After smoking where I live became an issue about a month ago, I decided to revisit e-cigs, in hopes that they had become more effective since the first time I had tried one that a friend offered a few years back. I looked into some disposable brands first to test the waters, and spent a couple of days smoking NJoy Kings (with an occasional analog on the side) from a local 7-11 before deciding that I was actually pretty fond of the experience, and would go all-in on a rechargeable. I went with the Smokeless Image Volt, and before it even arrived in the mail, I was already experiencing some improvements in the way I felt, despite still smoking 1-3 analogs a day. I was able to breathe deeper without feeling a cough or wheeze come on, and not experiencing any morning coughing. One my Volt(s) arrived, I used it nearly exclusively, cutting the cigarette usage down to 5-7 in a week (mostly due to other factors, such as not having a carrying case), and continued to feel like my body was functioning a little better as I did so. Once I got a case to carry my Volts around, I stopped with the analogs altogether, and it's been about 10 days since my last one.
About 5 -7days ago though, I started experiencing some throat pain late at night. It was gone the next morning (and every morning since), but increased throughout the next day, gradually, until it was nearly full-force again by night. It's been happening every day since then, and while I don't know for sure what the root cause of it might be, the vaping is definitely what's agitating it. For a couple of days there it also seemed to come along with a slight pain in my ear and wisdom tooth, which led me to believe it was some sort of throat/ear infection that I was aggravating with the vaping, but every morning I feel fine again... I'm going to try to lay off the vaping for the rest of the day today, as my throat is worse than usual for this hour of the day, and I haven't even vaped 25% as much as I normally would (which in turn is less than I used to toke cigarettes). In the meantime though, I'm wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone. I'm pretty concerned about it. I've read a few threads here and elsewhere with people having similar problems, but I never see any real resolution to it...
A little background info:
- The pain almost feels like a swelling of something in my throat. I've tried lots of water drinking to ease it, and while it is a slight comfort, it doesn't really help much.
- I had been smoking for about 17 years until a month ago. 20-30 cigarettes a day was typical for me. When I slowed and eventually stopped the analogs over the last month, I did not experience any of the coughing-up of matter that people describe when they stop smoking.
- I've noticed a lot of discussion about the method of pulling that people use when vaping vs. smoking... I have to be honest and say that the I'm either missing something or terribly confused. It sounds like there are people who are suggesting that smokers would sometimes pull smoke from the cigarette and inhale in one motion, where as it's recommended that one pull on a vape first, and then inhale the smoke in a separate motion... The former of those things has always struck me as a physical impossibility... Put a finger in your mouth, and then wrap your lips around it so no air can escape (as one must do to pull on a cigarette sufficiently to draw smoke from it). Now try inhaling through your plugged mouth. It shouldn't be possible since there is noplace for air to move... It's like trying to inhale liquid through a straw and swallow it all in one motion... I wouldn't think it possible; first liquid must be pulled up, then the tongue pushes it down the throat. Like I said, something about the whole toke discussion doesn't seem right to me, so maybe there is something I'm missing. Just to be clear though, I'm pulling very lightly on my Volt for a couple of seconds to get the vapor built up in my mouth, then inhaling; the same way I did with a smoke.
- I do occasionally smoke ......... recreationally. There has not been any significant change in frequency of use between the last week or so (when I'm experiencing the throat pain) and the preceeding weeks of vaping where I felt fine.
- I started on 18mg cartomizers in my first shipment. The last was a mix of 18 and 12, and my most recent is a mix of 12 and 6. Lowering the nicotine doesn't seem to be making things any easier on my throat.
Anyway, sorry for such a long post as a newcomer, and for having so many questions haha. If anyone can offer any information though, I'd really appreciate it. I was absolutely thrilled about my new vaping habit that I had replaced smoking with, and it would kill me to have to quit this now, and go back to analogs. Perhaps literally =p Keeping my fingers crossed that this all passes soon.
About 5 -7days ago though, I started experiencing some throat pain late at night. It was gone the next morning (and every morning since), but increased throughout the next day, gradually, until it was nearly full-force again by night. It's been happening every day since then, and while I don't know for sure what the root cause of it might be, the vaping is definitely what's agitating it. For a couple of days there it also seemed to come along with a slight pain in my ear and wisdom tooth, which led me to believe it was some sort of throat/ear infection that I was aggravating with the vaping, but every morning I feel fine again... I'm going to try to lay off the vaping for the rest of the day today, as my throat is worse than usual for this hour of the day, and I haven't even vaped 25% as much as I normally would (which in turn is less than I used to toke cigarettes). In the meantime though, I'm wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone. I'm pretty concerned about it. I've read a few threads here and elsewhere with people having similar problems, but I never see any real resolution to it...
A little background info:
- The pain almost feels like a swelling of something in my throat. I've tried lots of water drinking to ease it, and while it is a slight comfort, it doesn't really help much.
- I had been smoking for about 17 years until a month ago. 20-30 cigarettes a day was typical for me. When I slowed and eventually stopped the analogs over the last month, I did not experience any of the coughing-up of matter that people describe when they stop smoking.
- I've noticed a lot of discussion about the method of pulling that people use when vaping vs. smoking... I have to be honest and say that the I'm either missing something or terribly confused. It sounds like there are people who are suggesting that smokers would sometimes pull smoke from the cigarette and inhale in one motion, where as it's recommended that one pull on a vape first, and then inhale the smoke in a separate motion... The former of those things has always struck me as a physical impossibility... Put a finger in your mouth, and then wrap your lips around it so no air can escape (as one must do to pull on a cigarette sufficiently to draw smoke from it). Now try inhaling through your plugged mouth. It shouldn't be possible since there is noplace for air to move... It's like trying to inhale liquid through a straw and swallow it all in one motion... I wouldn't think it possible; first liquid must be pulled up, then the tongue pushes it down the throat. Like I said, something about the whole toke discussion doesn't seem right to me, so maybe there is something I'm missing. Just to be clear though, I'm pulling very lightly on my Volt for a couple of seconds to get the vapor built up in my mouth, then inhaling; the same way I did with a smoke.
- I do occasionally smoke ......... recreationally. There has not been any significant change in frequency of use between the last week or so (when I'm experiencing the throat pain) and the preceeding weeks of vaping where I felt fine.
- I started on 18mg cartomizers in my first shipment. The last was a mix of 18 and 12, and my most recent is a mix of 12 and 6. Lowering the nicotine doesn't seem to be making things any easier on my throat.
Anyway, sorry for such a long post as a newcomer, and for having so many questions haha. If anyone can offer any information though, I'd really appreciate it. I was absolutely thrilled about my new vaping habit that I had replaced smoking with, and it would kill me to have to quit this now, and go back to analogs. Perhaps literally =p Keeping my fingers crossed that this all passes soon.
