Dead tastebuds:(

[Ashlee Foltz]

I hope it's just a phase, but I can't taste anything right now! Been vaping 3 1/2 weeks, and I am assuming it is just my taste buds healing after the nasty analogs, but this sucks so bad. I am not so patiently awaiting the arrival of my new pink Ego Twist, but I am just lost. I had the WORST craving last night, managed to vape through it, barely, and now today I can't taste a thing. I have tried about 5 different juices thus far today and nothing is coming through I guess I'll just grin and bear it.

 

[Mac]

Try eating an orange. Or rinsing your mouth out with lime juice. Citrus can help.

Or for an unhealthy fix try salt n vinegar potato chips.

Or to get wasted in the process try vodka.

 

[Wickedwench]

Ashlee, hold on and don't lose hope! Two things to remember; first, DRINK WATER! LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER! Not only is it good for your general health while you heal from smoking, and replenishes moisture lost to vaping, but I think it helps your tastebuds make sense of this new substance you're putting in your mouth! Second, THIS IS NORMAL! Look around this forum and you'll see lots of us go through this! It will get better, promise!
EC Blends has a great info page on this phenomena that may help you. I would also point out how important your sense of smell is to your brain when it processes flavors. This time of year, with changing temperatures and changing plant life, your sinuses may also be affecting how you taste things.
Bottom line, this too will pass. Don't despair and never give up!

 

[EddardinWinter]

Hang in there. If you made it through last night, that may have been your low moment. Hopefully, its a rise back to the top from here. I bet those same flavors will be tasting like a million bucks soon!

 

[doots]

A lot of this is due to atomizers or cartos no longer producing good flavor any longer, Not just your taste buds going haywire.

Clean your attys and also cartos if you can and try again.. I use alcohol to clean mine if they are attys. I dont really use cartos.. They are hard to get clean unless they are like CE2 types.

 

[thinkingaboutit]

I smell fresh ground coffee when I have taste issues.

 

[Ashlee Foltz]

It isn't just juice that I can't taste, its everything. I will continue drinking water and I would LOVE to get wasted , but I don't have any booze lol. I'll be ok, just venting a bit. Thanks for all of the suggestions though! Glad to know it's not just me.

 

[Z_Ghost]

I rinse my mouth out with salt water a lot, that seems to help with the taste buds.

 

[Susaz]

I still do smoke analogs every once in a while, and it only makes me realize I don´t want to smoke anymore. But I see other people smoking and I get cravings!

I drink orange juice to clear my mouth of leftover juice. As someone said, rinse your attys every few days to clean gunk. That might be interfering too

 

[unloaded]

Do you have any strong flavors? Menthols, cinnamon, black liquorice anid clove all seem to be able to blast through evn dead buds. I used AVE's PG Chai with good results last time mine went dead. Besides what everybody else has mentioned avoid getting juice in your mouth, it's easy to do dripping or over filling a carto. It can screw up the buds too. You're at the stage of the game where it happens to everybody though. Even if you didn't like menthol cigs, the juice will suprise you, be sure to try some.

 

[Ashlee Foltz]

I have some peppermint going now, it's better but still very muted. I "should" get my twist monday and it will be fun to play around with it!

 

[ingerri]

ive had this problem since about 8wks in...i just use cinnamon, black licorice, and unflavored now

 

[TheSneakerHoarder]

My taste buds were dead for 3 months...keep drinking LOTS of water.

It sucks, but that is one of many side-effects of quitting cigarettes.

 

[RosaJ]

I rinse my mouth with listerine diluted in water several times a day and it helps to clear any residue in my mouth from vaping.

 

[Buggs5347]

For me, whenever I have that happen it's because I've been chain vaping and not drinking enough water. This is a good time to vape the ejuices you didn't care that much for - LOL!

 

[Orobas]

Stay hydrated, and use this opportunity to vape the nasty tasting stuff since you can't taste it anyway.

 

[iowajosh]

I had a cold this week and all of my carefully chosen nice juice tasted like nothing. Obnoxious juice was the only thing that tasted, well, at all.