how do you manage to shoot-up?

[Azatos]

I always had another person do it for me, I got a clean needle today and decided to try my hand by just injecting water. I then got a vein to pop out everything was good, I got it in a vein for sure no pulse the blood came out exactly like it said in the IV use faq.

Then when I tried to pull the plunger back to check more accurately I fucking popped it out of my vein, tried again and bam same exact thing happened. Dont worry IPA was put in a cotton ball with minor pressure on the site, then a rag with warm water ect. Theres no soreness or anything.

Just want to know how you fucking manage to do this with one hand.

 

[Ignatius J.]

practice i guess? the desperation of needing a hit whilst in a relatively public place will make you good at mixing and shooting...and you will get good fast. I wouldnt recommend becoming a major junkie and shooting up in carparks in broad daylight just so you get good I.V. technique tho. Not really harm reduction. lol

Um..try do it all in one motion. dont faf about re-registering just to make double sure you're in. You want to try and minimise the movement of the needle. So get a vein up. Whack your pick in at a relatively shallow angle, bevel facing up. If you're using 1/2 inch insulin fits then put the needle in at least to half way. Your veins are slightly deeper than you think. Register by using your index and middle finger whilst using your thumb on the wings of the barrel to keep it steady. Steady is key, minimise movement. If you are finding it difficult to register...sort of like a vacuum effect on the plunger...get rid of your air bubbles 1st, if that doesnt help then maybe switch to a slightly larger gauge needle...if you are using a 29, maybe go up to a 27. That make it easier to draw back on the register.

Also. Try not inject too often, especially in the same spot. Veins are damaged with every puncture. So rotate sites all the time. Eventually you will be able to do it with both hands just as well.

 

[TokinDerrick]

Register by using your index and middle finger whilst using your thumb on the wings of the barrel to keep it steady.

this is how I do it. except I hold the barrel of the syringe with my thumb and all fingers while just my index and middle finger use the edge of the plunger to pull it up just enough to see ANY blood coming into the barrel. sometimes you'll get a small flash without even having to register to know you're in. when you get good enough you'll be able to tell by movement without even having to register. because when you're in a vein the needle will slide in easier as if lubed up.

 

[DavisK4high247]

Agreee with tokinDerrick ...it did not take me long to get it where I was better at finding and hitting a vein than a nurse at the hospital,they always miss a couple times and blow a vein or two before they finally lisent what i tell them..lol..once before a surgery about 4 years ago this nurse missed about five times trying to put in an IV line an dI said gimme that,and hit it and got it before she knew what happned,,lol...she kept quiet about it,as i think she would have been in major trouble.

 

[TokinDerrick]

one thing I've noticed. chemotherapy makes it hard to find veins, and if you have a very low blood pressure (as I sometimes get thanks to my chemo) its damn near impossible to find a vein, even if you're right on top of it and you know (can tell by past track marks)

 

[smokeymcpot42088]

the key is a grip where you can pull the plunger back to register without pulling the whole syringe back and out of the vein.

The vacuum trick works, as soon as you pierce skin pull back a little bit, an air bubble will come into the rig but as soon as your in a vein blood will fill up the bubble and your registered, now you just have to push down without un-registering, go slow and if you feel pain stop and re-register

 

[Azatos]

Alright just another quick question is it actually necessary to pull back the plunge to actually register. The guy whos teaching me told me he used to do that but, after he became an addict he said that he learned that when you hit a vein it feels alot different then when you first pierce the skin.

Any truth to that, also is blood flowing lightly in the syringe and indicator the way the blood flowed was exactly as described in the faq is it cool just to do that?

 

[Ignatius J.]

^ - I would suggest you do..for a little while at least. Until you get immediately know the feeling of being in. Even with the automatic register that you sometimes get in the syringe..because there's always the chance you've gone real deep and out the other side of the vein.

Remember, the closer the end of the plunger is to the barrel, the easier it is to register. Im not sure what you're shooting but if you just start off with smallish shots say 20IUs..to begin with. it will be easier for your fingers to manipulate the plunger whilst holding the barrel steady at the same time

 

[TokinDerrick]

after he became an addict he said that he learned that when you hit a vein it feels alot different then when you first pierce the skin.

like I said earlier. yes, you will notice the difference in just being under your skin, and being in a vein. being in a vein it moves more smoothly, as if lubricated, thats because it is, by blood.

 

[bignbrown]

shooting up is nasty i could never do it myself. I do want to try it one day with opiates if i was with someone who could do it for me and they were highly experienced. I just find the whole thing about shoving needles in your skin to get high a bit filthy.

 

[TokinDerrick]

it is, and don't get started it you don't plan on ever graduating to doing it yourself. otherwise you can kiss a good portion of your stash away when you ask for someone to hit you, they're gonna want some too.