Pg fired!!!! Sore throat arrested!!

[epelto]

I quit smoking in 2006. I have been hooked on nicorette gum, patches and chew on and off since then. I had my 1st vape on a mini my son had on January, 5th 2013. I am definitely liking this and thinking it is my way off the gum. Quickly found my way to Youtube and much info. January 12th I ordered a Pro Vari Mini and a Z Atty Pro(Genesis atty). That same day I ordered many DIY flavors, nic, pg and vg. Waiting for the 1st shipments is brutal. Here I am on February 7th, 2013 with one hell of an obsessive hobby. 2 orders from ecigexpress, 2 from IB tanked, 1 from Loranne Oils, 1 from Specialty Bottle, Kanthal wire and 400 by 400 off ebay, 2 from pro vape and 6 from my favorite My Freedom Smokes. $966 so far. I am waiting on several more Genesis style Atomizers that should be here soon. What the hell is wrong with me.

So to get to the subject line. I know I was probably hitting to hard at 1st. Studied and tried to do everything right in the way of slow draw and drinking a lot of water to aleviate the dry throat and kind of head cold that had to be the direct cause of vaping. I am $1000 into this and thinking that I have to quit because it is really making me miserable. I have read that a lot of us have these symptoms and see people blame it on withdrawal of analogs. Well, I quit those over 6 years ago and I know that wasn't my problem. So yesterday I mixed up my 1st real 100% VG juice. I have been hitting that hard for 24hrs and all my dryness has subsided completely. I vape about 5 mg a day I guess. I left for work this morning with my Pro Vari Mini safe at home on my desk. I head out to work with my two eGoCtwist 650's and one 1000. Got a 2mil vivi Nova on one with favorite tobacco flavor. Another 3.5ml has some Mflavor with menthol and the 3rd one is full of my favorite cotton candy from loranne oils. I am living the dream today.

Or it maybe is a coincidence that my throat just cleared up the the same exact moment I changed to 100% VG. I dout it. I have read that a lot of people have the dry throat symptoms for a couple weeks at the start of their vaping career, but I am 4 weeks in here Dump the PG and save yourself the

 

[Caridwen]

I think a lot of it is getting used to vaping and quitting smoking.

I vape pretty high PG and have no throat issues.

I started with VG and had to switch to higher PG because VG made me feel like something was sitting on my chest.

Then too,that could have been symptoms from quitting smoking. But if it's working out better for you, that's great! Many people seem to like all VG.

 

[Robino1]

There are those that are allergic to PG. You seem to fall into that group. Good news is that there are still a lot of options for you!

I am lucky that I have no allergies and I really prefer a 70/30 ratio. Thank goodness there is something for everyone. We have way more options now than we did while we were smoking.

Happy you found YOUR happy place!!!

 

[Caridwen]

I do love the thread title! It really cracked me up.

 

[~Sue~Feb2012]

Except for the first sentence, and general timeframe, your story is eerily similar in many ways to what mine would be.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[BassPlayersWife]

It is different for everyone. I am on my 3rd week of vaping and have had the dry/sore/scratchy throat, but not bad. My husband has two days more than i do, and he has nothing bothering him.

I do not know what the juice pg/vg ratio is on what we got with out kit, but our new juices are a 60/40 mix. I think I will try a 50/50.

All of our juices are 24 ml, but i see that is kind of rare. Does the nic amount make a difference as well?

 

[Kevin King]

I like this thread. my story is VERY similar as well. let me explain..

when I officially quit smoking cigs on may 18th, I was so pumped for vaping and got my first mixed juice from Highbrow. I read that more PG gives more flavor, so right off the bat I said "oh well that's what I want cuz I want more FLAVV". but at the time I really didn't know anything at all about PG or VG. about a week or 2 into my journey of quitting cigs, I REALLY started to go thru horrible withdrawl. every time I vaped it felt like my tounge had needles poking into it, and my mouth was so dry. it got to the point where I was so frustrated, and wasn't sure if it was because of the PG or because of quitting smokes, that I wanted to give up on vaping because I thought these symptoms would never go away. but fortunately it eventually mellowed out and stopped. in that meantime tho I began to do much research and find out exactly what ratio of PG/VG I needed.

