Method How much pain would I be in if I did this, and for how long?

[ILoveCookieCrisp]

So I'm planning to shoot myself with a .38 special pistol. I'm going to do it over a pool so that I would drown if the gunshot didn't kill me. If I were to miss the brainstem and hit an unimportant spot in the brain, how long would it take me to drown and how much pain would I be in?

 

[eguiö]

Pretty Impossible to tell, drowning can take a while

 

[downndone2]

I'd be afraid of being found by someone before you drown. Is the pool close to other people? If someone hears a gunshot they may call 911.

 

[LivideLamb]

Drowning is extremely painful, I won't say that it's one of the worst ways to die, because I don't have enough facts to back it up, but it seems terrifying. If you're unconscious and you drown, you won't feel a thing. Yet if you're still conscious or even just paralyzed by the shot, I can't imagine the agony you'll be in. Drowning can take between four to seven minutes.
Also make sure that the caliber is big enough.