A list of symptoms when quitting tobacco and changing to an ecigarette
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This is my exact question for going to this forum. My nose will not stop itching and I'm sneezing so much! I believe last night I sneezed not kidding 15-18 times one right after another. My hubby asked are you ok. lol Could this be an allergy?
My remark about the "second-hand smoke" is this.. They go on and on about how smoking is killing everyone, but they don't see anything wrong with smoke stacks and car exhaust.. My smoking a ciggie is isignificant compared to a smoke stack.. My cats, dogs, hampsters, gerbils, and parents have been exposed to my smoking for 30 years and they have never had lung problems (so far), and even with asthma, my lungs look like a 10 year old's (accoring to scans, x-rays, etc)...
If a person smokes, sure they would be susceptible to lung cancer from smoking, but I do not believe a person sitting next to the person smoking is at 10000000000000000000% higher risk like it is said, yet the smoker is not as badly... I think it is ludacrist for anyone to believe that...
There was no mention until the Clinton administration as far as any of that, until Hilary started with the ban on smoking, because she hated the smell of Bill's cigars (That was in the news constantly during that time)...
Symptoms after the first 2 days
Shaky Hand - Don't know why, although its seemed to have subsided since I switched to 24 nic juice instead of 12.
........ - Also could be from some bad pizza lol
Depression - Only slightly, I'm usually 90% of the time a happy guy, now it seems like its sitting at around 50%. Not really any reason for it either.
Runny nose - went away after the first 10 hours of vaping
Positive symptoms after the first 2 days
None as of yet, I was a Hookah Smoker, so I had far fewer chemicals in my smoke then analog users so I'm just hoping maybe I'll be able to breath better and function better at work now.
Shaky Hand - Don't know why, although its seemed to have subsided since I switched to 24 nic juice instead of 12.
........ - Also could be from some bad pizza lol
Depression - Only slightly, I'm usually 90% of the time a happy guy, now it seems like its sitting at around 50%. Not really any reason for it either.
Runny nose - went away after the first 10 hours of vaping
Positive symptoms after the first 2 days
None as of yet, I was a Hookah Smoker, so I had far fewer chemicals in my smoke then analog users so I'm just hoping maybe I'll be able to breath better and function better at work now.
Greatest thing I have found for the Sore Throat is Green Tea w/Honey or Throat Coat Tea w/Honey. Once you feel any Throat discomfort, start drinking and not only do your e-cigg flavors taste better, but your throat will thank you. Seems to happen with PG more then VG Liquids.
I didn't find those symptoms according to PG yet; two days ago, I vaped the first time, no nic, because I just want to break my habit it's not about Nicotine. I felt a little bit "dizzy" immediately after my first puff. I've vaped for 30 minutes with my new screwdriver and some LorAnn Flavorings. These "dizziness" is still there, two days later. I slept about 12 hours the last days and I feel like not being myself. Beside this, I've no one of the symptoms which are mentioned and credited to allergic reactions to PG.
I think that vaping seems not to work for me and I really hope that this symptom will go away within the next week. Afterall I guess it is all about the PG and I wonder if some other people have observed these problems, too.
I will have to look for other ways fighting my habit. Probably some essential oils
I feel a bit yulky and have a sore throat and gums when I use full strength PG.
I mainly use VG and the only reason I use PG is because it's in my flavoring.
Which takes me to flavoring, if I use menthol chrystal I get blisters in my mouth and a tightess in my chest, and sometimes a deep breath hurts.
A few other flavors reaps the same type of reaction, just not as bad.
So it could be the PG and/or flavorings.
am i abnormal?
i almost didn't have any symptoms when i switched to ecigs, except i felt WAYYY better. breathes were deeper and i could taste food.
well ok, at first for the first 3 days or so, i would get a lot of clear phlegm, maybe from the PG or maybe from my lungs clearing out. but thats about it!
anyone esle experience the same thing?
i almost didn't have any symptoms when i switched to ecigs, except i felt WAYYY better. breathes were deeper and i could taste food.
well ok, at first for the first 3 days or so, i would get a lot of clear phlegm, maybe from the PG or maybe from my lungs clearing out. but thats about it!
anyone esle experience the same thing?
I also coughed out the bloody phlegm exactly one month after stopped smoking analog. My was bed-ridden for 5 days. (flu, sore-throat, fever, asthma - I am asthmatic). First time in life even cough out blood, was scared at first, but after visiting this forum, I was relieved that this was part of the lungs cleansing process.
I have been vaping since Oct 13th - off analogs totally. I smoked 10 years, 1.5 - 2 packs of Ultra-Light 100's a day. I now chain-vape 8mg carts. I thought I was one of the lucky ones that didn't have extreme symptoms of vaping until this past week. I did not have "quitter's cough", constipation, dry throat, or any of the other (now) seemingly serious but short lived symptoms. What I did encounter was panic attack, major depression, fatigue, increased urination, very dry skin, acne, memory loss, cognitive inabilities (lose train of thought or learning curve got REAL BIG).
So, Bogalu, yes I am experiencing or experienced depression and increased agitation. I have read several threads regarding MAOI's (antidepressants) being present in analogs, therefore withdrawals from not only nicotine (lower dosages due to vaping not giving as much nic) AND withdrawals from antidepressants wreaked havoc on me the past couple of months - without my being entirely aware of why or it actually happening - it reached a breaking point last week.
I now know why I have been fatigued and depressed - no antidepressants. Also, why I had a panic attack - less antidepressants to counter the stimulant effect of nicotine.
Just thought I would share my symptoms.
