Healt problem by quiting analogs or by starting vaping

[zymox]

Hi, New to this forum and ofcourse i want to write in the europart (swe) but have to start here?!! (stupid rule)

Anyhow, I have a question for you who knows more than I about this vaping stuff so it really doesn't matter if I have to start here )
I used to smoke a pack a day and has gone all in with V2 wich works for me. The problem I have is that I feel seek as a half dead hearing. I caufgh my lungs out at night and feel like I a have catch a cold during the days. Is this normal?
I asked my doc and he said it's normal when you get rid of 25 years habbit in a twitch.

How about you?

 

[manna]

Well hello, Zymox, I'm also new here and funnily from Europe too I only wanted to ask a question on some other thread and just like you found out I need to post at least 5 times here first. Pity. About your coughing - yes, yes and yes, it's normal when one quits after such a long time. Some people experience terrible dryness in their mouths for weeks, some go thru numerous lung, throat and generally all upper air passages related diseases before they finally get to feel better. It hapened to me a few years ago when I was trying to quit fags without e-cigs. I felt as if the whole hell broke loose on me - I won't even mention all my health problems that ensued, enough said that I gave in and got back to smoking just to feel better (the irony of it!). Now I find quitting much easier and even pleasant - all thanks to e-cigarettes.

 

[Yves]

Yes this is normal, many get smokers flu when they stop. It will get better, drink a lot of water it is important as vaping drys you out.

This thread may help.

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

 

[Liquinator]

I had this, too. After I had stopped smoking analogs I noticed that coughing got worse, had a sore throat (halsschmerzen ) and my digestion was completly a pain in the ... (pun unintended). That said, don't worry and continue vaping happily. Time solved my health issues and since I'm an only-vaper since November last year I definetely can assure that your health gets better when your body finally got rid of all that .... analogs brought along. cheers!

 

[toottoot]

water, water, and water....my throat was parched but within two weeks my smokers cough was gone. you will be feeling benefits of being tobacco free soon

 

[VapingRulz]

It sounds like your lungs are breathing a sigh of relief and cleaning house, so you're coughing up the smoking crud. Give it some time and you'll find that your breathing, singing, and even your sinuses will all improve... as will your taste buds. This can be both good and bad. You may discover that some foods now taste more delicious.

 

[Karyn Wiedman Bradley]

I also feel that this is all normal. I feel so much better in many ways since I've quit smoking (in May). However, I have to admit that I now seem to constantly have a stuffy nose and dry, itchy eyes. I realize this can be just allergies (not something that used to bother me though). Makes me wonder if I am having a reaction to vaping. Hoping the change in weather will tell the tale as I love vaping and have no intention of quitting.

 

[zymox]

Thank you for all the replies. Great to hear that it can only get better.

I started out this last week and since I got my e-cigg I havent used any analogs at all. I stoped totally after 25 years in the same minute as I screwed on the first cartomizer. I don't really want to take as much as one draw from the analogs either because I know I will fall back if I do. I will take the pain now and try to bare out.

My symptoms has been a real smack with fever, painful blood-mixed snot behind my nose, felt like I have the flue, sore throat, sore gum and toung and so on. Pretty much as it sais in the link above. But even so, I haven't really had any feeling for the need of an analog. Still have some analogs left just in case but I hope I can throw them away in a couple of days.

 

[Pipe_Dream_321]

Everyone has pretty much said it all. But the most important I will say again. Water water water. Water is you friend! Get through it and it will be smooth sailing and happy vaping!

Best of luck!

 

[Craktskull]

Thank you for all the replies. Great to hear that it can only get better.

I started out this last week and since I got my e-cigg I havent used any analogs at all. I stoped totally after 25 years in the same minute as I screwed on the first cartomizer. I don't really want to take as much as one draw from the analogs either because I know I will fall back if I do. I will take the pain now and try to bare out.

My symptoms has been a real smack with fever, painful blood-mixed snot behind my nose, felt like I have the flue, sore throat, sore gum and toung and so on. Pretty much as it sais in the link above. But even so, I haven't really had any feeling for the need of an analog. Still have some analogs left just in case but I hope I can throw them away in a couple of days.

Zymox.....the fever, bloody discharge, sore gums and tongue should tell you - you need to see a doc. I had some pretty severe symptoms too after 33 years of smoking 3+ packs a day but saw a doctor as well. Went on a massive antibiotic spell for about a week while everything calmed down and now everything is back to normal. Your body wants to rid itself of all that crap and it does so by increasing White Blood Cells to combat invasive garbage in your system. See a doctor. Fever, discharge and sore gums, throat and tongue is indicative of some sort of sinus infection that will probably need some professional help.....or, at least, advice.......

 

[Herb396]

Congrats on leaving the smokes behind.

