8 months but.....

[nsd_user663_40088]

I have been using an electric cigarette for 4 weeks now :mad: I had a really bad week: aniversary of my dads death, on the day i started a new work placement (nursing student) and my mum was away on holiday so I was alone at home with no one to talk to in the evening and I had to look after my 95 year old gran after 10 hour day everyday. I know its not that bad, but it literally all fell on the same week after doing nothing for weeks, so adjustment shock. I was so anxious that my vision was blurry and everything around me was heightened it was really horrible. I work in mental health and i was defo experiencing something! anyways, it wasnt that i wanted to smoke as such, i just wanted some help. and i was too busy/ tired to find it in other ways. So i mad the plan to use the ecig to help me until i felt ok again.

I dont feel that i want to smoke and even though i am using it I KNOW deep in my heart I will never smoke a cigarette again, being around smokers doesnt tempt me in the slightest. Which makes me wonder why im using this thing at all? Which is why im here now. I need to ditch thing and i want to. BUT i know im going to feel really anxious for a week after and im kind of scared? I know i wont smoke (i cant express this enough!) but im really worried i wont be able to cope and ill have a melt down. I hate that feeling of not being in control. I have a week off now and im back on placement again on the 14th for 4 weeks.

Do i get it over and done with? or wait until after my next placement? Ironic thing is i feel better than i did in that week, but now the nicotine is making me feel more anxious than i was before that lol which is actualy a big reason as to why i quit in the first place.

I miss the morning bliss of no cravings. I know i can have it back, but i need to find the strength to face it again for awhile

[nsd_user663_62392]

i think in my limited experience do not wait until your next placement

say to yourself tonight i sleep, tomorrow i stop , pick a day that it completely free of any tied in event so the stopping can be all of your own accord and not linked to any other event

good luck with whichever route you take

[nsd_user663_62343]

I have been using an electric cigarette for 4 weeks now :mad: I had a really bad week: aniversary of my dads death, on the day i started a new work placement (nursing student) and my mum was away on holiday so I was alone at home with no one to talk to in the evening and I had to look after my 95 year old gran after 10 hour day everyday. I know its not that bad, but it literally all fell on the same week after doing nothing for weeks, so adjustment shock. I was so anxious that my vision was blurry and everything around me was heightened it was really horrible. I work in mental health and i was defo experiencing something! anyways, it wasnt that i wanted to smoke as such, i just wanted some help. and i was too busy/ tired to find it in other ways. So i mad the plan to use the ecig to help me until i felt ok again.

I dont feel that i want to smoke and even though i am using it I KNOW deep in my heart I will never smoke a cigarette again, being around smokers doesnt tempt me in the slightest. Which makes me wonder why im using this thing at all? Which is why im here now. I need to ditch thing and i want to. BUT i know im going to feel really anxious for a week after and im kind of scared? I know i wont smoke (i cant express this enough!) but im really worried i wont be able to cope and ill have a melt down. I hate that feeling of not being in control. I have a week off now and im back on placement again on the 14th for 4 weeks.

Do i get it over and done with? or wait until after my next placement? Ironic thing is i feel better than i did in that week, but now the nicotine is making me feel more anxious than i was before that lol which is actualy a big reason as to why i quit in the first place.

Hi nikki,

I think the suggestion of gradually reducing the levels of nicotine and the ditch the e cig is a good plan. As for waiting until after your next placement......... That is up to you. You have chosen a really worthwhile profession and would just like to say good luck with maintaining your quit and good luck with nursing. Hope you have a fab mentor

[nsd_user663_40088]

Thank you everyone for the advise. Ecigs are good for times like these, They are different to cigarettes in the sense you dont get 'burning' cravings like :mad: just little ones more like so im sure comming of ecig will be easier.

I think knowing that it took a cold turkey quit for me to stop, ill have to do the same with this. Im a all or nothing quitter so as someone put sleep tonight, stop tomorrow. Ive got chewing gum (normal one) at hand, ill chew myself nicotine free again

Thanks guys, ill let you know how i get on xx

[nsd_user663_62355]

nikki .i use a shish pipe ,but the oils i use are zero nicotine,,,,fab fruity flavours but no cr..p.i think better than patches etc.no nicotine...i agree start lowering the dose of nasty nic .good luck hun xxx

[__steve__]

Super well done Nikki

Stop smoking the eCig if you can, though.

Ultimately bad juju.

S xx

[nsd_user663_62313]

Hi Nikki

Having read your post, the first thing that strikes me is that it would be good to see if you can get any other kind of support for this stressful time - friends, someone to talk to, your GP, whatever, as it seems to me the ecig is a 'substitute' knee-jerk, almost unconscious form of 'I need some support'. Perhaps other forms, where you can express how you're feeling might help you to not use the ecig as a way of coping with your feelings in response to what you're going through? I do hope it settles down....All the best.

[nsd_user663_59644]

Hi Nicky how are you feeling this morning?

What a lot of upset all at once, but you held tight did not smoke , had a resolve in your e- cig, but I bet you when you come off it it won't be we bad, as you know what to expect.

I do hope you ok my lovely.

A great quit still intact well done

[nsd_user663_60964]

Nikki, not going to provide any advice as it's all been said. Just wanted to say I'm thinking of you and sending virtual hugs your way.

I hope things feel a bit less stressful today.

[nsd_user663_2681]

Hi Hun, hope your feelings bit better today? Sounds like you have a lot on your plate at the moment, good advice from Deb get the 0 nicotine liquid ASAP and try and ditch the ecig, Good on you though for not getting cigarettes that takes a lot of willpower in itself, much love xxx