Cocaine Heart Palpatations ,like a chemical imbalance , dizzy spells , confusion

[breebreeCris]

I have been having heart palpitations every day for 3 1/2 months and extreme pain and confusion when trying to sleep or relaxed followed by more heart palpitations , after doing cocaine on April the 15th 2012, My chest feels weak all day , i can not do anything physical or my heart will start to palpitate and hurt. And i think i damaged a nerve in my brain that controls our relaxation system and chemicals, its like if im still under the influence of cocaine , but i have seized all drug use, not even a sip of alcohol.Has any one ever experienced this its been 3 1/2 months my doctors say its withdraw but its as if my body didnt metabolize the cocaine or if it was cut with something .My heart is fine whats causing it to beat faster is what ever chemical imbalance i caused myself. please can someone with more experience than mee help mee.

[AnxietyIsUnfortunate]

You have anxiety my dude. Ive had it since i was 10, it started slow, stage fright and crying because i was scared. It wasnt until i was 21 ( im 25 now) that the heart palpitations, light headed feeling and your chest hurts from the rapid and painful heartbeats was a thing. It took mertazipine (sleeping aid/anti-depressant) to "unlock" my anxiety. And i wasnt even abusing it i got it prescibed for depression. Now i have all of those symptoms i explained above every night before i try and sleep.  Anxiety is for life you just have to learn to cope with it, Meditation and possibly a counsellor would help and if you choose so the right medication but it takes a while to find the right one and the wrong one could do you no good.  I know this was a late reply but i saw and had to give my opinion on it just incase it could help.

[breebreeCris]

I still feel injured and sick , my head is light headed all day , my body feels fatigued , this light headedness is some how making my heart feel bruised and sore , i have like a numbing pain on my right temple , and when i try to completely relax the light headedness gets worse the the numbing sensation on my head gets worse and my chest gets extremely worstly fatigued and i start to feel my heart area being like bruised and sore ,

[breebreeCris]

hand*

[breebreeCris]

Yea im done, ima concentrate on something else in life, well i already was that's what caused mee to relapse so hard because i was working on the coast where i live with my uncle.( i cant right now injured )So it got sorta out of had once mee knowing how to kinda start making a living while doing something that i loved , being near the ocean.

[mary577]

The main thing is, I hope you have learned a lesson.    There are no free rides when it comes to using drugs.   It is poison to your body.   You are young....have your whole life ahead of you.   Make this horrible episode count for something....for regaining your life and your health.    Hoping you heal and get this all behind you....and never use again.   Keep posting so we will know how you are doing.

[breebreeCris]

The person who i did this cocaine with is a idiot , he would never be able to find coke , he would always be at my house be annoying wanting mee to get him drugs..He would like talk to random people he didnt even know just to get drugs .. i ve done this stuff so many times 100's of x through trusted sources ; family member , Family long time friends ..  Never have i had a problem, never .. I do it once from a person who degrades them selves talking to anyone just to find drugs .. And i almost kill myself , i extremely hurt myself .. And to top it off he was complaining all night that his nose was clogged. And ended up giving mee the rest. How could i be so stupid ?

[breebreeCris]

The medication is not going to cure mee , but its going to relive the strange symptoms im feeling , its just gonna help mee cope until how ever long my body decides it wants to take for it to heal completely .My body just needs to heal its self back to normal.Its only been 3 3/4 months. So i guess i also have to accept the fact that its going to take a couple more months. Though i wish it didnt have to be this way , but i made the mistake of thinking id never injure myself . It could have been alot worse . I ask why didnt i at least get a small warning ? This is my warning because the next time a bigger accident happens i won't be here able to type this.

[vicki595]

What medicine did he give you Chris?

At least you now have an answer. Let's hope the meds help you!

