As an ex vaper, id like to ask have you ever bought vapes and after a few days you get used to the taste of it and it just tastes absolutely disgusting.... or its burns while charging... how much has that caused your anxiety and irritation worse if it did ?

Nicotine is known to act the same as ADHD stimulants to the point that many pharmaceutical companies have tried to create synthetic nicotines that aren't as addictive, none of them have worked.

The dosage makes the poison. The ADHD studies on Nicotine cap their daily test dosages at 10mg and different formats of concentration (freebase vs salt) also affect the bioavailability. Over-doseing causes counterproductive effects.

Good for you my guy! Im getting off Zyn. I've only used it for 3-4 months. Not worth it even slightly!

In all fairness if you’re in America, you probably have a pretty good chance of being shot in a grocery store. Don’t beat yourself up to much about the paranoia. In a side note, nicotine has a lot of studies showing it does help correct ADHD. They have a hard time separating the “addictive “ molecule from it. Which is a big reason why they don’t move it forward as a “medicine”

I keep craving it after quitting. It sucks. It makes my depression, anxiety and go nuts

I quit, best decision of my entire life. Way more energy, clearer mentally, physically & way less impulsive decisions. Small things are way more enjoyable and it's nice being free, not having a rope holding me down.

I will say ADHD is a large factor in what has kept me on nicotine for the past two years. Nobody wants to prescribe me a stimulant because I also have Tourette Syndrome and stimulants worsen tics. However, every non-stimulant medication I have tried has failed me. I had a rough patch at the end of 2022 and relapsed on nicotine but the focus it gave me kept me on it. I will be quitting cold turkey soon after way too much money spent on trying to lower my nicotine from 55mg salt to 3mg freebase. But it's super easy to mess that up when you also crave the inhalation-exhalation fix. I rarely gave myself a day or two break in between milligrams and I am now back on 50mg. Down to my last Vuse Alto pod and last tank of 6mg freebase that I will be using until it is done when this pod is depleted. Not the first time I've quit, but hopefully it is the last. I'm tired of the drawbacks and I'm happy with a small mug of coffee in the morning, anyways, so I'm actually excited this time to quit. I won't be quitting for anyone else but myself. I know I'm late to this video, but I hope your experience with disposables has kept you away from nicotine during the past year. It's far from worth the hassle like I mean who wants to go through 3-4 days of withdrawal and up to a few months of craving when you have finally had enough, anyways? As for alcohol, I agree as it simply just builds confidence when you take too much. I went through over half of last year getting drunk every single night. It gives you confidence in the worst ways possible and makes you feel like anything you are actively thinking about is truly achievable even if it is not. Even if that is using something like nicotine and being able to keep it under control but that is simply just not true, just like you said towards the end of the video. Nicotine is not something to mess with. It amazes me that both of these substances are far more socially acceptable than cannabis, which is what I choose to use personally. But it is strange to me that I could tell a random person that I use nicotine and they'd be like "oh okay whatever" but the moment I'd tell them I use cannabis (which I use both recreationally and medicinally in the evening to unwind and help me sleep as I'm borderline an insomniac when I don't deprive myself of sleep) they may look at me like I'm crazy for doing so. Also, one last side note: that's wild that your friend is the main photographer for Crown! I really gotta get out and go to a DCI show at some point I've kinda stopped following the whole scene since I left high school in 2020 and I always told myself (and keep telling myself) that one day I'll get out to see a finals performance. I miss marching a contra, even if I only got to experience that within high school, and I will always be wanting to relive it.

don't count the days that you've quit. it's not a competition to see how long you can go. if you truly want to quit, tell yourself that you are NOT a smoker. that's not you; that's not your identity anymore.

relate to much of what you're saying. would love to chat lolol

Are you able to tolerate dairy,eggs after going glutenfree?where do you choose to get proteins from?

My symptoms were digestive. After 3 years GF I went off my diet and no problems. THEN it manifested in my skin...dermatitis herpetaformis....AWFUL! back on the diet forever!

First of all you are over complicating quitting smoking as usual like everyone, you either are that person or not, you either a addict or not, yeah you will confuse yourself that smoking is better it’s really not, your brain is looking for excuses to run back to your habit.

