I have been a user of coke for about 5 yes now. In fact I am so high right now I'm worried my wife will feel me shaking in bed,wake up and sense I am high and discover what I have been hiding from her. I'm on here now because I was curious about my HR and decided to check it. In the process I felt an irregular hb. Hold on.... Gonna do another hit.... I'm starting to worry I can't control my urges to get the high feeling and am doing damage to my self. In fact I've done it now 3 nights in a row with minimal sleep even tho I work at 8 in the morning. I don't want to/tell myself there's NO way I'm gonna do it tonight but find myself "hold on... Ok I'm back" damn this shiot is awesome!! sitting up texting/calling people at 5am. I am 37 and healthy other then a little over weight. Should I be worried about this irregular HR.?. I could REALLY use some professional advise from users/doctors here. OH, I started using to fit in/be more social but now I like doing it by myself for the high. Little worried. Advise other then the obvious STOP USING?
if you have never had them before i would go see your Dr
Hi, how are you feeling now? Did your heart fix itself. I am experiencing exactly the same problems as you did after a weekend binge on coke. Its been 3 days and I have pretty severe heart palpitations. Any advice would extremely helpful. Thanks in advance.
Gee, i am so sensitive that i can't even smoke one regular cigerrette, or one
alcohol drink or even a piece of chocolate. I get pvc's and i can't sleep.
So it seems i have NO escape at all. I would love one glass of red sweet wine or a wine kooler, or just one sweet clove cigerrette, but i can't do ANY of
those things..........I used to try smoking a small cigar....but kept me
up all nite too!!
Walking to the sink may have calmed down your panic. I asked a friend about this - a guy who was a research scientist at a major hospital here, and
when i told him i had a panic attack and i grabbed my keys and ran out of the house, sat in my car to go, i started to feel better. He said it was something about "action" and "walking" that calmed me down. I can't remember the
complicated medical terms he used, but he said that "moving" helped a lot. Hope this helps.
Anxiety or SVT.... i was a recreational user for around 10 yrs and had both. They can correct most SVT with a catheter ablation these days. If the heart rate goes back down after exercise, it's a good chance it's not SVT. Either way, the gym is a great place to be. For anxiety, try a man's multivitamin along with 100-200mg L-Tyrosine during the day and 100 mg 5-HTP before you go to bed. Flac seed oil is also good if you can stand it. DO NOT GO WITH ANTI-DEPRESSANTS prescribed by your doctor.
Good luck to any others reading this post. Anxiety has a tendency to ruin your life and forget what it's like to be alive!
It probably wasn't the coke, but whatever it had been bashed with.
I've just had a similar experience, although I've taken it before, not often, but a few times and every time has been good.
This last time, I took it with a friend and where I got the heart palpitations (that lasted for 12hrs btw) he got a bad nose bleed and felt sick.
There was definitely something in that bag that isn't normally there.
While this sounds like cocaine is the innocent victim, I'm sure it isn't.
However, I'm gonna miss the high I used to get from coke, but I can't guarantee that my next bag isn't gonna have this **** in it again and I just won't risk it.
Believe it or not, I've also had similar symptoms from caffeine abuse and that's a legal drug, slipped into soft drinks.
My heartbeat got really intense and fast, I felt light-headed and weak, my mouth and throat went dry and no amount of water could wet them.
Also, the muscles in my neck and jaw seemed to lock up and both my arms went tingly numb.
I really thought that was it, but apparantly doctors see it all the time with people who drink too many of those energy drinks.
Best just to stay away from those things and try to live a healthy life.
It all seems fun at the time, but when you think you're life is over, you see what you have and a quick high just ain't worth the potential price.
That's my new and improved view anyway.
I don't know if it was bad enough to kill me, or just felt that bad because I panicked.
For all we know, we could've easily died if we'd done just one extra thing wrong, so the worry is keeping me clean for now.
Hopefully I can change my outlook and won't even miss them after a while.
Peace
im having the exact same Symptoms its been like this since april 15th 2012 , except i cant sleep at night ive been fighting this for about a month and a half its the worst experience of my life ... i cant joke about it .. my heart rate still goes up for no reason i just had a bad reaction to the cocaine i dont know if something was in it .. i never had any physical badreactions due to drug use i am 21 been doing it since 13 and never had any problems , i concluded that its not my heart thats ruind i ruined some thing neurologically like the chemistry in my body/ brain i am terribly sadden : [
yes, thinking about it makes things worse definitely. How are they now? Have they stopped? I know that when i used to do coke I would do so much that my chest hurt. I don't know if it was just soreness from tensing up or if it was my heart about to give out. But i exercise everyday, and my heart i would say is stronger than the average human beings heart. since exercising does put a strain on the heart also, but in a good way, not chemically I think that's why coke didn't screw me up forever.
are there any types of depression pills that are made with cocaine or cause cocaine to show up in a autopsy?
