Today, I bought a disposable vape pen after 22 years of never having smoked or vaped and started puffing on it, and for a moment, all my mental problems just went away, depression gone, at least until the nicotine wore off a few hours later, if anything I felt more motivated and less prone to overeating.

I'm just worried that this might have long term health consequences and as to whether this may be just my way of doing self harm.

I'm looking for other people thoughts and opinions as to whether I should quit before I become too heavily addicted and go back to my depressed old self or just carry on and face the consequences later.