Vaping Side affects: I've had few, you?

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Naynay4884

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I experience the vivid dreams if I overdo at night. I also find that some juices cause me to have phlem in my throat so I avoid them. I have experienced some minor heartburn. On the positive side, I haven't been sick since I started 8 months ago and I used to get bronchitis and/or pneumonia once or twice a year. Smoked for 40 years and been analog free since my first ecig.

Vivid Dreams! best side effect EVER
I already have very vivid dreams, but maybe vapping has increased this. I'll have to look into it.
I actually woke up this morning laughing because my dream was so silly.
 

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Hmmm only side affects I have noticed are when I do not drink enough water. If I vape heavy and do not hydrate I tend to get a little swelling in my feet (when dehydrated, your body actually begins to retain water) I buy 7, one liter bottles of Fiji water each week and make sure I drink at least 1 every day, keeps me from drying out.

I have also noticed sometimes I get a little shortness of breath which seems to be brought on not so much from vaping but from specific flavors. PG/VG is one thing, but the flavoring we inhale is completely different, specially since none of them was intended to be inhaled.
 

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People report weird vivid dreams while on the patch and chantix. I wish I had them, the only thing I've noticed is dehydration which goes away with water. Drinking more water is a good thing, I have a ZeroWater system so it's all good. If I chain vape 36mg I get what I assume is a nicotine headache. I started having trouble sleeping after about 3 months into vaping, so I don't know if it's related. Farting? Unless you're swallowing air I don't see the connection. But many people say so, so I gotta believe them, just hasn't happened to me. On a side note, why do others people's farts stink but your own are sort of OK? Now if you are farting Milk Chocolate Macadamia Nut Vapor, I think we should probably party together.

I have many positive side effects. No colds or virus's. Taste buds are working. Not getting out of breath. No smoker's stink. All the expected things that happen when you stop inhaling smoke. I even got the incurable chronic DPU under control. A miracle!!!
 

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I'm new to vaping, but I've noticed dry lips, a sore throat at first (gone now), and then my entire mouth seemed to shed a layer of dead skin or gunk or whatever. That was actually a good thing, because now my tongue is nice and pink. I got a nose drip almost immediately, which has now turned into a full-blown sinus infection. I've also had a bit of nausea, probably thanks to the sinus thing. I'm hoping all of this will go away shortly and is caused from tobacco withdrawal and not an allergy to PG.
 

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I'm new to vaping, but I've noticed dry lips, a sore throat at first (gone now), and then my entire mouth seemed to shed a layer of dead skin or gunk or whatever. That was actually a good thing, because now my tongue is nice and pink. I got a nose drip almost immediately, which has now turned into a full-blown sinus infection. I've also had a bit of nausea, probably thanks to the sinus thing. I'm hoping all of this will go away shortly and is caused from tobacco withdrawal and not an allergy to PG.

Similar for me. Some dehydration, chapped lips, runny nose. The runny nose lasted for maybe a week. I had forgotten about that. I have a LOOOOONG history of very nasty sinus infections, often turning into bronchitis and even pnuemonia a couple of times. Two sinus operations. I did pick up a slight infection recently, but I don't think it has anything to do with vaping. My sinus infections seem to be more connected to dry heat during the winter. A humidifier in the bedroom helps a LOT.

Do you know what a netty pot is? My ENT doctor told me to use sterile saline solution to help things out. Basically, you warm up the saline, hang your head off the end of the bed, and squirt it right up in there. After about 20 seconds, get up and let it drain. At the clear risk of being gross, the amount of stuff that drains can be amazing when you have an infection. Many if not most infections are caused by blockages.

I am also pretty sure that my sinus infections are not bacterial, they are viral, maybe even some wierd herpes sort of thing. (I don't have Herpes in the usual sense when the term is used), but viruses can be the cause of such problems. Like Herpes, some viruses can calm down and flare back up periodically. If you start to run a fever, see a doc. Antibiotics never helped me, only when it got really bad did I get some steroid meds and that was the only thing that would work, but can't be taken very often.

Some people have reactions to PG or VG it seems. It doesn't seem to matter to me.

In any case, compared to what I felt like 3 weeks ago, vaping has clearly proven to be improving my health already.
 
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