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Does pressing one nostirl closed when snorting help?

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drac120

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I know pretty much everyone says it's best to push the opposite nostril closed when you're snorting but I'm wondering if that actually helps anything besides making it "easier?

Like It's not hard in the least to just breath in like normal and not be a vacuum cleaner and still get the powder to go through straw / money / whatever. I kind of assume people say to close one so that you can just kind of do a line and do it really hard like a vacuum which isn't what you wanna do.

Anyway wondering if people say to do it for any other reasons? I'm thinking maybe it helps it stick to the inside of your nose better if it's it's only sucking through one side not both?

So anyway is holding one nostril closed just something people do for no reason and that's useless, or does it help the powder hit more places ie getting you a bit higher in the end?
 
It's just easier generally. Not for all though, I guess. Won't make any difference to effects but you are right you don't wanna be hooverin' too hard cos you just end up swallowing it rather than absorbing it nasally. If you can get it into your nose without holding the other nostril shut then do, or don't, as you prefer - makes no difference.
 
Thanks for the replies guys, I appreciate it :}

I don't wanna make another thread just to ask this, to rinse my nose out later on I have an empty nasal spray bottle that I put saline solution into since it's easier on your nose then tap water.

Anyway I'm wondering if you could "catch" more powder on your nasal membrane if you would do one spray in each nostril then wait 5-10mins so it's just a little bit moist not wet.

I'm thinking if your nose is really dry that's when the powder no matter how easily you snort goes to your throat right away? I'm not sure if anyone will know for 100% obviously, but it's just something else I've been wondering.
 
drac120 said:
Anyway I'm wondering if you could "catch" more powder on your nasal membrane if you would do one spray in each nostril then wait 5-10mins so it's just a little bit moist not wet.
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Definitely. People hoofing massive lines in one are just wasting it. Your nose can only absorb so much at one time and the rest just gets swallowed in the (usually manky) drip. How big a line you can snort at once depends on the drug but broadly speaking smaller lines with a few minutes in between to let it absorb will work better. I believe stims are less effective with repeated lines as they tend to cause vasoconstriction making it harder and harder to absorb enough the more you snort but am not positive on that. Makes some sense though.

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^^Yeah shambles you are the reason I learned how to actually snort by reading a post by you a few years back :) I thought you were supposed to snort it all the ways back..stupid me!!
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HR at it's finest - glad to be of service =D
 
Thanks for the replies guys I appreciate it, Shambles you do a good job. ( I've been admin on a few forums and mod also, you're nice and helpful and replied pretty much instantly. ) You can go ahead and close this thread, both my question and my off topic question were answered by you, thanks again.
 
*basks in the adulation*

Maybe not, but thanks anyway - I does what I can. I can't close the thread though cos it's not one of my forums - I'm just another Johnny BLer in BDDland. Other folks may want to discuss snorting technique anyway so probably no harm leaving it open :)
 
-Yeah, it's just easier. Sounds like everyone (nearly) feels that way. So, no surprise answer here ! haha. Regarding the saline/rinse: that TOO I do, and is quite common. It does indeed seem to make the effects overall superior :D
 
I didn't think about keeping it open for others to discuss good idea!

I have to say lastnight I snorted like 3 or 4 30mg Opana ER, using a saline nasal spray REALLY helped it absorb better. What I'm going to start doing is doing one maybe one and a half, waiting 30-60 minutes. Then rinse out my nose, also it seems like RIGHT BEFORE I snort it helps absorb better if I take and do like half a squirt to a full squirt in each nostril. That way the powder catches in the saline in your nasal lining or whatever you want to call it.

What I've been doing is using a hose clamp to get a REALLY fine powder, works better then a pill crusher honestly. Then I'm using a REALLY sharp knife I have to break down the little pebble sized chunks if there are any left which usally only a few. Then take a half to one full spray of saline in each nostril, wait idk 5-10mins then snort my pill or two. Then I wait 20-30mins rinse it out with saline and repeat.


Anyone else do something along those lines? Also another question, what do you guys think is the max powder I should snort before I wait then rinse after 20-30mins? Also is 20-30mins long enough for everything to be absorbed or what? I hope someone can answer those two.

Here is an example of how much powder one 30mg Oxymorphone ER is sorry about the crappy picture quality guys! Each pile is a single 30mg pill ground up. I'm just wondering your guys opinions on about how many to do then how long to wait so it absorbs, then rinse nose out then do a new one.

*Edit* Image is stretching the page working on finding the right size now, I'm really sorry guys!

*Edit 2* I got it to where it's not stretching the thread now, sorry about that guys.

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I always thought when snorting you dont want all the shit to uh drip right away. You need to let it absorb a for a sec in your nostril if im correct? someone? I used to snort with no hands on nostril doing big lines

The ONLY thing I ever did that was different was when I would snort meth. I would always use some nasal spray to get it all down. I never wanted that in my nose for to long since its always sniff 1..2. highhhhh
 
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I don't really understand the whole "snorting that much is a waste" thing. I've seen people snort Mephedrone lines of 600mg+ and get hit a whole lot harder than the people doing 200mg. Obviously attempting something like 1500mg would be a waste but I'm sure, if someone was able to do that in one go, they'd be hit a whole lot harder than someone doing a 600mg line. They'd probably pass out after a few minutes though. :!
 
Xamkou the problem is that there's only so much space that the powder can stick onto in your errr sinuses? Not sure the term I wanna use, after all of it is coated everything you snort after unless you rinse your nose out is going to just go to your throat. Which ends up like being eating it hence wasting.
 
Yup. There are plenty of YouTube vids of morons snorting a gram of meph at once - or several grams of ket for that matter - but all that happens is that they will likely be completely coating most of their mucus membranes so getting the maximum hit thay way but they'd still be swallowing most. Besides, meph comes on pretty darn quick and is stronger orally even though it has more of a hit nasally so they would feel it more as it is. If you have a big nose, you can snort a larger amount of powder successfully. If you aren't Barry Manilow you'll probably be better off dividing that 600mg into 3x200mg or maybe 2x300mg lines instead. There is the possible issue of vasoconstriction hindering repeat lines of stims though and meph is notoriously vasoconstrictive which may have an effect. Another reason it's (even more) shit than it usually is if used nasally, in my opinion.

Drac: I don't know enough about Opana to say whether that is too much powder or not - doesn't Opana gel like crazy when you snort large amounts at once? - and it depends on the drug itself more so than the amount of powder. Some absorb better and faster than others. Worth experimenting with smaller lines maybe as most Opana snorters I've read about seem to have more success that way than trying to snort whole pills at a time - probably mostly due to the gelling preventing it from being properly absorbed otherwise.
 
Yeah Shambles it gels like a mofo, I'm about out anyway though and I have a legit prescription for pain. I'll mess around and see what's best next month when I can experiment more. I have a good idea though, I'm going to cut them in half, take half orally, then snort the other half. So I get IR and ER relief from them.

Anyway I'm done in this thread since I'm out of stuff to snort in large amounts haha. Anyone else feel free to ask questions! If this can be a helpful thread to other people that'll make me happy =). I appreciate your help Shambles and everyone else who posted too.
 
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