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Re:Misery in the Head by csomar on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:15AM (#21864608)
Interesting the article doesn't talk about nicotine. Nicotine was my savior from one sided-headaches that accentuated by continued computer and screen abuse.

I have found nicotine to be a major relief and hardly addictive (though this is probably very person-specific, so tread carefully). I could go on for a month without smoking but if I'm working with a computer, I could not pull off more than a couple hours without my vape device close.

Sometimes I wonder if smokers are actually addicted or suffer from other unrelated-pain that makes them reliant on nicotine for relief.

Re:Misery in the Head by allovernow on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:11PM (#21865086)
>I could go on for a month without smoking but if I'm working with a computer, I could not pull off more than a couple hours without my vape device close

Be careful, I was in your shoes until I started vaping and the convenience can make you a constant user, until one day vaping is such a part of your daily habits that you're an addict.

Also if you're vaping custom juices and not something commercial like Juul, you're probably consuming a different form of nicotine which isn't as effective or addictive - though at some point I expect custom juices to switch to nicotine salts as well, if they haven't already. Point is the nicotine in salt form is much stronger - you'll notice that Juul hits more like a cigarette, even with far less vapor.

Point is don't make the mistake I made and forget that you're playing with fire. Granted there's nothing yet to suggest that vaping clean nicotine/of/vg is harmful...

Re:Misery in the Head by csomar on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:59PM (#21865504)
> one day vaping is such a part of your daily habits that you're an addict.

You mean the very act of vaping and not the nicotine itself. I can very much relate to that.

Here are a few tricks I found that can reduce it:

- Put the kit in the car. Helps more if the car is in under-ground or far and it's cold outside.

- Don't always put your kit on the charger. Intentionally, forget charging it and don't have two batteries.

- Buy a 30ml bottle at a time. It helps more if the dealer you are buying from is far. You'll ration your vaping with that because then you'll have to go all the way to buy the next bottle.

And yeah I'm not aware yet of nicotine salt and I use a very low concentration in my liquid. I don't think I'm going to switch the current setup is just fine.

Re:Misery in the Head by jotm on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:13PM (#21865094)
Addiction to nicotine... yeah it's real, and cigarettes are more addictive. It's an urge to have a smoke, coupled with sometimes severe withdrawal symptoms (I can't focus for shit, am extremely angry, for days, then tired for weeks when I try quitting). I'm vaping now and it's easier on my body it seems, no more random coughing or brain fog.
Re:Misery in the Head by csomar on Monday December 23, 2019 @01:12PM (#21865624)
> Addiction to nicotine... yeah it's real

I think the effects differ from person to person though on average it might be addictive. For example, caffeine at night makes me sleepy.