Did I hit the vein? (first time IV)

[CloudyHazeD]

So, last night, I decided to try IV h.

I used a little less than half of what I would normally snort.

Was quite surprised at how much did not disolve in the water.

Anyway........ Everything was sterile. New rig. New (qtip) cotton filter.

I had the damnest time finding a vein. After poking myself five times I finally get nice dark red when I hit.

I slowly push down. No pain.

Little tingle feeling on the back of my neck.

I pushed down and injected the remainder.

No pain whatsoever.

I didn't ever really get a rush. I took the needle out and wiped down the spot again. A tiny speck of blood rose from the hole. That was it.

After that, I just felt high.

So, I'm just wondering. If I did miss the vein, would it have hurt?

Not sure I'll ever bother with this again. It was such a hard time finding a vein (Im pretty overweight and my veins are not overly visible)

The spot where I injected looks OK. The skin around the hole is ever so slightly pinkish in an oblong circle. But not raised up at all. Does not hurt.....unless I press directly on the hole.

Does all this sound normal?

Thanks.

 

[johanneschimpo]

You hit the vein. If you missed it would have burned intensely as you pushed the plunger down.
And the fact that the injection site is sore is common.

It sounds like you did it right. Over time you will get better at it, and get less sore at the injection site. Practice makes perfect.

 

[nuke]

Sounds like you hit a vein. Did you draw back to check for a plume of blood?

IVing generally sucks in my opinion, you just get high in a period of about 2-10 seconds, but I never got any rush or anything like that, just real messed up real quick.

 

[CloudyHazeD]

I did not pull back and check for blood plume....... I was afraid I'd end up pulling out of the vein........

Thanks for the replies...... puts my mind at ease now.


Really does seem sort of pointless.........lots of risk and not that much better of a high than sniffing. Although I was able to use ALOT less.

 

[brasil]

Definately u did hit the vein. But the quality of your dope shouldn't be one of the good ones...
Iving is very dangerous, i know it's "clichê" but just snort it!
good luck!

 

[phr]

Sounds like you hit a vein. Did you draw back to check for a plume of blood?

IVing generally sucks in my opinion, you just get high in a period of about 2-10 seconds, but I never got any rush or anything like that, just real messed up real quick.

Not getting a rush from iv heroin? That's unusual.


If you don't get a rush from dope, you just didn't take enough. Usually due to weak dope, a high tolerance, redosing too soon, etc...

 

[Inverse]

You never said what you were IVing, if it was coke, you should have felt like you just flew into space.

Also, you didn't pull back on the plunger to see if it filled with blood. Most likely you wasted a shot imo. Veins close after you push down on the plunger sometime. Even though you hit a vein, doesn't mean you kept it.

 

[Mr Blonde]

You never said what you were IVing, if it was coke, you should have felt like you just flew into space.

He said in the first sentence 'IV H'.

 

[Inverse]

He said in the first sentence 'IV H'.

Oh well, then no wonder. I hear some people don't get high off that shit IV'd on the first time. I hear it's incredible though once you get it.

 

[nuke]

Not getting a rush from iv heroin? That's unusual.
If you don't get a rush from dope, you just didn't take enough. Usually due to weak dope, a high tolerance, redosing too soon, etc...

Never tried heroin, it was IV fentanyl (maybe that was the problem, but I hate opiates anyway so I can't imagine I'd be delighted by heroin in any form despite what my smackhead friends insist).

 

[Virtuoso]

Never tried heroin, it was IV fentanyl (maybe that was the problem, but I hate opiates anyway so I can't imagine I'd be delighted by heroin in any form despite what my smackhead friends insist).

Wow, first time IVing an opiate and you went with fentanyl? I'm surprised you're still here to post about it.

 

[sixpartseven]

Yeah, it sounds like you did everything right.

The problem is (as Im sure others have already said) is you either A) didnt do enough for your tolerance or B) the dope was weak.

Inverse: You dont always have to pull back. Sometimes when you stick the needle into a vein, a little bit of blood will creep in the syringe on its own. It doesnt always happen, and usually only happens when you first start IVing. For the longest time I never had to register because of this happening.

That being said, you should still register.

 

[ayoOC80]

Was it "fentynal" off the street you IV'd or actual fentynal? Sorry to get off topic. Just don't want people thinking well he said he IV'd fentynal and didn't get much, so I can do tons of H since its not as strong.

 

[johanneschimpo]

Wow, first time IVing an opiate and you went with fentanyl? I'm surprised you're still here to post about it.

Believe it or not, just because fentanyl is potent on a mg per mg basis, it doesn't mean it kills everyone who uses it. Nuke is intelligent and surely measured how much she shot, so it doesn't make it any more dangerous than shooting heroin bought off the street. In fact, it makes it safer, since she was able to know exactly how much she was shooting, compared to the uncertainty with street heroin.

