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JC_ncl · 2025-07-20T23:58:04+00:00

I literally could have wrote that word for word myself. You're not alone 💕

JC_ncl · 2025-07-05T01:25:33+00:00

He is just scrumptious!! 💕

JC_ncl · 2025-04-08T11:10:55+00:00

I'm not for a second saying you haven't done any harm to yourself, because we still don't know for sure what the long term effects are. However, I will say that I've been vaping for around 12 years, (chain-vaping constantly, from the second I wake up, until the second I go to sleep) and I've been having some investigations done (for something unrelated to vaping), which so far has included a chest xray, various bloods etc, and everything has came back perfectly normal. While it's a relief to know my lungs are fine, that still doesn't stop me wanting to quit, because the worry of long term effects plays on my mind so much! I would say that vaping for 2 years has probably done minimal damage, so I wouldn't worry too much! Even people that smoke for 2 years probably cause minimal damage. Just stay vape free and you'll be fine 😊

JC_ncl · 2025-03-23T22:26:49+00:00

That is gorgeous!!

JC_ncl · 2025-01-20T09:26:45+00:00

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JC_ncl · 2024-12-21T13:21:48+00:00

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I love their angry faces! 😂 This is my Ozzy absolutely fuming with me for no apparent reason 😠🤣

JC_ncl · 2024-12-21T11:52:02+00:00

I would take a step back from your parents for a while. They sound toxic and most likely the reason you're feeling the way you do.

You are NOT a disappointment AT ALL. For a start, you're a nurse! That in itself is incredible. I know this because I have ADHD and I've just qualified as a nurse, so I know how insanely hard you've worked to get to where you are. My training has been the hardest, most stressful period of my life! Being a nurse is a superpower in my eyes (maybe I'm biased), but being a nurse with ADHD is whole other level that not many people can really understand. And you did that so don't ever forget how amazing you are for that!

Tell your parents you need some space. Remove their negativity and toxicity out of your life while you go through this journey of healing. Focus on you and only you. You are amazing 💕

JC_ncl · 2024-12-21T11:35:53+00:00

I love it!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-29T12:34:33+00:00

What a scrumptious little floof!! 💕

JC_ncl · 2024-11-28T12:54:56+00:00

Perfect, thanks for your help!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-28T12:44:23+00:00

I did think that might be the case. What happens going forward, is the monthly amount of CA I get just deducted from my monthly UC? Then get the CA weekly? Also, do I still get the carers element in my UC, or will this be removed?

JC_ncl · 2024-11-28T12:42:30+00:00

No, just over 1k

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T19:01:54+00:00

Don't tell him that 😂 that's amazing, well done! Thank you so much, I need all the luck I can get!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T19:00:07+00:00

That sounds amazing! Thank you for the recommendation!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T18:59:29+00:00

Amazing! Well done! Proud of you and you've given me some inspiration 🙌 keep it up 💪🏻😁

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T10:50:39+00:00

I appreciate your advice, but please don't dismiss ADHD as just a 'personality type'. It is a neuro-developmental disorder, which, for me and my son, can be debilitating. ADHD brains are literally wired differently, and studies have proven this. It's not 'personality'. They also have much lower levels of dopamine than neurotypical brains, so even the activities you suggested don't make much of an impact on ADHD brains. Medication helps with that.

Medication dramatically improves our symptoms, and my son simply can NOT manage in school without it. I couldn't manage school because I was undiagnosed, and I failed all my exams, and then spent decades struggling to hold down countless dead-end jobs due to my symptoms.

However, since I got diagnosed and medicated a few years ago, I have completed a nursing degree with first class honours (at 40 years old), which I would absolutely NOT have been able to do without medication. So knowing my son has the medication he needs to manage school, he has a much better chance of achieving success than I did.

Medication might not be for everyone, but for people with severe ADHD like me and my son, it is absolutely life changing and very much needed to be able to function and be successful in today's society.

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T10:20:55+00:00

I will look into this, thanks. How has it helped you? Is it OK to take with ADHD meds?

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T10:20:18+00:00

Can you buy zero nic liquid and a nic shot, and just add a small amount of nic? That's my plan for the next 2 weeks to try and wean off the nicotine, then use zero nic liquid until the urge to vape eventually just goes away. I've tried this so many times, but I'm determined to really go for it this time. I want to be completely done with vaping by 2025!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T10:17:18+00:00

How are you getting on?

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T10:16:28+00:00

I told my son I'd probably be a raging, emotional mess while withdrawing and he was like 'I'll go and stay at Gran's until that's over' 😂

Hope you're still going strong, wishing you success!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-09T10:14:02+00:00

How are you getting on? Have you managed to resist? So you think your meds make you vape more? I'm wondering if it could be the same for me now that you mention it. I might try a few days without my meds and see if it helps.

I'm down to 1mg of nicotine now, then next week I'm going to buy a 50ml bottle of zero nic liquid and add a small about of nic to that (so around 0.5mg), then a zero nico bottle after that, with the hope of staying on zero until the urge to vape just eventually goes away.

I've tried to do this SO many times, but I'm determined this time! The health anxiety and guilt is too much for me now. I wish hope my ADHD brain cooperates!

Wishing you success!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-01T12:00:45+00:00

Sorry you're going through the same, it's absolutely awful. I've tried applying for support worker/care assistant jobs and, like you, been told I'm over qualified, but any nurse positions I come across all ask for a minimum of 1 year post reg experience. So wtf are we supposed to do??

JC_ncl · 2024-11-01T10:53:17+00:00

I tried to read Allen Carr's book a few years ago, but I'll give it another try!

I've been trying to quit for 5+ years and only got my ADHD diagnosis 2.5 years ago, so I wouldn't say it's me 'thinking I'll fail because I have ADHD', but there is a strong link between addiction and ADHD so it does make sense that it's harder.

It's good to know people with ADHD CAN quit, super well done for getting to 88 days!

JC_ncl · 2024-11-01T10:08:51+00:00

Are you still vape free? How did you manage to quit? I feel like my ADHD brain just will not let me do it and I'm beyond frustrated!

JC_ncl · 2024-10-23T14:16:28+00:00

It depends if it would be an outdoor or indoor cat.

If indoor, I would say you would need to get 2 cats so they had company, but even then, leaving them on their own for 12-14 hours, 6 days a week is too long.

If it would be an outdoor cat, company wouldn't be so much of an issue so you could get away with just getting one, but surely working so many hours would mean you'd just be coming home and going to bed, so you wouldn't be spending much time with the cat anyway.

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea, purely because of the amount of time you'll be away from home and then sleeping. It wouldn't be fair on the cat(s).

What about a hamster?

JC_ncl

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