Good points willow. I forgot how weird it is to switch inhale styles.
update
ok guys i manned up and tried it out again and it hits alot better than i originally thought! i think i was hitting it wrong earlier.it feels alot better than i thought. so i prob wont mess with the vg stuff.
now..i only took a few hits as im still a little scared lol...
i want to be able to chain vape a little longer and not just a few hits..
i really dont want to waste money and buy a 5 pack of both 6 and 11mg.. do you guys think i can chain vape 11mg without getting nascious?
i smoke parliament lights a pack a day
sorry for all the newb questions..i jus really expected alot and want to quit analogs
This is good info to know, I only ordered my PV yesterday (hopefully it will arrive today!) so knowing what to look out for at first is a good thing. I'm probably in a slightly different boat than most people here in that I quit 3 years ago, but recently have started going out again and find I cannot resist smoking while at a pub/club and was looking into alternatives... there is another ulterior motive but I won't go into that right now :s
Based on the advice in this thread I think I will start with the lowest strength cart and see how that goes... I was planning on starting on the strongest.
Plain VG can be purchased at Walmart or CVS as Glycerin USP. Normally found in the skincare section. It is fairly thick as packaged; best to dilute it a little with a bit of distilled water or vodka/grain alcohol to a consistency similar to the juice you are using. Then you can add it to your ejuice to lower the nic level. I had to do this for the first week or so that I started vaping until I got used to it; otherwise headspinning buzz that I did not care for.
16mg may just be overkill since the OP was smoking "lights"...i was smoking reg 100's and i'm using 11mg and even though i'm vaping more the experience, taste & nic is perfect for me. sometimes less IS moreDefinitely sounds like Nicotine poisoning. I've had it a few times in the past after smoking way too much, and hitting the hookah at the same time while drinking. Drink tons of water, and Ginger Ale has worked wonders for me in the past to reduce nausea, if you like that stuff. Ginger anything helps really, ginger cookies, etc.
It seems odd the OD would be from the pv, that's not a very high strength. Although you were smoking light cigarettes before, so maybe you just aren't as used to Nicotine as you thought you were.
You shouldn't have any problem using it in the future, I'm thinking your chain smoking of your remaining cigarettes was a huge factor in this. You could always get a lower nicotine juice, but unless you go crazy chain-vaping the current strength shouldn't be an issue. I chain-vape 24mg and 26mg juice, and the worst I get is a slight headache after an hour or so. But I did smoke Turkish Royals and Wides, so I wasn't a light smoker.
Good luck, hope you feel better, and stay strong resisting the urge to smoke ciggs!
Decaf iced tea works good as well if you don't like just plain waterLOL...sorry but I OD'ed when I first started vaping also. You need to lower your nic if you're going to hit on it all the time. Drink tons of water...more than you normally do. I can't drink plain water so I buy water mixes from wal-mart. If lowering your nic level doesn't work and you're still suffering from headaches and what not, you need to use a higher level of VG in your juice. It can also be an allergy to VG.
also you can find VG in the baking section in craft stores (or possibly in Wally World, etc.) anywhere they sell Wilton baking/decorating stuff. it's used for making the "gel" type of icing, etc. (my wife picked mine up at a Joann's when she was out buying more decorating suppliesPlain VG can be purchased at Walmart or CVS as Glycerin USP. Normally found in the skincare section. It is fairly thick as packaged; best to dilute it a little with a bit of distilled water or vodka/grain alcohol to a consistency similar to the juice you are using. Then you can add it to your ejuice to lower the nic level. I had to do this for the first week or so that I started vaping until I got used to it; otherwise headspinning buzz that I did not care for.
also you can find VG in the baking section in craft stores (or possibly in Wally World, etc.) anywhere they sell Wilton baking/decorating stuff. it's used for making the "gel" type of icing, etc. (my wife picked mine up at a Joann's when she was out buying more decorating supplies)
so just to clarify..if i mix vg into he bloog cartemizers...i can get bigger clouds? doing my best to research..but theres so much stuff ;(
cus i think the problem was ...my lungs are kinda weak..so i was tryin to take huge rips to replicate analog smoke...ended up inhaling way more than i do a regular cig...
is there any ecigs where i can jus inhale like a cigarette where i dont have to suck super hard? i was reading the bloog is the closest