snusing on empty stomach - any advice?

[fedora]

Hi everybody. Gone for a while. Missed you all. Good to be back.

Looked around and couldn't find anything specific about snusing on an empty stomach. For me - smoking on an empty stomach gives me the shakes. I haven't even tried to do the snus on empty - too scary.

The main time period of empty I am worried about is the morning. I don't usually eat breakfast right away (maybe an hour).

If anyone's got advice and/or experience on this I'd appreciate it.

[Gizmer]

This is just a personal experience, but I went to bed without dinner and slept for 12 hours last night and had the genius idea to pop a sterk this morning right out of bed. This was obviously a bad idea. I didn't get the shakes or anything but I was so dizzy I had to sit down for a few minutes and I was higher than I've felt in a really long time. It was not a good high though. Don't do that.

[shikitohno]

You could try drinking something non-caffeinated, like a protein shake or something, in order to line your stomache.

[lxskllr]

Eat something :^P

I have a hard time with snus first thing also. I usually just drink coffee when I get up, since food bothers my stomach also. Some brands are easier than others. I have Ettan lös in now, no problems. Gellivare makes me feel tired and half sick. It either has more nicotine, or the nicotine gets absorbed faster.

Just experiment with some different brands, and stay away from the starks.

[sagedil]

I have NEVER had any issues snusing on an empty stomach, and I have been doing it for almost 2 years now.

I have a hard time dealing with any food in the morning. Usually won't eat my first food until about 2 in the afternoon. Just has never been any sort of issue for me.

[daruckis]

snus in the morning on an empty stomach can be bad news. avoid starks for sure, i did that and got diarrhea and just felt lethargic and awful. whoever said it was like a bad high hit the nail on the head. but ive also had snus in the morning that i loved. but i would avoid the starks until later in the day and try to eat something.

[sagedil]

My first snus of the day - again, always on an empty stomach - is ALWAYS a stark.

I think this really needs to be a personal thing, each person will probably react a bit differently. For 20 years before snus, I always had a cigarette, or 5, on an empty stomach too.

[DrSnus]

I wake to a caffiene vaccine and a fat pris of Odens ES... don't really care for food in the morning myself. it's a ritual, i've never had any issues... it's energizing, and gets me rollin for the day.

[beja]

I agree with Sage on this one. It seems to differ from person to person. I usually pop in a portion on the way to work, when all I've had is a cup of tea, and I've never had an issue.

[daruckis]

i wish i could do the same. ive had like 1 good morning snus experience out 4. sometimes i dont even like the taste in the morning. but ill chain snus all night after work. im weird.

[fedora]

Thanks everyone for the tips. General consensus seems that it is a personal thing. I tried this morning with a Catch licorice mini - lasted an hour - was sorta weird on the empty stomach but not too bad. I'm trying to kick the cigs and the morning is my worst time (I mean I need them the most then). So I will experiment a bit more here. Thanks again.

[Jason]

Generally, doing anything on an empty stomach is not a good idea. I agree that it affects people differently, though. Personally, I snus all the time when I'm running on empty, but it just seems to make me even more hungry. I am also one of those people who gets so engrossed in what I'm doing that I sometimes forget to eat......then I end up feeling like shit later.

[Madonio]

First thing when i get up is sit the tv on and pop a stark in, and i get so incredibly relaxed from it. i dont eat before like 1-1 hr 30 mins after i got up, im just not hungry when i wake up.

[derango1]

My morning snus is a stark. I usually toss that in, check my work email, and drink my yogurt drink with it. On morning when I'm not at home, I get a little heart burn, but that's about it.

[GENERAL BILLY]

I think it takes some time. As a smoker I would have a cigarette before I even got out of bed and I couldn't imagine snusing first thing in the morning. Within a month I was putting in a portion right after I hit the alarm.