Dry/Red Eyes
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If you haven't started drinking more water after vaping, I would start there. If not, might be worth it to get it checked out to make sure it's not something else. Maybe changing your PG/VG ratio or flavors could help as well.
Definitely need more water, and other beverages without caffeine or alcohol.
When I visit my parents, I drink soda all day instead of my usual decaf tea, and when I come home my eyes and nose are just parched. Coconut water is another good choice -- when I feel myself all dry like that, I drink some, and I have some every morning with breakfast; it helps a lot.
Dizziness is another sign of dehydration, or possibly too-high or too much nicotine.
Andria
When I visit my parents, I drink soda all day instead of my usual decaf tea, and when I come home my eyes and nose are just parched. Coconut water is another good choice -- when I feel myself all dry like that, I drink some, and I have some every morning with breakfast; it helps a lot.
Dizziness is another sign of dehydration, or possibly too-high or too much nicotine.
Andria
By the end of a long day my eyes feel like I been in the pool all day.
Its both internally and vapor in the face all day adding up
Its both internally and vapor in the face all day adding up
Definitely need more water then... and to catch that caffeine demon and rein it in a little more 
Always start with more water.
It may not fix what ails you, but it sure can't hurt.
It's a great way to help lose weight.
And to purge out all the nasties in your system.
Water is what we were made to drink.
The rest is just flavoring and various additives.
It may not fix what ails you, but it sure can't hurt.
It's a great way to help lose weight.
And to purge out all the nasties in your system.
Water is what we were made to drink.
The rest is just flavoring and various additives.
This is how it starts. The zombie apocalypse. It began with dry, watery eyes and the next thing you know, you'll be eating brains. I've seen it a hundred times. Girl meets boy, boy gets girl to vape, then they're zombi-fied. I don't know why I attached a file. Weird.
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I'm just wondering how eyes can be both dry and watery. Mine are either one or the other.
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Water and vaping a touch less is helping. Still baby steps yet.
One week smoke free. I can live with a dry eye for that
One week smoke free. I can live with a dry eye for that
Water and vaping a touch less is helping. Still baby steps yet.
One week smoke free. I can live with a dry eye for that
Alright, WTG!!! For me it was puffy ankles and sore feet, 'cuz my electrolytes got so messed up from severe dehydration -- if you go into vaping already borderline dehydrated, it just gets LOTS worse!
That's why I like the coconut water; it helps hydration, but also has a whopping dose of potassium, so it balanced the huge amount of sodium in a regular diet.
But I agree; most of that stuff is very small stuff indeed, compared to not smoking when you've been hooked for DECADES!
Andria
Potassium + Heart issues = Dead. Potassium is a blood coagulant and should be avoided if you have heart problems or have a history of heart disease. This tip is brought to you by a recent heart attack victim.
I'm glad that your eyes are feeling better. If you like it, coconut water IMO seems to hydrate me better, you could give that a try.
And just for fun, this is the first thing I thought when I read the title of your thread lol.
And just for fun, this is the first thing I thought when I read the title of your thread lol.
Yes, and anyone who takes any medications that do anything at all to your potassium levels, should also probably avoid it -- it's got 470mg of potassium per 8oz. But for anyone unmedicated who just wants to stave off problems along those lines, 4-6oz daily is very helpful, because most "average" diets nowadays are so high in sodium.
Andria
Alright, WTG!!! For me it was puffy ankles and sore feet, 'cuz my electrolytes got so messed up from severe dehydration -- if you go into vaping already borderline dehydrated, it just gets LOTS worse!
That's why I like the coconut water; it helps hydration, but also has a whopping dose of potassium, so it balanced the huge amount of sodium in a regular diet.
But I agree; most of that stuff is very small stuff indeed, compared to not smoking when you've been hooked for DECADES!
Andria
Thanks!
You've plugged the coconut water twice now, so it'd be rude for me not to. I do like the coconut milk too, the kind that goes on the cereal.