Thank you for your history and opinions. I have not been off the analogs that long [two weeks, okay, big deal, but I smoked for 55 years, 2 packs a day for the last few decades]
So, to me, two weeks is a big deal, but I am suffering some depression and mild panic modes, and peaks of high blood pressure readings. Although they were high already, which is one BIG reason for me to vap. [nothing else worked]
However, I attributed this to recent personal stress: wife recently died, I retired, and I am suddenly living alone and no daily contact with coworkers.
I began with the 16mg and quickly went to 26mg, but went back 16mg this past week. Trying to find the sweet spot. I guess it varies, eh?
So, yeah... nic level will need to be found - ie sweet spot and I'll need to find something else for calming down a little if I want to continue to vape and not go back to analogs. I'm trying to cut down on caffeine and exercise more (exercise seems to be a very good mood and fatigue stabilizer).
About six weeks after my last analog I went stupid. Seriously. I started leaving things random places. I would walk into a room and forget why I went there etc. My friend who is a shrink told me that was a normal nic withdrawel symptom and it would pass. She suspects I had been self medicating for ADD with nicotine and said there were less harmful ADD drugs available
My friend who is a shrink told me that was a normal nic withdrawal symptom and it would pass.
Compared to many highly experienced experts on this thread, I am a bumbling amateur. However, based upon my own research [here and many other sites plus some medical sites] your withdrawal symptoms are more from stopping the anti-depressants [MAOI] than nicotine.
If it was only nic, then the patches and pills would work wonderfully. They don't, as many can attest.
I read a few German papers [whose research seems to be ahead of us] that are beginning to think that unless you are smoking 6-8 packs a day, there is not enough nicotine in analogs to cause serious addiction. [note 'serious'. Nic is still addictive, but mild]
It is the 4000 chemicals inside the analogs that cause addiction, anti depressants, the 'feel good' sensation, and those are causing your withdrawal.
Good news! Your friend/shrink is correct. I read everywhere that it will pass as the body adjusts to this new regiment.
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I was fine since May but then have been doing analogs this past month... 2-4 ciggies a day...
It's not that I had any typical pysical symptoms, just mainly my Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Poly Neiropothy pain got to be too much for me to take... Would have figured that the nicotine in the vaping would help that, and I thought that hitting the Hookah once a day would help it too so I bought one of those, but it didn't..
Along with that, I missed my mind and thought I threw it out with the butts in the ashtray..
Me thinks we are trying to do good for ourselves, but that there is alot more in analogs that no one really knows about (the other stuff in analogs, definately!!!).. To top it off, those idiots in Chantex commercials are full of ^%%&&
It's not that I had any typical pysical symptoms, just mainly my Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Poly Neiropothy pain got to be too much for me to take... Would have figured that the nicotine in the vaping would help that, and I thought that hitting the Hookah once a day would help it too so I bought one of those, but it didn't..
Along with that, I missed my mind and thought I threw it out with the butts in the ashtray..
Me thinks we are trying to do good for ourselves, but that there is alot more in analogs that no one really knows about (the other stuff in analogs, definately!!!).. To top it off, those idiots in Chantex commercials are full of ^%%&&
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You are right--Chantex is BS! Here is a quote from their site:
"First results have shown that 44 percent of those using the new stop smoking drug Chantix were successful in their attempts to stop smoking after the first 12 weeks, but researchers are more interested in the longer lasting effects and are monitoring those patients closely"
I am certain there was no double blind test to verify this. I bet a sugar coated placebo would result in 44% success.
Yes, there is s**t chemical in analogs that should be banned, and the makers arrested. I also found many sites claiming that cigar and pipe smokers do NOT have the same nic problems or addictions that analog smokers suffer.
It's all in their damn mystery chemicals....
Sorry to hear of your problems, best of luck with this.
Hi Rob,
I'm my normal self, Thank You for the good wishes
Only 12 weeks and they are pushing this stuff on tv like it was the only way to quit.. Typical...
*Wishes I could smack that Chantrix woman off the face of the earth.. Wonder how much she got paid for that commercial*
I've been thinking about this..
A number of friends of mine have been telling me that 10 or 20 years ago they would quit smoking for awhile without a problem, and the only reason they went back to smoking was just habit and thought that if they wanted to quit for good, that they could since they had quit before.. Then my step father quit cold turkey like 30+ years ago and never had a problem, and thinks I am either weak or he was his own miracle worker...
Now my friends and I seem to feel that there is no way with conventional means that it would be possible to quit.. I went the direction of the e-ciggies, not to quit for any reason since non-smokers piss me off, but because of the cost of ciggies at this point.. My friends are leary about e-ciggies because of this Pact Act being put in our faces and the possibility of not being able to get juice mailed to any of us.. Well, plus they don't buy the idea that any of us on juice will permanently quit smoking.. They are all convinced that back in the day there were less "stuff" in ciggies so it was easier to quit versus today.. Makes sense...
Was also thinking that no matter what they put in ciggies or spray on the growing leaves, we will never know since no one would dare tell us.. Meanwhile the FDA gets money from the drug companys to push drugs at us to quit smoking since the drug companys will get money, and the tobacco companys are also paying the FDA since they know not all of us will quit for drugs, so the FDA will tell everyone to not use e-ciggies so that tobacco comapnys will make the money... On top of this, how many drugs has the FDA approve that caused death or serious illness', yet they are after e-ciggies???
It's an evil web they weave..
Oh, how true. At 70, I can recall quitting for months or even a year. Did it myself a few times, but that was many years ago.
The tobacco companies have rigged the game, and we lose.
I think it was harder to withdrawl from all the other chemicals in analogs. When I used to smoke analogs and had that "I gotta have a smoke and i need it NOW" the intensity of "needing a smoke" was bad but now since Im vaping 24mg nic juice and the only addictive ingredient is the nic, it seem that that intense craving is soooo much less. Im so glad that im no longer a raving maniac when I need my nic.
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