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Am I having a cocaine overdose?

I was in this forum a few months ago with questions about cocaine and alcohol.  Well I am back with another question concerning cocaine.  Memorial Day.... Did a few backs of cocaine with a friend and felt great! Went home around 2:30am and layed in bed and thats when it all began.  My eyes were rolling in the sockets... my heart began to race... I began to sweat... I couldnt breathe very well.  I was breathing but it felt like i could not get enough air! I took a hot bath and felt like i was going to faint... took a cold bath...i was freezing.  Anyways, I tryed so many things to feel better up until 6:30 am when i finally began to calm down.  It is now 12:17 and i slept about 4 hours.  My heart was racing so fast I was about to call an ambulance but my mom would kill me before the cocaine would!  I was having these weird convulsions.  My arms were shaking and my fingers haven been shaking for months. I really felt like i was dying.... I can't explain how horrible I felt.  My question: Was I having an overdose??? or was I just going through something that everybody goes through when they do too much cocaine?  Couls I have died??? my EXTREME question... I am a 20 female in Miami, Florida.... I dont have a drug habit but i do tend to use cocaine about once a month and i always over do it... I am leaving into the Navy in October so I hope that will help me alot... if I use cocaine again and i feel my heart racing and etc.etc.etc.... can you PLEASE reccomend something to help when im experiencing this?  Is there a special remedy?  ANYTHING... please name a few things. Thank you so much.  
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I have the PERFECT REMEDY you were asking for.  First of all, I know that horrible, dreaded feeling after "overdoing it" with the coke.  Your heart beats out of your chest and all you can think is:  "I did this to myself... I have killed mysel, and I am still alive to process this thought".  HORRIBLE.

Here is the perfect remedy:  Dont ever do cocaine again.  Even if you "trust your friend or dealer" you NEVER KNOW what you are getting.  It may be stronger than the time before.  This happened to me before... my "friends" left me for dead.  The coke was ALOT stronger than I had done before. I knew that I could do several lines and be OK.  Not this time.. It was very pure.  

My friends didnt want to get in trouble.  I passed out, and was lucky to be found by someone else.  All my "friends" ran.  

Dont do this again.  Anyone who allows you to do cocaine is no friend.  An you are not a friend to allow someone else to do it.

You WILL die from this stuff.  It happens EVERY DAY.

Get your life together.  There is no such thing as "recreational drug use".  It never ends up that way.

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cocaine kills.  Zach Erickson of Everett, WA was buried 30 minutes ago - dead from a cocaine overdose.  Age 23, honor student, bright future - due to graduate with psych degree in March now dead.

Please all of you - get off drugs.
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Can some tell me how do I know if Ive been drugged with something an what it was? I havent been able to sleep for two days, I cant stop shaking, I cant cant think straight, my lip became numb and swollen. The inside of my mouth hurts. My temperature keeps shifting. I have thrown up a few times and still feel nauseas. And Im freaking Ive never experienced this feeling like my whole body is breaking apart. How can I make it stop
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Hi, folks,

Since this thread is old and the original participants are no longer taking part, we'll close it now.  If you're concerned about an overdose or drug reaction, please dial your local emergency number or go to the emergency room.  If you'd like to ask a question or start a new thread, please click the "Post a Question" button near the top of this page.  Thanks!