I want to quit so bad im fucking petrified 😭😭

From one Celiac to another. I'm so sorry to hear that you went through that. I have three sons and their stories are all unique. I can relate the fact that you kept many of your feeling to yourself. I'm sad that genetic testing isn't more readily available and should absolutely be included in a diagnosis, not just blood testing because you may not have the antibodies left to trace them. I hope everyone tells their doctor that they need genetic testing so you don't left years go by without a proper diagnosis.

"I can quit anytime I want" you are addicted

man i’m only halfway through this video but i just want to say thank you because so many of these things that you’re bringing up describe me perfectly!!!!! however i never realized in the first place that some of these things had to do with nicotine. (btw i am actively trying to quit, i’m barely even a day sober lol but im still trying)

Reminds me of the good old days bro said maybe we should come here more often. Kids exploring and chilling and abandoned places is almost a thing of the past unless they have a camera recording it. When kids were kids.

i love you will

Just like this is what i have as well with adhd so I am related to you. Another thing is watching something and having to rewind every like 5 minutes, just like what i am doing by watching this video

Fuck ADHD, one of the worst hands in life.

I feel so bad after 30 days being clean it just makes no sense to continue, because why to feel so incredible bad and disgusting. I fight this fucking nightmare for 10 years. I have been clean for 1 or even 2 years and I was NEVER free. Every fucking day was a struggle. So my goal of being FREE never realized, all I got from this plan of stop smoking was just a never ending streak of suffering. And Im just not able to go on as it makes NO sense to go on.

You described it perfectly, I have ADHD too & the first few days of quitting I felt the best I have ever felt in my life, all my senses came back stronger, smell, taste, hearing, awareness, My skin got clearer BUT after that I just felt slumped, stuck to my bed with no motivation & no replacements I did grind gym but as soon as all my friends left I went crazy, then I tried grinding Boxing but my brother stopped sparring with me I felt angry. So all my attempted replacements went to shit & my anxiety went bad bad. So yeah the most I've gone without it is probably 3 days, when I (with ADHD) quit for a couple days I do gain abit of an energy burst & natural male aggression but I had nothing to put my energy to.

It’s dopamine deficiency

Nicotine is a HUGE help for people with mental diagnoses. Nicotine benefits so many people! Especially when you get it from a combustion free product like vaping or pouches. Sounds like you should go back on some. ALOT of Dr's prescribe Nicotine for adhd & psychological disorders.

Dear Will: I am so so sympathetic to your situation. Here's how I see it. Nicotine was clearly helping you control your #ADHD symptoms (#TherapeuticNicotine). This is not surprising. Numerous studies show transdermal nicotine patches reduce ADHD symptoms. If you take nicotine from a safe source, there is no downside. It might even help you reduce your prescription meds, which you know can have nasty side-effects (and ARE addictive). So who convinced you that it was a good idea to stop something that was helping you? I have to assume it's the past 4 decades of demonizing nicotine by researchers and experts in the field of tobacco control. They demonized nicotine for a super good reason, to reduce cigarette use. But this demonization is actually a paternalistic lie. A violation of Truth-Telling, which is a fundamental moral principle in Healthcare Ethics. If cigarettes delivered caffeine, they would have demonized THAT, and no one would care about nicotine. It's just a mild stimulant that increases focus, attention and memory (like caffeine) and, unlike caffeine, also reduces stress and anxiety. In the alternate universe where cigarettes don't kill people, these mild psychoactive effects would be seen as "good for you."

Nicotine is not addictive. You eat vegetables you are NEVER nicotine free. Consuming 1 microgram of nic in veggies is equal to being a passive smoker standing in a room full of smoke for 3 hours and absoring that nicotine. Not onenperson on this planet tests negative for nicotine. You have ADHD, it is medically PROVEN that nicotine alleviates symptoms of ADHD. Medical dependance is not addiction. People on blood pressure meds everyday are not addicted, they dependnon it to function. You should stop these videos for now, and educate yourself better. You spread info that harms millions.

Mate I hope you are back on nicotine, I've been using it for 13 years with vaping. It has many beneficial effects, ADHD among them. Just 5% the harm of smoking, maybe less.

