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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

how do you hide your heroin use?

DustnRoses

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I'm able to keep it together when I'm using around my family, for the most part. However, my face, I'm sure, has them wondering what I'm doing when they're not with me. Of course I get the opiate itch, so rubbing my nose/eyes, etc. is hard not to do...although I have tried zyrtec, since I found it in my parents medicine cabinet, and read on here that it can help lessen the itchiness. I think it helped a little bit, but I'm still itching and rubblng, so maybe I need higher dose...? I took 10 mg (zyrtec)...should I take more than this? I'm also having to put on lotion because I've rubbed my nose so much it's peeling...I guess I can blame that on the Arizona sun...lol.

Anyone else have any tips? It's mostly my face that gives it away...
 
Well you are already using an antihistamine (zyrtec), which is typically what one would use in order to decrease the itchiness caused by opiates. You may want to try a different antihistamine like benadryl to see if it is more helpful.

Unfortunately itchiness kinda comes with the territory when using opiates. Perhaps your heroin dose is too high?-DG
 
Don't use around people like that. I'm not trying to be judgmental, but I think you'll enjoy it more and you'd save them the aggravation if they find out. That's the nature of the beast though, the majority of the people out there won't agree with what you're doing, so ime it's best to avoid those situations.
 
Don't use around people like that. I'm not trying to be judgmental, but I think you'll enjoy it more and you'd save them the aggravation if they find out. That's the nature of the beast though, the majority of the people out there won't agree with what you're doing, so ime it's best to avoid those situations.

Exactlyy.. Being high out of your mind on opiates isn't exactly the most social thing in the world either. I'd like people to be different about it, but as it stands now, I'm not going to be pulling out my needle at dinnertime anytime soon.
 
just my .2 but if you have a bad enough problem, there isnt any use hiding it. anyone who cares about you would be able to tell ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE SHOOTING UP AND THEN GOING AROUND THEM, just not an easy thing to do....i thought i was the inspector gadget of heroin use......turns out everyone knew i was on it......it is not an easy thing to hide.
 
I never use a needle, so that helps emensly in hiding it from people.

Second, I dont really have the itchy problem maybe because i have such a high effin tolerance i cannot normally even get that high with my preferred form of administering.


Generally my only two issues are the small pupials which no one really seems to notice but me or those in the know, and then there is the issue with nodding out. For that I would advise not getting loaded anywhere you cannot nod, or just dont get to the point of nodding, even though that is like my fav. part of being loaded.
 
keep it to once a month, do it when noone is awake but people are near enough theyd hear you fall, dispose of needle immediately.
 
when i do hydromorpone a few days in a row, i scratch and scracth. shower, let it dry out and moisturize it with one for your face so you dont get all covered in acne. it usually takes a day or two away with moisturizing to get my face looking normal. on a month break so far and it still feels weird between my eyes where i scratched till it cut open
 
when i do hydromorpone a few days in a row, i scratch and scracth. shower, let it dry out and moisturize it with one for your face so you dont get all covered in acne. it usually takes a day or two away with moisturizing to get my face looking normal. on a month break so far and it still feels weird between my eyes where i scratched till it cut open

damn bro. You can't just, NOT scratch?
 
Are you snorting or booting it? I always found that when I snort it, I'm always itching my nose once it kicks in. But if I shoot it then I never touch my face. If you are snorting it then do the lotion bit on your dry nose because that's a big problem I had too (the nose peeling from rubbing it so much). Try benadryl allergy, it works pretty well.
 
damn bro. You can't just, NOT scratch?


lol i know, ill get it under control for a while and then it just feels so great to scracth at it! it only gets bad if i do it alot for a few days, but dayum! my friends know when im on opies since im scratching so much.

i always take dph or prometh, but sometimes i forget to until im already scratching
 
hard to control outcome when found unconscious (by family) with rig still stuck in left arm and the rest of the boi spilled all over my body prior to hitting the floor.. :)
before that experience, long sleeve shirts, and said side effects of other mental health meds i was currently taking at the time.. and furthermore, not allow anyone I know "personally" to know or read my posts on BL.. better off with them NOT having a fucking clue..
 
] said side effects of other mental health meds i was currently taking at the time.

I sniff H so get pretty stimulated effects. I just tell my family that it is from cutting down my xanax dose since they know I am tapering. They are happy that I am getting off the benzos, so they actually feel bad for me when I am awake doing work around the house late.

Whenever I get a fix they assume I just lowered my xanax dose (now valium since I am tapering)
 
Stay away from people you're hiding it from until you're a tad more sober or do it when everyone's asleep, make sure not to OD though as no one can help you...
 
Not really much I've ever been able to do. In the earlier days, people around me were inexperienced and never noticed a thing. Currently, though if my face is a tinge red or the diameter of my pupils decreases just a nanometer, it will be noticed. My girlfriend especially can tell if I'm fucked up.

I had this same problem for years, my girlfriend (who didn't use anything beyond weed, and occassional pain killers, for pain) would call me out on my constricted pupils. I hated it. I understood the concern, but there's not too much you can do about it. Antihistamines will definitely help with the itching, but no guarantee you'll get it to go away entirely. As far as the nod, well, personally that was my goal, if you want to avoid that, lower your dosage. Since you don't IV you don't have to try and hide tracks. I hate(d) having to wear long sleeves during the sweltering summers just to try and save face. It's lifestyle, at least it was part of mine.
 
Stay away from people you're hiding it from until you're a tad more sober or do it when everyone's asleep, make sure not to OD though as no one can help you...


This is usually the route I go. Although I did have a scare the other night on tramadol, and feared that I was about to have a seizure, so I almost told my parents about it...Luckily it passed and I didn't have a seizure, but it was enough to scare me straight. Never again will I take high doses all at once.
 
Don't use around people like that. I'm not trying to be judgmental, but I think you'll enjoy it more and you'd save them the aggravation if they find out. That's the nature of the beast though, the majority of the people out there won't agree with what you're doing, so ime it's best to avoid those situations.

I have to agree with this, well said.
 
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