Breathing problems

[Randy Smith]

Seems my breathing has got worse. I smoked cigarettes for a year. Been vaping for 6 months. I use 90vg 3mg and vape 15ml a day roughly.

I also have anxiety and have been seeing the whole popcorn lung thing, so I may just be driving myself crazy. Is popcorn lung really that easy to get? Anyone actually get it from vaping or is it a load of crap

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[papergoblin]

Popcorn lung is the vape equal to black lung of smoking. Won't happen over night and may be a non issue depending on what you vape. It is mostly a worry with buttery or custard flavors and even then it is only with certain flavorings.

 

[Randy Smith]

I vape froot loops, and fruity. No drinks. No custard or buttery flavours

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[gadgetkeith]

after 35+ yrs on the stinkys gotta vape some custard

 

[Susan~S]

Seems my breathing has got worse. I smoked cigarettes for a year. Been vaping for 6 months. I use 90vg 3mg and vape 15ml a day roughly.

HIgh VG coats my lungs with phlegm and gives me that "heavy lung" feeling. 50vg/50pg works best for me. You may want to consider uping your PG.

I also have anxiety and have been seeing the whole popcorn lung thing, so I may just be driving myself crazy. Is popcorn lung really that easy to get? Anyone actually get it from vaping or is it a load of crap

If you are going to read all the new media then make sure you get the facts: Media and General News

Here is the article by Wall Street Journal:
Study Finds E-Cigarettes Contain Chemical Tied to ‘Popcorn Lung’

And here is what the article/study fails to report.

• How the media totally exaggerated study on risk of ‘Popcorn Lung’ from e-cigarettes
• A new study finds diacetyl in e-cigarettes but exaggerates risks and fails to discuss about smoking

Everybody is talking about vaping and "popcorn lung" again, so here's a graph

 

[Randy Smith]

HIgh VG coats my lungs with phlegm and gives me that "heavy lung" feeling. 50vg/50pg works best for me. You may want to consider uping your PG.


If you are going to read all the new media then make sure you get the facts: Media and General News

Here is the article by Wall Street Journal:
Study Finds E-Cigarettes Contain Chemical Tied to ‘Popcorn Lung’

And here is what the article/study fails to report.

• How the media totally exaggerated study on risk of ‘Popcorn Lung’ from e-cigarettes
• A new study finds diacetyl in e-cigarettes but exaggerates risks and fails to discuss about smoking

Everybody is talking about vaping and "popcorn lung" again, so here's a graph

I tried 70vg 30pg and hated it. I need max vg.. 80 or more.

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[BreSha6869]

15ml is quite a bit. I would assume you are subohming. If so, have you tried MTL at maybe 6mg?

I can blow thru 15ml in a day in my subohm tank and MAYBE 5ml if I vape 1.2-1.5ohms in my Nautilus tanks. More like 3-4ml.

Maybe cutting back on the amount of VG you are putting into your lungs would help.

 

[Randy Smith]

Sub ohm yes. I can't do mtl, hate it, but I guess I'm gonna cut down some on my consumption

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[Grimwald]

There are a lot of threads on ecf recently on this subject. Most of the responses say that high VG gives many people heavy lung feeling and maybe breathlessness. I know I find more the 30% VG seems to cause me more phlegm.

 

[440BB]

Cutting down on the amount you vape and in particular the amount of VG you vape should help with your breathing. If you make the changes in small steps, maybe you can end up with a vape that works better for your breathing. Finding a vape that isn't the very best but works for you is still a huge win over smoking. Good luck!

 

[mattiem]

Seems my breathing has got worse. I smoked cigarettes for a year. Been vaping for 6 months. I use 90vg 3mg and vape 15ml a day roughly.

I also have anxiety and have been seeing the whole popcorn lung thing, so I may just be driving myself crazy. Is popcorn lung really that easy to get? Anyone actually get it from vaping or is it a load of crap

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no one has actually gotten it from vaping as far as we know. no one got it from smoking either as far as we know and smokes have some of the fear mongering ingredients too. Try cutting back on the amount of VG you are vaping and see if it helps. If I vape liquid with to much VG I find it tightens up my chest a bit so I try to stay at no more than 50 % VG.

 

[David Wolf]

Seems my breathing has got worse. I smoked cigarettes for a year. Been vaping for 6 months. I use 90vg 3mg and vape 15ml a day roughly.

