I've been in such a predicament over the last year or so. My first year of vaping went extremely well, quit cigarettes completely, was using a very low grade pg juice, tobacco flavored, for the main duration. Then I started reading up about the dangers of PG and how VG was a better carrier liquid than PG, so I made the switch over.
Unfortunately, ever since my transition to vaping VG, my asthma has completely flared up to the point that I was rushed into hospital one night. I hadn't had an asthma flare since i was a teenager. I am now 30. this was just over 8 months ago.
I was using mainly eco pure vg juice from intellicig. It is a beautiful tasting tobacco flavor, and I initially brought the highest 30mg strength, and I got so use to that, that whenever I tried anything lower, I just couldn't feel satisfied after having vaped it for quite a while. I always knew that it was causing my asthma flare ups. It would never happen during the day, only at night whilst vaping before going to bed in my room. I was literally gasping for breathe and always have to use an inhaler.
I tried many other brands of e-liquid from different vendors, all vg, vg mixed with pg, but always keep having the same problem.
I then tried a pure unflavored PG juice from totallywicked.. The 52mg nicotine. I think it was called krystal. Now I vaped this without mixing it. It was amazing. I got the best throat hit, though not a lot of vapour, but that throat hit made up for it. I vaped this for about a month, and then I developed a chest infection 4 times in the space of 3 months..
My doctor couldn't quite understand the recurring infection, and the cough I had developed as he knew I had stopped smoking quite a while back. I had no idea it was the PG that was causing this. Only after having read through forums, I realised that some people can develop allergies to PG, which is what I think I may have done. As soon as i quit vaping it, my chest infection cleared up and the phlegm that use to develop had disappeared and that general cold/flu like feeling also subsided.
I have tried everything in my power to mix different strength juices, with PG/VG at different concentrations, and the only thing that works is a very low strength pg. I don't seem to have any asthma flare ups or flu like symptoms when vaping a 8mg or 10mg strength pg juice. But, It doesn't satiate me. I have been so used to getting those incredible throat hits, and sometimes really nice vapor, which all seems to have disappeared whilst vaping these low strength pg juices. I feel like i'm vaping air. It is so .......n frustrating. I just want that vapor, that throat hit back.
I was in desperation, that I went out and brought a packet of real cigarettes, which... is probably the worst mistake that I have made. After smoking only them for one day, I'm hooked again. Having said that.. My asthma wheezing disappeared, and an aching sensation in my legs has disappeared which I had almost every day for the last year and a half??
I don't know what is going on, I hate smoking, yet, it got to the point where I started to hate vaping because I couldn't breathe and some other side effects that I suffered from.
What am I going to do? Am I a special case or can anybody else relate? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks for listening.. just needed to vent
Unfortunately, ever since my transition to vaping VG, my asthma has completely flared up to the point that I was rushed into hospital one night. I hadn't had an asthma flare since i was a teenager. I am now 30. this was just over 8 months ago.
I was using mainly eco pure vg juice from intellicig. It is a beautiful tasting tobacco flavor, and I initially brought the highest 30mg strength, and I got so use to that, that whenever I tried anything lower, I just couldn't feel satisfied after having vaped it for quite a while. I always knew that it was causing my asthma flare ups. It would never happen during the day, only at night whilst vaping before going to bed in my room. I was literally gasping for breathe and always have to use an inhaler.
I tried many other brands of e-liquid from different vendors, all vg, vg mixed with pg, but always keep having the same problem.
I then tried a pure unflavored PG juice from totallywicked.. The 52mg nicotine. I think it was called krystal. Now I vaped this without mixing it. It was amazing. I got the best throat hit, though not a lot of vapour, but that throat hit made up for it. I vaped this for about a month, and then I developed a chest infection 4 times in the space of 3 months..
My doctor couldn't quite understand the recurring infection, and the cough I had developed as he knew I had stopped smoking quite a while back. I had no idea it was the PG that was causing this. Only after having read through forums, I realised that some people can develop allergies to PG, which is what I think I may have done. As soon as i quit vaping it, my chest infection cleared up and the phlegm that use to develop had disappeared and that general cold/flu like feeling also subsided.
I have tried everything in my power to mix different strength juices, with PG/VG at different concentrations, and the only thing that works is a very low strength pg. I don't seem to have any asthma flare ups or flu like symptoms when vaping a 8mg or 10mg strength pg juice. But, It doesn't satiate me. I have been so used to getting those incredible throat hits, and sometimes really nice vapor, which all seems to have disappeared whilst vaping these low strength pg juices. I feel like i'm vaping air. It is so .......n frustrating. I just want that vapor, that throat hit back.
I was in desperation, that I went out and brought a packet of real cigarettes, which... is probably the worst mistake that I have made. After smoking only them for one day, I'm hooked again. Having said that.. My asthma wheezing disappeared, and an aching sensation in my legs has disappeared which I had almost every day for the last year and a half??
I don't know what is going on, I hate smoking, yet, it got to the point where I started to hate vaping because I couldn't breathe and some other side effects that I suffered from.
What am I going to do? Am I a special case or can anybody else relate? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks for listening.. just needed to vent
