What did cocaine do to me??

[bfjones420]

I thought I overdosed on cocaine a few years back and ever since then I have not felt the same, at all.  I am now very nervous, anxious, dizzy(rooms not spinning, but head does not feel right), irratable, jittery, shaky.  It sometimes feels like my head is trembling.  I have fainted 3 times since then as well.  I went into a month of panic just a few months back(couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, freaking out, crying.  I missed a lot of work.  I couldn't even stay home by myself because I was afraid something was going to happen to me.)  Thought for sure I was dying or something serious.  
Before I thought I overdosed I was a very active person, had fun with friends, enjoyed doing things. I never felt like this.  
Now I just want to sit home and do nothing.  My whole body constantly feels funny. I know that's not a good description but don't know how else to describe it.  Maybe as tickley or maybe like it's humming.  Don't know, but definately does not feel right from head to toe.
My question is what could the cocaine have done to make me feel like this and what I can do to make it stop??  I haven't done cocaine for over a year and only a few times after I thought I overdosed.  Thank you in advance for your help.

[no1]

your description of the suposed cocaine overdose matches my experience exactly.
i think I overdosed and since I felt very agitated, humming was a good description.
I can do everything I could do before just as well, sports, music, speaking etc.
the problem is that I feel no mental calmness, sort of shaky. I have no inperation to do anything. Im always asking myself if Im the the same as before. I went to two doctors and they both brushed me off. I hope its only anxiety.
there are time when im sure that it is, but why have i thought about it every day since it happend? I notice that you posted this a long time ago , I hope youve recovered.

[vernielou12]

I think you should see a doctor and be very honest about what is happening to you.Actually,cocaine is a very strong stimulant,and if you did possiably over dose,you may need drugs to counteract  what it has done to you. What those drugs are,I'm not certain,but i have heard of this happening.
You may already be a slightly anxious person and cocaine just made it that much worse. Something like xanax could help alot.
My advise is dont do drugs =) I know that sounds very after school special,but you DONT really know what you are getting.
And I have heard that LSD can send some people into permante scizophrinia. Exspecially those are that are already suseptable to mental health issues (family has it etc..)  

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

It may not be the cocaine at this time, but you certainly have the symptoms of a significant depression and I suggest you see a psychiatrist for medication, and possibly therapy.  The medication can compensate for any depletion or disturbance the cocaine may have caused.

[JeffG10]

It can show up at random times, mine showed up a week after marajuana use. The medicine that helps most people is klonopin, but there's also a risk of dependance with that, unforuntatly like i said dp/dr isnt well known so there's not much known on how to ure it.

[imcrazy2]

I have a similar question about LSD....there's not enough research, and believe me, I've looked, but I'm convinced that my past drug use permanently changed my brain chemistry causing panic disorder.  My panic symptoms didn't show up until years after my last "trip", but I was also a regular marijuana user.  I haven't touched any drugs in about 8 years, but I still have panic attacks, accompanied by constant heightened anxiety, derealization, visual distortions, and other such unpleasantries.  I have tried Ativan (works, but I'm afraid of dependency), paxil, prozac, back to PaxilCR, and today my doc decided to try me on effexor.
Anybody with any input??

[Tksbussong]

Is it mental or chemical?

[JeffG10]

Both unforunately

[JeffG10]

Unfortunately BF, it sounds to me like you have something called depersonalization, or derealization, they usually coincide. Mine was marajuana induced. When you used the cocaine i take it you had a panic attack? Usually that stems from the fact that you didn't like the kind of high you were feeling. I smoked pot for the first time this august and i had a panic attack while high. It went away, but then a week later i was lying in bed an all of a sudden that high feeling came back, and it hasnt left me since, i've had every test known to man, im very healthy. Basically i just feel high all the time now, i didnt no how to describe it at first, i was describing it as dizzy but i new it wasn't cuz the room wasn't spinning. The fainting thing i'm not too sure about, but it deff sounds like you have that. Go to this website depersonalization.co.uk and look through the symptoms. Dont worry, it's not something life threataning, however, it isnt' very treatable because it's not that well known, most people live with it forever...

[caregiver222]

I don;t use drugs and am not an advocate of cocaine, however the chances of a single cocaine use causing brain damage is negligible. Unfortunately, "cocaine" is not always "cocaine", and DEA samples in the past have been found to be contaminated with neurotoxic substances, such as PCP, that do cause brain damage. You just have to take your time, and hope things get better, and not purchase any more street drugs. Chelation is known to remove some toxins, but not all from the system.