is nic doing this to me?

[LegioX]

This is completely incorrect. It is much more likely to overdo nicotine through smoking than vaping. vaping is far less efficient in getting nicotine into your system that smoking is.

Based on the thousands of people who vape higher nicotine levels than the OP does without any of these symptoms, it statistically seems more likely that this could be a "flavoring" issue or possiblely an issue that has nothing to do with vaping at all. It could even have to do with stopping smoking and some chemical that the OP is not getting any longer. As someone else suggested, I would schedule a doctor's visit.

I'm not so sure about that. Being able to vape all day without becoming sick due to excessive chemicals, tar, smoke, etc. makes it is a lot easier to take in more of nicotine with less warning signs. Sure, you don't get as much nicotine as a cigarette gives you, but you're more likely to get sick from smoking cigarettes before you even OD on nicotine in the first place, or at the very least be well aware of the situation.

If you're saying 1 puff of a cigarette is giving you more nicotine than 1 puff of a PV, then hell yes. But tell me this, can you vape longer than you'd be able to smoke cigarettes? Couple that with the fact that nicotine induced via vaping takes longer to hit you, you may well vape away for hours and all of sudden realize you've overdone it.

But back to the original question - now that I recall, when I was on 18mg this was in the first month of quitting smoking, and when my ear ringing had mainly occurred . Like others have said, just quitting smoking can be the cause of ear ringing.

And going to see a medical professional is never a bad thing.

 

[swedishfish]

I'm not so sure about that. Being able to vape all day without becoming sick due to excessive chemicals, tar, smoke, etc. makes it is a lot easier to take in more of nicotine with less warning signs. Sure, you don't get as much nicotine as a cigarette gives you, but you're more likely to get sick from smoking cigarettes before you even OD on nicotine in the first place, or at the very least be well aware of the situation.

If you're saying 1 puff of a cigarette is giving you more nicotine than 1 puff of a PV, then hell yes. But tell me this, can you vape longer than you'd be able to smoke cigarettes? Couple that with the fact that nicotine induced via vaping takes longer to hit you, you may well vape away for hours and all of sudden realize you've overdone it.

If this is such a common occurance, I'm surprised we haven't heard about it. Especially with so many organizations and even some of the medical community being down on ecigs. I'd think that if this happened, they'd be all over it. I've never heard or read about a single case of people becoming sick or OD'ing and they now sell ecigs at every convenience store and even at the local supermarkets I go to.

I'm sure there might be some people that vape themselves into oblivion just like there are people that make themselves sick at an all you can eat buffet. Don't most people know when they've vaped enough and back away from the pv? It's not like we're novices with tobacco.

 

[wv2win]

Low dose aspirin therapy can cause ringing in the ears (in which case your doctor should be told).

I didn't know that. I take low dose aspirin and do have very mild ringing at times. Do you know why it causes it?

 

[wv2win]

I'm not so sure about that. Being able to vape all day without becoming sick due to excessive chemicals, tar, smoke, etc. makes it is a lot easier to take in more of nicotine with less warning signs. Sure, you don't get as much nicotine as a cigarette gives you, but you're more likely to get sick from smoking cigarettes before you even OD on nicotine in the first place, or at the very least be well aware of the situation.

If you're saying 1 puff of a cigarette is giving you more nicotine than 1 puff of a PV, then hell yes. But tell me this, can you vape longer than you'd be able to smoke cigarettes? Couple that with the fact that nicotine induced via vaping takes longer to hit you, you may well vape away for hours and all of sudden realize you've overdone it.

But back to the original question - now that I recall, when I was on 18mg this was in the first month of quitting smoking, and when my ear ringing had mainly occurred . Like others have said, just quitting smoking can be the cause of ear ringing.

And going to see a medical professional is never a bad thing.

Well that's an interesting theroy about vaping more to get the nicotine that goes into your system less efficiently and it hitting you later. You could have a point there. That would be an interesting study by someone with medical research experience on nicotine.

 

[Maxine]

I didn't know that. I take low dose aspirin and do have very mild ringing at times. Do you know why it causes it?

I do not know why. I just know that many drugs can cause tinnitus and that aspirin is famous for it.

