Breathlessness

[Sue (AKA ) milosmum]

Hi folks, Just wondered if anyone has suffered breathlessness with vaping? i know it prob sounds weird to you but i seem to be more breathless since i started vaping than i was on analogs??? in fact cant say i noticed any at all when i smoked?? I'm just wondering if i am allergic to any of the chemicals as i do suffer from other allergies?? any help & advice would be welcome

Thanks
Sue x

[jerryrm]

It's the opposite with me and most vapers, Sue. We breathe better now that we have switched to vaping. Some people are allergic to PG (Propylene Glycol), so perhaps you should try a VG (Vegetable Glycerine) based e-juice and see if your breathing improves.

[Gordy]

i feel a bit of breathlessness from time to time but i haven't decided if the cause is vaping or anxiety. also my throat can feel like it is narrowing but i read up and apparently its common with vaping nicotine can agitate.

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Not noticed any breathing problems
But I am having an awful lot of wind and bloated belly

[jerryrm]

If you read that in a vaping forum, ok, Gordy. If you read that on the internet be careful, as there is a lot of anti e-cig propaganda out there.

[jerryrm]

Chill, that's usually caused by sucking to hard and too fast on the e-cig. You end up getting too much air and not enough vapor.

[Sue (AKA ) milosmum]

Aww Chillax
Feel better soon x

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Oct 12, 2011 15:29:15 GMT @jerryrm said:

Chill, that's usually caused by sucking to hard and too fast on the e-cig. You end up getting too much air and not enough vapor.

really so I need to re-think, re-try my sucking action
*note to self* dont suck so hard or so fast
Thanks, seriously I never realised that, I do try to suck soft and slow, it must be happening without me realising that I am doing it do any types of tips help me to suck better ???

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Oct 12, 2011 15:33:43 GMT Sue (AKA ) milosmum said:

Aww Chillax
Feel better soon x

Thank you

[hissie]

Not really noticed any breathlessness, however, my throat tends to feel funny when I vape 100% PG based juices. I only buy 100% VG based juices as a rule. I am also asthmatic & I wouldn't say vaping has worsend the symptoms.

[jerryrm]

I don't think the kind of tip will make any difference, Chill, but sometimes that will happen to me, plus the hiccups, if I'm trying to get in a few quick drags of the e-cig, before I put it down for a while.

I used to do that with cigarettes, but not a good idea with e-cigs, at least not for me.

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Oct 12, 2011 15:55:18 GMT @jerryrm said:

I don't think the kind of tip will make any difference, Chill, but sometimes that will happen to me, plus the hiccups, if I'm trying to get in a few quick drags of the e-cig, before I put it down for a while.

I used to do that with cigarettes, but not a good idea with e-cigs, at least not for me.

Thanks for the help, I am trying to be more aware now

[domesticextremist]

Oct 12, 2011 15:25:25 GMT Sandra (aka Chillax) said:

Not noticed any breathing problems
But I am having an awful lot of wind and bloated belly

I'm glad you said that, I thought it was just me :-[

I have also noticed a funny feeling in the throat - sort of like a lump
in the throat when vaping PG only juices - could just be dryness...

[jerryrm]

PG is a humectant, Dom. Anyone who vapes, should drink more water.

[nicky]

I'm asthmatic so am quite breathless anyway (which is why is need to cut the fags out completely) but i have found it's worse sometimes after vaping and have then noticed the nic is too high in the juice for me, so i am in the process of getting a lower nic and hope that helps.

maybe this would help you.