Bumping this to add that I started vaping 12 days ago; I used to smoke about a pack and a half, two packs a day. I've been experiencing a feeling of discomfort in my left side, not quite chest pain, not quite near the heart either. Someone used the word tightness to describe it? that's what it feels like. I've been vaping 8mg or 11mg liquid from TW and Widowbeads. This sensation started two days ago. Going to see a doctor tomorrow, hopefully it's nothing.
You can't inhale a PV like you would an analog, well you can but it won't do any more for you then not, also deeper and harder inhales will/can cause liquid to go into your mouth. Some of the chest pains people are experiencing could be from muscles you usually don't use when smoking, you use different muscles for a different type of inhale.
Try inhaling into your mouth then lungs, not straight into your lungs, and if you are using high strength nicotine liquid cut it down some.
That being said people should try to see a doctor anytime they have unusal pains, esp in their chest.
Hope you all feel better.
Seriously?
Just asking... I have to ask. You joined ECF two weeks ago and your very first post here is to say you're having discomfort in your chest? You had nothing, in this whole website, to contribute until you had some strange feeling in your body you decided to attribute to vaping? I'm not saying you don't have a pain, or even questioning its relation to vaping, I'm just wondering if this is really the very first thing you wanted to contribute to this site... Like, no questions about how best to drip, or what's a good liquid, or my first PV sucks, or even a post about what kind of cat you have...??? I'm just asking...Originally Posted by Boro
Last edited by chad; 08-12-2009 at 07:59 AM. Reason: Changed join date to represent duration of membership.
Chad, I'm with you on this. It does seem peculiar that all of sudden new posters are having problems unlike what most people experience. That's not to say that it isn't happening, but you do wonder if there aren't some anti-vapors being deceitful. No way to tell really, unfortunately.
But for anyone having a side effect...don't mess around with your health...stop doing whatever "new" you're doing and get to a doctor. Even young folks can have hidden hearth problems...I had a cousin die at age 19 from a massive heart attack and he had no clue ahead of time that he had heart problems.
I read, I don't post because it's a waste of time. Case in point.
Ok. Point taken. I probably did waste my time posting this.
What did your doctor say?
Poor sleeping habits, poor diet, too much caffeine, and high cholesterol. I asked him about the e-cig and he said stop smoking anyway and see if it gets better. I guess I'll try.
Be careful trying to connect cause and effect. A perfect example of flawed thinking is a study presented to my social science stat class. They presented what seemed to be irrefutable evidence that eating ice cream and committing murder were strongly related. Sounds absurd, but the stats presented to support the hypothesis sure could be used to make a strong case. Of course, as the study was dissected, it was obvious that ice cream consumption increased dramatically when temperatures rose but so did anger, anxiety, intolerance to irritations of any kind and especially if those irritants were other people. Just a cautionary tale about coming to "logical" conclusions without considering many other possible contributions to a negative situation. By all means find out whether chest pains are cardiac problems. After that, there could be tons of environmental/emotional factors contributing to the symptoms either separately or as an accumulation of many interrelated factors. Fear can wreak havoc with health without any help from other things.
I'm not being flip at all when I highly recommend learning to meditate. Meditation has been the most important contributing factor to my own health and happiness than all other coping methods combined.
I learned this in a smoking cessation class:
Keep in mind that if you've been smioking a long time, your lungs are going through a healing phase. Depending on how long and how much you smoked, this phase can last from a few weeks to a year or more for hard-core smokers.
As your lungs heal and work to expel the by-products of accumulated contaminants from smoking, you may experience some mild chest discomfort during this healing phase. You may even feel worse for a little while.
Having said that, if you are experiencing chest pains that seem more than just mild discomfort, accompanied by pain in the arms, jaw, or neck, by all means go to a doctor ASAP. If it's affecting your daily life adversely, than you need to have it checked out now.
Otherwise, I'd recommend you wait a few days and see if you feel better. If you experience any of the adverse symptoms I mentioned above, than get it checked out. And even if you don't, if you just don't "feel right", trust your gut and get checked. Hope this helps.
For those that are experiencing chest pains, if you don't have insurance and $$ is a concern and you think you may be having a heart attack, get a friend to drive you to the ER and sit out in the parking lot. I know it's sounds strange, but I've done it.
I had some mini-strokes over a period of a month about 15 yrs ago. I got SO tired of them and was disgusted. The first trip was to my family doctor who called an ambulance. Cardiologist, medications, the whole bit.
So one morning while it was still dark when it was happening again, I loaded up my then 12 yr old son in the car and we drove to the ER. Sat in the parking lot. Whatever was going on would be worse if I was laying down, so I was ok to sit up and drive.
We sat there until my cardiologist opened across the parking lot.
Extreme yes? Relieved that I didn't sit home and 'wonder'. you bet!
I figure if it gets worse, I'm there in the parking lot. If it passes, no harm done.
Many, many ppl have no health insurance, so something to think about in a jam.
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