u/BigheadedDread

6 years vaping. Started with the pod (Caliburn) and Chinese E-Liquids, transitioned to the box mods like the Vaporesso stuff & salted liquids, and then finally to the disposable vapes after all of the bans etc.

16 hour a day vaper, I'm using it essentially from morning to night and I drain the disposable down to 5% within a 6-7 day time period.

Think it's about time to stop. Want to toss the disposable out the car window one day, just so I can't really run and grab it again. Maybe give it off to another addicted friend of mine. If I can quit the caffeine, I can quit this nonsense. Cold turkey..

So this leads me to asking, what kind of withdrawals did any of yous suffer whilst quitting? Especially if a long-term vaper, and also on a cold turkey basis. From when I quit the caffeine, I don't really recall anything.. maybe my sleep actually got better. I assume nicotine will be a whole different story.

So it's about 1 AM right now. I stayed out with some friends for a dinner. I almost never go out around this time, so it's thrown my circadian out of loop.

Just popped a Melatonin 0.5, hoping to get a good 4 hours at least, before my natural sleep alarm at 7 AM'ish. My sleep schedule is generally 10-11 PM to 6-7 AM.

My question this morning is, if I wake up at 6-7 AM, can I have a "catch-up nap" around 11 AM or 12 PM, to make up for the loss of sleep? And just so I'm not wired but tired all day. I want to keep the current sleep cycle consistent, it's been very beneficial waking up early.

How long does it take to return to your normal mental state?

This is really not good. I deeply regret taking this. I was mentally fine before all of this, and now I’m suffering in hell.

My current symptoms -

- Constant low mood with irritability

- Heart palpitations at night and morning

- Panic attacks feeling very close but not taking over

- Constant dry mouth

- Weird constant intrusive thoughts that make me anxious

- Feeling hopeless, regret and anxiety all in one

My God I think my nervous system is fried. Stopped all consumption now, and don’t know where to begin on the recovery phase