Vaping suppresses testosterone even without nicotine ... also wrecks your dopamine system ...

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Jesus fuck this is bad...should I go back to tobacco?

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

Can you go without sucking on a chemical teet for a few weeks?

[–]Musky 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You have to want to quit enough to overcome the unpleasantness of quitting. And smoking isn't all bad.

[Nicotine provides] protection against; (5) Parkinson's disease (6) Tourette's disease (7) Alzheimers disease, (8) ulcerative colitis and (9) sleep apnea https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1859921/

Although what u/Hongkongphooey might want to do is get nicotine mints. All the goodness of nicotine, none of the risk of inhaling combusted plant material, or the testosterone reducing effects of vaping.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks dude, hadn't heard of the mints. I'm perfectly happy with my nicotine addiction, I'd just rather it didn't make me any more physically unwell than I already am. Nicotine is far preferable to something like Wellbutrin which id probably need instead, and a doctor could just take away from me if they were feeling disagreeable or I didn't feel like paying my regular extortion fee for refills

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's more like a few months if you are talking about brain chemicals returning to normal levels, and no, I'm not terribly confident I would be successful

https://psychcentral.com/news/2016/07/31/dopamine-function-returns-to-normal-3-months-after-quitting-smoking#1

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

You just have to be a tetchy arsehole and shout at everyone around for the smallest things.

That's what my dad did when he successfully quit smoking anyway.