Cocaine and the Nervous System

This is my most Favourite Drug next to XTC. Coce is the best God ever made, u definetly have to try it. Life´s to short .... so Party hard.

The cocoa plant is the cocaine free version of the coca plant - the coca plant it is not the same plant used to make chocolate where the the coca plant grows leaves and berries and the cocoa plant grows leaves with pod like fruit where the nuts inside are used from chocolate. Obviously Coca-Cola originally had cocaine in it, hence the name "Coca" cola. In moderation the coca plant has many positive effects, but like anything, if abused it can become highly addictive and deadly.

I have an ex who has done cocaine numerous times. I have left him but we have a son together so he picks him up for his parenting time. And that is when we usually communicate. Now that I am out of the situation, I seem to notice that even though he had gotten help and has been clean for a few months he says off the wall things and is still acting paranoid. Sniffs a lot while we are talking on the phone. I just wonder if cocaine affects you for the rest of your like to the point that you say things that don't make any sense and have no concept of what is going on even if you have been clean of the drug for a while?

I have not used in about 1 year 1/2 and I always feel that someone is watching me, and everybody knows that I tried cocaine. Sometimes when I am at work I feel as if I here A lot of noise I feel something strange, like I cant see straight, or I feel nervious. Sometimes I just know that everybody knows that I tried crack cocaine and is playing jokes on me to see what I will do, taping table with pins, always talking about the drug ect. I know that I love money and I was only doing it because of the man that I have been with for 12 years was a user for about , over 12 years. So the first day I tried it with him I felt stupid he wanted me to do thing that I would never do , then he would put the drug in my face and I would do it, because I felt that stupid I would do it then afer it was all over it was nothing. I wantedto have sex be he didnt so we would get more. after about a month of this I said no then he was not with me but somebody else. But My thing is the side effect of this is doing to me. Why I feel Like I cant see Or everything is blurry. or the little bit of noise make me made. Please tell me what to do ..!

What damage3s does crack cocain couse after u quit and what permanant damages do u have to live with after u stop permanently?please I haven't bin doing it for 1 year and I when I go out side I always feel like everyone is looking at me and that they worying about what im doing I was never like this can u please help me and tell me something about this please I need help I trie 2 talk to my self and tell my self that Im ok that don't worry about no one else that its my life but it works for that day but I have to keep reminding myself to feel good and go outside...

All whom has ever been involved with Cocaine, know that it is the worse drug you can do, because you can hide it for a long time. Then you can rationalize your use and then finally it becomes the reason you exist. You need it to be happy,horny, assertive, to chill. You need it for everything. That is what makes it so dangerous. Soon you will discover that it is all that matters. When that day comes, it is usually after you have lost what really matters. It could be your love one, your career or more devastating yourself. When you loose yourself it is hard to come back. So, if you are using cocaine or cocaine is using you. Do it no more than two days in a row and after that start strecthing the time in between uses. But always maintain the no more than two day rule and you will always have a chance to quit. Ultimately do not ever get comfortable doing cocaine. It is evil because it usurps your lifeforce. Just stop and when you slip re determine and stop again until you win. I won and the more people I encourage the stronger I get. You can be free of the habit.

i used to use a lot about a year ago and i haven't used in months but for my bday one of my friends brought it to me. i didn't do a ton but later that night i got sharp muscle pains all in my arms and hands it was so painful i just had to stay still. It hurt way to much to move and my fingers were getting kinda swollen. When i finally went to sleep and woke up the next morning everything was fine. at the time i didnt know what caused all that pain. that was about 9 months ago. last night i did it again for the first time since then and the same thing happened.

i was just wondering what that means/is etc. and aside from trying something like Advil how do i make it go away? (not that im rushing to use again but who knows what will happen)

There is nagative out there to warn people about the dangers??!! hello, we all know the good side of cocaine otherwise we ouldn't be online trying to find out the dangers or the effects.
They need to be doom & gloom... or do you think that the only sites on the internet should say come on kiddies shnaf a line you will feel like rainbows & butterflies!!

I would like to state that I highly agree that Cocaine, and especially Crack Cocaine causes brain damage. Definitely temporary… and to an extent permanent depending on duration and frequency of abuse and use.

I’ve used Crack Cocaine maybe in total around 15 times in my lifetime over the course of the past year. Truth be told the first experience I had with it was one that I couldn’t forget, I really thought I found something magical. So I would use every so often no more than once for every 2 weeks to a month… sometime off for 4 months. But one thing definitely consistent is that every time using I’d intensely regret the use the following day. Feelings of being lost, having no purpose, and overall feeling like garbage… like life is just a waste.