I smoked cigarettes 28 yrs. I tried to quit with gum, patches, wellbrin, chantix, acupuncture, and hypnosis. Nothing seemed to work. My doctor suggested that I try nicotine vapor. That worked day one and with ZERO side effects. I then worked my way down to zero milligrams. Once I did that I worked my way off caffeine. That was super hard. A few months went by and I was having a hard time focusing. My job is detail oriented so this was concerning. I went to the doctor and told him my dilemma. He asked did you quit nicotine and then caffeine? I told him yes. My doctor suggested that I add back in some nicotine. (Caffeine was too hard to quit and nicotine was easier to step down) I couldn’t believe that fixed the problem! I was so happy it wasn’t something else. He explained that nicotine helps with focus. Now I use zero most days and add in nicotine a few days a week. Problem solved.

Id been clean for two and a half years and relapsed hard 6 weeks ago

quitting nicotine for me has been impossible because just being without any nicotine for just simply 1-3 days makes me literally sick and as you said in the vid my brain does defenietly not work properly without it so then i fall back to it again... it makes things worse but it makes much better for me when i take nicotine.

7:06 i can definietly relate to all this its very annoying when you wanna do something you enjoy but mentally and physically cant and literally do nothing instead and feel terrible over that instead it honestly is irritating when that happens

i fell into the nicotine trap very early into my teen years and have maybe quitted for as long as 1 week to a month each time but then i fall back into it and im now 25 years old and havent been able to quit well i have managed to lower the nicotine dose dramaticly but i always fall back to stronger nicotine products. I live in Sweden so for me its Snus im taking.

For me it was cold turkey. First 3 days sucked but after that I started feeling great and my addiction was BAD

can you go more into your dopamine deficiency please, im interested and have never heard of it

A buzz forsure idrk about a high tho 😅

Interesting point of view, vaping or nicotine had a total different effect on me once I vaped I didn't want to do a fucking thing! like zero motivation it actually exarcebated my executive dysfunction. Anyways, glad you quit.

good work on gaining that weight man you look bulk asl super impressive, im trying to do the same and struggling lol, dont stop posting these vids man and please give us a nicotine update bc im young and trying to quit desperately, your vids have def helped. (only a minute into the video so im not sure if you mention it at all yet) keep it goin gng 💪

I’m on day 5 and running helped me out the last few days. Going out for walks and soaking up the sunshine helps a lot too. I’m also juicing veggies and fruits and just eating healthier but idk if that’s helping because I made that switch before I quit. Oh yea, smoking a vape helps too. Jkjk.. I really want to tho. Hehehe. Im not gonna lie… I’m miserable.

I’m on day 5 and I’m ready to relapse man. It’s not even the withdrawal. I think it’s just being bored.

You're so real and earnest Really helpful I appreciate you

Vaping is less harmful than smoking

Great video

I quit vaping smoking cigs after 22 years i did patches for a good while now im 5 days in no nicotine at all its hard but trying

Thank you

I’m only 5 weeks free of nicotine. But you’re reasons for quitting sound so unbelievably similar to me it’s super helpful to hear. Thanks man

Extreme bloating , fatigue, face gets red and puffy , lethargy , rash on my back , stabbing pain on stomach after having a sandwich when I consume gluten , hair loss , I’m getting blood work done , I don’t want to do more test I know how I feel

All y’all in the process of quitting, full respect and I’m there with ya - currently 2 and a half weeks without touching the stuff and feeling great. For me, honestly wouldn’t have been able to do it so far without finding the perfect replacement in this thing called a Capnos EZ (free publicity for these guys I guess haha, they deserve it though tbh). It literally looks and feels in your hand like a vape, and you get the ‘good’ parts of smoking and vaping (flavour, throat hit, sound, oral fixation) but it’s just pressurized air running past some cotton soaked in some food additive type stuff. Whenever you get the cravings you just hit this thing as much as you want till you get distracted. Quitting nicotines worth it, whatever way works for you - you got this 🤝

Gotta eat a good diet as nicotine can buffer out all the inflammation that a crappy diet can cause

01:19 I quit smoking about 2 weeks using a vape because i failed too many times going cold turkey .. and it's a strange experience because i don't like the smell of cigarettes right now but many times i feel like having a cigarette in my hand .. it's absolutely disappointing to think about how much time i'm gonna have to deal with this depression even if i've read too much approaches about smoking and with all this knowledge i still have that idea of " this all makes sense but i still want to smoke " but anyways i'm still determined even if i don't have the least requierement to stop an addiction which is a taking a direction in life .. but it's gonna be better .. i choose to go through this now rather than later .