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dj9928

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I was using the 18mg nicotine flavour that came with my titan tank and had no issues, I thought I would try a different flavour so ordered 24mg Blueberry flavour from UK eliquids, at first no problems, but then I noticed I started having a headache and feeling a bit sick, the headache wasn't the typical pounding headache it was more an annoyance than anything. I've gone back to ordinary cigs and all is fine again.

Could this be the blueberry eliquid?
 

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Order another bottle of the blueberry in a lower nicotine, and you can mix them together if you like.

If they were both from the same vendor, it could be the nicotine. But different vendors- different juices so it's sorta hard to tell. Add a few drops of VG. It's available here at pharmacys, not sure in the UK. If you still have a headache it could just be the juice.
 

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Headaches are almost always nicotine - either too high a level or vaping too much or both. And it is even possible to get too much nic by over-vaping a lower level juice (I did)

I am a person who never in my life got headaches. I started on 18mg but I had this one 12mg juice I could not put down - literally - and I also got some juice on my lips because I was using cartridges - it was BWB Peach. It was scrumptious but never said "STOP!", no drag left me satisfied, but I was loving it. And then I got the headache. Since then, over and over, every time I vape too much, I get a headache in my right temple. I know why - it matches right up with how much I vaped. I ended up lowering my nic so now I can vape as much as I want and rarely get the headache or other overnicced symptoms like rapid or irregular heartbeat, cold fingers, hazy or unwell feeling.

Other possible causes of headache from ecigs

1 - Sucking too hard, especially with automatic cigs and the solution is to get manuals and let the battery do the work - press the button 1-2 seconds before you start your drag so there is vapor waiting when you start your drag. Drag slowly into your mouth, letting up the button just before the end of your drag. Then inhale. Sucking too hard can also be caused by having an ecig that is too weak for you, using too thick juice causing a slow tight drag, etc.

2 - the larger mouth size of the ecig especially if you are chewing on it or have TMJ. You can use a drip tip on cartomizer to give a slimmer mouth size. And LiteCigUSA.net also has some flat drip tips that may be more comfortable.
 

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It is not always the nicotine strength. Just read through the FAQ, and they say it's usually withdraws. I'm still vaping the same strength juice as the day I started and I did have headaches when I started. Kept with the same juice and they went away.

You can lower the juice if you want to. It's an easy thing to do. But it's not always the nicotine strength. Heck, I got some clove prefilled cartos that were like 11 mg that someone gave me and they gave me a blinding headache and made me sick and it was just crappy, probably stale juice.
 

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3. Headache, Nausea, Shakiness - but see #V4
These, together with irritability, inability to concentrate, poor sleep, depression and so on, are common nicotine withdrawal symptoms. If you are using a low-strength refill liquid and not absorbing as much nicotine as when you normally smoked, you can experience these withdrawal symptoms, which typically last only a few days to a week. Perhaps the use of a higher nic strength refill liquid might be a good idea temporarily, reducing the strength as needed.

V4. Headache, racing pulse, dizziness, slurred speech, inability to sleep
These are nicotine overdose symptoms. Sometimes we overestimate just how much nicotine we were getting with regular cigarettes, and underestimate how much we are vaping, particularly at the beginning. Racing pulse is the most common, slurred speech less so. Headache can be severe. Try cutting down the nic dosage in your cartridges or liquids or vaping less frequently. The nicotine strength can be easily reduced by adding some VG (Glycerine, USP - obtained from a pharmacy), although this will also reduce the flavor.

It is said that some people experience this even with a low nicotine liquid and find that switching to VG solves their problems, although such a symptom of PG intolerance is not widely believed to exist never mind be proven. It is far more likely that such a reduction of the symptom/s would be due to an intolerance to flavorings, colorings or similar used in an eliquid, and changing to a VG liquid simply removed those particular ingredients - see footnote.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...hen-quitting-tobacco-changing-ecigarette.html
 
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