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Stimulants Neck I.V. Questions

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snazzy_sn

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I've heard a lot of debate about this among I.V. users. Even some of the least hygienic users I've met have made people who want to hit their neck leave the room. The girl who taught me everything I know about injection always hit her neck but she said it was only because she was out of veins and it was the same as hitting anywhere else. Another of my I.V. mentors said it was a whole different experience and urged me not to. I chose not to since I was kind of reliant on the guy at the time.

Everyone else I've met gets real avoidant of the subject, and when I mention I want to try it they tell me to go elsewhere but won't say anything out.

Unfortunately reading these forums have made me extremely paranoid but haven't really altered my unsafe practices when I'm in on the street junkie mode.

Ive been doing .5-.8 shots these last few days but ran out yesterday. So I'm recovering a little bit. My friend who just snorts it is bringing a little bit over later and I really want a rush, but I'll probably get .1 at the most so I'm wondering... What's up with the neck? Is it really a better rush and different different level? If so I'm down but I'm kinda scared. I only recently mastered self injection and I'm a tap water coke can cigarette filter junkie. Is it much more dangerous? My friend used to use a mirror but I'm wondering if there are any precautions that a gonna do it either way person like me should take.
 
you seem to have tons of hesitations about doing a shot to your neck, maybe listen to yourself for a second and don't shoot your neck, shoot your arm bro
 
With a couple days off the dope, you're gonna get a real rush from .1 regardless of what site your choose to inject.

Be safe, and be VERY careful with your dose. PLEASE dose small. 0.1 sounds perfect given you lowered tolerance. Please don't OD on us :(
 
it's not entirely hesitation. it's something i've never really felt i've been able to get a straight answer on from users who i'd think would know.
my mainlines hurt. they're tired. i can never seem to be confident enough to hit my laterals, i miss like half the time when i do my hand. feet are a long way away and i'm scared of arteries. oh well. guess it's shit you have to deal with if you're gonna do this shit.

if it really is just about the amount of time it takes to get from injection site to the heart (and i think there's something more to this i don't quite understand) it seems like the neck might be a little quicker.

the only one's i can usually get with confidence are my mainlines. everywhere else i get stuck overthinking it and spending fucking forever deciding, and cry if i miss.

anyways, i've convinced myself there's a conspiracy on this subject.

people either get sketchy or say it's awesome.
 
What's up with the neck? Is it really a better rush and different different level? If so I'm down but I'm kinda scared. I only recently mastered self injection and I'm a tap water coke can cigarette filter junkie. Is it much more dangerous? My friend used to use a mirror but I'm wondering if there are any precautions that a gonna do it either way person like me should take.
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It is in no way better than injecting anywhere else and will hit you no harder or faster given direction of blood flow in a vein in the neck is away from the brain. The shot still has to navigate the circulatory system back through the heart and lungs before getting anywhere near the brain.

Arteries, veins, and nerves are so tightly bundled in the neck as to make it very dangerous, and locating the correct injection site looking in a mirror if injecting yourself is very difficult to do. If you're struggling to hit anywhere else as it is what makes you think you're gonna be any better at it looking at everything backwards in a reflection? Hit an artery by mistake and inject into it you're setting yourself up for a stroke / seizure. Do not do it. It's an incredibly stupid thing to do.
 
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no

the moment you even consider sticking a needle in your dick or neck is when its time to call it quits and get clean.

some reasons not to off the top of my head

there are alot of nerves in your neck
if you hit you carotid artery you will die
you could puncture your throat/esophagus
the veins in you neck are tiny
it would require ALOT of skill and a STEADY hand
if you miss your shot/slip out half way through i would imagine it would hurt like a bitch
if you get a abscess in your fucking neck GAME OVER
there is no better rush/stronger effects to my knowledge. think about it. the shot travels to your heart/lungs first not your brain

just my 2 cents tho
 
The Dope Man said:
no

the moment you even consider sticking a needle in your dick or neck is when its time to call it quits and get clean.

some reasons not to off the top of my head

there are alot of nerves in your neck
if you hit you carotid artery you will die
you could puncture your throat/esophagus
the veins in you neck are tiny
it would require ALOT of skill and a STEADY hand
if you miss your shot/slip out half way through i would imagine it would hurt like a bitch
if you get a abscess in your fucking neck GAME OVER
there is no better rush/stronger effects to my knowledge. think about it. the shot travels to your heart/lungs first not your brain

just my 2 cents tho
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Yea I would imagine that an abscess on the neck would me far more fatal than abscesses in other areas.
 
