About a month ago I "accidentally" quit smoking analogs in favor of vaping. There was no intention of quitting - I just like vaping much better. This is after 41 years of smoking analogs! I felt so FREE!!
I started feeling very dizzy to the point of feeling like I would pass out. Then I missed a day of work because I was just too frightened to drive. So I quit vaping for 24 hours to see if my mental "balance" would return. I tried smoking analogs again during this 24 hour period, but they tasted so awful (I'd been vaping exclusively for two weeks) that I could only take a couple of drags every few hours. I still felt nearly drunk and barely able to walk.
At that point I called my neurologist because I have multiple sclerosis and thought that I was having a relapse. She prescribed some meds. I was still being whammed with "the whirlies". I felt so tired and drained I was barely able to do anything other than sleep.
Yesterday at work, it hit me so hard at my desk that I think I may have actually blacked out a coupla times. Can't be sure of that because I couldn't think. I could hear my bosses and another co-worker in the background discussing whether they should call an ambulance or just drive me to the ER. The co-worker took me.
A blood pressure test very quickly determined that my blood pressure had tanked. I was still taking the blood pressure medications of a smoker ( three of 'em! ) even though I'm not a smoker anymore. It had never occured to me because I'm still getting nicotine. Apparently, not nearly as much as I was getting as a pack and a half a day smoker.
So - this is just a word of warning to those with hypertension (high blood pressure). Your meds will probably need to be adjusted if you quit smoking cigarettes or even cut down significantly. The doctor has already taken me off of one medication, and I could tell by monitoring my blood pressure today that it's not enough. He's supposed to adjust further on Friday after looking at my readings. At one point today my BP was 99/56 with a pulse of only 46. I'm no doctor, but I know that's just not right.
By the way - The doctor said that MY LUNGS WERE CLEAR! Prior to taking up vaping, they would crackle when I laid down to sleep at night.
I started feeling very dizzy to the point of feeling like I would pass out. Then I missed a day of work because I was just too frightened to drive. So I quit vaping for 24 hours to see if my mental "balance" would return. I tried smoking analogs again during this 24 hour period, but they tasted so awful (I'd been vaping exclusively for two weeks) that I could only take a couple of drags every few hours. I still felt nearly drunk and barely able to walk.
At that point I called my neurologist because I have multiple sclerosis and thought that I was having a relapse. She prescribed some meds. I was still being whammed with "the whirlies". I felt so tired and drained I was barely able to do anything other than sleep.
Yesterday at work, it hit me so hard at my desk that I think I may have actually blacked out a coupla times. Can't be sure of that because I couldn't think. I could hear my bosses and another co-worker in the background discussing whether they should call an ambulance or just drive me to the ER. The co-worker took me.
A blood pressure test very quickly determined that my blood pressure had tanked. I was still taking the blood pressure medications of a smoker ( three of 'em! ) even though I'm not a smoker anymore. It had never occured to me because I'm still getting nicotine. Apparently, not nearly as much as I was getting as a pack and a half a day smoker.
So - this is just a word of warning to those with hypertension (high blood pressure). Your meds will probably need to be adjusted if you quit smoking cigarettes or even cut down significantly. The doctor has already taken me off of one medication, and I could tell by monitoring my blood pressure today that it's not enough. He's supposed to adjust further on Friday after looking at my readings. At one point today my BP was 99/56 with a pulse of only 46. I'm no doctor, but I know that's just not right.
By the way - The doctor said that MY LUNGS WERE CLEAR! Prior to taking up vaping, they would crackle when I laid down to sleep at night.
