Dehydration!!!

[MilkyG]

Background: I've been vaping and analog-free for 4 months. After my first few days of vaping, I had to urinate more frequently due to additional water intake (I've always drank plenty of water but increased my intake due to PG being a humectant), urine was stronger in color, odor, and apparent "viscosity", and I had a dull kidney pain that lasted about 1 day. No big deal. After the first few weeks I thought..."This is great! I'm finally off cigs, I'm flushing out my body, and I'm drinking even more water!". I'd occassionally get a mild headache after heavy vaping (I typically vape only as much as I used to smoke...a few minutes every hour or so as needed) due to nicotine intake and/or mild dehydration. Again, no big deal.

Issue: For the last 2 days I've had a more frequent dull headache and my saliva is EXTREMELY salty...a sign of dehydration. Makes vaping taste bad, affects what I eat, and when I fill my mouth with water my salivary glands excrete enough salt to make it taste like sea water. I've cut back on vaping significantly, have been drinking a lot more water (more frequently in less quantity to minimize urination), and have cut back on salty foods and caffeine.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? I'm not ready to give up vaping for fear of returning to analogs, but I also don't want to deal with dehydration and my other issues. Thanks for any input you might have.

 

[bpaulette]

Have you tried VG-only juice? I had to switch to VG after a couple months of vaping standard juices, and have had fewer issues with dehydration since. You still should drink extra water, I just find its easier to keep up with it. The PG dried me out SO fast and to an extreme that was quite unpleasant

 

[MilkyG]

Yes, but not exclusively. I typically use 30/70 VG/PG at 20mg but keep a VG-only carto on hand (thanks to the samples from COV!) to use from time to time. My nic stock is 100mg in PG, so the best I could do for my DIY recipes is 80/20 VG/PG at my current nic conc. I'll at least try that while I'm trying to get rehydrated. I appreciate the feedback. Anyone else have a similar problem?

 

[FieryOne]

Yes, but not exclusively. I typically use 30/70 VG/PG at 20mg but keep a VG-only carto on hand (thanks to the samples from COV!) to use from time to time. My nic stock is 100mg in PG, so the best I could do for my DIY recipes is 80/20 VG/PG at my current nic conc. I'll at least try that while I'm trying to get rehydrated. I appreciate the feedback. Anyone else have a similar problem?

Could be that you need some electolytes...try gatorade or something similar. I had an odd reaction the other day to some medication and found that I was experiencing a sodium imbalance, so I took some mutlivitimans and a little potassium supplement and within an hour I felt fine.