WebMD Adult Low Dose Aspirin Oral

 

[wv2win]

I do not know why. I just know that many drugs can cause tinnitus and that aspirin is famous for it.

WebMD Adult Low Dose Aspirin Oral

Thanks for the link. I started taking it about 5 years ago as a preventive measure and did tell my doctor about it and he was fine with it. I'm definitely going to ask him about it the next time I see him.

 

[MsTick]

I've had this going on, too. I'm at three months vaping, and the past few weeks, I've had my ears ringing. I knew it was a symptom of nic OD, so I tried backing off. Emphasis on tried. Then I ran out of my favorite juice. Ringing went away. Got a new bottle of the fav juice. Ringing's back. It took a couple of days for it to return, but I think either this juice is higher nic than the label says, or something in the flavoring is doing this. I've got some DIY stuff, so I'm going to try cutting the juice with pure VG. If it's the nic level causing this, that should do it. If not, I'm going to have to find a new favorite flavor.

 

[SuziesMom]

I think it's easier to OD vaping than with cigs...it's pretty common with new REO owners. Over on their board they actually tell you to switch to lower nic juice because new owners tend to go overboard the first few days.

The other theory I had was a sudden sensitivity developing from prolonged exposure to an ingredient in a juice. It happens pretty frequently to people who have occupational exposure to certain chemicals. I know a few carpenters who can't go near things like epoxy, or certain varieties of wood.

For me personally, it's not flavor because the same thing happened to me first thing this morning with unflavored nic. I'm also pretty sure it's not a pressure thing in my ears. When the same thing happened to me a few weeks ago switching to lower nic cured it- until now.

I'm going down to 18 mg, and will report back. It's just odd that it's so sudden like that- at least for me. The other weird thing is my psoriasis flared pretty badly over the weekend too, and it was looking great before this. I'm not sure it's related though.

 

[melloyello]

psoriasis....actually mine flared up couple weeks ago as well but didnt see any connection with the ringing in head.i am currently using 5 or 6 different flavors, 3 different vendors and nothing has changed...so i dont think its the flavoring (unless they happen to use the same flavoring). like you, suzies mom, i think its the nicotine...at least thats my guess. i noticed the ringing the most the day i started vaping 16mg jooglers juice. (that very day i went down to 16 mg, from 18...and i was stoked, until this whole ordeal started)

 

[wdave]

i started vaping 24 mg but soon felt it was a bit much so i went down to 18mg...i vaped 18 for a month or so, maybe a month and a half (about 4 ml/day) and thought i would try lower the nic level (not that i needed to) to 16mg....i vaped 16 for another month (about 4ml/day) and started to get a high pitch ringing sound in my head...i thought it was a nic level, maybe the juice vendor, so i ordered juices from other vendors (in 12mg) but nothing changed. now i can take only few puffs of 12mg and i instantly get the ringing back in my head. i ordered 6mg today and will try to see if it makes a difference. at 12mg im already getting a bit discouraged at the lack of TH (70pg/30vg) and im really not looking forward to see what 6mg will give me :-(
does anyone have other ideas what it could be from? i really feel bummed out.
( i was a 2 pack a day camel lights smoker for years)

As another 2 pack a day camel lights smoker I'll give you my two cents. I have no idea what could be causing this

Dave

 

[bassworm]

I am going to suggest, that you don't go see "just" a doctor, go see a Ear Nose and Throat Specialist.

 

[videvinci]

This is completely incorrect. It is much more likely to overdo nicotine through smoking than vaping. Vaping is far less efficient in getting nicotine into your system that smoking is.

