The symptoms of cocaine
use vary but invariably end with severe consequences including
cocaine tolerance, excessive use of cocaine and isolation in the
disease of addiction. The symptoms of cocaine use can be overwhelming
for the user and those surrounding him or her. Many individuals
and families turn to recovery centers and rehabilitation clinics
to treat the often devastating consequences of cocaine
abuse. Gulf Coast Recovery Centers brings you the following
information on cocaine use symptoms for the purpose of introducing
ourselves and to give you some solace that there is help available.
If you or a loved one has one or more of these cocaine use symptoms
we hope that you will give us a call today for a free, private
consultation.
What are some of the Symptoms of Cocaine Use?
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant that affects
the central nervous system when ingested, snorted, smoked or injected.
As a stimulant, the user feels an intense but short-lived high
and will become hyperactive. Other physical symptoms of cocaine
use include having little desire to sleep or eat and behaving
erratically.
This erratic behavior includes the strong desire
to do more cocaine. A defining symptom
of cocaine use is the lack of judgment through the increased
usage of the drug. Increased usage and an increasing frequency
of cocaine use can lead to excessive use of cocaine which has
consequences and leads to isolation. This path of despair will
start with cocaine tolerance.
What is Cocaine Tolerance?
When a person continues to use cocaine a physical
change occurs in the brain and the rest of the body called cocaine
tolerance. Usually this tolerance means that the user must use
more of the drug to feel the same desired effect once achieved
with a lesser amount.
Cocaine tolerance is one of the symptoms of
cocaine use that indicate addiction. When an excessive use of
cocaine occurs to the point where the body physically adapts enough
to create a tolerance for cocaine, serious problems begin to develop.
If you recognize any of these problems please call us today for
help.
What happens with Excessive Use of Cocaine?
Excessive use of cocaine leads to addiction
which is a disease of the mind and body. The user becomes psychologically
dependent and can often seem obsessed with obtaining the drug.
For example weekend activities are no longer sufficient on there
own and the user feels that cocaine must be used in order to have
a better time. Excessive use of cocaine creates a stronger need
for more excessive use of cocaine. Users often are unable to meet
obligations at work and at home and cocaine is used as an escape
from the stress. This vicious cycle continues leading to increasingly
severe consequences of cocaine
use.
What are the Consequences
of Cocaine Use?
We mentioned some of the cocaine use symptoms
above but continued use leads to increasingly severe problems.
Consequences of cocaine use include deterioration of the body
and mind. Cocaine consequences to the body can include headaches,
heart irregularities and infections. Cocaine smokers damage their
lungs while injectors run the risk of hepatitis and aids from
sharing needles. Snorters can damage the nasal septum and all
users can suffer from sexual dysfunction. These are bad enough
but some of the worst consequences of cocaine use are those to
the mind.
Consequences of cocaine use on the mind include
psychological damage resulting in anxiety, depression and even
thoughts of suicide. These are especially prominent during the
withdrawal period and users often use more cocaine just to feel
normal again. Often users go through dramatic emotional shifts
and can become quite unstable damaging relationships and unsocial
acts that they would never think to do when they weren’t under
the control of cocaine. These consequences
of cocaine are all part of the disease of addiction to cocaine
and result in feelings of isolation and despair.
What do you mean by
Isolation in the Disease?
A major difficulty in seeking help with a cocaine
problem is that the disease of addiction often causes users to
suffer in isolation. Afraid of being discovered and ashamed of
their actions, addicts often withdraw themselves- physical and
emotional isolation from those who care about them and are most
likely to help them.
If you or a loved wants to break free from
the suffering isolation of addiction there is help out there.
If you don’t call Gulf Coast Recovery Centers for a confidential
consultation please do reach out to someone.