Vaping while sick...?

[bitterstarlite]

My go-to all day vape is Raspberry French from Jimmy the juice Man. As of yesterday I started noticing the flavor to be offputting, I can't even stand to vape it. It tastes more like sour milk than raspberries. I figured maybe my wick was burnt so I switched attys and still, the same thing. Even the smell of the bottle of juice itself is repulsive. My roommates are sick with the flu so I'm thinking maybe I'm coming down with something and it's affecting the taste/smell of my juices. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[Rat2chat2]

I sure hope you are not coming down with anything but I imagine what you may be experiencing is the dreaded "VAPOR'S TONGUE". I have read many posts about it but luckily never been effected by it. Here is a website that describes it. See if this may help.

http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2014/03/vapers-tongue.html

Good luck to you. I am sure you will have many more wonderful suggestions. Easy to see why ecf is such a great place to be.

I cannot remember if I have welcome you yet, but I am so glad that you are here. Have fun.

 

[sedition]

Could be a flu coming on, but I had similar dramatic changes in taste. Hated cream vapes when I started, particularly Mother's Milk.. then about 6 weeks ago I picked it up again, and since then I've been on a huge cream bender. Not sure if steeping has anything to do with that. Can't stomach the smell of tobacco vapes anymore where I used to love them. As an aside, check out MBV Thug Juice if you want something that'll help with cold & flu - it's better than Vicks Vaporub.

 

[Phild0]

I don't think its about getting sick. I have had juices do the same to me. I tried a peach vanilla job one time and loved it for 2 days, then BAM!!!! Dish soap. Same thing with a coffee from the same company, but rotten flavor instead of dish soap. I don't buy that brand any more. I use Dr. Crimmy and by the time I get 1/2 way through a 60ml bottle it tastes even better than when I first started vaping the bottle. Every order has been the same way. I let it steep for about a week. But it's good right out of the mail too.

 

[sparkky1]

I sure hope you are not coming down with anything but I imagine what you may be experiencing is the dreaded "VAPOR'S TONGUE". I have read many posts about it but luckily never been effected by it. Here is a website that describes it. See if this may help.

http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2014/03/vapers-tongue.html

Good luck to you. I am sure you will have many more wonderful suggestions. Easy to see why ecf is such a great place to be.

I cannot remember if I have welcome you yet, but I am so glad that you are here. Have fun.

I think you hit it on the nail here but what I would suggest is that to prevent that from happening would be to change up your all day to 1/2 day and rotate a couple more different flavors during the week / night..

 

[bitterstarlite]

I think you hit it on the nail here but what I would suggest is that to prevent that from happening would be to change up your all day to 1/2 day and rotate a couple more different flavors during the week / night..

I tried switching to a cucumber melon juice with a completely different atty and I'm still getting the same result. Cucumber is usually a refreshing vape for me but it's tasting dull. Maybe I just need to take a break from vaping

 

[ObsceneJesster]

I tried switching to a cucumber melon juice with a completely different atty and I'm still getting the same result. Cucumber is usually a refreshing vape for me but it's tasting dull. Maybe I just need to take a break from vaping

I had the same thing happen to me. You don't need to take a break from vaping to get your taste back. All you need to do is get some unflavored VG or a Cinnamon Candy/Fireball Flavor. Vape them for a day or so and I promise, your taste will get back on track.

 

[sparkky1]

Dehydration will also throw off your taste as well, you should be drinking twice as much water as you did before...

 

[Niles Krane]

One thing that usually helps is a menthol vape personally. Seems to clean my pallet and give me a reset.

 

[CardinalWinds]

For those times? Unflavored. That is all.

 

[bitterstarlite]

Wish I had one on hand Maybe chewing gum will help.

 

[bitterstarlite]

For those times? Unflavored. That is all.

I'm such a flavor junkie but I'll give this a try too.

 

[CardinalWinds]

I'm such a flavor junkie but I'll give this a try too.

Yeah, you're obviously not going to get your flavor fix, but it does work well with both vaper's tongue when you just aren't tasting anything anyway, and especially when your beloved juices actually start tasting bad because you're sick or on the way to being so. At first I balked at vaping unflavored, but you know what? I actually enjoy it now. It is clean, fresh, definitely easier on coils, and cheaper!

I always vape unflavored first thing in the morning, as when I wake up I just want my nic fix, not an explosion of flavors. It takes me half an hour to really wake up, only then am I interested in also waking up my taste buds

 

[danibanani]

Ugh. I had this happen.

This is what I did. I doubled my H2O, used biotene (you can pick it up at Wal-Mart or CVS (Biotene Oral Rinse for Dry Mouth) and Grandma's Cinnamon Danish because of the fresh cinnamon (http://www.nicoticket.com/grandmas-cinnamon-danish/).

Hope that helps and you are rid of it soon.

 

[jwag1973]

As previously stated, drink lots of water...and be vigilante in regards to oral hygiene. I've had similar experiences with juice in the past. Some I was able to vape again, other's were gifted. My taste buds changed dramatically a while back, some of my old favorites I can no longer vape.

 

[bitterstarlite]

Yeah, you're obviously not going to get your flavor fix, but it does work well with both vaper's tongue when you just aren't tasting anything anyway, and especially when your beloved juices actually start tasting bad because you're sick or on the way to being so. At first I balked at vaping unflavored, but you know what? I actually enjoy it now. It is clean, fresh, definitely easier on coils, and cheaper!

I always vape unflavored first thing in the morning, as when I wake up I just want my nic fix, not an explosion of flavors. It takes me half an hour to really wake up, only then am I interested in also waking up my taste buds

I have a bottle of VG coming in the mail hopefully tomorrow, along with some flavors for DIY. At least I'll be able to make some use of my vapemail! Should I sick to straight VG or add some PG or does it not matter for overcoming Vaper's tongue? I like to drip but I also use a protank every so often so it doesn't matter if my mix is high in either.

 

[bitterstarlite]

Good advice. How long did yours last? I've been noticing this problem for a few days now.

 

[bitterstarlite]

Ugh. I had this happen.

This is what I did. I doubled my H2O, used biotene (you can pick it up at Wal-Mart or CVS (Biotene Oral Rinse for Dry Mouth) and Grandma's Cinnamon Danish because of the fresh cinnamon (http://www.nicoticket.com/grandmas-cinnamon-danish/).

Hope that helps and you are rid of it soon.

Good advice. How long did yours last? I've been noticing this problem for a few days now.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I am the same way. I had my first "bug" a few days ago and my sense of taste just didn't work well. Actually, as you, pretty lousy. I did get somewhere with my breakfast Peppermint & chocolate. It is a higher nic, so I didn't have to vape much.

Things are better.

 

[Rat2chat2]

I think you hit it on the nail here but what I would suggest is that to prevent that from happening would be to change up your all day to 1/2 day and rotate a couple more different flavors during the week / night..

TY, nice add btw. I will start posting that along with my posts on vapor's tongue. Honestly, I have never had it. Maybe because I change flavors. Who knows? Who cares?