Hey guys, just wondering what do you experience in your nicotine hit? I get lightheadedness and some kind of euphoria

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I don’t really feel much with nicotine (unless it’s too much) but satisfaction.

My snuffing has been lax lately. I’ve been pretty much stuck on SG SP, Toque Orig & Nat, and HDT. Yesterday I had Old Paris wicked hard and was almost dizzy from the nic…I did have a snus in on two occasions too…that prolly had a lot to do with it. Normally, I don’t feel the nic from snuff. My nose can’t take the amount needed to get a buzz anymore. The blood flowing under my scalp seems to still heat up though.

Not much of a hit as such here either. I do experience a certain buzz sometimes, maybe comparable to cigarettes, but less intense and “cleaner”, if that makes any sense. It’s hard to separate the buzz from the relieve that comes with a satisfied craving. Either or, the best results came with the American Scotches and F&T HDT.

I get zilch in the nicotine hit department unless I’ve been munching on an extra strong snus portion. Then i can feel the nic topping off what’s already in my blood. However , i do feel some sort of relaxation when i take a pinch of snuff. It’s not a “hit” it’s more like a breath of fresh air if you know what i mean.

it varies for me with type of snuff as well as the state my body and mind is in as well. i get everything from a rush, to a buzz, to relaxing relief to a full on “episode”, the latter usually with Dholakia white or Snus and Quit. either way i like all the feelings it gives me.

i personally I get the same result as the orginal poster. I love it!

Now I’m completely off the habit of cigs (snuffed and smoked for years) I can detect the differenece between the two types of hit i a way I couldn’t before. Smoke definitely has a more narcotic effect on me than snuff. Snuff is short, sharp and with a euphoric touch in there. Its also a cleaner type feeling. I’m now literally months in between cigs and had one the other night; it made me feel slighlty muzzy and the bad taste and smell was overwhelming. Strange to say I find dipping/chewing a closer feeling to smoking than snuffing. No two ways about it, snuff is miles ahead as a vehicle for vitamin N.

I don’t really get much of a hit from any of the snuffs I’ve tried so far. No lightheadedness (I’m rather sure that isn’t even a proper word, apart from being listed in the Jamie Hyneman - English - Jamie Hyneman dictionary), no burning scalps. I do know that I did get the rush from cigs a long time ago, and the first time I tried snus during my military service it almost knocked me unconcious. (Not sure of the brand, tho.) Talk about a buzz. But yeah. Nothing of the sort with the stuff I’ve tried so far, just the flavors. Kind of looking forward to trying out the stronger ones oft mentioned on this here forumey thingy.

My first snus I had this amazing narcotic-euphoric thing going on…too bad it never happened again. With snuff, Quit gets mixed in with almost all my snuffs. I get a rush mostly, but sometimes I get this wonderful tingle all over my scalp- it’s like my brain just lit up. Now that I’ve entered the wonderful world of American scotches,I am getting this feeling all the time! smile.

My experiences are pretty close to those of Mittens above. I can get too much from snus but I don’t think its even possible for me to overdo it Nicotine-wise from snuff. There have been very rare instances where I thought maybe I felt a slight dizzying effect possibly from FUBAR Grunt if anything but not from anything else, not even the expected stronger Dholakia "White: or NTSU – but then that slight dizzying effect really just as easily could have been the result of my having generally consistently low blood pressure which can give me the sort of ‘stood up too fast’ effect easier maybe than for most, and might not even always require me to actually stand up to get it, so its really hard to say even there.

I don’t know. A couple of minutes ago I shoved a bunch of Wilson’s #20 up my nose and I’m definitely “feeling it” I guess some days are better than others…

haha bipolarbear- i’ve been there. Sometimes too much and I feel like a total tweaker, not a nice feeling!

I only notice it either first thing in the morning, or when I’ve already had a few extra sterk snus, and the pinch shot my blood level of nicotine up a little. Other than that, I don’t get much from it, aside from the odd snuff like NTSU. Even with them, my body gets a buzz once or twice, and then gets used to it.

@shikitohno i stopped using sterks and now I feel snuff all the time. I actually find myself using much less snus getting off the sterks

My usual experience begins with a tingle on the scalp and face followed by a sense of euphoria.

Hey NJ, what color is that stuff you’re using? lol

I usually only get a noticeable hit from Molens Macuba and A/P, and from Toque. As I’m feeling it right now after a few nice pinches of Macuba, it’s a slightly euphoric light-headedness but with a corresponding alertness. I’ve never experienced tingling on my face or scalp.

