My first 6 months as a vaper seemed like one problem right after another: 18mg that the store recommended made me sick as a GOAT, and 12mg did the same, even with the measly lil cigalike I was using; finally got some 6mg, and finally found a flavor that was similar to the cigarettes I smoked, and for a while, things seemed ok, and I was able to quit smoking; a bit over 3.5 months later, I suffered appendicitis/appendectomy, and the surgery went amazingly well, considering my asthmatic lungs were clear as a bell, thx to no smoking for nearly 4 months -- but the recuperation was HORRIBLE, for 4 days I couldn't eat, drink, or VAPE -- so that when I was finally able to vape again... it tasted like total shit, in fact EVERYTHING tasted like shit after a 4 day total fast... and I suffered the MOTHER of all cigarette cravings, and caved... Figured if everything was gonna taste shitty anyway, I might as well fucking smoke! It took another month to pull the hooks back outta my flesh and get back to vape-only.... and then after 10 days, the fucking cravings came back, and I had to start using WTA or I'd have relapsed again. Then... I had to deal with extremely swollen and painful feet, ankles, and lower legs -- a problem that actually started when I'd been vaping about 2 months, but with my appendix and all, it kinda got pushed to the back-burner... but once I was full-time vaping again, it came back... so it was clear that vaping had SOMETHING to do with it, but I couldn';t figure out what it was, or how to address it... It took a) drinking at least 8oz of coconut water daily; b) decreasing my sodium intake by 50%, and c) my caffeine intake by 80%... and it finally went away. But then I realized... the WTA I was vaping was really fucking with my asthma, and that's when I had to go to 85%-86% PG.....
After all that.... it would be a really cold day in hell before I'd ever smoke again.
Andria