I just had to chime in, because after seeing so much "OMG don't use fentanyl unless you have a massive tolerance or you will DIE" it gets kind of annoying. And this is a harm reduction board after all, so I may as well straighten out the facts.
(Thats nothing directed personally at you, Virtuoso)

 

[Virtuoso]

Believe it or not, just because fentanyl is potent on a mg per mg basis, it doesn't mean it kills everyone who uses it. Nuke is intelligent and surely measured how much she shot, so it doesn't make it any more dangerous than shooting heroin bought off the street. In fact, it makes it safer, since she was able to know exactly how much she was shooting, compared to the uncertainty with street heroin.

I just had to chime in, because after seeing so much "OMG don't use fentanyl unless you have a massive tolerance or you will DIE" it gets kind of annoying. And this is a harm reduction board after all, so I may as well straighten out the facts.
(Thats nothing directed personally at you, Virtuoso)

Oh no, I realize this. It wasn't just due to the potency of the drug itself, but the difficulty in measuring such small amounts (unless she had premeasured ampoules) and the fact that fentanyl is a unique opiate in that when it is IVd all at once (as opposed to an IV drip) it is all rush and little euphoria.

I guess my comment was surprise at its use do to how dangerous it can be in opiate naive individuals and how little euphoria it is said to offer and is thus not representative of most opiates.

 

[sixpartseven]

Believe it or not, just because fentanyl is potent on a mg per mg basis, it doesn't mean it kills everyone who uses it. Nuke is intelligent and surely measured how much she shot, so it doesn't make it any more dangerous than shooting heroin bought off the street. In fact, it makes it safer, since she was able to know exactly how much she was shooting, compared to the uncertainty with street heroin.

I just had to chime in, because after seeing so much "OMG don't use fentanyl unless you have a massive tolerance or you will DIE" it gets kind of annoying. And this is a harm reduction board after all, so I may as well straighten out the facts.
(Thats nothing directed personally at you, Virtuoso)

QFT

I wanted to say the same thing when I saw that, but Im tired of having to repeat myself on topics like this.

Fentanyl is dangerous, but its not a 100% chance you will die when you use it.

 

[LiquidICE]

You definatly hit the vein, because as people have said, when you miss the vein you will know right away. Your skin will start popping up the more you shoot in and if will burn slightly. Where are you from and how good is the dope that you were doing, because if you didnt really have a tolerance and you did half the amount that you would normally snort you would definalty get a feeling if the dope was good. If you want to discuss anything else about IV'ing you can private message me, I have some pretty good tricks that I have aquiered over the years.

 

[nuke]

Was it "fentynal" off the street you IV'd or actual fentynal? Sorry to get off topic. Just don't want people thinking well he said he IV'd fentynal and didn't get much, so I can do tons of H since its not as strong.

It was from a vial from a pharmaceutical company. I don't remember exactly what the dose was, but it was on the lower end (I felt pretty fucked up but it wasn't really that much fun).

Everyone is always saying how great opiates are but I've had hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, meperidine, and dextropropoxyphene and never much enjoyed them, just not my thing I guess. I've been offered free morphine and heroin before but I turned them down.

A lot of the people I've met who really love IVing were in love with it way before they ever tried it, I always thought it was kind of gross and dangerous (I don't like seeing blood coming out of my arm when I'm getting high, it kind of kills it for me).

 

[Khadijah]

wat up liquidice

Yea u hit the vein like everyone else here said u can always feel if u miss, sometimes if ur veins is fucked up then u can miss and not b able to tell for a minute becuz ur shits all busted , that would happen to me alot where i would register and think im in n all that but then somehow i ended up missin too but couldnt tell til the end , becuz my shit was mad damaged at that time n it was hard to feel . u aint at that point obviously, but most of the time when u dont hit then the spot u hit wont bleed at all also. u definately got that shit but when u say that alot of the dope didnt dissolve that makes me think u had shitty dope becuz good powder shit will all dissolve extremely easy with just a few stirs. u prolly jus had shitty dope n didnt do enough of it trust me u do a shot of some good nj diesel u will be feelin a whole lot different

 

[phr]

It was from a vial from a pharmaceutical company. I don't remember exactly what the dose was, but it was on the lower end (I felt pretty fucked up but it wasn't really that much fun).

Everyone is always saying how great opiates are but I've had hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, meperidine, and dextropropoxyphene and never much enjoyed them, just not my thing I guess. I've been offered free morphine and heroin before but I turned them down.

A lot of the people I've met who really love IVing were in love with it way before they ever tried it, I always thought it was kind of gross and dangerous (I don't like seeing blood coming out of my arm when I'm getting high, it kind of kills it for me).

IME, fentanyl's rush is stronger than heroin's.


But you're right, some people aren't into opiates at all. The roa doesn't make a difference for them.