Hi, I’m currently planning to try DIY by using spray. Anyone experiences with that?
If so:
How much do you try and where do you apply it?
Hi, I’m currently planning to try DIY by using spray. Anyone experiences with that?
If so:
How much do you try and where do you apply it?
I should add if you ever do injections it really helps to have a friend on your ear or present physically early on. I used to ask friends to sit with me in discord for my first shots.
I also wish to add I used to shake and at first couldn’t even penetrate the skin because I was so scared. Wasted a few doses this way.
Now it’s super easy. I have a little routine and it’s very quick. A few minutes once per week.
+1 to having someone there who can
helpsupport you (for me other people being around made it worse, so I did it alone, but it was good to have someone nearby in case I fainted).Also can confirm I would get so scared I just physically couldn’t do it - this still happens to me sometimes. I find it helps to have eaten enough food just before (as well as hydrating significantly) - this is grounding and helps reduce chances I’ll get faint or mentally struggle as much.
And also can confirm it gets easy over time - now it’s no problem at all, I inject once a week and it’s almost never dramatic or painful.
Also, might be good to have a little towel nearby in case you have a little blood come out - it didn’t always happen, but early on I started with injections into my thigh, and my thighs are very vascular and I frequently would bleed from subq injections; now I inject in my belly (which was mentally something I had to work up to), and I have far less bleeding. Either way, just have something to catch a drip in case it happens.
They don’t need to help! I just had them there for emotional support! But having someone who knows how to do shots there is ofc gonna be helpful too
yeah, sorry - I meant emotionally mostly - reworded it to make more sense
I was pretty afraid of what would happen if I fainted, so having someone nearby was supportive for me, and it makes sense in general to have emotional support in that moment.