Does vaping cause hypochondria?

[grim_piper]

After reading some of the threads on here, the health concerns posted scare me a hell of a lot more than anything the F.D.A. has put out. Does this hobby attract hypochondriacs or cause them?

[martha1014]

IMO people are experiencing problems that are not related to vaping but assume they are and post them. Of course I do believe if someone is using too high of nic this can cause symptoms.

I believe they should have a thread with the health benefits and they would definitely outweigh the negative effects.

[maureengill]

IMO people are experiencing problems that are not related to vaping but assume they are and post them. Of course I do believe if someone is using too high of nic this can cause symptoms.

I believe they should have a thread with the health benefits and they would definitely outweigh the negative effects.

I would say that a lot of people haven't quit smoking for long periods before e-cigs. That may be why they are so concerned...haven't seen the symptoms of cleansing that the body goes through to get rid of the gunk.

Maureen

[BradSmith]

After reading some of the threads on here, the health concerns posted scare me a hell of a lot more than anything the F.D.A. has put out. Does this hobby attract hypochondriacs or cause them?

I have wondered that as well. It was like I was looking for every little thing that might go wrong. Like the docs had just put me on a new medication, I kept waiting for the side effects. (docs/meds almost killed me once years ago, now I won't even take an aspirin).

[anim8r]

After reading some of the threads on here, the health concerns posted scare me a hell of a lot more than anything the F.D.A. has put out. Does this hobby attract hypochondriacs or cause them?

I think a lot of new users seem more paranoid than they should be, but it's somewhat justified. We've been told since we were young that if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

Most of use think e-cigs are crazy-awesome and this invention definitely fits into the category of something that sounds simply too good to be true.

So with that in mind and since most tobacco quitters have smoked for a long time (and are typically older in age), any "new" condition is blamed on the most current changes in our lifestyle instead of placing the blame on more likely culpprits like the years (or decades of) smoking and simply just growing older.

I had the initial acne breakouts, but I could equally attribute that to my completely new (and healthier) diet. I've lost almost 30 pounds since I quit analogs (and I only have 12 more to go to hit my fighting weight). So maybe it's my dieting change, or the fact that I exercise now that caused the initial breakouts.

Though to be completely honest. I was willing to blame e-cigs at first. Now I look at it differently. I fully believe there is simply no way my health is going to get worse on these things. But, I can guarentee if I swapped back to cigarettes my health would deteriorate.

[Dkrom68]

I have 16 diseases and 92 symptoms since I started vaping, and Im thinking of other ones as we speak.

[Giz's Mom]

Wow, that thread title really made me laugh. I was beginning to think that vapers are kind of like doctors. Doctors will tell you that everything that is wrong with you is because you smoke. Now don't jump all over me. I know smoking causes lots of things but geez, it is not the only reason people get sick or all non smokers would be totally healthy. Now smokers who couldn't be convinced to quit no matter the health effects are blaming everything under the sun on vaping.

[telsie]

LOL. It does seem like vapers are a bunch of hypochondriacs, doesn't it? I think a lot of it has to do with a fear of the unknown coupled with side effects of quitting (or reducing) smoking. There also is probably an adjustment period to vaping. For example, the vapor (PG) dried my throat out quite a bit in the beginning, but after about two weeks, it didn't do that anymore.

Wow, that thread title really made me laugh. I was beginning to think that vapers are kind of like doctors. Doctors will tell you that everything that is wrong with you is because you smoke. Now don't jump all over me. I know smoking causes lots of things but geez, it is not the only reason people get sick or all non smokers would be totally healthy. Now smokers who couldn't be convinced to quit no matter the health effects are blaming everything under the sun on vaping.

So true. When I was a smoker, even getting a cold was because I was a smoker according to the non-smoking members of my family. Meanwhile, their colds were just because of germs.

[PaulB]

There may be a self-selection factor at work: those who choose to use e-cigs as a way to quit or curtail smoking are likely among the more health-conscious of smokers. And isn't hypochondria just an amok level of health-consciousness?

[Katmar]

I have 16 diseases and 92 symptoms since I started vaping, and Im thinking of other ones as we speak.

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Wow, that thread title really made me laugh. I was beginning to think that vapers are kind of like doctors. Doctors will tell you that everything that is wrong with you is because you smoke. Now don't jump all over me. I know smoking causes lots of things but geez, it is not the only reason people get sick or all non smokers would be totally healthy. Now smokers who couldn't be convinced to quit no matter the health effects are blaming everything under the sun on vaping.

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