Heart attack after 1 month of vaping

[AzPlumber]

Hey Guy, wishing you the best as you recover.

My Doctor is always up to date on latest tech. and he was already well informed when asked about using an e-cig. He has seen me struggle with quiting analogs for years and was all for me using an e-cig to kick the habit. His words exactly "thousand times better than smoking".

 

[denali_41]

little known fact,,nicotine withdrawal can kill you ..heart attack style ,

it was from something i read about 20 years ago,,outlining drug usage and death rate,,
you'd have to do a drug withdrawal search to find it i imagine,,because the article i read was before internet

alcohol is the other one that withdrawal can kill

strange thing is,,only two drugs that withdrawal can kill,are the only two that are legal

 

[dirt2suck]

Many other drugs can kill with withdrawal, but yes the two that are illegal and also taxed!

So glad you did get to switch to vaping and are still with us.
Use this to better your health and get well soon!

Def cut your nic as much as you can, but at the pace your body needs.
May take some time.
If you are on any meds, please take them at least until your health is much better.

oh, and they always say...in moderation.
I dont have any scientific research, but I really think caffeine is worse than nicotine.
More than 1-3 cups a day is no good. And those are 6-8 oz cups, not 40oz!!!

Happy Holidays!

 

[DummyMe]

I had a heart attack in 2004 & had a stent installed then. I was a 38 year smoker then. That day I had about 11 cups of coffee. Most of the coffee was at a dinner. (If you don't know, at Jersey dinners they don't stop filling your cup until you leave or drown.) I tried to quit using the patch & we all know how they work. I cut way back, but never stayed quit. I watched my diet really well & tried to exersise better, but still smoked. I was on meds & they helped. I took the pills until the begining of 2011 when my company changed insurance to a company that had NO doctors. They have since changed back to good insurance & I have an appointment with a carteologist in January.

I've done well for 7 years after getting a stent & I'm anxious to get back to a doctor & see if I still need meds. I will be at 5 months vaping.

Guy, I hope that everything works out well for you & you can stay vaping. Going back to analogs is not the thing to do.

 

[Mjolnir07]

it was from something i read about 20 years ago,,outlining drug usage and death rate,,
you'd have to do a drug withdrawal search to find it i imagine,,because the article i read was before internet

When I quit smoking three years ago (only successfully for about 3 weeks, this was before I started vaping) My blood pressure shot up to 185/115, I thought I was going to die, my doctor indeed verified that it was because I was having withdrawals on top of the anxiety of no longer having the stress reducer of smoking.

The irony was not lost on me. I imagine if I hadn't been as fit and relatively healthy as I was at the time it would've been a heart attack type of situation for sure.

 

[Trucapri]

I'm by no means a doctor, but here's my story about heart disease:

My father and all his siblings died of heart failure at various ages dependent upon lifestyle choices beyond smoking (only 2 of 6 smoked). Myself and my siblings: one died of a massive heart attack at the age of 56 (ex-smoker by way of patch cessation who had gained significant weight and became seditary), one recently had a stent placed at the age of 65 (never smoked, never overweight, still very athletic), one that has never smoked and for 10 years works almost excessively at staying fit and healthy, and still has to fight high blood-pressure and cholestrol. Myself . . . I laid the smokes down so that's a start. The next generation?? Well, my son had a 100% blocked thigh artery at the age of 30. He started on the patch the day he was diagnosed with the possiblity of loosing his leg. He immediately gained 20 pounds and has continued to slowly gain over the last 3 years. He'll be on blood thinners for the rest of his life and will always be a very high-risk candidate for heart attack. It scares me senseless . . . even more so as I see him stuggle to no avail to get those quitters-pounds off.

Doctors, more than one, have confirmed for me, genetics are the MAIN factor in heart disease. And they have all agreed, giving up smoking to clear up your oxygen levels is the way to go, but it does no good if you pack fat around your heart and lungs because of it! My doctors have not asked me to quit because of my history. They've asked me to work on lifestyle moderation. This is where I think vaping offers the greatest benefit. It's giving me the chance to really improve my overall health!

Best of luck to you!! And think "moderation".

 

[cardiackid]

Glad to see people chiming in here...I was thinkin I was rare! LOL
And I agree...Caffeine...bad...exercise, air..,good - cost of pills - bad...alternative=bad!
Take it easy Guy
PM sent

 

[Denise D]

I'm sorry to hear about your heart attack, that is very scary. I think it is good that you did quit before it happened so you were just a little bit healthier going into it and that will help with recovery.