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I am going through the same thing right now I am so scared I think I am going to die. I am trying to get my mind off my heart beating but I feel so ****** up, like I am gioing to pass out. I was smoking a small amount of crack and masturbating, but I have a bad circumcision and it takes a while to get off( this problem is why I use cocaine, to feel an orgasm) and I am worried. I live with my dad, and he wont drive  me to the ER as he thinks its nothing, but my vision is messed up. Stay away from the ****!, I pray to God to save me and that I won't do it again, but I just end up saying the same prayer as I am weak. Lord give us strength, and pray for me!
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Did you end up being okay? I've know that feeling it's ******
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Um....dude....i'm 26....and i started using drugs when I was 12.  So I been around the block.  I've done everything except for meth and molly.  And Coke/crack-doesn't have any physical withdrawl.  The thing with powder/crack is that it is such a rush that it fills ur brain up with ALL these endorphins (the happy cells) that when u keep doing it the only happy cells u have left are the ones u get from doing the drug.  So when u run out of ur drug....ur brain is DEPLETED of endophins.  So on top of using drugs....and doing all the terrible ****** things that we all do to get our next fix, when we run out of drugs we feel even worse about ourselves on top of our brains having no endorphins left in it whatsoever now because of the coke/crack-so that now to feel better-we have to get more coke/crack.  So it is NOT a physically addicting drug-just a mentally addicting one-VERY VERY hard to quit because of the SEVERE depression that comes after.
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Yeah it happen to me 2...i was freaking out and panicing and thought i was going to die...something in me stop and said this ship is not worth my life...that was about 2years ago...i have been clean...yeah i was doing it 1a month or just on the weekends but it still didn't make a difference...i still could have died...i still have panic and feel like my life is going to end...but that's what it does to you mind...it left me with high blood pressure also...and i was healthy...all important tell you is sit with a friend or close family member and talk to them or go as far as talking to a primary care doctor i did...one step at a time is not so bad....important doing it now..:)
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honesty.... i have partied crazy .. like 8 gs crazy .... not cool .. at all !!! but straight up ... you can od on blow after 1 line.. weird chemical thing .... the way i see it is .... you take that chance everytime u do it .... you may like to do drugs but at least educate yourself ... google works grrreeeeaaat
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I aint goin to sit here and lexure u cuz im only. 19 but to answer. Your?  I felt that way after a whole 8 ball with some friend. And everytime I feel the. Down come.  I smoke alot of weed to were the. Weed. Buzz overcomes the. Coke and the. Weed.  Puts. Me 2 sleep so to really answer. Yur question is. Smoke some weed. When. After you done. With the coke
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I really hope you stop taking the drugs, maybe enter a twelvr step program like celebrate recovery. Your life is much more important than the fear of your mom being upset,n having that temp high. I have sadley been dependant on oxycontin daily for 4 years (at least 20a day)...now at only 3 a day. I've been taking coke daily past 6 months(fishscale n 93+pure) it started as a one time thing. Then just occasional then now fully addicted.it's ruined friendships,lost family, fired from my job, completely destroyed my sinuses, my digestive track, had an early misscarriage, messed up my heart,cps got involved...its a horrible drug,n not worth the temp high.drink some energy drinks or supplements from a body shop if u must have something.good luck,n pls make tthe right decision.i very much regret the day I first started drugs to escape from the pain of life rather than doing recovery work.best wishes!
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Ok so seriously cocaine is a party drug! It's fun as he'll but as with most things it has dangers! Real bad dangers! So I felt what you felt and stumbled upon a cure. Take 2 5mg benzodiazepine tabs with half a glass of room temp water. Don't smoke anything cigs, etc. Until you feel the first pill about 10 mins this will calm
you and slow your heart rate. The root of all these problems is the heart! I have ADHD so
when I do coke I gotta do MOUNTAINS!!! to feel it like last night we all did about 2grams each maybe 2 and a half. Anywho coke is cool when your this age and partying. But you know you have a problem when your. 1 doing it alone 2. Doing it ALL THE TIME. 3. if you spend more than 200 for it in a month you got issues. But like I said don't freak out you ruined the whole fun of your high! Omg like next time you feel that pop a benzo . Pop a Molly . And go dance and enjoy your trip! It's gonna rock! ;-)
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old thread guys!
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Okay, so I am 25 years old and have been an occasional blow user for the last few years.  I like to party occasionally and when indoni tend to over do it as well. Never have I felt put of control or felt a dead to call an emt. But what I can tell u is that when I feel like incant sleep because of my heart beating out of control or I have the jitters I just smoke some pot and it calms me down :). These people may judge u and give u good advise for quiting or looking for help but I answer u as someone who knows where u are coming from.   There are not any remedies for ODing.  Maybe u should quit doing fat lines and just uncouple of bumps thru put the night.  I personally have a high tolerance and can do a 1/4 in a night.  But that's just me.  Everyone is different and everyone's bodies react differently.  Also try a different dealer. Maybe what your guy is cutting his stuff with is no good! Pay extra for mor pure that's what I can advise! Don't go cheap lol.   Also  for everyone judging me I am a 25 year old RN who graduated with a BSN with a 3.8gpa in a very desirable school and used my whole way through.  Now I party ocasionaly and make over 140k a year and  am looked up to in the work place.  it's all about control doll. Once u feel out of control it is time to stop.