I also have anxiety and have been seeing the whole popcorn lung thing, so I may just be driving myself crazy. Is popcorn lung really that easy to get? Anyone actually get it from vaping or is it a load of crap

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Did you inhale straight to lung when you smoked or mouth to lung? If you're having breathing issues vaping 90VG you might consider going mouth to lung, higher Nic, 70pg/30vg or higher pg, less juice in a suitable tank like a nautilus mini or kayfun if you rebuild. High pg straight to lung is too harsh for me, and I never smoked like that anyway.

 

[Randy Smith]

Mtl when I smoked. But vaping I'll only go straight lung. I can't stand mtl tanks. I love high wattage, fused claptons, lots of vapor. That's the type I am. But I suppose I'm gonna have to go to like 10ml a day??

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[Topwater Elvis]

Many folks have a sensitivity to high% VG.
The symptoms can range from increased phlegm to tight or heavy chest to shortness of breath to difficulty breathing.

Ignoring breathing problems is beyond unwise.

I can vape 1 ~ 1.5 ml per day of 60% vg with slight discomfort, tight heavy chest.
6 hits of 80%vg would make breathing very difficult for me.

 

[gadgetkeith]

i have smoked for 35+yrs and now stopped and been vaping 5-6 months and i feel i can breath a lot better than when i smoked

this year compared to last year
chopping and splitting wood for our wood stove by hand no fancy hydrolic splitters etc
i feel i can do a lot longer sessions than i did last year

dont get me wrong i still weeze and feel like i am gonna pass out after a good session splitting with the maul etc

but at my age and i can out do my 20yr old son in law tells me i aint doing to bad for an old fella

and i like to vape high VG juice low watts stm,s etc so no big clouds here apart from when i have a dripper session on the back deck uuuummmmm nice thick dense almost chew the vapor lovely

 

[disallowedword]

Sub ohm yes. I can't do mtl, hate it, but I guess I'm gonna cut down some on my consumption

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Exactly! If I vaped 15ml a day of 80% + VG I would be gagging on the trail of slime running down the back of my throat!
Could be that your craving Nic and not realizing it. I quit smoking and started chewing several years back, and remember having Nic withdrawal and actually having to remind myself the cure was in my back pocket, lol.

 

[David Wolf]

Mtl when I smoked. But vaping I'll only go straight lung. I can't stand mtl tanks. I love high wattage, fused claptons, lots of vapor. That's the type I am. But I suppose I'm gonna have to go to like 10ml a day??

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Cutting back might help. You have to listen to what your body, and lungs, tell you though. If it hurts you try something else. Hope cutting back helps. Maybe consider cutting back the VG to 50/50 and see if that works. Just do something different if what you do doesn't help

 

[curiousJan]

I tried 70vg 30pg and hated it. I need max vg.. 80 or more.

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What exactly did you hate about it?

I can't tolerate VG higher than 50%. I use 3mg 50/50, 55/45 at 35W with a 0.25 ohm coil and produce really nice clouds. High VG makes my throat feel like it's coated in thick, sticky yuck, my lungs feel like they are heavy and full, and me feel like I can't catch my breath. Breathing is more important than blowing clouds.

What wattage and resistance are you using? Maybe lowering the wattage, upping the PG and nic level could adjust things for you.

 

[dionysuskiss]

Mtl when I smoked. But vaping I'll only go straight lung. I can't stand mtl tanks. I love high wattage, fused claptons, lots of vapor. That's the type I am. But I suppose I'm gonna have to go to like 10ml a day??

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What's so bad about 70vg/30? I'm pg sensitive, but sometimes maxVG gets a little heavy, even for me. Luckily, I can handle a 70/30 blend and split it between that and max. Is it all about the clouds, bro? With the right build, you can still get plenty of vapor. Life is not a Cloud Competition. Your health is more important.

 

[VHRB2014]

The ANTI`s are really trying to push this junk azz PCL story. I found a LEO board I belong to on FB pushing it and immediately sounded off, as did about 4 other vapers. It was therefor deleted in a few short hours. Good for our LEO`s that they were willing to do due diligence and get the facts straight after buying into the "junk science".

"Cops 4 Cops Texas" on FB rocks! :?)