I went through a smoker's rehab at a medical facility (St. Helena's Smokefree program). We were told that they used to cold-turkey the smokers who had heart attacks but now will give smokers patches in the hospital, studies have shown that the nicotine is not so harmful, it is the smoking that causes the arterial constriction.

 

[videvinci]

Well, I did some research. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, it constricts arteries. So... I have come to the conclusion that vaping 18 ml/mg of nic did not actually cause the attack as it was due to stress, lack of exercise, smoking analogs for 45 years and poor diet but IMHO vaping 18 ml/mg of nic expedited the inevitable by constricting the already blocked artery.

Exactly- I had a similar experience during December 2010- see my postings

 

[bluegrasslover]

Yikes! Glad you're still with us. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

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[Cool_Breeze]

Well, I did some research. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, it constricts arteries. So... I have come to the conclusion that vaping 18 ml/mg of nic did not actually cause the attack as it was due to stress, lack of exercise, smoking analogs for 45 years and poor diet but IMHO vaping 18 ml/mg of nic expedited the inevitable by constricting the already blocked artery.

Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor as well. I've been an all day coffee drinker for years. Several years ago, I went to Lite coffee (half-caff) for most of my consumption. Not long after taking up vaping, I forgetfully drank large amounts of regular coffee and vaped into the wee hours. While not necessarily directly heart related, I had substantial symptoms that I think were circulation related. From there on I went to strictly decaffeinated, other than with meals out. I've not had those symptoms in significant degree since then. I find it helpful to brew the decaf somewhat stronger than I did the regular coffee.

Good luck on your recovery!

 

[Carless]

I had a heart attack in 2004 & had a stent installed then. I was a 38 year smoker then. That day I had about 11 cups of coffee. Most of the coffee was at a dinner. (If you don't know, at Jersey dinners they don't stop filling your cup until you leave or drown.) I tried to quit using the patch & we all know how they work. I cut way back, but never stayed quit. I watched my diet really well & tried to exersise better, but still smoked. I was on meds & they helped. I took the pills until the begining of 2011 when my company changed insurance to a company that had NO doctors. They have since changed back to good insurance & I have an appointment with a carteologist in January.

I've done well for 7 years after getting a stent & I'm anxious to get back to a doctor & see if I still need meds. I will be at 5 months vaping.

Guy, I hope that everything works out well for you & you can stay vaping. Going back to analogs is not the thing to do.

I hope I'm misreading this, or am otherwise misinformed.
I had a recent heart attack myself and had two stents installed. One of the medicines I have to take every day is one that keeps the stent from becoming clogged because your body will naturally attempt to encapsulate any object placed in it. Please ask a doctor about this as soon as you can.
I hate taking all the pills I have to take every day and hate paying for them even more, but I'm not quite done yet, living-wise.
I'll leave it at that, but do ask a doctor ASAP and get back on at least that one medication if he advises it.

 

[gjns711]

Been there too....So sorry it happened to you. Mine was due in large part to inherited extremely high cholesteral, my dad died very young of heart disease. I had 300 level cholestral and very low good levels. I have two stints. I still smoked two and a half packs a day for years after until I started breaking bones, with two broken ankles and no way to buy cigarettes I was forced to choose life. It is and will probably always be the best thing that ever happened to me. My doctors are thrilled with me and since my heart attack and diet change with meds I feel better than I did before. I was sick and didn'nt even know....Good luck to you, you will get through this, I think it changes us, changes who we are somehow, life is more vibrant, vital, precious.....

 

[Tinky]

I too am so glad you're ok!!! But your research into nicotine has lead you in the right direction. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor so it is logical that over doing it w a stimulat like nicotine will have repercussions on our ticker. I found Vaping to cut down on nrt in the form of gum, lozenges, and patches because I was having arrhythmias. I'm down to 11mg nicquid and missing the th. be safe everyone...happy Vaping!

 

[Tinky]

Over doing it w coffee can do much the same...but it would take more caffeine than it would nicotine. Energy drinks are evil!! Jmo.

 

[Tinky]

Really? Where did you get that information and how does the withdrawal cause a heart attack?

That's can be true...kinda like how alcoholics have to be hosp & medicated to ease them through dt's.

 

[Uselessdreamer1]

I hope that things go well for you OP. I really feel for ya. Keep off the analoges and keep vaping! It can only help.