It doesn't really matter how you put the soapy water on the connections to check for leaks, I guess some people found it less messy using a spray bottle. Once there's no bubbles showing after the soapy water is put on, then there's no gas leaking out.
Hi
@thegoldengirls,
Yeah, S.I. can be a tough nut to crack for most people. One of the reasons people don't go for the inert gas method is due to the length of time waiting to go unconscious after pulling down the bag/hood/mask.
From what I've seen posted here, it can take about 30-60 seconds to go unconscious with the exit bag or hood. Maybe about 15 seconds with a SCBA or SCUBA mask.
I get it, 30-60 seconds can seem a long time if S.I. starts kicking in. One poster a few months back,
@DyingToDie123, was only able to get to about 15-20 seconds before ripping off their hood:
SCBA/SCUBA might reduce the time down to maybe 15 seconds, based on what a couple of people said after doing blackout tests. But like you said, they're expensive set-ups.
SCUBA blackout test.
SCBA blackout test.
You might have seen
a study paper, previously linked here, done on a helium trial by the Swiss assisted dying organisation Dignitas. They normally use Nembutal for their assisted dying patients, but once trialled helium hooked up to oxygen masks on 5 volunteers. The patients took 36-55 seconds to go unconscious.
(One took a lot longer to die than the others- this was put down to the oxygen mask not being a tigh enough seal).
This table from that study gives you an idea of the length of time to loss of consciousness with inert gas:
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Your anxiety is perfectly normal.
No matter what method you choose, the S.I. could be hard to beat. S.I. has prevented people from pulling a trigger on a gun.
If the wait with the bag on your head proves too much for you, then other methods like SN may be more suitable.
Ultimately, to get over S.I. you have to be desperate enough to ctb. You have to be truly at peace with leaving this world.