All very interesting stuff. I have a related question that maybe some of you can shed some light on for me. I am 29 years old male and, over the last year or so, have used cocain recreationally as well as abusively. I have not used in over a month and don't plan on using ever again. My question is... Is it common to feel like something was damaged or effected in my brain and not my heart? I find it very difficult to focus and feel comfortable throughout the day. My thought seem fuzzy and I find myself not enjoying many things I used to find pleasure in. If anyone has any insight, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
sorry if this is a year too late!
Also the day after the whole thing I smoked out with a couple friends, and that was one of my worst highs of my life.
I felt the crack/cocaine whatever the hell it was in my body. rise from my chest then down to my knees and stuff. Like my chest would get big if I was sitting down, then when I stood up it will go down to my feet.
And I was driving, usually I can drive very easily when I'm high, I'm just a tad slower but more concentrated. But this specific situation I had my hand on the clutch, and for some reason I was squeezing the clutch. Because I couldnt feel my hands..
It was a trip. Things werent making sense. I also felt like I had to do certain things to be safe, like I felt like if I wasnt in a safe environment I was gonna die.
Also everytime I touch weed it makes throat feel scratchy and my heart feels like its gonna explode.
I'm sad about this because I loved smoking weed and also running and working out. I play paintball with a passion but am afraid that I can no longer continue doing the things I love doing.
it really is a life changer. I no longer take for granted what I used to. and btw Im only 18
Hey guys I've been doing a lot of research these past few months on people having similiar issues to mine.
Alright so here's my story.
About two months ago (Oct 16th 2009) I was at a rave, and throughout the night I've consumed 2 hits of Mdma.. some really strong stuff(poke-balls) if you guys know what they are. and also mixxed it with 4 or 5 bowls of cannabis. so my mind was a trip haha. but at the end of the night I bummed a cigarette off some guy. He told me it was his "lucky". Me being pretty stupid thought nothing of it, so I smoked it.
So on the car ride home I was feeling really really good. thinking I was still rolling from the mdma. But it had been aprroximately 2 or 3 hours since my last pill and I had already reached my peak of it. so there was no way I could still be rolling. So right before I get dropped off, my friend passes around another two or three bowls of bud.
As im making my way in the door, I'm feeling really confident for some reason, usually I'd give my entrance to my house a second thought if I was high or rolling. so I get in, go to my room. and look in the mirror, and realize my arm is fat. I start to freak, and feel my heartbeat skyrocketed. I google all sorts of things, I spent the whole night trying to figure out what was wrong. I came to the conclusion that the cigarette was laced with cocaine or crack or something.
Because the next morning My pupils were dilated. for the next few days I felt like I was literally sitting on my death bed. at one point even accepting it as it came and thinking my last thoughts.
So it turns out I did live, I went to the doctors that following monday (3 days after it occured).
My EKG was normal, I've run blood tests, chest xrays stomach xrays theyve all come out positive.
I've been to the doctor 4 or 5 times.
I've been prescribed
Omeprazole for indigestion
Amoxicillin for the blood spitting and
Colace for constipation
So here's all the symptoms Ive had
-Acidic Spitting
-Spitting Blood
-Heart Palpitations
-Indigestion/Constipation
-Cold hands/feet
-tired eyes when looking at bright screens
-confusion at times
I'm scared as hell to exercise too. I've been to the gym twice and my heart throbs intensely when Im on the treadmill.
Last week i ran a mile and my heart has been through constant beating all week.
I'm thinking of scheduling an appointment with the doctor this week.
I havent been the same since that night.
I've only drank water for the past month or so.
I stay away from sweets, fried stuff and oily things.
It's hard to cope with all this but its a definite relief to see that some of you guys have gone through what I've gone through.