Good advice. As far as I know, my heart is ok, and I don't use a lot of sodium
Only meds I'm on is Omeprazole and it seems that they accelerate potassium excretion, so a little extra probably don't do me any harm at all.
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Yes, and my asthma medicines do also -- I always wondered why I had such godawful foot and leg cramps... now I know.
I used to get them almost every night, it was misery. Now I only get them if I go a bit too heavy on my inhalers, without also going a bit heavier on the coconut water. I also had to cut down my sodium intake; I use my husband's lite salt now, half of which is potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride. I can't say I really like coconut water, it tastes pretty awful to me actually, but I mix it with pineapple juice, and it has such a light taste that I really don't taste it at all, in such a strong-flavored juice -- and pineapple juice is also high in potassium.When I've been at my parents' house all day, vaping, drinking soda, I can really tell it when I get home; my sinuses feel like I've been snorting sand, they're so dry and wretched. So I chug some of my "juice," and it helps.
Andria
Yes, and my asthma medicines do also -- I always wondered why I had such godawful foot and leg cramps... now I know.
When I've been at my parents' house all day, vaping, drinking soda, I can really tell it when I get home; my sinuses feel like I've been snorting sand, they're so dry and wretched. So I chug some of my "juice," and it helps.
Andria
Gods, isn't it complicated? I'm sure that somehow we're all healthier for it all though
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Update here. It might help someone else avoid an 'oh ....' moment.
I'm not a Doctor, but I'm thinking, as I came here cold, not knowing that vaping is a pretty major lifestyle change, that PG/VG are humectants; that is they remove moisture. So, while my body was getting to no tobacco, no smoking, and a new level of PG, I was just puffing away without a care in the world and swigging full-caff, just like back in the day. Drinking more water is helping this a lot. I was finding that with just 2 full-caff I was wired, and not in a good way. That's down from at least 3 in the morning and maybe another 10 in the day to about 6 in a day. Metabolism slows down too when quitting so I'm still taking the coffee, just adding a decaff in the mix now and again, and I'm reckoning the decaff into the daily figures. Red eye is gone, still dry, still need more water, but I know what to do now. Red eye, it seems, is a common effect of quitting analogues, something to do with the blood pressure. Also the sleep is better, and I'm awake when I get up instead of thick as pig muck for half a day. Puffing a little less before bed is helping too, after all, wearing a patch or puffing for a half-hour=about the same.
I learned all this in a few days... so if you are here thinking 'WTF' all is not lost. Having said that, if you think you are sick, see a Doctor. I knew I wasn't sick, just wasn't sure WTF was going on.
I'm not a Doctor, but I'm thinking, as I came here cold, not knowing that vaping is a pretty major lifestyle change, that PG/VG are humectants; that is they remove moisture. So, while my body was getting to no tobacco, no smoking, and a new level of PG, I was just puffing away without a care in the world and swigging full-caff, just like back in the day. Drinking more water is helping this a lot. I was finding that with just 2 full-caff I was wired, and not in a good way. That's down from at least 3 in the morning and maybe another 10 in the day to about 6 in a day. Metabolism slows down too when quitting so I'm still taking the coffee, just adding a decaff in the mix now and again, and I'm reckoning the decaff into the daily figures. Red eye is gone, still dry, still need more water, but I know what to do now. Red eye, it seems, is a common effect of quitting analogues, something to do with the blood pressure. Also the sleep is better, and I'm awake when I get up instead of thick as pig muck for half a day. Puffing a little less before bed is helping too, after all, wearing a patch or puffing for a half-hour=about the same.
I learned all this in a few days... so if you are here thinking 'WTF' all is not lost. Having said that, if you think you are sick, see a Doctor. I knew I wasn't sick, just wasn't sure WTF was going on.
Yeah it does seem to require a few changes, depending on one's normal consumption, pre-vaping. I now have 2 or sometimes 3 cups of tea in the morning, along with my big glass of coconut water/pineapple juice with breakfast, but now I switch off to decaf iced tea the rest of the day, instead of 10 cups a day of regular black tea.
It makes a big difference in my body being able to hang on to its fluids. Andria
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