From prior experience, I know this is normal after quitting, but I have to vent and ask what others have done for it: My throat itches often and is phlegmy...My body is working through it by an annoying amount of coughing and throat clearing but ugh, can it be over already? I guess since I smoked for 35 years and vaped for another 4, its gonna take a while.

 

When vaping I have almost zero chest congestion (not saying its less harmful than smoking!!! Just that my body reacts differently to it) so I didnt expect this phlegmy itchy throat after quitting vaping!

 

I'm armed with cough drops and mints but any other suggestions are welcome. 

 

 

Having lots of phlegm after quitting is normal for a lot of people who quit smoking as the tiny hairs that clean the lungs grow back and start working to right all the wrong we did. I would treat your symptoms like those of a common cold, which it could be too, and if symptoms get worse see your dr.

Hope you feel better soon 

I went with the same as you mentioned (mints & cough drops - all no nicotine products of course). The mint thing was weird for me as I have never been a mint person before quitting or after 🤔

My voice totally disappeared for a while ...after a trip to the doc ....he reassured me all was well...

Our bodies have alot of healing to do .... decades.....

If your worried always get checked out ....

Good old honey  and lemon juice in hot water (like a a tea) really works. You can add some ginger (or rum, or brandy or whiskey) if ya want want.

Even just a teaspoon of honey will help with the itchy throat feel. 

It's normal as you mentioned.  It reminds of the time when I had armed myself with cough drops and felt so bad when the cough wouldn't happen.  Those days my brain was foggy as well and I used to question if my quit was 'normal' if there was no cough.  Why wasn't my system going through the cleansing that everyone else seemed to go through.  

 

I also felt bad about having wasted the money for cough drops.  So I think you're lucky to have the symptoms that I wasn't fortunate enough to have.

I never suffered a cough ...or phlegm......

This worried me at first because other quitters were coughing up the crap ...and I wasn't ....

Of course ...we are all different ..our bodies work different ....I've learnt that now ...

I had nothing to worry about ...

Thank you everyone. Gosh you are all so helpful and kind 🙂

Good to see you're still on the train @idontsmoke! When you truly want something and it's worth fighting hard for, you get an extreme sense of pride when you accomplish your goal. Whether that be a daily, weekly or monthly goal so ..... keep fighting the good fight  

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by reciprocity