[breebreeCris]

So i went to the hospital , and the doctors said its psychosis , i asked him why i get confused ,dizzy spells , strange head pressure pain , with like breathing problems, literally go in and out consciousnesses then wake up yell where am i and walk in circles every time i try to sleep ? , he said psychosis , i tried to explain to him that the drug over powered mee and that my body just gave out , i couldnt handle it , or that it poisoned mee , meaning it was thrash coke , he just said here , and gave mee more medication , which i didnt want at all .. he said give it 2 more weeks and if your still feeling sick we will start new test on you ,

[breebreeCris]

Im going in about an hour .I'll post when i get back, thnx

[mary577]

I'm glad you're going to the hospital.   Also glad you are writing down all your questions so you don't leave out anything.   Post when you get a chance and let us know how you are doing.

[breebreeCris]

Im going to go to the hospital tonight , im going to write down all my exact symptoms , and write down all the questions that i have , sometimes when im talking to my doctor i forget parts of my questions in detail .im not sure what type of specialist i should be seeking though ( Medical Toxicologist  or Neurologist  ), that's one of my problems as well ? I'll keep posting , and when i get back ill post everything the doctors stated to mee. And Thank you

[breebreeCris]

Im not taking the Valium anymore at all ,its too strong for mee right now , i dnt want to depend on it , I think  .25 of a Xannax is about 1/2 a 1 mg Ativan . They are so potent , and extremely addicting . For that reason im taking 10 mg Hydroxyzine , its a safer medication , or so they say . I wish i didnt have to take any medication . Thnx
P.s how long did your withdraw last ?

[Emily_MHManager]

Hi there -

We would urge you to call 911 if you are badly injured.  We can't offer medical advice to you not knowing the nature of your injury and what medications/drugs you have used.

Given your symptoms, and your injury, please call 911 immediately.

We wish you the best, and please let us know how you are doing.

Emily

[waterLilly7]

Can you ask the doc for valium that is not so strong. In the height of my WD just a tiny bit would help, just one half of the weakest xanax made, .25 mg, just half of that was enough to get the anxiety away without making me so tired.
stay the course, the symptoms will fade, and talking with a professional will sure help.

we are here for you friend,
hugs,
Lily

[breebreeCris]

im still very sick when i try to sleep and im still feeling very sick in general during the day my head feels numb i cant relax or sleep,

[breebreeCris]

i injured myself badly.. and i dnt no what to do i never heard of this happening to anyone ??

[mary577]

What happened?

[breebreeCris]

Im ****** ..

[breebreeCris]

And about the sleep i dnt no ? its only been 1 night so far so ill know how my sleep is really doing with in the next 2 weeks , Just everyday i wake up im going be trying to detox very, very heavily  and get extremely healthy

[breebreeCris]

Yea i was able to sleep a bit better but the issue im trying to solve now is to get my chest strength back to normal  ,  i get random muscle twitches all over my body . But the twitching is bit more frequent than usual, they dnt hurt ( And Not all at once, or at the same time )but like little sections at different times of the day . For an instance my shoulder about a sq inch in size area just randomly twitches for about 20 seconds , or on my ribs , or my leg , arm , etc , So maybe i still have cocaine in my system ?

[selfinduced]

WOW, What a journey you've been on. Glad you got into rehab and seems your brain is healing. The heart may take a bit longer to level out the residual anxiety. Look how far you have come!!! As hard as it is to not self medicate ti reduce symptoms as they arise....DONT! Get with the Doc you most identify with and stick to his plan. This has been a long haul for you, you almost have it licked.....Stay strong, stay away from drugs, and keep us updated. xx

[breebreeCris]

