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how the hell do you find a vein?

goaskalex

goaskalex

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for context, i'm extremely overweight. 5'10 and about 190 pounds. needless to say, all the extra fat makes it kinda hard to find a vein. on a good day when i'm properly hydrated and have decent blood flow, you can just barely make my veins out. on a bad day they're completely invisible and no amount of poking, prodding, rubbing, or fist pumping makes them pop. most doctors and nurses cannot hit a vein on me. i've been sent home from doctor's appointments and drug tests alike because they just can't find a vein, or if they do, it always collapses. i have one plug who's able to shoot me, usually on his first try. i can't do a shot on myself and nobody else is ever able to. so unless i'm with my plug, i can't shoot up. just have to smoke or snort whatever it is i'm trying to bang instead which is just a waste. my boyfriend just hit me on a text telling me to "be hydrated tomorrow so it's easier to get a vein" which is how i learned that apparently we're gonna be shooting dope in the morning.

it's two in the morning and i'm absolutely fucking drowning myself and i can't even see my veins, never mind pick one out that i might be able to hit. how the fuck do y'all do it? it's just straight pissing me off.
 
Exercise and hot bath. If not be somewhere warm or crank the heat for a minute. Then right before get down and do as many push ups as you can. If you can’t do them normal modify by putting your knees to the ground. Get those arms pumping. Alternatively you could do air punches and running in place.

Consume salts with your water too to better hydrate.

-GC
 
The best advice anyone can give you is to stop using the needle if you're already having problems. It will only get worse. You're leaving yourself wide open to infections from missed shots and don't even think about progressing to deep veins such as the femoral because you could lose your legs or suffer strokes from DVT.

Forget shooting. It gets you in the end...
 
Just smoke it or something, all the extra prodding and poking is gonna make the bad shit happen faster, not to mention if you do manage to only IV for a while you're gonna need the same dose anyway in like a couple months
 
tourniquet. Swing your arm around, make a fist. Be calm, relaxed. You can also buy an X-Ray flashlight, 50 Euro. But my final advice, if you don't find your veins even after all these basic steps, either go to a doctor and get checked, it may be more complicated than just this, who knows or just roll it and light it up.
 
I used longer needles. Had to. You will drive yourself nuts trying to use shorter needles on thick arms.

Terumo is my favorite brand. 1/2 inch needles look scary but will save you a lot of problems.

Edit- as far as seeing them, it is also about feel. You can also press a flashlight up to your skin to illuminate your veins. There is a vein in the crook of your left arm you can feel. It's big and squishy
 
I wish that I could convince you to not ever IV. I lost the only people and things that ever gave my life meaning. Things that not two years of sobriety nor all the time in my future nor any action I can take can bring back.

Please. For yourself and those you love. Do not put that needle in your arm.
 
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