A slight update on my part. After extensive testing, and practiaclly snorting a huge amount of WoS (quite accidentally, I assure you), I came to the following conclusion: The difference in experience is not as much dependant on individual differences between Vitamin N intake and such, but more about the technique. Normally I only take small amounts at a time, separately for each nostril. And should I find myself still lacking something up my nose, I rinse and repeat. This time however, I figured I’d pour enough snuff for both nostrils on the back of my hand, and just sniff a little more carefully. Just like I tend to do with O&G. (As it seems to stick to the skin more.) Suffice to say, it all went horribly wrong. Felt the cloud of snuff hit the back of my throat hard, my eyes water and yes, a burning scalp. Well, more in the back of my head than top, but there you have it. This leads me to think it’s a difference in technique and the amount of snuff. But then again, what do I know. I’m probably just doing it wrong. Edit: Well, the euphoria part is more likely than not caused by Vitamin N, however.

@ wildwilliam I can see how that sounded in retrospect, lol… These effects are rather subtle but they are indeed the reaction of my body to snuff.

Yes. A while back in another thread I was complaining about not getting a “hit” and somebody suggested I just be patient, that it was a different feeling from pipe smoke etc. He was right. I now get a real lift, and it is different, but it’s very much there and quite pleasant.

I have found as I have stayed away from cigs, and other smoked tobacco, and learned to snuff better, the hit can be from mild satisfaction, to big tingle. Minute to learn, lifetime to master type thing. Ken

My experience is the same as NJE03. i get a tingle around my face and scalp and a nice relaxed feeling. Only thing that sucks is that it doesn’t happen every time.

Definitely agree about the way you do it. At the moment Im using a bullet to take Dholkias with and there is a genuine (if very short) high from using it that way; very euphoric. Ive only just stumbled on bullets and used snuff for a long time without ever feeling a hit other than the satisfaction of the craving. Fine, potent snuff in a bullet is very, very nice. Im using Kamal and Sparrow Cool. Tried it with white but that was too fine.

Yeah i just got some bullets in the mail yesterday, and also some SP Extra. Seems like the buzz is a lot better using the bullets for me than from the back of my hand. Ive always heard the lower PH Levels of the tobacco makes the nicotine kick in faster and stronger for snus. I assume its the same way for snuff, and the finer it is the more surface area it has making it absorb faster as well. I think SP Extra and Quit are the strongest ones I have. Is the Dholakia white much stronger than quit in the nic. department? Snus is labed based on the strength so its easier to find the asskickers (Oden’s and Thunder extra sterks knock me on my butt in the morning) Is there any “extra strong” snuffs you can recommend besides the 2 Toque ones i have?

@Huskbuntu- The Americans are pretty strong nicotine wise.

The only Tobacco that gives me a “Nic Hit” is Snus, and Grizzly dip.

Lack of nicotine makes me feel tense, so my nic hit is a feeling of relaxation, sort of a release from tension. In fact the only time I feel it is when I wake up in the middle of the night to take a bump and first thing in the morning. Can you say addiction?

I don’t get this. Most snuses leave me feeling cranky if I don’t put a decent amount in my lip. Snuff almost always gives me a noticable buzz and lift. Cigs seem like the nothing, as if smoking cardboard would do the same. I swear though that the snuff buzz is somehow slightly more subtle like it’s there but somehow can go undetected.

I do get an uplift from snuff, I just have not ever had a noticeable buzz. I do not know if it is because I came to snuff after having tried dip and snus or what. However, I have noticed when i smoke a cigarette I cannot tell I am getting anything from it anymore.

Ive now graduated to using Dholakia white in one of the Toque metal bullets. You get a very nice and definite nicotine hit, as I said on another thread its the closest snuff experience to taking a pull on good strength cigarette. I think if Id found this method when I was converting from snuffing and smoking to just snuff the process would have been a lot quicker for me. Not that the process was a problem because I love snuff but I think I would have forgotten about cigarettes more quickly.

@ joshua2007 I have noticed when i smoke a cigarette I cannot tell I am getting anything from it anymore. For me that is true also. I won’t try to label what causes the anomaly that causes this, When I have a couple rounds of Dholakia White, Dholakia Black, Manjul, Taxi, Toque St Clemens, or even WoS Cinnamon like 3 in each nostril in one hour time frame= I get Hiccups.

We all experience snuff and nicotine differently anyway, Ive come to realise one mans rocket fuel is another mans day at the beach.

One mans day at the beach is another mans sunburn

One mans sunburn is another mans melanoma.

@rdunnion, that’s why I wear my Fiddler’s Cap.