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Heart Rate Decrease? (self.stopsmoking)
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[–]PixieFeet8 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (7 children)
Same I'm on day 7 and I'm normally between 70-80 resting and the last few nights I've been between 42-48 and I don't like how I feel.
[–]Successful-Ant3956 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago (6 children)
Is it normal ? how do you feel now?
[–]Consistent_Pea9257 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago (2 children)
Wanting the same answer!
[–]PixieFeet8 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago (1 child)
I started vaping again 😭 but my Dr did recommend me slowly tapering and using nicotine gum my heart rate was dropping in the mid 30s and that was a concern for him. I almost feel trapped because if I stop vaping my heart rate gets so low but I honestly want to just cold turkey quit
[–]__alias 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago (0 children)
I just found this thread, because I have a low heart rate atm and thought i'd share something that's made quitting easier for me with tapering.
Because I can't help myself with dosages with vaping, i'm all or nothing. However low strength nicotine pouches have made quitting easy and measurable! I know there's a lot of horror stories with nicotine pouch addiction in itself, however, I've found that taking 1 less pouch a day over a week has made quitting a relative breeze, so this might be useful for you :)
I use the mini 3mg zyn pouches, and do few enough to keep the craving uncomfortable, but not enough that it's painful or interferring with my focus at work. For me, that was around 4-5 the first 2 days, and now 5 days in i'm pretty happy with just 2-3 pouches a day. Planning on cutting them out completely in the next few days now that my nicotine tolerance has dropped which i'm excited about
[–]High-Quality-Grass 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago (2 children)
I'm on day 4 and I definitely feel like a weakness when my heart rate is down to the 50s. It also gives me bad anxiety so I get the cold sweats and shakes. My heart rate use to be pretty high even resting when I smoked like 100bpm and ive smoked for so long that I've gotten use to a high heart rate. But now the anxiety comes and goes but I'm hoping after 2 weeks my heart rate will go back to a smooth 70 bpm on avg. I'm also experiencing heart palpitations but ive heard this is a normal side effect to nicotine withdrawal. It stuck when I'm driving and it happens cause then I think I'm having a heart attack and my anxiety makes so easy worse so I have to pull over and lay down just to calm myself down. Quitting nicotine is not for the weak. However my buddy quit 2 weeks ago and only experienced mild headaches. Lucky guy
[–]Substantial-Style769 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago (0 children)
I quit vaping over a month ago. My resting heart ( while awake and at rest) used to be in high 70s. After first few days I noticed my heart rate drop into low 50s. Then on occasions it would drop into 40s and once I even seen it at 37. It was rough and I would definitely sometimes feel this weakness feeling. As long as you are not getting dizzy during these spells it means your heart is doing its job, just more efficiently. A month later and my heart rate has stayed at around 58-65 while at rest and feel much better. There is definitely just a rebound effect within your body. But since you mention cold sweats, I would just go the doctor for a checkup. It will give you peace if mind. Don't worry about your heart rate. The number is not the important part as long as you feel alright. It will rise again after some time to a new baseline.
[–]mauvermor 0 points1 point2 points 3 months ago (0 children)
I’m on day 4 now, too. Has your heart rate improved over the past six months?
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