ketamine. might have fucked my nose

[coolcucumber]

CORRECTION TO TITLE: KETAMINE AND/OR MEPHEDRONE MIGHT HAVE FUCKED UP MY NOSE

did k every year (like once or twice a year, totalling about 3-5 grams per year. as in, they were only binges, all insufflated) for about 5 years. then all of a sudden (perhaps unrelated) i gradually noticed that my sinuses weren't producing mucous like how they used to (so like, noticed properly in 2011. the problem is the exact same). in the past i'd be able to pick my nose every day, but now my nose is often a barren arid wasteland.

i went to the doc last year and asked them about it. they checked my nose and said it looked normal. but it's not normal though is it.. my nose used to produce mucous, (it still does a bit, but like 95% less) and now it's not. like, isn't there something seriously fucking wrong there? the nose and all its internal functioning things are designed to excrete the shit you inhale constantly. now i don't produce much or if any boogers, wtf is happening to all the bad bacteria and shit? am i just swallowing it?

EDIT: also i should say i did A LOT of mephedrone throughout those year. so that could have also had something to do with it (99% insufflated of course!)

 

[sekio]

How humid is your environment? If you're dehydrated or it's very dry out your nose can dry out pretty easily.

Try using a saline nasal spray, to help rehydrate your sinuses?

 

[Solipsis]

I noticed that I seem more susceptible to getting a runny nose now which I associate with my history of snorting things (mainly ketamine I suppose). Also I myself and friends have had chronic sinus infections equally associated with ketamine insufflation.

I get that 'barren wasteland' notion, but do you only have a problem with the idea or feeling of your sinuses not being as "lush" (pardon the weird word :D )? Or is it really bothering you functionally like a runny nose can?

Personally I have accepted that the mucous lining of my nose just may be deteriorated a bit and I will just have to live with it. Yes you could irrigate but I doubt that would suggest to your body to start doing it better on its own. Time is probably the best remedy, and watching that you don't pick it too much or mess with it.

 

[coolcucumber]

How humid is your environment? If you're dehydrated or it's very dry out your nose can dry out pretty easily.

Try using a saline nasal spray, to help rehydrate your sinuses?

Can't be an environment thing, just because I've travelled around loads and it's not changed at all. The saline spray is a nice idea though! Thanks :D Although I do worry about what Solipsis said about it not encouraging my body to do a better job.. Although I'm not a doctor or anything so I have no idea what difference it would make in the long run..

I noticed that I seem more susceptible to getting a runny nose now which I associate with my history of snorting things (mainly ketamine I suppose). Also I myself and friends have had chronic sinus infections equally associated with ketamine insufflation.

I get that 'barren wasteland' notion, but do you only have a problem with the idea or feeling of your sinuses not being as "lush" (pardon the weird word :D )? Or is it really bothering you functionally like a runny nose can?

Personally I have accepted that the mucous lining of my nose just may be deteriorated a bit and I will just have to live with it. Yes you could irrigate but I doubt that would suggest to your body to start doing it better on its own. Time is probably the best remedy, and watching that you don't pick it too much or mess with it.

Mainly I'm just worried that I'll be more prone to things going wrong with my body if my nose isn't flushing shit out in a regular fashion. Also, I used to love picking my nose lol, but I can't do that anymore because my nose doesn't produce enough snot!

I reckon I'll try a saline spray if it doesn't change at all after avoiding snorting shit (as hard as that may be). Do you have much experience doing k sublingually, or bombing it?