Been keeping a low profile

[Brewster 59]

Ok we know how bad smoking is and that it causes copd, emphazema, lung cancer. All of us know how addicting it is. If vaping is not for you have you tried dissolvables, or discrete snus, I actually think I could quit vaping just using snus but I will not be finding out soon as I am stocked for the vaping holocost.

 

[MeMa]

awww! thanks everyone! you really know how to make a gal feel at home! that's what I love (and have missed) about this forum.
I only cough when I vape so I assume that I'm experiencing a sensitivity of some type. I've tried many flavors and both PG and VG so I'm not sure what the sensitivity could be. I hope it's just a seasonal allergy type thing (hey, stranger things have happened ) I have thought about snus but I really would prefer vaping. I know myself well enough to realize that I need a substitute for the whole smoking experience, not just nic substitution which is probably why the patch and gum never worked for me.
I'll pop in more often - I really missed everyone here - the excitement, the caring and friendship!
I'm going to look at this as a set back, not a failure! (thanks FP!!)
Hugs to all!!

 

[Belletrist]

Mema, if it is an allergy that is making you so sensitive, have you tried a non-drowsy (or drowsy, for that matter) antihistamine? something like chlor-trimetron, or benadry?

 

[MeMa]

No Belle I haven't thought about that, interesting concept! I don't do well on antihistimines but I do have some children's benadryl, maybe I'll try that tonight. I've also heard that benadryl helps with insomnia! Thanks for the tip! I'll let you know if it works.

 

[Belletrist]

it may well help, esp if it's a seasonal allergy that's making your throat sensitive. benadryl does more than help me sleep, it knocks me out. but yah, i'd make sure to be hydrated (in case the benadryl dries you out, it has that effect too), take some, let it kick in, and then try vaping a lil. maybe it'll work!

 

[MeMa]

oh! I didn't know benadryl was dehydrating too! thanks for the heads up! I hope you are onto something here! that would be soooooo sweet! an 'easy cure!' with the added benefit of sleeping through the night!

 

[Pawpaw]

Just be advised that taking benadryl too frequently is not advisable for us older folks. They say it can reduce mental acuity.

I don't know about you, but I can't afford to loose what little mental acuity I still have!

 

[MeMa]

LOL! PawPaw! I lost my mental acuity to a deer tick a couple of years ago.

 

[Adrenalynn]

Diphenhydramine is the active ingredient there. Same as most OTC sleeping pills.

Anywho, make sure it's not counterindicated by any other medications you might be taking.

Also, do you have any other concomitant indications? Sneezing, watery eyes, runny nose, swelling, itching, hives, ...

There are other types of allergic reactions that a simple antihistiminergic-class drug won't address.

I'm no doctor, and this isn't medical advice in any way, or any kind of endorsement. If you think you have an allergic reaction to something, you should stop using it and consult with your general practitioner who should probably refer you to a specialist...

 

[Taryn]

Have you ever gone completely cigarette free MeMaw? I know when I've backslid on the cigarettes then I start coughing when I vape.

 

[MeMa]

Thanks Adrenalynn. Only thing I take is OTC - tylenol, advil, etc. After 6 months on antibiotics for lyme, I can't stomach the idea of meds. I've had environmental allergies for a long time (no itching or hives thank goodness!). Went through the injection stage and find the same amount of relief with sudafed and mucinex when I get 'clogged up'

 

[MeMa]

No Taryn, never cigarette free. I did get down to half of the amount. The cough is just like when most first started vaping or switching cigg brands, but it isn't going away. When I first started vaping the cycle of vape, cough lasted about 2 hours then was gone completely. All of a sudden right after Christmas, it started again but it won't go away. I've tried lower nic, no nic just VG juice, VG juice with loran flavorings.

 

[Adrenalynn]

Pseudoephedrine (ie. the older Sudafed or the "go up to the pharmacy and ask for it" current Sudafed) will shrink swollen nasal tissues. So if that's what is causing the coughing, it'd be a choice. Not enough information for anyone here to make "the call" though.

 

[MeMa]

yeah, I don't buy that anymore. You get treated like a criminal for asking the pharmacist for sudafed:
"license please"
"why"
"the gov't wants to track who buys it and how often"
ack!!

 

[Adrenalynn]

Yeah, I got annoyed when they wouldn't sell it to me 'cause my license was a month expired (and it takes ~90 days to get the replacement in CA these days). So I tossed a bit of a hissy-fit and went off to another pharmacy. Seems these guys are sharing their databases these days, 'cause they saw me comin'. I ended-up "black listed" at least in the Sacramento Valley...

 

[MeMa]

WOW! that's insane!!! Why are the good guys always punished for what the bad guys do? (guilty until proven innocent?)

 

[Adrenalynn]

They just have to look like they're "doing something". You'd have to be a small-time idiot to be running a .... lab in production volume by racking the shelves clean at wallyworld.

If I wanted to do it, even with my chemistry as my weak subject, I certainly wouldn't be slowed by silly OTC controls on cold medicines...

 

[MeMa]

Yeah, but it is insane. I got 'carded' a few years ago when buying spray paint. Hmmmm, I must look like a huffer LOL!

 

[Adrenalynn]

They probably thought you were buying for your pug.

 

[Belletrist]

the pharmacist at one of my local grocery stores has it out for me, because i am lazing along on my GA license still, haven't got my VA one since moving, and he's -convinced- i'm some kind of 'trouble.' it's absolutely bizarre. i... shop elsewhere for my medicines now. there's a CVS across the street, where i once made a joke to one of the techs about the allergy meds being controlled and he said, "it's the wheezy ones that always getcha." so that's my 99% irrelevant contribution to this thread.