This may seem bizarre, but very worrying

[Blownupdolly]

Most will know I am a big GVC fan. So much so that up until a couple of weeks ago it was all i vaped. 3mths ago I started to get a very frightening experience in bed sporadically. When I try to breathe air into my lungs it wouldn't go in!! The only way I can describe it is like having latex balloon type material blocking the entrance to my lungs. Obviously I panic and try to sit up and thankfully I feel a jolting sound and everything rights itself.

Along with this i have had tightness of the chest,but no coughing at all. The weird thing is i bought a coconut flavour from Vapology a week ago and if I have a tight chest this stuff clears it.
I was diagnosed with COPD last year. Because of what has been happening i searched online and I am now convinced i don't have it as these symptoms don't match.

Has anyone else experienced these weird things in their chest?

[Roscopecotrain]

Dolly that does not sound good. Strange that the other flavour clears it. Maybe the cooling effect that coconut has?

I cant say that i have had anything like that.

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[Blownupdolly]

May 1, 2013 9:50:55 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Dolly that does not sound good. Strange that the other flavour clears it. Maybe the cooling effect that coconut has?

I cant say that i have had anything like that.

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No, it doesn't sound good, but I had my chest xrayed just two weeks ago and nothing nasty showed up as far as i am aware.

[OneDay]

May 1, 2013 9:56:30 GMT Blownupdolly said:

May 1, 2013 9:50:55 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Dolly that does not sound good. Strange that the other flavour clears it. Maybe the cooling effect that coconut has?

I cant say that i have had anything like that.

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No, it doesn't sound good, but I had my chest xrayed just two weeks ago and nothing nasty showed up as far as i am aware.

I'm sure that if the x-ray had shown anything at all they'd be all over you Dolly.

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I have that and I started vaping in October last year which is similar to you. I have done a lot of research and found out that heavy smokers, which I was, it can take up to 9 months, sometimes even longer for the tar to clear in your lungs. When you lie down your airways reduce in size, mostly gravity and the tar that still exists in your body has noticable effects, such as the ones you describe. Actually, what's happening is, I believe a good thing, because the tar is very slowly shifting, but a doc's visit can't hurt.

This is my personal opinion and not the views of ECITA.

[Blownupdolly]

May 1, 2013 10:00:18 GMT @mp2012 said:

I have that and I started vaping in October last year which is similar to you. I have done a lot of research and found out that heavy smokers, which I was, it can take up to 9 months, sometimes even longer for the tar to clear in your lungs. When you lie down your airways reduce in size, mostly gravity and the tar that still exists in your body has noticable effects, such as the ones you describe. Actually, what's happening is, I believe a good thing, because the tar is very slowly shifting, but a doc's visit can't hurt.

This is my personal opinion and not the views of ECITA.

That is interesting Mp. I was starting to worry the GVC was having a bad effect, but you could well be right about the tar. I have only had it happen twice when I am upright all other times lying down in bed.
Thanks for that.

[Roscopecotrain]

May 1, 2013 9:58:52 GMT OneDay said:

May 1, 2013 9:56:30 GMT Blownupdolly said:

No, it doesn't sound good, but I had my chest xrayed just two weeks ago and nothing nasty showed up as far as i am aware.

I'm sure that if the x-ray had shown anything at all they'd be all over you Dolly.

I agree. Do you suffer from anxiety dolly? Only reason i ask is my oh had an anxiety attack a while back now. Managed to calm her down at which point she was so sleepy from the attack that she started drifting off but everytime she fell asleep she would stop breathing and then wake up with a jolt and take a massive gulp of air.



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[Roscopecotrain]

May 1, 2013 10:10:29 GMT Blownupdolly said:

May 1, 2013 10:00:18 GMT @mp2012 said:

I have that and I started vaping in October last year which is similar to you. I have done a lot of research and found out that heavy smokers, which I was, it can take up to 9 months, sometimes even longer for the tar to clear in your lungs. When you lie down your airways reduce in size, mostly gravity and the tar that still exists in your body has noticable effects, such as the ones you describe. Actually, what's happening is, I believe a good thing, because the tar is very slowly shifting, but a doc's visit can't hurt.

This is my personal opinion and not the views of ECITA.

That is interesting Mp. I was starting to worry the GVC was having a bad effect, but you could well be right about the tar. I have only had it happen twice when I am upright all other times lying down in bed.
Thanks for that.

Sounds like that could be the problem dolly. Maybe a check up with docs and run that idea by them. Better safe than sorry.

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[OneDay]

It could, of course, just be custarditis. When I came out of hospital after my operation earlier in the year I had a fever. I spent a few nights flip-flopping between red hot and freezing cold, bathed in VC-scented sweat

[Blownupdolly]

May 1, 2013 10:19:10 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

May 1, 2013 9:58:52 GMT OneDay said:

I'm sure that if the x-ray had shown anything at all they'd be all over you Dolly.

I agree. Do you suffer from anxiety dolly? Only reason i ask is my oh had an anxiety attack a while back now. Managed to calm her down at which point she was so sleepy from the attack that she started drifting off but everytime she fell asleep she would stop breathing and then wake up with a jolt and take a massive gulp of air.



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Yes I do, but only very occasionally these days and definitely not when this has happened.

I am still wondering why I feel GVC is tightening my chest yet the coconut seems to ease it up.

[Super-Shiny]

Blownupdolly i have the same thing, went to my GP and he prescribed me: Meloxicam to take before bed and it's all gone, they work great for me anyway.

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Arthritis/Pages/MedicineOverview.aspx?condition=Osteoarthritis&medicine=Meloxicam

[moonraker]

I get that if my head is covered in bed , but this is if I was asleep

[Blownupdolly]

May 1, 2013 10:43:45 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Blownupdolly i have the same thing, went to my GP and he prescribed me: Meloxicam to take before bed and it's all gone, they work great for me anyway.

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Arthritis/Pages/MedicineOverview.aspx?condition=Osteoarthritis&medicine=Meloxicam

Thanks Romelee
Did the doc tell you what it was?
I will ask my doc about the pills. I don't feel so bad now I know some of you had the same thing.

[Roscopecotrain]

May 1, 2013 10:36:45 GMT Blownupdolly said:

May 1, 2013 10:19:10 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

I agree. Do you suffer from anxiety dolly? Only reason i ask is my oh had an anxiety attack a while back now. Managed to calm her down at which point she was so sleepy from the attack that she started drifting off but everytime she fell asleep she would stop breathing and then wake up with a jolt and take a massive gulp of air.



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Yes I do, but only very occasionally these days and definitely not when this has happened.

I am still wondering why I feel GVC is tightening my chest yet the coconut seems to ease it up.

I dont like coconut myself but imagine it is quite a cool vape like menthol but not as much. Maybe that is what is helping clear your airways. You should try some menthol and see if it has the same effect.

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does this happen when you are asleep? If so, sounds like sleep apnea

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_apnea

I get it occasionally, feeling of choking, inability to breathe, forcing yourself to wake up