Shortness of breath?

[Janee5439]

Hello!
Ever since I have started making my own e-juice, I have experienced shortness of breath.
Could I be using less than pure ingredience? I started by purchasing my e liquids directly from the manufacturer? Flavour Art, (FA) but I am now buying my FA and Flavorah e juice's from DIY-ejuice.com which I think is a middle man.
Can anyone tell me if I am correct about this and if you have experienced the same breathing issue when using a (middle man) to purchase my Internationally-made ejuice flavors?

 

[somdcomputerguy]

Welcome to ECF, Janee5439. I've been vaping for over 6 years now and DIY'ing for most of those. I've gotten my nic and concentrated flavors from the same 'middle man' in that time. Your post doesn't make much sense to me. Are you saying that you started having these issues when buying directly? Have they improved or gotten worse since buying from that site you mentioned?

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

Wow, Sorry to hear that. Shortness of breath in any instance, is not a good thing. I'm not a Dr. by any means, perhaps you should go see one. It could be a quality control issue, or a bad allergic reaction to an ingredient, it's unclear as to what's going on. Definitely stop using the product .
Either way, take your well-being seriously.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

Shortness of breath = see a doctor.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

PS: Yes you are correct that DIY-ejuice.com is a retailer, not the manufacturer, of those 2 brands of flavorings. As you say "middle man". This should not matter unless they are selling you old stock and/or rebottling the stock using unsafe, unsanitary practices.

 

[Nermal]

Hello!
Ever since I have started making my own e-juice, I have experienced shortness of breath.

I had the same problem from a local vendor. Turns out it was 70% glycerin/30% PG. I switched to 70% PG and the problem went away. It took at least a month for the change to be effective.

This is a rare but known reaction to high vg ratios. Might be your problem and might not be. In any case, I will never use a liquid that doesn't state the ratio on the label.

 

[BrotherBob]

Hello!

Welcome and glad you joined.

 

[Skitsospaz]

Shortness of breath = see a doctor.

I agree its definitely not normal..could be the season also

 

[moze229]

Shortness of breath is something a doctor should diagnose. However....

I will tell you that I’m sensitive to ALL flavorings. I can have some from time to time, but I’m 99.9% flavorless. Boring, I know, but I’m no longer smoking. I don’t even think about it anymore.

I recently was vaping a grape flavor for a few days (much longer than I would usually try.). I started becoming short of breath. I stopped the flavor, and my symptoms went away. A few years ago when I was making the transition from smoking, I would also get short of breath. When I stopped smoking and just went to vaping alone (not easy) it went away.

Too much flavoring? Expired bottles? Sensitivity to specific chemicals? It’s really hard to say. The only thing definitive is that if you go back to non DIY and it’s fine, there’s something in the process that you are either doing wrong or having a reaction to. The manufacturers you mention have been selling flavors for years, so I wouldn’t see that as being an issue, unless you are getting non-authentic product.