I started with e-cigs about five years ago. I've gone through many different models. I started mixing my own juice about three years ago. Everything was good until about two years ago. The vape became so harsh I could inhale without wheezing my lungs out. Thinking I had gotten the mix on the juice wrong I started Adjusting it. Nothing helped. Eventually I decided to try one of the Prefabs from a gas staition. Cheap and cheezy but I had never had this experience from one of them before. But as soon as I took a hit I started coughing and weazing. Does there come a time when you simply cant vape anymore?
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Do you have any Real Flavors VG Line? You might want to try a MAX VG experiment and see if you are now PG sensitive.
Try just vaping some straight VG at your normal nicotine level. See how that works out for you. Please keep me updated. I'm sure we can figure it out.
Also, what is the RATIO of the liquid you are making/purchasing? I've noticed that most people who ARE pg sensitive are sensitive above 20% pg. Usually as long as they mix 20% and below, there is little to no adverse effects.
Are you using good nic and has it been stored properly? I think Boogenshizzle is probably right tho, sounds more like a pg issue.
I had to cut back on the nicotine. After awhile it was burning the heck out of my throat. Oddly enough, the timing must have been right, I didn't need as much. No cravings. Not to necessarily say this is what you are experiencing, just what happened to me.
I'm also guessing his reaction is to VG since most throwaways are more PG based. Try an inexpensive AIO unit with 100% VG juice or as close as you can get. I'm guessing it will make a difference.
My wife complains about this periodically. It seems with her to occur when she has post nasal drip from either allergies or a recent cold.
Since you have DIY supplies, you could try to vape them all individually to see if one thing is causing it. Try pure PG (no nic, no flavor, no VG). Then pure VG. If neither of those seem harsh, then add some nic. Keep going from there until you find the harsh trigger.
Since you have DIY supplies, you could try to vape them all individually to see if one thing is causing it. Try pure PG (no nic, no flavor, no VG). Then pure VG. If neither of those seem harsh, then add some nic. Keep going from there until you find the harsh trigger.
If that were me, I would stop what I was doing and I wouldn't try anything new until I saw a doctor.
In my wife's case, she did see a Dr. he said that she had so much PND (post nasal drip) because her adenoids were "the largest he had ever seen". So she had surgery and they removed them. It seems to have helped a little but certainly not a lot. It might even just be a "placebo effect". Now he says he wants to go in and scrape out her sinus cavity. Of course the primary cause is still allergies so I am not sure if we are going to do it or not. Maybe if we get our deductible met this year we might, so it doesn't cost us extra. Like I said when her sinuses are clear and no PND is present she has no issues. When she does have it, vaping causes lots of coughing.
I have no idea what is causing it although you've been offered several theories. I will state that I did not realize I was PG sensitive until several years of vaping/dual using/back to smoking then FINALLY quitting, so these things CAN happen over time.
I experimentally took a puff of my husband's vape forgetting it was 50/50, and I about DIED. Pins and needles and shivers on my lips, down my throat, and what felt like every single aveoli. So, it's still there. I almost reflexively swallowed a Benadryl thinking I might DIE of anaphalactic shock although PG "sensitive" is different from "allergic." I can use a very small percentage in flavoring but anything more than that HURTS. I use 90% VG and 10% distilled water in my vape.
You could experiment, yes, if you DIY. I'd remove the nic first and try unflavored VG first, but honestly, it could be something totally unrelated medically that you wouldn't pick up on by such experiments, probably safest to do that first. FIRST.
Anna
I experimentally took a puff of my husband's vape forgetting it was 50/50, and I about DIED. Pins and needles and shivers on my lips, down my throat, and what felt like every single aveoli. So, it's still there. I almost reflexively swallowed a Benadryl thinking I might DIE of anaphalactic shock although PG "sensitive" is different from "allergic." I can use a very small percentage in flavoring but anything more than that HURTS. I use 90% VG and 10% distilled water in my vape.
You could experiment, yes, if you DIY. I'd remove the nic first and try unflavored VG first, but honestly, it could be something totally unrelated medically that you wouldn't pick up on by such experiments, probably safest to do that first. FIRST.
Anna
Pluse 1 on the possibility of PG sensitivity. I ended up using VG only and thinning it with de-ionized water so that the viscosity was around 70VG30PG. I found over time that PG became very harsh on the gums, the larynx, trachea and bronchi. When eliminating PG, in a matter of days all was fine. But it is was most unpleasant until I figured it out.
I am thinking that a trained medical professional like a Pulmonary Specialist would be a better place to look for an answer than an Internet forum but that is just my opinion and I am not a doctor or do I play one on the Internet.
Actually if going to a doctor, an ENT specialist would be my suggestion, since the harshness would be detected in the throat, not the lungs. Still, I don't see how any doctor is going to do anything about harsh feeling in the throat while vaping. They will just say to stop doing it. If there is/was anything else going on medically then yes a Dr. visit should be in order.
@ScottP this statement is why I made my suggestion to the OP and I do not see a reason for you to quote me. If you want to help, direct your statements towards the right member.
Seriously, what's wrong with seeing a doctor for potential health issues?...assuming there is no known change in the OP's vaping habits?
I think it's sound advice, if only to completely eliminate any health question.
I think it's sound advice, if only to completely eliminate any health question.
If it's a good doctor, it can be a good idea. My doc helped me isolate my PG sensitivity when I went in with another pneumonia going, "But I'm vaping!"
With that said, he vapes. I'd say that's rare-ish in a doc, although I guarantee if med school remains as stressful as it is I think we may be seeing more ex-smoking, vaping docs. I realize that's an ideal scenario, but he was the one who was like, "You can be sensitive to X, Y, Z." He didn't tell me to stop vaping, LOL.
Anna
With that said, he vapes. I'd say that's rare-ish in a doc, although I guarantee if med school remains as stressful as it is I think we may be seeing more ex-smoking, vaping docs. I realize that's an ideal scenario, but he was the one who was like, "You can be sensitive to X, Y, Z." He didn't tell me to stop vaping, LOL.
Anna
Needs to have a stupidity icon in the ratings...................
I am not sure why you seem so angry or why you didn't get my analogy. If he goes to a Dr., any Dr. and says that something bad happens when he vapes and only when he vapes the Dr. is going to tell him to stop vaping and move on to the next patient. No Dr. is going to try to making vaping more enjoyable for someone.
Now if he is wheezing even when not vaping, that is a completely different story.
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