9 months later : I generally like a 50/50 blend of pg/vg. but I definitely have vaped some great juices that were 30/70 , and 100% VG. i also have noticed that the amount of nicotine in the juice DEFINITELY effects the flavor. for months i always vaped 18mg nic, but once i got into genenis style attys, and SS mesh, i really had to lower my nic. now i only vape 12mg, and for ME i find the 12mg is a perfect amount. even in my Ikenvape fusion cartomizers, my 12mg all day vape (rawr bananacreampie) is fantastic and exactly what i like. but when i ordered my all day vape in 6mg, and loaded up my orion, it really tasted off, and i could taste the VG in it much more then my usual 12mg bottles of banana cream pie. i have not got into DIY yet, but i REALLY want too, because for SS mesh i feel i could go down to 10mg and that would give me the perfect amount of TH for chainvaping a genny. as long as it doesn't affect the flavor like the 6mg did. but that could just be THAT particular juice. im really not sure.

stick with it tho, and don't ever give up. i would love to have all the DIY supplies that you have, especially when i first started. you have the possibility of making some phenomenal, dank juices that fit your exact needs and taste buds. practice, master it, vape it. good luck

 

[darkhood]

I quit smoking in 2006. I have been hooked on nicorette gum, patches and chew on and off since then. I had my 1st vape on a mini my son had on January, 5th 2013. I am definitely liking this and thinking it is my way off the gum. Quickly found my way to Youtube and much info. January 12th I ordered a Pro Vari Mini and a Z Atty Pro(Genesis atty). That same day I ordered many DIY flavors, nic, pg and vg. Waiting for the 1st shipments is brutal. Here I am on February 7th, 2013 with one hell of an obsessive hobby. 2 orders from ecigexpress, 2 from IB tanked, 1 from Loranne Oils, 1 from Specialty Bottle, Kanthal wire and 400 by 400 off ebay, 2 from pro vape and 6 from my favorite My Freedom Smokes. $966 so far. I am waiting on several more Genesis style Atomizers that should be here soon. What the hell is wrong with me.

So to get to the subject line. I know I was probably hitting to hard at 1st. Studied and tried to do everything right in the way of slow draw and drinking a lot of water to aleviate the dry throat and kind of head cold that had to be the direct cause of Vaping. I am $1000 into this and thinking that I have to quit because it is really making me miserable. I have read that a lot of us have these symptoms and see people blame it on withdrawal of analogs. Well, I quit those over 6 years ago and I know that wasn't my problem. So yesterday I mixed up my 1st real 100% VG juice. I have been hitting that hard for 24hrs and all my dryness has subsided completely. I vape about 5 mg a day I guess. I left for work this morning with my Pro Vari Mini safe at home on my desk. I head out to work with my two eGoCtwist 650's and one 1000. Got a 2mil vivi Nova on one with favorite tobacco flavor. Another 3.5ml has some Mflavor with menthol and the 3rd one is full of my favorite cotton candy from loranne oils. I am living the dream today.

Or it maybe is a coincidence that my throat just cleared up the the same exact moment I changed to 100% VG. I dout it. I have read that a lot of people have the dry throat symptoms for a couple weeks at the start of their vaping career, but I am 4 weeks in here Dump the PG and save yourself the

no coincidence, my throat hates pg too.

 

[PLANofMAN]

...January 12th I ordered a Pro Vari Mini and a Z Atty Pro(Genesis atty). That same day I ordered many DIY flavors, nic, pg and vg. Waiting for the 1st shipments is brutal. Here I am on February 7th, 2013 with one hell of an obsessive hobby. 2 orders from ecigexpress, 2 from IB tanked, 1 from Loranne Oils, 1 from Specialty Bottle, Kanthal wire and 400 by 400 off ebay, 2 from pro vape and 6 from my favorite My Freedom Smokes. $966 so far. I am waiting on several more Genesis style Atomizers that should be here soon. What the hell is wrong with me.

I've been into this since mid December. So I've got a month on you. Spend another $500 and you'll catch up to me. Although in fairness, you started off with the right kit from the start. I blew about $200 on "other" pv's before I got my latest one, a ProVari.

I'm lucky, I can vape anything, PG, VG, or PG/VG mix. My problem is getting rid of the cigarettes. I've cut back, but haven't been able to wean myself entirely off of them. Sometimes I feel like I'll work my way through every e-cig stuff supplier in the U.S. and China in another couple of years.