When I first started vaping four months ago, I had no idea what I was in for in terms of detox. I smoked for 22 years and I never tried to stop smoking ever. Even though my choice of flavor and strength of nicotine were satisfying to me, I found I had strange things happening to me. The first thing I noticed was some irritability. Even though I was getting my nic fix, there was still the shift away from the analogs. I didn't know I was irritable until I realized I was snapping at people a little bit during my first two weeks. I was surprised. "Oh, hmm. I guess this is part of the changes that go with not smoking." Once I figured it out, I just told myself it was natural. That irritability passed.
Next was the water retention. I had swelling in my ankles and hands. I read on the forums and realized I wasn't drinking enough water. Once I started with lots of water, I was fine and my feet came back to normal. I realize water retention can be a sign of other health problems. Water retention is nothing to play around with at all. For me personally, I chose to wait and see. I also read an article about how water retention for a few days after quitting smoking was something to be considered as a potential symptom of the body cleaning itself out. Since I had never quit before, I decided to wait it out.
I had a ton of sinus drainage. Always clearing my throat. Some folks have said this could be a sign of a particular flavor reacting with the body. This, too, passed after a couple of weeks.
The last thing that happened to me was very strange and I don't think it was a sign of detox. When I started vaping, I was using automatic batteries. These are batteries that turn on when you inhale. I loved automatic batteries. After a week of vaping, I noticed my left ear ringing. After a few weeks of detective work and process of elimination, I discovered that using manual batteries might solve this problem. Manual batteries are batteries that activate with a press of a button instead of via inhaling. For me, the automatic batteries created a tightness and pressure in my sinuses, at my temples and in my neck, jaw and chest. I found that once I began using manual batteries and began massaging my temples, the area just at the bridge of my nose, as well as the left side of my neck, the ringing stopped. I have always had sensitivity to pressure changes in my ears. I think there is something about drawing on KR808 automatic batteries that makes me have a lot of head pressure.
After I figured out all of these strange idiosyncrasies, my vaping experience got a whole lot better. I'm no doctor, so I can't speak to anyone else's situations, but for me, these things were all just a part of my journey through vaping. Four months later, I feel terrific!
