I Feel Funny

[adi]

I have been on here several days and did plenty of research prior to ordering my vapor king. So I expected to have a dry itchy throat and maybe some headaches and withdrawal symptoms. Well, it came in today and my throat feels a bit swollen, but fine. What worries me is that my chest feels kinda panicky. Like a tightness or pressure or it kinda feels like my heart is slightly racing. I also feel pressure in my ears (maybe my blood pressure going up??) I usually smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day but I ordered 18mg. Is the nicotine too strong?? What can I do?? I have 2 packs of carts and I don't really want to buy new stuff. Can I dilute them with juice or VG or water or something?? Am I going to be okay?? Does anyone know what is physically happening when I feel this way??

I really want this to work for me. I already like the smell and taste alot better than cigarettes. I need to quit because I plan on getting pregnant soon. I can't completely quit yet, I plan to vape 0mg nic VG.

 

[W Axl Rose]

This sounds alot like what I went thru. I was a pack a day ultra light smoker and when I switched to vaping I did 4mg carts (V4L also). I had much the same symptoms. I wasn't getting much nicotine due to the low mg, so I don't think I had od'd. I think alot of what I went through the first SEVERAL WEEKS was due to withdrawel from analogs moreso than what I was vaping. That was me though. I hope this works for you, there is def. a learning curve, and best of luck!

 

[notsoogood]

I think IMO that you should maybe start with 11mg. I use 18 and I was a 1 to 2 and a half pack a day smoker for more than 35 years. I could be wrong but...

 

[crashtestjeep]

Too much nic....dilute it more

 

[enoonmai]

Sounds to me like too much nicotine. Someone who only smokes 1/2 a day could probably get away with alot lower mg. Or it could just be the thought of quitting the cigs that are causing panic attacks.

 

[adi]

but can i dilute my carts if they're full? and with what? vg or distilled water?

i don't think it's wtihdrawal from the cigarettes yet. i had my last cigarette at 3:00pm today and i have gone longer in the past without withdrawal.

 

[tito]

tito felt the same way for the first couple days.......been vaping for about a week now, with NO analogs for over 24 hrs............everything is good.

 

[RatRacer]

Make sure anxiety isn't playing a role in the switch. The newness and excitement can cause you to hit it too hard at first, before you settle into the new routine of calmness.

 

[pianoguy]

The heart racing, etc. sounds like too much nicotine. I think you should be able to top off the cartos with a few drops of USP VG even if they're full from the factory, and then add a few more after you've used it for a bit. You'll find tips on refilling the cartomizers here:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/vapor4life/58027-vaporking-user-guide.html

Also make sure to drink plenty of water. Best of luck - hope you soon find the level that works for you!

 

[adi]

i have been taking small short puffs and not very often. i feel pretty decent right now. but i still want to dilute. can i wash out and blow out my carts and refill with a dilute juice?? can i use water to dilute??

 

[sonnetjie]

I haven't tried diluting with water. I've always used VG or a lower mg juice to dilute. What refill juice have you got? If you've got a syringe you could try and suck up the juice in the cartos.

 

[Janetda]

I think you can use distilled water, but I'm not sure you'd get a good vaper if you dilute too much with that. I'd go with pg or vg myself.

 

[Stephaniems]

I think water will make it too thin and flood the atomizer, use pg or vg.

 

[Sallana]

18mg carts is rather high for a light smoker. (And yes, I consider 10 cigarettes a day light. Whether or not the cigarettes themselves are light)

I smoke - or smoked - 20 - 30 camel lights a day. Now camel lights are pretty strong, most people will disagree with me, but I think they are just as strong as a Marb Red. (But taste better).

But anyway, the point I'm making is my e-cig has 16mg carts and that was considered "High", so for you, I would drop to 13mg or maybe even 8mg would probably do the trick.

You can dilute the juice in your carts with PG or VG or a mix. I can't tell you the ratios of what to use, as I'm not that experienced yet, but I'm sure someone else can, and maybe already has (I didnt read all the replies.)

You can order PG or VG juice with no nic from various e-juice sellers, I know for a fact that Mrs. T sells no nic flavorless juice, i'm not sure on the link so maybe someone else can help you there or you can google it.

As for your health symptoms I'd like to make you feel better there. I'm a severe hypochondriac and because of that I know how seriously scary symptoms like you are getting can be. I also happen to have high blood pressure (which came about after pregnancy for some reason) and I mean HIGH... like for a while I was walking stroke high. I'm talking 210/100 high. And if your blood pressure was dangerously high you wouldn't so much experience 'racing heart' or 'ear pressure' as much as a feeling like "My head is going to explode" and it's not a headache, it just feels like someone is pumping compressed air into your head. It doesn't hurt, just feels like there's a lot of... well... pressure!

What you are experiencing is nicotine overdose. It doesn't seem to serious just yet, if it got real bad you'd know and call 911, it would feel like a heart attack. Racing heart and jittery-ness just means you are taking in more nic than your body is used to. I'd slow down on your vaping, you don't have to stop.. But don't do it so often. I know also that it's not as satisfying as a cigarette when you first start out so you tend to suck on it more than you would a cigarette. So between that and you having too high of a dose.. I'd say that's your issue and I wouldn't worry TOO much as long as you really cut down on it now and don't keep sucking on it like a pacifier.

Jeez, what a novel.

Well, hope I helped a little.

 

[Cielo]

Cvs pharmacy carries VG for 4.99. Its in their skin care isle but you might have to ask where it is. The label on the bottle says: CVS Pharmacy Pure Glycerin USP, skin protectant, 6fl oz.

It does sound like your nic is too high. I usually vape around 8-12mg and ordered a 24mg to cut but I vaped it first just to try it. It gave me that same feeling you decribed and I knew right away it was too high of nic for me.

Hope you get to feeling better

 

[The Mosh]

Awhile back, the FTC did a study on the nicotine dosages of different cigarette brands. They got most every variant that was around at the time. My advice, would be to find the FTC cigarette nicotine/tar index, and look up the brand of cigarettes you smoked. If you don't find your primary brand (remember, it's a few years old) then try to find your second and third choice of cigarette brand. The nicotine dosage will be on the index, and then you know what you need from your e-juice. It's a little tricky to find on Google, but you should be able to dig it up with about five minutes of searching. My guess is that you're probably a marb light smoker, in which case I suspect you need something between 9 and 11mg for juice, but make sure to double check with the big list before ordering.

Good luck!

 

[kr808d1]

I would recommend using 8mg till your body gets used to vaping , you also may get slight headaches from the pg at first . you may be able to blow some of the juice out and add in some vg to it to dilute it more . look for the thread refilling trick if you flood it out . I felt kinda spaced out at first and kinda had a coffee jitter feeling . I smoked full flavor pall malls at a pack per day and started out on 8 mg then moved up to 11mg .

 

[adi]

Thanks for all the help. I have 12mg lung juice that I am going to use to dilute (maybe even water...) BTW, I was a Misty Menthol Ultra Light Smoker.

 

[JoyM]

I agree with the others, I think the nic is too high. I smoked a pack a day for 16 years of Marlboro Lights, and got the 11mg and 18mg carts...and the 18mg are too strong for me.
Also, if your a coffee drinker (or a big soda drinker)...may need to taper that down when vaping as your effected more by caffeine when not smoking regular cigs, which can make one jittery.
Good luck on diluting the carts you have now, and next time you can get some lower nic ones.

 

[MissVapor]

I felt the same exact way using PG liquids..switch to all VG liquids..