Hi all,
I'm really hoping some of you can give me some advice about the stomach issues I'm have from vaping.
I've tried vaping unsuccessfully three times now and am going for the fourth. I really want it to work this time. So anyway, here it goes:
I get a stomach ache from vaping, almost instantly, as soon as I've taken the first hit. It starts off as a bloating in the stomach, before moving into a moderate but not severe griping in my gut (I'm not doubled over in pain, just very uncomfortable). It'll last throughout the evening, even though I only vaped for half an hour or so and then I'll normally have the shits that evening or the next morning. I've spent a long time experimenting to try and figure out what is causing this. I've tried 100% VG, 100% PG, unflavoured, 100% organic flavours, flavours that don't use an ethyl alcohol base and no nicotine. I've also tried several different vaping kits. The reaction is identical every time.
I'm not a heavy smoker, I'm barely even a smoker. On average I'd say I smoke 10 cigarettes a week, and have days where I don't smoke at all, so I don't think this is any sort cessation/withdrawal thing.
What I'm hoping is for someone to come on here and say "I had the same problem, but I stuck it out for a month and the problem went away". I've searched the internet for people having similar problems to me, but generally the threads either die off, or it turns out that the person had an allergy to PG/VG or too much nic etc. I haven't really heard about anyone who got past the stomach cramps (that weren't caused by smoking cessation) just from sticking it out.
Two things that I've also thought might be related to my problem but can't really see how they'd cause this are:
I am a coeliac, so totally allergic to gluten
Alcohol fucks up my stomach in a very similiar way and I therefore I haven't consumed alcohol in years.
Whenever I try to talk to other vapers/staff in vape shops I just get a blank look. I find it hard to believe that this problem is unique to me, I guess other people its happened to just give up and don't talk about it. I recently (for unrelated, coeliac reasons) had a camera down my throat and one up the other end, a medical spit roast if you will, and my stomach and intestines were judged to be perfectly healthy.
Sorry, that was quite a long post. Any advice would be much appreciated.
