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Bluelight Crew
^ ditto
"Cotton Fever" perhaps? Similar to a bad hit only tends to be shorter and you still feel the effects of the gear once you stop shaking, shivering and aching like a bastard. This may well be nowt but junky lore but supposedly it's caused by getting tiny, microscopic even, cotton fibres in the barrel. How this causes the shakes, chills and aches I'm not sure. I know I've had it happen a few times though and always when using shonky cotton stuffs for a filter (the end of a cotton bud and cotton wool specifically - was all that was to hand).
As I say, no idea how "street knowledge" relates to actual factual stuffs but I've always known those kinda reactions as "Cotton Fever". Dirty hits are similar but tend to last a lot longer and you don't feel the gear at all usually.
EDIT: Re-reading your post, an hour or so of shaking and feeling shite followed by nodding sounds exactly like what I know as Cotton Fever. It's just one of those things that most IV users of any drug will come across sooner or later if they get unlucky with filter material. And can certainly only affect one person out of a group cos not everybody will necessarily pull up strands of cotton even if using the same filter (which you shouldn't - risk of cross-contamination, blood-borne viruses and the like).
Yeh, I was initially gonna suggest cotton fever, but I have no idea if it actually exists or is just 'street knowledge' as you said Shambles. Glad you're over it anyway mate![]()
Personally I always added a lil heat. However, I'm not so sure this is actually best practice. I'd never heard of HR when I was doing that kinda stuff. In theory, actual coke should dissolve in cold water. If it were I - and I was aiming for the HR approach - I'd stick with cold water only leave it for a good 10mins or so to dissolve. There'll still be fuckloads of crap left but that should be plenty of time for the actual coke (assuming there is any in your "coke") to go into solution. I've done the same with a number of things that don't really need heating and it works a treat. If you add heat you'll inevitibly dissolve cuts into your solution. Obviously I (and many, many others) are still alive despite heating our coke solutions, but it's never a good idea to deliberately shoot cut. I simply had no idea I was doing it badly back then cos there was nobody to tell me otherwise.
So to recap, cold water, leave for 10 mins or so, filter, shoot. If you really can't wait then maybe add a lil heat but bear in mind most (if not all) of the extra powder that dissolves will be cut. Whether active() or inactive
\) that's bad news. Not saying you'll die or owt cos you won't (all things being equal) but it's just not best practice. Shooting cut when you don't need to is just asking for trouble really. I consider myself lucky to have gotten away with all the shitty practice I used to practice before I knew better.
Also, enjoy![]()