 

[zymox]

Zymox.....the fever, bloody discharge, sore gums and tongue should tell you - you need to see a doc. I had some pretty severe symptoms too after 33 years of smoking 3+ packs a day but saw a doctor as well. Went on a massive antibiotic spell for about a week while everything calmed down and now everything is back to normal. Your body wants to rid itself of all that crap and it does so by increasing White Blood Cells to combat invasive garbage in your system. See a doctor. Fever, discharge and sore gums, throat and tongue is indicative of some sort of sinus infection that will probably need some professional help.....or, at least, advice.......

Hi Craktskull, Thanks for your consern.

Actually I went to his office to day as I really felt bad yesterday evening and he took a CRP showing only 20. This means to him that it's an infection made by a virus and they don't treat that he sais. I had to leave his office 50$ lighter with no help at all. Still feeling like sh.. He also said that if it would be an infection caused by a bacteria I could have gotten some antibiotic but then it would have shown a value about 200-300 on the CRP. 0-10 should be the normal value... I don't really know other than I have to trust the guy.

Anyhow, this was when he told me that I shouldn't be suprised to feel sick when my body tries to get rid of several years of abusing it with ciggarettes and forcing it to get rid of a bad habbit. This ofcourse then caused me to look for this excellent forum, to try to fins some actual advice )

I will let some days pass by for now and if it doesn't go away soon I will force him to give me some antibiotics just to try but here in Sweden the docs are really resticted with it since they discovered that some bacterias has started to develop a resistance against the antibiotics.

 

[NancyR]

Sounds like your doctor is at least honest with you. They can't treat a virus with antibiotic, some will go ahead and give it just to make the person feel like they are doing something. But then if you do get a bacterial infection while on it, it is harder for them to treat.

 

[inuj26]

It'll get better. Once your breathing gets better you know you've done the right thing by quitting analogs

 

[rhinoiguana]

To follow on from the replies you have received... Your doctor is correct and I went through the same thing.
After a few weeks I also noticed the smell of smoke on some of my clothes and so the laundry bill went through the roof !
Well done for giving up the smokes !

 

[msmaster]

try stopping both and see how things goes... health first!

 

[zymox]

try stopping both and see how things goes... health first!

Nah, I will stick to the V2 - I tried the trick most ppl tells, water + water and then some more water.
Still a bit tender in my gum but other than that the coughing is way less now and the sorenes is almost gone.
It could also be that I wipe to much (I think). I use the 18mg Red and 18mg Sahara and is sucking on the darn thing all the time. Don't really know why since I really ain't a fan of the sweet taste. The Red is almost to gentle in the T-Hit and the Sarah is the opposit. Way worse than my analogs. Thought I should die the first time I tried the Sahara. Inhaled like I did on my normal analog and what a misstake )

Borrowed some 11mg (diffrent brand) from my neighbour and there is just to much diff for me to be happy with it. I think I will try to mix my own flavour for say 1.3% - 1.6% nicotine instead and try to find a strength that siuts my need and don't gives me the side-effects.

Thank you all for your help regarding this, I will keep of the analogs totally as long as I can and now when I've been going trough this "sickness-stage" I feel that I'm on the right track.

 

[SuziesMom]

Vitamins will help too. I found PG/VG blends to be very harsh for me...switching to just VG juices helped a lot- I felt a lot less "hungover" in the mornings.

 

[zymox]

I forgot to say thank you for all your advices.

It took about a week than I started to feel better and today I feel like a new person. It has now gone more than two month vaping instead of smoking analogs and my health has been much better since. I never felt sick on analogs but I do feel a lot better without. My stamina has increased without me doing anything. I can now smell analog smoke from the other side of the street and I have tremendously increased my flavor sense. Some beers doesn't taste as good as it used though and some that I couldn't drink before is now way better. I did a test of an analog about a month ago when I felt really good about vaping and the truth is that I love the taste of an analog but something in my mind says that I shouldn't so I couldn't smoke the whole thing. After half a cigg I had to put it out because of that it now didn't taste as it used to do so after the half one it wasn't tasting as good anymore and also somewhere back in my head the feeling of being "deadly sick" felt wasted if I continued so now I know I'm hooked to vaping as long as I don't ignore my feelings about taste and sickness safety of analogs.

Well, I really just wanna thank you all for your advice and pass the secret over to new members trying to find out was going on.

Drink a lot of pure water and take vitamins to replace the loss you get with the increased water intake. Vape what you think tastes great, feeling sick seems to be a part of the healing process from long habits of analogs and not everyone gets it. Some can handle the loss, I couldn't and if you're in the same position drink even more water. If it gets to hard, ask for help here and if it still feels like sh** - get in here and ask some more. You will for sure get help from a lot of more experienced vapers that have been through it all.

Thank you all for helping me out when I felt like ....

 

[Spazmelda]

I'm glad things are going so well for you. I had the same experience when trying an analog after vaping for a while.

It sounds like you just coincidentally picked up a virus right at the same time you started vaping. Statistically, it's bound to happen sometimes. Glad you stuck with the vaping long enough to figure it out!