i finally get buzzd enough to relax i said finally i can sleep , about 5 mins into my sleep i awake to the most brutal fuckn pain i have ever felt in my life , its like if my heart stopped , and was doing hiccups , i get up doing cirlces completely confused not knowing where the **** im at , i run to my dads room , and tell him please take mee to the hospital i think i had cardiac arrest , i told him **** go to kaiser its only a 3 min drive from my house literally , I said if they dnt except mee at least ill die at the hospital .. i got there the doctors were so nice , they started to take x-rays of my heart , i told them what was going on , they put mee in a hospital bed the doctor came in and said you have no enzymes in your blood so you didnt have a heart attack .. i thought **** ? how do i sleep i asked him , i told him alcohol and marijuana arnt helping , he said no dnt drink ( he said alcohol makes you hyped up , that why you feel really social when you drink it make your heart beat was faster ) he said heres some Ativan i just said please , i dnt know what to do ? he only gave me 5 days worth which i thought oh my symptoms will wear off in 5 day for sure . he let mee go .. i got home i was fuckn terrified to try to sleep . but by 9m p.m i thought to my self and told my parent and brothers and sisters **** i die well i love you .. i just took the first Ativan i didnt know what it was ? i thought **** these thing are small they arnt going to do nothing , i sat there i didnt feel a thing so i drank another one , i sat there for about ten more mins and still nothing i just thought **** im going to have to return to the hospital , so took one more , as i took the 3rd one , i finally felt the pills , i thought omg i could sleep now , i slept finally for about 8 hrs , when i woke up , i had the worst head ache i have ever felt , my mind was fuckn cloudy like i the top right and top left of my vision was just cloudy , blurry  , the most bazzar feeling ive ever felt i just thought **** im going to be like this the rest of my life .. my heart was palpitating at not like tachycardia but just hard contractions painful , still i felt the electricity but i was relieved because i had gotten sleep i just thought well im just gonna have to tackle this some how and live with it as long as i get sleep. so for the next couple days i would go all day with the same pain and just at night take the ativan to sleep on the fifth day i was at my last pill i thought **** whats going to happen ? i woke up the next morning again with the same fog and brutal pain , i just though im fuckd  So my head was just fuckd and i was reading on the internet that cocaine could cause brain hemorrhages i though **** my brains probably bleeding i went back to Kasier they gave mee a MRI ( put mee in a tube took pictures of my brain ) they said i had no bleeding in my brain, later a doctor came in and said how are you going to pay for this i said **** idnt know but ill pay for it some how, i went in alone to the hospital that day with no one by my side ,i gave him 400$  he later came back and said here your qualify for financial aid with your condition for the next month and 2 weeks  i thought thank you ..I drank alot of Tylenol and left i felt alot better knowing my brain wasn't bleeding that night my sister brought home starbucks she left it on the table i just again thought hey.. ill drink that thing i drank it , then drank a coca cola , about 10 mins later my heart just started to palpitate hard i was just like  **** what did i do ? And i was out of Ativan i went back to the hospital and a doctor came out and said hey you ****; little kid your just a crack head your crazy thats what drugs do to you , i was going to punch him but i though no im to sick , ( which reminds mee when i get better ima go punch that **** ) still my heart was palpitating , i walk out and a nurse told mee go to a general doctor it was 5 am she said wait 3 hrs and go its was across the street same hospital just different department , so finally around 10 am it was my appointment ,My genral doctor she gave mee only two Ativans and said sleep and tomorrow you have to go to rehab , she in-listed mee at kaiser rehab , i finally sleep , the next morning i went to rehab , it had been about a week now i check in and i see my doctor at the rehab immediately  , i told her about the cramps electricity,headache, heart and sleep problems , she referrald mee to another cardiologist , the thing i didnt no is your not allowed to be on Benzos while in rehab , big mistake which i desperately needed, She proscribed me Robaxin for muscle spasm , and Motrin for heart pain , and tylenol pm for my head aches and sleep . They helpd , i was on those three none Narcotic medicines for the next month i do not know how i did it , i still had the worst Head pain ive ever felt , my brain was brusied it was cloudy i was so pissd i felt like this every day for 5 weeks until one night the cloudy ness just dissipated , but i was still having brutal pain but my brain wasnt as cloudy , for the next other months my had brutal head head aches i mean brutal like a sharp pain by myhead being completely
bruised strange , at 13 weeks one day i have like a 15 pound weight i just start to lift it i did about 1000 repititions that day none stop i was so dizzy complety dizzy and my head felt numb i thought **** if i die well idntknw i was sweating , the next morning my head felt so so so much better , now to night is my 16th week feeling like this i still have the sleep problems this whole thread was posted about but i feel alot better , now i just have to try to solve these heart palpitation and finally restore my serotonin and dopamine to finally sleep with out the Benzos .. i will be here to help any one who suffer one day what i suffered

