic tobacco flavour juices in my rebuildable tanks, and fruity flavours in a dripper. When I'm having a dripper session, it's all about vapour and flavour, and I don't care what the nic level is. Tanks are where I get my nicotine fix, via tobacco flavour juices, which, by default, only seem worth vaping if the nicotine levels are at 'tobacco levels'

 

[iT0mm0]

received my latest RY4 bottles today and purposely ordered 18mg and im finding 0 difference to the 24mg

not bad considering ive only been vaping 3-4 weeks and yet smoked 20+ years Golden V

My next step is going to be DIY Ejuice and im planning on making it up at 12-16 mg whilst still having some 18mg as a back up

 

[Chegs]

I started on 18mg in an RBA & would have killed anyone that tried to get me to reduce from 18mg.I then switched to an RDA & threw in some of my 18mg,it near blew a hole in my head.I went from chain-vaping 18mg to 12-15mg in the RDA & have noticed that I can happily drop the RDA on the table & leave it alone for hours,so am considering going even lower nic levels until I can resume chain-vaping again as I really do love some of my juices tastes.

 

[WilliamJames]

Nicotine constricts capillaries and stuff. When you reduce your intake you will notice your skin looks better, your brain works better and sex is more... Pleasurable. You will sleep better and deeper and will be much more relaxed.

Something to bear in mind is that nicotine halves the effect of caffine. So reduce it at the same time.

 

[Chegs]

your brain works better and sex is more... Pleasurable. You will sleep better and deeper and will be much more relaxed.

So reduce it at the same time.

I get the choice of either better sex OR better sleep,not found any way to have sex while I'm asleep (yet)