Cocaine and anxiety, short and long term effects

[darthrhonin]

I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, tought i'm really experienced in managing them and i take 60mg of 5 htp, 233 mg of hypericum extract (0,3% hypericin) and 10 mg of tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalamine
I was wondering about the effect of cocaine on anxiety and panic..in my experience a small to medium dose of cocaine make those problems disappear momentanely..but what would a large amount of cocaine (let's say a gram) do? And what long term effects should i expect?

 

[jamesmartin]

Um I'd stick to the st johns wort or try something else for your anxiety ..

.. Truth is in the long term cocaine will only make your anxiety worse .
A very common long/short term side effect of using stimulants is irritability and increased blood pressure .
this is not something you want when you already have anxiety and panic attacks .

 

[darthrhonin]

I was not planning taking cocaine to cure anxiety, i was talking about recreational use of coke (like 1-2 times a week half a gram)
Will the coke be so bad with this dosage?

 

[pbuilder]

I was not planning taking cocaine to cure anxiety, i was talking about recreational use of coke (like 1-2 times a week half a gram)
Will the coke be so bad with this dosage?

>recreational usage

>1-2 times a week

>contradictory statement detected

I recommend cocaine no more than once a month, and not on a specific date. Other wise you will quickly fall into it's grasp and it will fuck you until you are a shell of the person you will before.

And it doesn't fuck you in the vagina, it fucks you in the ass hole.

With a 12 inch black penis.

 

[Fox Grove]

Cocaine make me extremely anxious, as it does to most people I know, that's the precise reason I stopped doing it.

 

[KAYLA2010]

I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, tought i'm really experienced in managing them and i take 60mg of 5 htp, 233 mg of hypericum extract (0,3% hypericin) and 10 mg of tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalamine
I was wondering about the effect of cocaine on anxiety and panic..in my experience a small to medium dose of cocaine make those problems disappear momentanely..but what would a large amount of cocaine (let's say a gram) do? And what long term effects should i expect?

Getting yourself addicted to cocaine for anxiety= bad idea!

I know a lot of people stuggling with their addiction to cocaine eventually you will need more and more and eventually it will run your life while doing nothing for your anxiety anymore.

I suggest you talk to a professional about your anxiety.

Long term effects are dangerous and i dont wish it on anyone. Your anxiety will eventually get worse, but also your craving for cocaine and its effects will get more intense. So in the long run you will be stuck with anxiey and a terrible drug addiction to cocaine.

Please shove the idea of weekly cocair use out of your head. I used to think i could be a functioning coke head, but then i realized it was not worth all the ling term problems you will encounter.

Good luck

 

[BabyGurl3171]

I truly believe to this day coke is the reason I ended up with so much anxiety and panic. I mean shit, I only did it *maybe* once or twice a month. It was all great fun a few times, then one time I tweaked and it was bad. It's like bein on a bad trip and not bein able to come down.
It sucks!

 

[xxsicknessxx]

any stim would drive you anxiety crazy

 

[pbuilder]

I truly believe to this day coke is the reason I ended up with so much anxiety and panic. I mean shit, I only did it *maybe* once or twice a month. It was all great fun a few times, then one time I tweaked and it was bad. It's like bein on a bad trip and not bein able to come down.
It sucks!

agreed... even though I just started it about a half year ago, I already notice serious anxiety problems...

And it all started after the first time, like you, I just did to much for to longer and had this huge panic attack. And ever since then my nights always end with a panic attack, regardless of how little or much I do, or how short the session is. It's like it triggered an anxiety problem,lemme explain.

Was like my 5th time doing coke and I did about a half gram over the course of 4 hours from 12-4am while at a club... then we go back to my buddies place and surprise surprise he cracks out massive lines for everyone cause hes a generous guy like that (and a massive coke head lol) So I do another 3 massive massive lines, looking back they must have been near 200mg each. Anyways then everyone else wants to dip its just me and the giant coke head guy and im high as f*ck still so we decide to go to grab breakfast and then a driving range (golf)... So I get the breakfast its around 8 am and I can't eat for sh*t so I just drink my drink we do a few more rather large lines its now like 9:30am, been up all night doing coke and we start f*cking driving golf balls and then BANG. It happened... I felt like complete scum, I couldn't figure out what was wrong but I just sat down, smoked some ciggarettes and literally just felt emotionless with this pit in my stomach (like when ur going to do a class presentation or a job interview, u know when u get nervous? )and this stress on my chest and I was like bro... drop me off at home. It was so terrible man, I can't explain how bad I felt so I get home and it takes me till 3pm to fall asleep...

And ever since then when I've been drinking heavy and do virtually any amount of cocaine, this has become my normal comedown... Of course the more I endulge the worse it is but always that sudden pit in my stomache and weird feeling in my chest and just like emotionless-ness, like I feel like crawling in a ball and dieing lol...