The duration of the effects are very short lived… it’s like a few minutes in heaven for a few days in hell. Hours after the last hit, it feels as if shards of glass are moving through my brain as my body tries to rid itself of this highly destructive drug. It was like my thoughts, memories, and everything I learned… the neural connections made of my past were being ripped into shreds of nothing. My mind was extremely fuzzy the following day… almost as if someone had ran some high voltage electric current and fried my brain. It’s not like the after effects of pot smoking… where the mind feels a little hazy like it’s been in the clouds… it’s like it’s been seriously short-circuited. The fuzzy state of mind is at it’s worst the following day… but gradually recovers taking about 2 weeks to recover fully… and that is as far as it will recover and I still notice damage done particularly in learning… I will have to accept the damage done and move on at this point.

The damage done to my mental being isn’t the only thing to consider. After smoking… my lungs feel as if they can’t fully inhale a deep breath… I feel like I want to have more oxygen and what I’m getting just isn’t enough with each breath I take. I feel as if many of my alveoli have bursted… popped like a balloon. Like early emphysema, I find myself short of breath. During the high of Crack Cocaine, I felt as if my heart was going to burst out of my chest… and as I was coming down, I felt my heart beating so fast, but it was almost as if it was too tired too keep beating… it desperately wanted a rest. It beated irregularly and out of rhythm, occasionally it would spasm and I can feel these spasms as I put my hand over my chest. My heart felt damaged for over 2 weeks after… and I would have to put my hand over my chest… I feared permanent heart damage. Thankfully my heart is no longer sore, and my lungs feel like they can breath once again…

For those that don’t know the science behind it, it’s a sharp molecule, jagged almost like glass… that is why I feel as if it was cutting through my mind, although I realize that at the molecular level, Cocaine is much smaller than a neuron. It blocks the reuptake of dopamine in between synapses causing an excess of it highly exiting all post-synaptic neurons in the area of the pleasure center of the brain. In the peripheral nervous system, it causes numbing and prevents any feeling.

One key thing I would like to point out… this drug doesn’t make any bias in choosing it’s victims. Regardless of Race, class, sex, religion, education… all that doesn’t mater. And forget about habitual or long-term damage done… the damage is evident even after a single use… based on my experience. So one must wonder what had brought me back? Well low-self esteem has been a problem my whole life, and after 6 or 8 beers I lose all inhibitions that restrain me… only to want to get to another level of feeling. Only to wake up the next day with totally blood shot eyes, destroyed capillaries, and having very little energy to do much of anything.

Next time I notice any drug dealer pushing this horrible destructive drug, I will call the cops. This drug is responsible for ripping black holes in parts of society. Also just wanted to share my experience… I’m very saddened by it and really wish I can erase these experiences from my past. Well I can share them and hope people will steer clear of this horrible destructive awful drug Cocaine… and ESSPECIALLY Crack Cocaine, it’s free base form… which has the hydrogen removed, is less water soluble, is more fat soluble, and crosses the blood brain barrier that much faster hitting you like a bag of bricks.

My elder brother died from a cocaine induced heart attack. Still, he didn’t use a fraction of the amount I used. I knew I was going to die if I didn’t. I went to a twelve step fellowship and thought the people were strange. I stopped for a few weeks. They talked about GOD... I didn’t listen to what they said. My problems were so much deeper than theirs. They didn’t understand. I started again. That's when my wife filed for divorce.I knew I had to stop. I wanted to stop. I had tried to stop but I could not. My boss told me he had to let me go from the job, so I went to C.A. and I knew I had found home. I got a sponsor I worked through the steps with him. I have been clean and sober since. I thank God for C.A. every day. I have the old job back. I am still married. I have a wonderful relationship with my kids today.

I recently tested positive for cocaine on a drug test for work which was very shocking because i dont use any kind of drugs..if my boyfriend uses cocaine and we have intercourse or kiss could it in anyway get into my boodstream and make me test positive for it??

As I'm reading this, I find myself wondering... wherever are you getting this information? Then, of course, I get down to the sources: theantidrug.com, shesinrecovery.com, well.com, and healthy.net. All of these websites are pushing their agenda and aren't what I would call reliable.

washington.edu and nih.gov are much better sources, but they don't actually use the word, "damage," in reference to changes induced by cocaine exposure. In fact, they don't say cocaine does anything to the brain except affect the dopamine neurotransmitter system! Yes, it increases the risk of various health related issues, but that's not equivalent to brain damage.

mit.edu is talking about prenatal exposure and doesn't apply to your paper. Why did you use this again?

Do your research and stop being hysterical. Cocaine is addictive, yes. Cocaine can change the way your brain functions, yes. Cocaine can even increase your risk of siezures, heart attack and stroke, but cocaine is not the devil nor the worst thing on the market. It's reports like these that get the public's opinion's skewed and changes the way society deals with these problems. We need the facts so that we can deal with them appropriately.