Peace & Love.....
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I hope your tattoo did end up being one of the most important tattoos of your life. That is a very VERY compelling saying, "Live Strong". Good luck with everything!!
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Peelsnerting-

This thread is 10 years old...
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I read a few more of the posts and felt inclined to say a few more thing on the subject. Everyone in th world for the most part will urge you to stop drinking and using, unfortianitly we sometimes must make the mistake ourselves. You must realize though that not everybody is lucky enough to have a scare and stop or hit rock bottom and stop, some people just die as everyone has there own unique reaponce to toxins. Unfortiantly since there is no way to know how your body will react to the substance so there is a very real danger in trying it or any other drug even once.
I would like that cocain plays upon the pleasure center of your brain as such it is particularly addictive and habitual use of it can damage your brain and more often your heart. As for the whole alcohol thing, alot of us in the army are functional alcoholics, if you have enough control to keep your drinking habit in check until off duty I see no problem with you doing as you please, however the moment you show up intoxicated on duty or your performance is effected by your habits that is when you cross a line with me and should be nailed to the wall.

Cody-
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I am among other things a combat medic with 5 years in the army and am a current student studying nursing. I have both treated other soldiers for borderline ODing and I have quite a bit of personal experience with various drugs. My poison of choice was high level pain pills however, when I lost my mother I switched to cocain. I had to seek help for my pill problem as I simply could not stop on my own, but it took hitting rock bottom before I would ask for help as I thought asking for help was weakness. Learning the lesson that it takes true strength to ask for help when you need it was certainly one of my most difficult lessons I've learned in life. As for your use of cocain or anything else for that matter, I have no moral or ethical problems with you doing whatever you want; I just strongly urge you to be informed about the fire you are playing with and beware of the danger and risks involved. You are a big girl and are able to make adult dessions on your own and using whatever drugs you want is your choice no one elses as I does not effect anybody but you. Some would argue that if you OD and die I effects others, but it is a moot point as life is full of risks.

As for facts on the cocain so you may make an informed decision on using it. The symptoms you listed are both normal and an unfortianit side effect of the drug. What you need to watch for as the most common symptom people have before reaching the OD point is when you start having a hard time breathing; when you reach this point you have allready done to much cocaine and need to stop using as it will not take to much more to cause you to OD at thi point. I highly recommend if your at that point to seek medical attention immediatly or if that is not an option at th very least you need to have someone there monitoring your breathing to make sure you don't stop breathing suddenly or in your sleep. As for the normal side effects the best way to avoid it with casual use is to time it so that after your last line in about 30 mins go to sleep. Cocain has a half-life of one hour, which simply put means that when you do a line of coke that after an hour your body has processed half of what you took and an hour after that the half that wa broken down is cut in half again as your boxy processes it out. It maybe because your young that you have limited impulse control and more over then that you seem to be like me and enjoy turning everything or at least the things you enjoy on life up to an 11. In some cases it is a good thing, unfortaontly it also means that you very likely have an addictive personality making controlling your impulse to use all your supply in one sitting etc. Realize that about 22% of people that use can not stop on there own and MUST enter a treatment facility to stop. If you decide to use a treatment facility know that they are legally obligated to keep your information confidential so it would be easy to tell your mother that your staying at a friend, your able to use the phone well there so keeping up the facade should be easy. Now back to impulse contol an your cocain use: if you are going to keep using have a friend that doesn't use hold onto and distribute your supply to you at an exceptable safe rate(safe is a relative term as ther is a very high risk of danger with this drug). If you join the navy I would strongly advise you drop this habit as they do random drug screenings and if you are caught it is up to your command as to what happens to you and well I have no issues with people having the personal freedom to so as they please to themselves my ideology is not prevalent in the military and you are very likely to be nailed to the wall if caught; dishonorable discharge, bared from reenlistment, take your pay the works. On the other side so to speak I do know several high speed soldiers that do in fact partake of cocain from time to time in moderation, they however are aware of the risks involved though so are making a well informebdesaion to use it. It is the most commonly used illegal drug in the military because it does break down and wash out of your system so quickly.  Keep in mind that in the navy you will have others that there lives are in your hands and if your altered by the drug that they deserve to have you un-altered and confidently able to do your job. That is when you cross the line with my ethics because tour inability to perform your job puts others at risk. I urge moderation in all things. Now however you can at least make your dession to use or not to use informed of the inherite risks involved. One last thing to consider that I forgot to mention is keep in mind that no matter how much you use you will never get the high that you had the first time, so do not over do it trying to relive that high.