Anyways, I still do coke because IMO the euphoria is worth it, the comedown is like the complete opposite of the peak of the high though lol.

And I went to the hospital for the chest thing and even told em I'd done coke and they did and EKG and some other tests and said I was perfectly fine and said it's "anxiety".

So yea bro... coke definetely not a cure for anxiety lol.

Sorry for the novel... been indulging a bit tonight.

EDIT: And my normal night of coke is about 350mg , and I try my best to limit myself to once a month(now at least . So it's not like I'm doing massive amounts.

 

[Allein]

Cocaine make me extremely anxious, as it does to most people I know, that's the precise reason I stopped doing it.

^^^

This of all the stimulants I've used cocaine beats all of them hands down for anxiety, I used pretty much every weekend some times every other depending on cash flow ! for a couple of years or more. I would get an 8th and just keep going until it ran out, much of the time the anxiety kicked in whilst I was using. You can get caught up in a loop of constantly thinking "just another line and I'll feel great again" and another line at that point is the last thing you need.

For me the come down from coke is probably what really started my drinking issues or certainly accelerated a problem that was already bubbling around.

If you are suffering any kind of anxiety or experiencing panic attacks then I would strongly advise you not to take coke at all, it not a good recreational substance for someone with those problems. In fact I'd avoid all recreational drugs until you have sought professional help for your current issues, I see you seem to be self medicating and given what you are using you've obviously done your research.

I'm not suggesting you start taking prescribed ADs but I would very much recommend CBT if you can get it, its done more for me than any medication and if it does work for you would give you long term mechanisms and knowledge to deal with your issues.

 

[BabyGurl3171]

What is CBT? Hell if I can figure it out. Tho soon as you tell me imma be like duh!

 

[dr indifference]

hi bluelight. I dont mean to be the party crasher, but a gram of cocaine is utter hell for anxiety and panic. For example- The first time i did cocaine: I just got a bunch of money stolen, so i was pretty upset. Needing a fix of any kind, i play hey mister at a cvs and get this black dude to by me a box of wine. Im in new orleans, babe, so im not really steriotyping when i say that every ghetto black dude either does, sells, or knows where to buy cocaine.

So, being the sly basterd i am, I say, "Wine is aight. It makes me feel ditzy and like all is good, but I reeaalllyy want some of that cocaine"

"Young nigga, im the king of the rhino. Drive be down by the airport ta Da'rocks house and ill hook you up straight".

Then off to the ghetto we go to meet da'rock. First, i buy a twenty bag, and it makes me feel good but i knows these hoodrats cut it good. "Man, this shit is cut to hell (idk what im talking about). I do this shit daily with all my middle-class white friends-got to make him think im going to come back and make him alot of money so im not stabbed or ripped off-and I would be embarrissed to even GIVE them a sniff.

Mind you, my whole fucking face is getting numb.

"I gave you the pussy shit. 20 more dollars and ill give you that pure."

In an hour me and this other random hoodrat dide a gram of it in my car.

T+10 mins-I feel like a god with dentist face trying to teach the black dude how to talk white

t+40 mins-the coked out black dude is impersonating a "white person" and the thrift store

t+2 hrs- I show up at work sweating my nuts off explaing to one woman that she dresses like a whore and blasting techno instead of doing my job

t+3 hrs (the cocaine ran out) I began feeling bad for what i did, hating my life ten times worst than it is, crying, and burning myself

2 days late- the anxiety is just starting to wear off, but the shame will be there forever.

Long story short, babe, stay away from the yay-yo.

 

[darthrhonin]

^^^
I see you seem to be self medicating and given what you are using you've obviously done your research.

I'm not suggesting you start taking prescribed ADs but I would very much recommend CBT if you can get it, its done more for me than any medication and if it does work for you would give you long term mechanisms and knowledge to deal with your issues.

I have never heard CBT, sounds interesting according to wikipedia (it's Cognitive behavioral therapy, right?)
Howeaver, i would like to take some benzos but i'm quite ashamed to ask to my doctor this kind of prescriptions...
Regarding my self medication, yes i researched those plants on the net and i choosed them because i had very bad physical problems also to my stomach/intestin and i know the cells wich produce 90% of serotonin are located in the intestin...in fact, 5htp helps me a lot (like 50% of panic attacks avoided) but i still suffer from anxiety and panic attacks tought in a "lighter" way...

so, seeing all the answers, i'll be very careful about taking cocaine and/or stims in general...this could also be why i tend to get panic attacks while on high mdma dosages..

 

[Allein]

Yes when i said CBT I meant Cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT wiki link :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy

You just wouldn't get benzos in the UK for any period beyond 3-4 weeks not sure about the policy in Italy, not a long term answer to your anxiety IMO.

If you see a doctor make sure you tell him all that other stuff your taking, I'm sure you would do that but I also thought I should say.