Day three of vaping, some questions.

[Betty Buck]

Hi Guys!
I am now on day three of vaping and amazed that i have gone this far with virtually no cravings! I have had no real withdrawals except feeling tired and not quite on this planet but i think that could just be my body detoxing.
I am vaping Dekang juice which tasted fine on my first day but now i cant taste anything at all. I have 4 clearomizers going with different flavors in each and am drinking tones of water but it is still not getting any better, do you guys have any suggestions on what more i can do.
Also I am getting a real dry mouth and water doesn't seem to be cutting it, any tips on this would be great.
Thanks guys. x

 

[Mrs C]

Try adding some lemon or other citrus fruit to your water, sports drinks help some. The "no taste" is refered to as vapers tongue. About the only thing you can do is stay hydrated and wait it out. Your taste buds and sense of smell are starting to recover from smoking and shut down from sensory overload. They will come back soon.

 

[BigFatDan]

First of all, congratulations on quitting --- or at least starting to.

Secondly, welcome to ECF.


Onto the main point:

I personally have never had a problem with dry mouth and I barely drink water in the first place. So I don't believe I'm of any help to comment personally, however I have had friends who find that just drinking water helps with the dry mouth. It sounds like it might be your nicquid that could be the culprit here. I've heard a lot of mixed information about Chinese nicquids such as Dekang.

Maybe I'm just biased as I'm an American, however I would not buy nicquid unless it was from Europe, Canada, or the US.

 

[BlackChad]

Drink more water. If you're spitting feathers you definitely need more. More than you think I bet. Avoid things that dehydrate you. You might be experiencing vapors tongue if you want to look more into that. One thing I've found that helps is throw in a real different flavor to change it up. I always keep a menthol around just in case I need a little taste bud shocker.

I've had bad luck with dekang juice in that I think it's gross so maybe try some new juice too. Mt baker is a great vendor to try new types of flavors for not very much money.

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[BillyWJ]

Ah, Vaper's Tongue. Just grind through it, it will pass. You can try some things to see if it helps, like drinking water, as suggested, changing flavors, drink something strong, or eat something strong, like a coffee bean, or some lemon, you can sometimes "reset" your tongue that way (that's why they have cups or containers of coffee beans at wine tasting). Brush your teeth - I've gone from once a day to 3 times a day. Gargle with some mouthwash.

Your tongue was abused from years of smoking, it's going to be a little wonky from time to time as it recovers.

 

[Betty Buck]

Thanks so much for your tips guys!
I will give it all a try!
I am thinking of trying a different e juice vendor but im living in Thailand and im not sure who would ship all the way out here. also not too sure if my ego 4 is even legit after buying it here!

 

[BigFatDan]

I did notice you were from Thailand, I could imagine it would be hard to ship things out there. I hope you don't go through much trouble finding the right nicquid!

 

[28if]

Water has never done anything for my personal hydration. I have found sports drinks work wonders for me. YMMV.

 

[Piepie]

Make water your new best friend. Staying hydrated will not only help with "vapers tongue", but it also will help you feel better as your body adjusts to becoming a nonsmoker. Switching flavors may help, using a minty flavor may help, anything that is shocking to your taste buds may help. Best of luck to you.

 

[iamzg]

Chocolate covered espresso beans and a lot of water are getting me through. Good luck

 

[Steamix]

Water intake is crucial. Body needs ot fo flush out all that accumulated gunk from analogs. Body needs it also to offset the dryness caused by PG.

Vapers tongue - guess we all have to go through that. Depending on how much your sensory equipment has been clobbered with tobacco, it mighht take a while for taste/smell to return. Did experience the same as you did : After a week into vaping, it didn't make a difference to me. If I had the world's best liquid or some raw sewage, could hardly tell 'em apart. Got me into DIY liquids early on.

Have a care though, I don't know if this info is still up to date, but if it is, you might wanna look into the art of stealth vaping.

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[diggyb]

It happened to me when I just started and it goes away. I personally don't think there's anything you can do about it and think that it's just your body adjusting to the new stuff you are putting into it.

 

[CRspang]

I'm certainty no expert but it could be possible that you're getting more nicotine than you were before with analogs. It happened to me. So far I've had no ill effects such as you've described save for too much nicotine causing a loopy/ill feeling. No extra thirst our dry mouth, quite the opposite actually. I'm using ego batts and protank minis.

 

[DaveP]

Your sense of smell will come back shortly. Juices are mixed by non-smokers and they are lighter in flavor than smokers would like. As you recover, you will taste the subtle flavors much more intensely.

I use Lorann Oils flavorings to touch up Dekang Tobacco, which is a mild tobacco flavor that lends itself to the addition of flavor. Use it as a base and order some small bottles of Lorann's to spike the Dekang Tobacco. You can make juices that are great flavors and adjust them to you taste now and later.

Order only those that say "soluble in water". That means they are oil free. You don't want to vape oil based flavors.

I like Vanilla Butternut, English Toffee, Cotton Candy, and Key Lime. A small drop in a Protank (2.5ml size) is a good starting point. Adjust to your taste and modify as you recover from smoker's nose!

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[Thatguy717]

I'm having the same issues and I thank you greatly for clearing this up!

 

[Betty Buck]

I ordered e juice from out side of Thailand but unfortunately they would not let it in.
Looks like i now have the choice between Dekang, which i have been vaping up to now or Hangsen. Have you guys ever tried these and which ones do you think have better quality and flavor?

 

[LoriVanPelt]

a cup of coffee may help ... but it is a diarhetic so do continue to drink water as well to stay hydrated hth

 

[bkkdaytrader]

Thanks so much for your tips guys!
I will give it all a try!
I am thinking of trying a different e juice vendor but im living in Thailand and im not sure who would ship all the way out here. also not too sure if my ego 4 is even legit after buying it here!

there are much better juices available in thailand--check out vapor-mist facebook pages--he can ems to phuket no problem

 

[rurwin]

My favourite vape is HS Delight. I assume HS means Hangsen.

 

[rj134]

Since you started just a few days let me go ahead and assume that you just got your kit and you're pretty excited about the whole thing so you are probably doing what all of us did in the beginning... vape a gallon of liquid a day That's probably where your "vaper's tongue" is coming from. The taste will come back soon after you cut the vaping back to more "normal" levels.

If you're feeling dizzy you need to reduce your nicotine intake. It's easy to overdose on nicotine with ecigs because you can keep going nonstop, which you don't do with analogs unless you're a chainsmoking addict.
Get some 0mg liquids. You can vape on those all day.