Based on the thousands of people who vape higher nicotine levels than the OP does without any of these symptoms, it statistically seems more likely that this could be a "flavoring" issue or possiblely an issue that has nothing to do with vaping at all. It could even have to do with stopping smoking and some chemical that the OP is not getting any longer. As someone else suggested, I would schedule a doctor's visit.

wv2win
Could you please substantiate this remark with any links to this effect? I have tapered down from 26mg to 12mg because of health reasons, but I would dearly like to elevate my levels IF there is enough scientific evidence to your claim (Vaping is far less efficient in getting nicotine into your system that smoking is.-your words)

 

[swedishfish]

wv2win
Could you please substantiate this remark with any links to this effect? I have tapered down from 26mg to 12mg because of health reasons, but I would dearly like to elevate my levels IF there is enough scientific evidence to your claim (Vaping is far less efficient in getting nicotine into your system that smoking is.-your words)

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/centers-institutes/population-development/files/article.jphp.pdf

In this post someone posted their blood work results. Obviously that's just antidotal, but within that thread there are some good links to information posted. There was also another thread regarding this recently in this section. I'll try to find the link to the thread.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...3-blood-test-lab-results-nicotine-levels.html

 

[SuziesMom]

Weird...someone was mentioning a journal article they saw that said people with eczema are more likely to be allergic to PG. I don't vape PG mainly because of the dehydration- a little in the flavoring is fine, but I prefer to avoid it as a percentage of the blend.

18 isn't entirely happy for me this morning- I'm thinking I'll vape at 15 today and see what happens. I noticed we both vape Bluemist. It was a berry peach coconut blend from Gourmet Vapor that started it with me. I got triple strength flavor and cut it with unflavored nic to save a little money, so I know the dosing was correct (or at least pretty close to what I was expecting).

Ugh...sorry your're going through this. It's just not fun. This next order will be for 0 nic so I can just cut down what I already have.

 

[SuziesMom]

Thanks for posting that Swedishfish,,,really interesting stuff.

 

[swedishfish]

Maybe it's something in the flavoring giving you problems? I have a friend that has eczema and I really feel for you.

 

[wv2win]

wv2win
Could you please substantiate this remark with any links to this effect? I have tapered down from 26mg to 12mg because of health reasons, but I would dearly like to elevate my levels IF there is enough scientific evidence to your claim (Vaping is far less efficient in getting nicotine into your system that smoking is.-your words)

Also click on the link at the bottom of my post for CASAA. They have quite a bit of information on health studies. The two I read, one was the New Zealand study and the other I believe was the University of Virginia.

 

[earthpig]

My thought on the eczema as well was either a PG or a flavoring reaction.
Nic levels play games as well, but not so much skin irritations, unless applied to the skin.

MN.
You've posted on this ringing elsewhere before, and it seems like time to see a specialist, don't you think?

 

[MsTick]

My psoriasis disappeared when I switched to vaping, as did my eczema. I never considered that it was smoking or nic related before.

Earthpig, the problem with going to a doctor with tinnitus is that s/he will diagnose you with tinnitus and charge you a lot of money for that nugget of wisdom. Doctors are great for stuff that fits into neat categories, not so much with anything that is highly individual or subtle, or has multiple causes. Narrowing down something like this takes detective work. And tinnitus is a fairly common effect of nic OD, so it's pretty natural to think that something related to vaping is a factor. It's also a pretty common effect of aging, too much noise exposure, or even something in your environment actually emitting a high-pitched ringing noise. Could be coincidental. Could be not coincidental. No harm in trying to see if you can figure it out.

 

[StormFinch]

My psoriasis disappeared when I switched to vaping, as did my eczema. I never considered that it was smoking or nic related before.

Earthpig, the problem with going to a doctor with tinnitus is that s/he will diagnose you with tinnitus and charge you a lot of money for that nugget of wisdom. Doctors are great for stuff that fits into neat categories, not so much with anything that is highly individual or subtle, or has multiple causes. Narrowing down something like this takes detective work. And tinnitus is a fairly common effect of nic OD, so it's pretty natural to think that something related to vaping is a factor. It's also a pretty common effect of aging, too much noise exposure, or even something in your environment actually emitting a high-pitched ringing noise. Could be coincidental. Could be not coincidental. No harm in trying to see if you can figure it out.

Although I whole heartily agree with you on doctors loving to give pat answers, any that do need to be given their walking papers immediately. I went through half a dozen and several years before any of them would take my double auto immune thyroid disorders seriously, and by then they had started effecting my bone health. According to the Mayo Clinic website, sudden onset tinnitus needs to be investigated as soon as possible. Playing find the doctor in the junk pile may end up being an unfortunate side effect.