my tolerance isn't down... i started shooting again the night before last with .3 i finished everything yesterday morning with a final shot of .8 i haven't really slept a whole lot or eaten much. i'm not like trying to sound badass, in fact even though most of the people i've been around do like .2 at the very most hearing it said on the internet that .1 should be plenty is just one of the many reality checks this shit has given me in the last few days. like i've never considered overdose with meth... i get to excited way to quickly and like to show off.

so um. i guess i've gotten off topic and i don't mean to get philosophical, but i've been posting a lot on here about my use lately and i'm wondering, is there any possible way to i.v. meth recreationally? are there people out there who do? this is the first time my head has been even a little clear in a few days ( i started using by other routes on like friday) i've shared needles with strangers and their nasty gear just because i couldn't wait, i've blown every dime (which i do frequently), slept on the street but by choice because i don't like to be around people that don't shoot when i'm high especially not clean healthy people... i dunno. this is starting to sound like darkside stuff but for some reason a lot of things just clicked. ugghh reality.
 
like i guess i don't understand the mechanics of what happens after you inject. i've shot in the foot before and i know for a fact the blood in my foot didn't make it to my heart by the time it kicked in. i always imagined that as soon as it enters your blood stream something i don't understand happens and it like begins to spread throughout your cns from the point of injection. not like following the blood stream but like... spreading...? does this make any sense? like that's why a shot in the neck seemed like an interesting idea. I dunno. I should probably just go to sleep.
 
tricomb said:
definitely go to sleep, shooting into your neck is some sick junky shit
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Yeah but do you think saying that makes any of us feel better about being injecting drug users?

It'd be more wise to just post why it's a bad idea to use the neck veins, and then post the order of operation when it comes to injection drug use...

1) arms
2) hands, legs
3) anywhere else

...in my opinion. It's always wise to just use an arm vein.
 
I would not recommend shooting in your neck. IF/WHEN your other veins don't work, it is time to lay it down.

@Tricomb we have all done some sick junky shit, if we are all being honest here.
 
Agreed, I apologize for my emotions, However I was getting at what you said RQ. If you haven't been taking care of your other veins properly and all you have left is your neck, then chances are your IV technique (that ruined all your other veins) WILL ruin your neck veins, which will have DRASTIC consequences.
What if you hit a nerve? can't you be paralyzed? fatal abscess? are these not reason enough not to stick the needle up there??
 
^Being disgusted by it is perfectly normal and understandable Tricomb. People should be repulsed by it, even other junkies, exactly as the OP has found himself. ( And yup, I'm talking to you too Snazzy! ;) )

It's a natural reaction as far as the instinct for self-preservation is concerned, even if you're only imagining someone else doing it to themselves. That someone could even consider it speaks volumes as to how far down a road, that will ultimately in all likelihood lead to a really quite awful death, someone has already travelled. That person needs to have a long, hard talk with themselves before they go any further.

I've known people lose a leg to DVTs and gangrene who wouldn't go that far, cos even they knew risking a leg was one thing, but sticking a needle into yer neck was another thing altogether. I'd steer someone towards IVing into the femoral having seen the damage that can cause in preference to IV into the neck any day FFS, and that's saying something.
 
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tricomb said:
Agreed, I apologize for my emotions, However I was getting at what you said RQ. If you haven't been taking care of your other veins properly and all you have left is your neck, then chances are your IV technique (that ruined all your other veins) WILL ruin your neck veins, which will have DRASTIC consequences.
What if you hit a nerve? can't you be paralyzed? fatal abscess? are these not reason enough not to stick the needle up there??
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I have never used my neck vein so I can't say for sure, but I do now that the amount of pressure in the main veins (and arteries) is tremendous. The thing I am thinking of is BLOOD CLOTS breaking off, which go straight to the brain and lead to brain aneyrsum i.e. STROKE. No I can't spell anyresum, btw.

In mind mind, using neck veins means Endgame. This is where I drew the line when my veins gave out.

Yes, I too am repulsed by it but I just try to remind folks not to be too judgmental, I have done some "sick junkie shit." We ALL have. I was fixing in the airport bathroom and I forgot...the water. I would not use toilet water (I have public bathroom issues) so I used the only thing I had - my spit.
 
Hey yeah I wasn't trying to hate on junkies, I just think all the unsafe things we've all done aren't something to be encouraged.

I just don't see any harm reduction at all, that's all.
 
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