Makes my chest bad!

[Zutankhamun]

Hi guys. I have looked through the threads but cannot find this discussion. I love vaping, and always use a dripper. I am recovering from a bad injury and so don't work. I have cut my vaping down to 10 puffs every hour cos I was vaping all day and this made me so short of breath I struggle walking up and down stairs. I have only been cutting down for a few days and my chest is still bad. Swapping all that fresh air for vapour is the problem but has anybody else suffered from this? Thanks loads guys.

 

[ashes to batteries]

Have you made certain the chest pain is unrelated to the injury or pain medication?

 

[Zutankhamun]

Yeah. I had a traumatic brain injury. Luckily enough, I have recovered almost fully from not being able to walk and talk. Ditched the cigs and love the vape. Did weigh 120 lbs now weigh 160. Thought that may impact but not this bad. Now I hit the treadmill but can barely do a jog for 5 min. BTW, no meds thank god. I feel worse than when I used to smoke, but I havn't really swapped 'em cos I vape so much more than I used to smoke. I've cut down from like 15 ml a day to like 7 ml. Dodgy. Thanks

 

[YoursTruli]

I would see a doctor about this asap. Shortness of breath and difficulty breathing that came on suddenly and won't go away is nothing to mess around with, especially since you have said you suffered a bad injury recently, that is all the more reason to seek medical attention now for this.

 

[ashes to batteries]

I sure hope you feel better soon!

I would also see a doctor, just in case.

Is it possible you are sensitive to PG?

 

[Zutankhamun]

Ok. Cheers guys. I'll book an appointment. So are you saying that no matter how much and how often you vape, it does not effect your lungs? Because it seems that every lungfull of vapour could be just nice air. Thanks. I make my own juice so il try 100 percent vg. When I started vaping and used to use like 10 ml every 4 days I felt fine. Weird

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

I agree with the go see a doctor.

High VG is common to cause "heavy lung".
Search Results for Query: heavy lung | E-Cigarette Forum
Another search on difficulty breathing:
Search Results for Query: difficulty breathing | E-Cigarette Forum

You might try switching flavors of juice along with the pg/vg content.

Good luck, feel better soon.

 

[Gahh]

There's no doubt, vaping will leave you short winded.
I have COPD, from smoking way to much I'd say. Vaping leaves me short of breath, maybe more so than smoking BUT I do vape about 10ml per day.
Medicine helps the COPD greatly , Spiriva and Ventollin , though I don't take the meds every day.

 

[Zutankhamun]

K, guys im reading some of the discussions that Sir2fyablyNutz posted for me. It seems that vg and drippers is a big prob for some people. I love dripping and vg. Boo

 

[mattiem]

Please consult your Doctor ASAP but in the meantime, Do you do direct lung hits or mouth to lung hits? From what I have been reading lately it seems this comes up fairly often 'specially with those vaping high VG e-liquid and doing direct lung hits.

Since you DIY your e-liquid you may want to play around with your pg/vg %'s, I would recommend a 50/50 mix and if you do deep lung hits you may want to do mouth to lung or just mouth hits. You will still get your nic without pulling it into your lungs. HTH

 

[dbrandt01]

I never had the problem, quite the opposite actually. My juices are max vg or 100% vg unflavored. I can actually walk up stairs now without being out of breathe. I can actually run a couple miles now no problem.

I'd agree with everyone else completely with seeing a doctor.

 

[Zutankhamun]

Thanks for your help guys. I know its silly but I find that straight lung hits are so satisfying, because of the great plumes and also, my drippers have wide bore tips that make it very difficult to mouth inhale. I really hope its just the vg. I make 70/30 vg, and I hope I can cut the vg and still do direct lung inhales. Thanks for your help.

 

[kaahn]

You would be surprised how much that extra weight will weigh you down...no pun intended. I would agree with most others here and err on the side of caution and seek a doctors opinion on the matter though. Could just be a matter of just getting back into the swing of things. Good luck to you!

 

[Zutankhamun]

Oh, one more thing. I have lots of bottles of 70/30 vg pg juice in 10 ml bottles already. Is there a good way to adapt these for a higher concentration of pg or will I just have to throw them? Thanks again.

 

[MagicJosh]

Hi guys. I have looked through the threads but cannot find this discussion. I love vaping, and always use a dripper. I am recovering from a bad injury and so don't work. I have cut my vaping down to 10 puffs every hour cos I was vaping all day and this made me so short of breath I struggle walking up and down stairs. I have only been cutting down for a few days and my chest is still bad. Swapping all that fresh air for vapour is the problem but has anybody else suffered from this? Thanks loads guys.

Vaping can give you shortness of breath I can hear it in vape reviewers and I also have the problem myself sometimes.. My best advice is cutting your nic level down and you should be fine. Maybe buy some nicotine gum. It taste better these days. Mixed berry is tasty. Oh and start using a tank. not an RBA. RBA's to me always give me a little burn from the cotton towards the end of every coil and i always find myself inhaling cotton burn , just a little bit. Tanks never give me problems.

 

[Boden]

Oh, one more thing. I have lots of bottles of 70/30 vg pg juice in 10 ml bottles already. Is there a good way to adapt these for a higher concentration of pg or will I just have to throw them? Thanks again.

If you DIY dilute your base nic down to whatever nic level your juice is and add that to the 30/70. That way you are keeping the nic level the same while changing the % of PG to VG.

 

[Boden]

Oh yeah, Go see a Doctor

 

[crxess]

Sounds like you may have an onset of Pneumonia.
Definitely recommend a Doctor visit.

I've been off work since Feb with a debilitating shoulder/arm/hand injury(nerve damage) and actually suffered since April 2014.
Can't walk any distance, steps are a pain and any reaching/grasping is out of the question.
Topped it off with a Hernia operation last Wed. so yea, the body can really feel like a wreck..............but is is not necessarily Vape related.
Up to 15/20ml day and rarely feel any kind of side effects and I only weigh 128lbs.

Yes, I know it is a lot, but even at my normal 3/5ml I have not been able to rest due to pain and am awake 18/20hrs. a day with little else I can do.

See your Doctor and get some solid answers soon!
Best of luck and Glad you have made such a recovery. I had a friend that had to fight the same type of injury. Family said good-bye's and disconnected him.....but he chose to keep fighting and woke up 6 months later. Recovery took a few years.

 

[Grimwald]

I have a hard time with higher levels of VG because it gives me a heavy lung feeling. I used to use 60%PG/40%VG but found I needed to go 70/30 or even 75/25.

 

[skoony]

since you mentioned you suffered a traumatic brain
injury perhaps something also occurred that was overlooked
or obscured by your main injury.
why are you still reading this?
get to the doctor.
regards
mike