Take it from someone who knows , stop doing drugs because when you get older you start to suffer from those bad choices. And I don't mean older as in your 60's I mean 30's and 40's. My heart is a mess from doing cocaine and also having high cholesterol for a long period of time without changing diet or lifestyle. I wish I could go back and right those bad decisions but its not possible. I regret my bad choices every single day of the week. Especially when I see other people who made right choices living so happily while I suffer because of my own bad choices.
i would never tell anyone not to see a therapist, you just need to remember that you have developed an over active adrenal reponse to the sensation of your heart beat, due to the coke use in your past...
this will not go away all on its own, take the prescription as instructed to help calm your adrenal response to your heart beat.
make good decisions and give it some time...
we all make mistakes which we pay for in different ways.
i can focus and feel my heart beat at any time also like you can...and i feel like a have heart burn alot..im just wonderin exactly what i should do...cause i weigh 205 bench 325 and work out everyday and take weigh protein so im really healthy other than me doing that drug twice which consisted of like 4 lines each time and smokin weed...but iv been done with the "ante" since around june but done smokin like 2 weeks ago..
hey im 16 and used the drug called Antihydrents or street name "ante" its a form of coke i used it over the summer along with smokin a **** load of weed...i had two a days and got heat exhaustion and ended up gettin my heart checked out some but never said anything about the other drug use cause they didnt find it in my system but i still have some chest pains , muscle spasms in my left arm , leg, eye, foot, and pains in my back and i feel like my heart beats extra hard..but alot is just me worry is what a doctor told me ...but im not sure..i just always worry
something similar happened to me. i got palps after a heavy few months of coke use. then something stange happened. I blew out about a cup full of yellow mucus in the shower one morning, followed by a huge rattling cough - it sounded like an explosion. out came a load of black spots and a black glob of something (probably tar from smoking).
however i felt so good after this experience i thought i would like another few lines of coke.
this was the worst idea as i had as the palps came back but this time with chest pains and cough. 3 years later its still there and now getting short of breath.
anyone having coughing syptoms too?
GP just prescribed lexapro but i dont know if i am going to start taking it or not. Concerned about possible side effects and also about whether or not this is right for me. The GP really doesnt know me on a personal basis and is one of those GP's at the random walk in clinics.
Do you guys think I should go see a psychiatrist instead?
I havent had any panic attacks for weeks now. There is still a bit of worry and anxiety in the back of my mind though. It is still hard to completely get rid of all of the anxiousness but I am so much better. I run...workout...etc and I can function during the day and do everything I need to do.
I am waiting on insurance so that I can go to the doctor for my anxiety.
What will the doctor likely prescribe for a 22 year old male like me who has mild anxiety like this?
Hi, I have just been reading all of your posts and I just want to tell you that I throught the same thing about 5 years ago. I smoked marijuana for the 1st time in 3 years and I had a SEVERE anxiety attack. My pulse jumped to 200 BPM, I was lightheaded, nauseous...I thought I was going to die and no one would take me to the hospital since I had drugs in my system. Well this feeling lasted for months.....not the high pulse rate but the feeling that I was going to die. I had to go on Zoloft, Ativan, Neurontin, and propranolol for about 2 years. I had to go to a therapist to discuss my "life" problems...it was the worst 2 years of my life. Constant trips to the ER, cardiologists, numerous tests and constant worry. All tests came back fine....it was anxiety.
I was doing great until I got pregnant in Dec. 2006, it triggered all the anxiety again but since I was pregnant I couldn't take any of the drugs, except propranolol on a strictly as-needed basis. I was instructed to only take it if my pulse jumped above 150 BPM for over 30 minutes because they were worried it would lower the baby's heart rate as well. My son is now 18 months old and I am still battling the anxiety. I don't care what anyone says, I don't think you will ever be 100% "cured" of anxiety. It is always in the back of your mind. I just try to keep myself occupied, not hard with an 18 month old.
I'm glad you decided to quit using...that was last time I smoked pot, takes an anxiety attack to wake us up. The best thing you did was go see a cardiologist. I've been to 3 different ones because I was convinced that one missed something. I have had all tests done on my heart (except a cardiac cath) and the only thing that has ever shown up was Right Bundle Branch Block (on 1 EKG out 15 or so) and my cardio said it could have been a misplaced lead or that it can occur in healthy individuals. With all the tests I have had done I am fine.
About alcohol use...try to avoid excessive use. Anytime I drink more than 2 I wake up the next morning with a rapid pulse and just overall "ugh" feeling. I'm not sure who posted about the sugar in alcohol but they are right. I know, it's not fair, we can't do anything but to me it's worth the sacrifice if I don't have to deal with it like I did in the past.
Good luck to you and remember you are not alone.....this is very common and there are lots of people out there to talk to.
It appears I have an increased awareness of my own heartbeat and this is causing anxiety.
I think I will see a doctor soon about the anxiety.