Cody-
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im high now and im scared!!! never doin it again i promise... u got me cindi im dont want to be on coke anymore
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do you know the nick name for the Devil?---Cocaine! Do you know that the devil-cocaine once you use it, it gets in your body and drives it just like you get in and drive your car! I am clean. I have never fouled my body. I wish i could get someone to listen to me. I belive that God has shown me so much, but very few to listen to me---not even my husband, or children. I have been widlowed twice, each husband died from cocaine abuse. The one I'm married to now, is having kidney weakings and is on cocaine while lying to his doctor,and his boss! I just know that cocaine is a judgement death and who ever uses it will die from it if sooner or later!  Just call me ongel!
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what you had what you felt, was a cocaine overdose and you did very bad you supossed to be death......!!! i had an overdose 10 years ago and i am still paying the price for that; a heart valve called mitral valve get larger floppy and it cant to be fixed, i cant even drink a beer cause of that no cigarrattes no marijuana no coffe no nothing......!!!! i am mexican 30 years old men i live in puerto vallarta jalisco if some day you come by i can give you some advise to help you up you are on time to give up on cocaine you heart now is weaker than before you ve sufer already a heart attack plis stop or you gone die
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This is a really old post, so make one of your own if ya want.

The best thing to make your nose feel better is to quit the blow. Each time you use, it will keep getting worse and eventually make a hole in your nose and septum and the damage is irreversable once that hole is made. The least of your worries with this drug is nose pain, cocaine does so much damage to the heart, nervous system and mind. It sounds like you have no intention of quitting? If you want to try to stop, then we will try to help. Good luck.

P.S. As an ex cokehead myself, I find your avatar here disturbing and we dont' need to see that when we come on medhelp and trying to stay clean. Take care and be safe
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im a 25 year old male. i sniff blow about 3 times a week maybe more and i have been doing it for about 2 years plus? ive gone through all this stuff..... it hurts to breathe the cold air in when my nose is actually clear enough lol ie. now. Is there anyways to make my nasal passage feel better? and not be so sore. Maybe something i can inhail, you get the idea of my q. also i do not get nose bleeds. just a reallly reallly plugged nose untill the next day sometime. my gfs nose doesnt get like that... hmm hope to hear a reply.
thanks
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This is a really old post. I used a lot of coke also, my high became chasing it so much i would try to get to the point of what your talking about, there is a fine line from that point to overdose and i have overdosed a few times, the last one almost fatal so I hope you think long and hard on how to kick this, before it`s too late, we are talking about death here, your heart will explode and im not trying to scare you, but it will. I don`t know if I read your post right, but your still using right. Make a new post if ya want, we are here for support and quitting is possible. Good luck:)
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I really don't think there is a special remedy or such.. if you were about to call an ambulance that means you were in a life or dead situation and regreted doing cocaine.. but well I'm no one to judge... we have so much in common.. my name is Danny, I'm also 20 and I live in california... I've also been close to dead many times do to taking to much cocaine... and yet a few momments later I'll go busting another line... had this happened so many times and yet I don't seem to learn.. however my symptons are different... when I take too much I start slowing down.. I feel like I can't get enough oxygen, a discomfort in my chest, arythmias (irregular heartbeats), a cramplike sensation on my left arm, I'll get really cold, then my limbs will start numbing, my neck and up follow.. sweaty hands.. if I panic or move too much it gets worst.. its been to the point where I feel my heart beating about 10 times a minute. I do have a problem with cocaine.. and I think you do to... when you're at the point where you're having an overdose is because you take more since you can't get that euphoric effect of well being.. I know the feeling.. many call it "chasing the high".. by doing so doses are increased leading to overdoses.. yet I know this stuff... I know I have a problem and like you I continue doing it.. although there is no such thing as a cure.. what helps me out is drinking a lot of water.. my friend drinks milk.. he says it helps.. but really.. this is not for sure... maybe it doesn't even make a difference.. water seems to make sence... since it gives a fresh supply of oxygen to your body.. what also helps me is that I get in a relaxed position and maintain a constant breathing rate and think of good things or just clear my mind... having a conversation helps me too... but hopefully you won't need it.. and quit it.. remember.. you're NEVER going to get that euphoric effect like the first time..
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