[breebreeCris]

i get in the car on the ride to the hospital my jaw , back of my neck , face , arms , head was wanting to cramp up , i could not stop grinding my teeth , and my heart was just beating so fast , and **** the PAIN ! i told her to drive faster she began to panic to she said whats wrong with you , i said i have no fuckn clue .we finally get to the hospital and im like crawling in pain calling 911 they said whats wrong i said i was doing cocaine last night and my heart just won't stop beating , and im cramping up , at the same time i was finally in the hospital like i said i have lots experience so i started to use it trying to keep my self extremely calm but nothing the spasm and pain were just completely taking over , but i fought it with all my will , i just kept thinking about the girl i loved to keep me calm, the doctors gave mee an ekg , and just put mee in a bed started to draw blood out of my cramping cold left arm , i was freezing , with brutal heart pain , cramping neck, brain , my jaw would just not stop contracting the electrical feeling through out my whole body that i had **** that needle gives mee shivers just thinking about it , the doctor just said were giving you a Valium injection ..after the injection maybe 10 mins i began to feel warm and the symptoms just began to wear off , around 6 am the doctors said are you o.k now i said yes i was so relieved the Valium workd, i got up but was losing my balance ( **** i shouldn't be typing this but the Valium felt so.... good ) The doctors scene my heart rate drop , so they said i guess you can go home now i told them," Thank You so Much guys " .so i went home fell asleep i was exhausted but little did i know , that was just the beginning , the next day i woke up around 12 pm everything was normal until about 10 pm that night i guess the injection wore off all the exact symtoms came back , My neck feeling like its cramping , my arms , my brain , my jaw .. it looked as if i kept wanting to try to bite my ear off over and over( being sarcastic ) . i went back to the hospital , the nurses were feeding mee aspirin every 6 hours , my heart was in brutal pain but still kept trying to keep my self completely calm , i was just sitting there completely calm , just thinking about like i said the girl that i loved ( she wasnt there thats the only thing that was kinda hurting the most  )  it was about 36 hrs i was sitting there waiting for another cardiologist , the nurses just kept giving mee asprin and she offered morphine for the heart pain , having no insurance **** !!! i went to UCLA hospital because i owed kaiser right near my house 3000$ dollars from another insident about 3 years earlyer , thought they wouldnt take mee , Little did i know, never had a clue that UCLA is a county hospital so im waiting 36 hrs for a cardiologist which i should have asked for a Neurologist , he finally comes in i hadnt sleep in 50 hrs and im just laying there with like electricity flowing threw my whole body ( my mouth felt as if i had a 9 volt battery against my tongue at every second in time all day for the last day , ) i was begging the nurse please dont let me fall asleep , i was fuckn exhausted from the pain  i wanted to sleep but ive never felt so much electricity through my body , ( i was sitting in a hospital bed , in the cardiologist department so many doctors ,)so The cardiologist comes in he looks a bit older than mee may 3 years 24 -25 i told him **** my hearts in brutal pain and i told him about the contracting nerves , and electricity he said "thats what you get for doing drugs" .. He looked like the type of person who never had a sip of wine , or whos never smoked a joint , not that i care but he was being a **** while i was in near death he was just looking at mee like i was some kind of animal just laying there dying .he was just staring at mee seeing what was going to happen to mee ..he said to mee " your hearts fine " i didnt no what benzos were i said your not gonna give mee any medicine  he said no itll wear of in a couple of hours , i just said **** , im gonna die , the nurse came in she said id give it to you but i cant : ] , anyways i just got up and said **** this : im gonna go smoke a joint then drink some liquor , thatll put mee to sleep , i got home shaking with electricity i was coherent but just still in pain , i go the the liquor store  buy alcohol i drink  a 40 oz so quick ,