Side Effects from quitting the Analogs... When is it going to happen? What have you experienced?

[TH'er]

Ok.

So... I'm smoke free for the first time in 28yrs "Thanks to E-Cigs" Yeah !!!

Due to purchasing a quality item....

I feel that if I bought a "Cheapy" ecig and it tasted terrible, That I would not try to quit smoking with an ecig again for a long time.. And I would most likely be back to smoking regular cigarettes until something else came by.



I've read through this thread, Which talks about side effects from quitting Cigarettes.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...hen-quitting-tobacco-changing-ecigarette.html


But so far the only side effects that I've noticed are "Positive ones" Smell, Taste: (still working on that one), Breathing better.


When can I expect to start feeling the Negitave side effects?


What "Negitave" side effects have you encountered so far from quitting Regular Cigarettes?

 

[Kopfstimmen]

I didn't notice any, but then again, I tapered off cigarettes over about 6 months.

 

[Leal]

I noticed both times when I stopped smoking I got sick. Not horribly but a noticeable chest and head cold. I think the negative symptoms really vary from person to person. Last week I hit a wall of sorts and started experiencing some mild depression. As long as it doesn't hang on I'm going to look at it as a good sign. I stopped smoking on 11-27-12 but the depression is likely post acute withdrawal and will likely fade when my body and brain finds its new normal that doesn't include cigarettes. It is a good idea to be prepared for changes that will happen but don't make my mistake and go looking for problems. The switch can be uncomfortable for some, but come here and talk about it there will be some one to listen and give advice.

 

[LisaR]

I had the "quitting smoking cough" for a bit. It started a week or two after I stopped cigarettes, and I had kind of a gunky cough. About 3 weeks later, suddenly it was gone. Also, a couple of weeks in, I was suddenly VERY dehydrated, so drink lots of water. After a month or so, I suddenly (part way through my very favorite wet burrito doused in hot salsa) realized that my tolerance for spicy foods was very much diminished. I wish I had known that was going to happen BEFORE I dumped all the salsa on it! Other than that, it's all good, so far! Honestly, I would have expected far more negative effects, as I smoked, like you, for close to 30 years. Oh, beware. The increased sense of smell is not always a good thing.

 

[Leal]

LisaR I completely agree the improved sense of smell is not always a great thing. Some times it's disturbing. I have also noticed food is spicier now too. That's a definite plus for me though.

 

[Ryedan]

Maybe I was lucky, but I didn't have any negative side effects when I switched after smoking for 37 years. Did it over about a week. My smoker's cough lasted maybe a few months. Colds got much less severe and shorter in duration. I remember taste/smell started coming back after a week or two. Breathing became much better. All good! Best of luck with it TH'er!

 

[Stat]

I had a dry throat for a short time.

 

[J.R. Bob Dobbs]

Oh, beware. The increased sense of smell is not always a good thing.

you got that right !

 

[X:WP]

I switched from tobacco cigarettes to a vaporizer using 100% pg liquid. The opening of my throat got a bit dry and sore, but only a bit. Felt the second day kind of like I was coming down with a cold (icky feeling and run down), but that disappeared by the next day. Lost the dry sore throat after I started drinking more water through the day. Really just one or two more cups, which I needed to do anyway. Got all better. Switched to 20/80 vg/pg since. Haven't seen a recurrence, and I feel marvelous! <3

 

[jmalone]

My only problem was mouth and tongue sores/ulcers for about the first few weeks. Painful and irritating as heck, but I knew (thanks to this forum!) that they'd run their course, which they did. If you've gotten through the first month without any negative side effects, you're probably not going to experience any at all (lucky you!).

Vape loud and vape proud!

 

[Vapira]

My only problem was mouth and tongue sores/ulcers for about the first few weeks. Painful and irritating as heck, but I knew (thanks to this forum!) that they'd run their course, which they did. If you've gotten through the first month without any negative side effects, you're probably not going to experience any at all (lucky you!).

Vape loud and vape proud!

I did too! It was awful but the pain was worth the gain for sure.

Vapira

 

[DFDF]

Dry throat for a few days and I was a little more aggressive than normal for about a week. Thats it.

 

[Faylool]

I had a bad bout of acne and got treatment for a year. I think a person has to have a potential for something like that in the first place. Like a potential for depression or something. Most the side affects are food enough to outweigh the bad ones. The worst being that acne and then having to loose 30 pounds and keep it off without nicotine. Why I chewed gum for 10 years. Paid for itself in the savings on the all the groceries here! I'm a tall size 12. (. : and I don't smoke. That's an accomplishment. It has to be that way or I get depressed because I get depressed soooo easy! Even antihistimines can throw me in to a downward spiral. I'd be so hard on myself if I smoked cigs. Really good for self esteem quitting things like smoking.

 

[clypto]

Dry throat, which sucks to wake up with.

Today my uvula is extremely swollen and hurts like hell, perhaps it too will run its course? :S

 

[RosaJ]

I am one of the lucky ones that didn't have any major side effects. About a couple of months after I started vaping 100% of the time, my sinuses kept draining like open water faucets. Went through several boxes of tissues and after 3 weeks it went away and hasn't come back.

 

[Vapioteque]

On the second day of no cigs I seemed to basically get the equivalent of the stomach flu. I was quite sick, nauseous as ever, sort of shaking all over and dizzy. That lasted about one night, 12 hours, and then I recovered the next day, and have been fine since.

 

[zapped]

Everyone's body chemistry is different. I was sore as hell for 2-3 days about 3 weeks into it and attribute it to those other 3999 chemicals leaving my body.

I also noticed difficulty concentrating for a week or so but thats since passed.

You might notice any combination of symptoms listed here or none at all it just depends.

 

[Crazyinariz]

Getting my sense of smell back is definitely a positive but the jury is still out on my tastebuds. Since I quit analogs I can no longer eat Taco Bell and I've been redoing all my recipes. Redoing the recipes has been a royal pita. Recipes that have been awesome for 20+ yrs I now have to redo because I was waaaay overspicing everything....

 

[bbarron78]

I got sick for like a week or so and got the mouth sores but It only lasted a little while. Small price to pay to be off the analogs.

 

[Beccca]

I had mouth sores for a few days and a month into it I started get shortness of breath due to lungs cleaning out. Still struggle with shortness of breath but know it is a common occurance.