Taste Finally Came Back

[TommyG]

I'm on about week 4 of no analogues, I feel great, but I recently lost the ability to taste my e juices. This started the night before last, and I was worried it was my atty, I've only had it for a few days but was told I hit them pretty hard by a local brick and mortar. I tried different juices, a disposable, and my 808. I was starting to get frustrated and disheartened, really though this wasn't going to work out for me. I decided to ride the bland out, I have a decent amount of money (for me) invested in this with my Tornado-T, V2, and spread of juices, waste not want not lol.

So I'm heading to work bright and early, vaping with no flavor, remember hearing how much people on these forums keep telling the nubs (me) to drink more water...so, I drink a ton of water, I'm sure my body needed it anyway, and I notice at lunch that my favorite breakfast burrito tastes different, I can taste something that wasn't there before and I'm not the biggest fan of it. Long story made kind of short, this evening I'm actually able to taste my vapes! Not only do I taste them, but all the tobacco flavors I was looking forward to that seemed oddly similar before now taste different, and really good.

I thought it was important to let some of the new guys, who might be like myself, know that if this happens to you it isn't the end of the world (I think). Drink more water, lot's more, and hang tight as this doesn't seem to last long. After a little digging I did find that I wasn't the only person to experience this, as a matter of fact I was quite lucky in that I could still taste most everything else where others have lost all taste completely (part of the healing process when quitting after years of heavy smoking?)

Thanks for reading, hope this helps someone, and if this is commonly known to all buy myself then please disregard lol.

 

[FreeFire]

Great for you..yes, the taste buds come back to life....we just have to wait for it is all...sometimes longer than anticipated.

 

[nebulas]

Yep, smoking kills the taste buds but after you don't smoke for some time they start coming back. I noticed I tasted a lot of things differently when mine started coming back in.

Congrats and way to hang in there!

 

[brandontrjn]

I gained a few pounds when I started vaping and could taste again...not because of the whole "smoking supresses your appetite" thing but because the food actually tasted good!

 

[Sweeney Todd]

Congratulations, that's a pretty big milestone.

 

[bumpi]

Yea, I went out drinking in Atlantic City the other night and on the way down I was vaping in the car enjoying all my awesome rawr flavors....I think I had a few analogs (I drank ALOT) at night while blacked out, cause I woke up with that old familiar congestion/throat burn..then I the ride hope I couldn't taste my rawr juices, I switched atties right away, but still nothing, this lasted two days... At first I thought because of the cigs I may have smoked, but it seemed weird cause when I first started vaping I still smoked a few cigs (~8, down from my pack and a half) a day before I kicked em.... That's when I realized I must've still been dehydrated from my booze session, since I rehydrated my flavor came back

+1 for drink water if u can't taste ur vape

 

[BluSwatch]

I noticed after vaping a while that my sense of smell changed also. I think taste AND smell die off a bit while smoking. Perfumes and colognes smell different now, and cigarettes/smoker's clothes smell WAY worse than I remembered. LOL

 

[KayVapes]

I have noticed that I can smell again. I've been vaping only for about 2 weeks now. I have had a "stuffy" nose for ever it seems and when I started vaping.. it's been amazing to smell again.. well mostly.. lol

I haven't had the issue of losing my sense of taste yet.. but I drink lots of coffee..redbull.. well basically mainline caffeine.. lol

 

[TommyG]

It's the next morning, obviously lol, and I'm able to taste my juices much better (steeping probably didn't hurt anything). The big thing I'm noticing is that the Halo tobacco sampler originally tasted sweet/honey like to me, and all but 2 of them tasted the same. I'm now getting very little sweet out of any of them, and they're all pretty different though I still don't see what all the fuss is about Tribeca (was told it needed to steep for another week or two anyway). Life is good again, and in the next day or two I should be receiving my 5 bottle order from Mom & Pops, all tobacco and with perfect timing all things considered. I think I might need to branch out a little and see what some of the more popular non-tobacco flavors are all about. Thanks for all the support everyone, really glad I found this site when I did or I might still be messing with overpriced rebranded mini's if I was still vaping at all.