Ecigs or adderall?

[xitt]

Hi everyone I'm new to ecigs, it's been about two weeks now.
Smoked Malboro Reds for a while, but it wasn't too often (1PAW).
Now that I've switched permanently, a few times I've started to notice a little bit of phlegm.
But at the same time, I've just started school finals and have been taking adderall for them and I know it can cause dry-mouth and dehydration.
Which do you think it could be?
(I have a sigelei 30W, and the nicotine is pretty low)

 

[chav]

I haven't really noticed having any phlegm but I would definitely advise staying hydrated. One of the issues I had when quitting was that I wasn't drinking enough water, definitely had a lot of headache but bodies react differently. If dry mouth is an already existing side effect, water couldn't do you wrong.

 

[BowTieGuy]

I agree totally with chav. Especially if you are doing some serious chain vaping, dry mouth can quickly occur. Keep yourself hydrated, and you may even find that you get a bit better flavor from your juice, too!

 

[Redruth]

Hello xitt and welcome to the ECF family. Yes drink more water, it should help. I always have a box of TicTac mints handy too, but that's just me lol

Happy vaping

 

[xpl0it]

Adderall (Amphetamine Salts) should only be taken when prescribed by a licensed physician. Dehydration and the resulting cotton mouth is just one of the many side effects from taking uppers.

Be safe and make sure that you are drinking anywhere from eight to ten glasses of water per day. If that doesn't alleviate some of the symptoms. I would suggest that you stop taking the medication and visit your primary care physician.

Best of wishes on the finals!

 

[Equilibrium]

Sense when did Doctors start prescribing speed for finals??

Take it from a recovering addict of the "real thing" (almost 10 yrs clean) you my friend are playing with fire. No one needs or should take schedule II controlled substances in order to study for finals.
The potential for addiction is extremely high and the potential to move up to "something stronger" (can't mention the name here. It will get moderated) is just as high.

 

[xitt]

No worries man, I only take them during finals for focus. So basically a few times a year, never felt addicted, just a thing I do for finals. Thanks for the concern though.

 

[Katya]

No worries man, I only take them during finals for focus. So basically a few times a year, never felt addicted, just a thing I do for finals. Thanks for the concern though.

Right. That's what they all say... Nobody ever feels addicted. I was never addicted to cigarettes. I just liked smoking.

Seriously--just grab a book and study. The old-fashioned way. I went to college too, and now I have two kids in college. It can be done.

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Or have a vape!

 

[jamtwo]

I just started steadily vaping a few weeks ago when I quit smoking, and have tried with various drinks, and a nice ice cold water is so far one of the best to accent the taste of the juice. I'm not a huge fan of using carbonated drinks, but anything to keep hydrated, I too was getting a dry mouth very quickly.

 

[Katya]

Propylene glycol and glycerol are hygroscopic and thus very dehydrating. Water and other liquids help, a little lip balm is good to protect lips from cracking and chapping, lozenges are also good to help mouth moist. Biotene mouthwash also helps.

 

[stevegmu]

Wow, kids these days...

 

[FlamingoTutu]

No worries man, I only take them during finals for focus. So basically a few times a year, never felt addicted, just a thing I do for finals. Thanks for the concern though.

You are abusing a narcotic and want to know if it's giving you phlegm? That's ripe. Do you have any idea how difficult it is for people who need that medication just for a chance to be normal because of people like you? If you're too lazy to do the work, get out and give somebody a chance that wants to make an honest go of it. You don't have a flipping clue how difficult people like you make it for people with ADD/ADHD to get a medication that allows them to be on an even playing field with the rest of the world. I hope nobody here ever needs your "professional" help. Please, please get a life and earn your degree the old fashioned way--with your own brain.

 

[stevegmu]

It is shocking how in my lifetime pills have replaced hard work. Pills to lose weight, reduce blood pressure or cholesterol- rather than eating well and excercising, pills to make children behave, pills to help people stop smoking and pills to help with studying...

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Minor quibble, as usual, Steve. When someone is dealt a hereditary bum hand--heart problems, high cholesterol, diabetes, ADD/ADHA, etc., no fault of their own or one they can correct given time--pills can give them a chance to live as a normal person. It's creating a problem, or being lazy, and expecting a miracle cure through medication that's the bugger. We should all know that, we are/were smokers.

 

[stevegmu]

Minor quibble, as usual, Steve. When someone is dealt a hereditary bum hand--heart problems, high cholesterol, diabetes, ADD/ADHA, etc., no fault of their own or one they can correct given time--pills can give them a chance to live as a normal person. It's creating a problem, or being lazy, and expecting a miracle cure through medication that's the bugger. We should all know that, we are/were smokers.

I'm not saying those who genuinely need medication shoukdnt take it, but how many can simply solve health problems through diet and exercise? A lot is my guess. Several years ago my doctor gave me the choice of a diet and excercise or a handfull of pills the rest of my life. I quit smoking and lost 50 lbs through eating right and excercise.

 

[Lova]

As far as I have seen, adderall doesn't really help with cognitive side on non-ADD/ADHD persons, you should look into using nootropics instead

 

[Katya]

As far as I have seen, adderall doesn't really help with cognitive side on non-ADD/ADHD persons, you should look into using nootropics instead

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[Katya]

Wow, kids these days...

I don't blame the kids--I blame the parents. This rat race that starts in kindergarden, the piano lessons, the ballet lessons, club sports, beauty pageants. SAT boot camps, the AP classes, the hysteria about getting into the best school... It's insane what we're doing to our kids. They have no childhood anymore, they don't get to run around and play games and just hang out--everything is controlled and structured and there's no time for anything else in their lives but rat race. Kids are depressed, they binge drink, do drugs, commit suicide, they constantly feel inadequate--don't get me started.

 

[JoryPeltier]

Could be because it's winter and you just got a bug. Or a million other things but I wouldn't blame vaping right away, vapor shouldnt cause a mucus buildup.

 

[Katya]

Could be because it's winter and you just got a bug. Or a million other things but I wouldn't blame vaping right away, vapor shouldnt cause a mucus buildup.

It can and it does--or, rather, quitting smoking does:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ng-tobacco-changing-ecigarette.html#post51773

5. Sputum, Phlegm
When quitting smoking, with or without using e-cigs, people find that they start coughing up all the junk they've been putting in - tars and other materials coating the surface of the lungs. This material is coughed up in the form of phlegm / sputum.

Some may find they start coughing up this junk within a week or two - some faster. The duration will vary, but most people find the morning cough went away in the first week and the rest of the junk came up within the first month. One of the most common symptoms of smoking cessation.