Health - Cocaine Induced Anxiety Disorder...which swiy's have it?

[xstalkrx]

swim appears to have it. swim has been abstinent for 3 months and still has anxiety in the form of:

worrying about health
concentrating on heart beating in abdomen
checking pulse or blood pressure from time to time
slightly hypochondriac
panic attacks (only about once a month currently as compared to every couple of days 3 months ago)

swim has only ingested 15-20 grams of cocaine in his life. swim ingested this amount over a 1 to 1.5 year period and it was almost always with alcohol. swim is 22 years old.

swim does a lot of running and weight lifting and cardio workouts but still this anxiety remains. It is important to note that 3 months ago, the anxiety was MUCH MUCH worse. swim wasnt eating, or working out, and it was hard for swim to function in general. things have gotten better but the anxiety symptoms listed above are still in effect...just not quite as bad as it used to be. swim went to a cardiologist 3 months ago and the echocardiogram and EKG were normal.

anyone here have the same problems...or had the same problems...what did swiy do about it? full details please.

currently swim has not taken any medication for the anxiety and doesnt want to.

[Brothaman]

SWIM has experienced these symptoms verbatim however SWIM doesnt know if these were caused by "the white lady" or not. SWIM's symptoms are exascerbated while on the former or on amphetamines. Honestly how SWIM dealt with it was just learned to cope with the triggers of the feelings and it seemed to have lessened over time until it went away. People always ask SWIM too "why is SWIY checking their pulse?" Its funny to note too that SWIM also was an avid fitness enthusiast for some time, running every day, weights 6 times a week and very proper diet and SWIM found that this helped out with the feeling. SWIM has also got the EKG and everything was normal and worried about my health and heart etc etc haha

SWIM's Questions to SWIY would be: Did SWIY experience any type of anxiety symptoms akin to these before SWIY did the powder? Were there any other anxiety sympotms that manifested themsleves in other ways?

[xstalkrx]

Originally Posted by Brothaman

SWIM has experienced these symptoms verbatim however SWIM doesnt know if these were caused by "the white lady" or not. SWIM's symptoms are exascerbated while on the former or on amphetamines. Honestly how SWIM dealt with it was just learned to cope with the triggers of the feelings and it seemed to have lessened over time until it went away. People always ask SWIM too "why is SWIY checking their pulse?" Its funny to note too that SWIM also was an avid fitness enthusiast for some time, running every day, weights 6 times a week and very proper diet and SWIM found that this helped out with the feeling. SWIM has also got the EKG and everything was normal and worried about my health and heart etc etc haha

SWIM's Questions to SWIY would be: Did SWIY experience any type of anxiety symptoms akin to these before SWIY did the powder? Were there any other anxiety sympotms that manifested themsleves in other ways?

all symptoms began one morning after having used the night before

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Originally Posted by Lobsang

SWIM thinks that it should pass it is probably just a stage. When SWIM was a student at the Chakpori School of Medicine in Lhasa he went through a similar deal. He thought he had every disease in the books. He constantly looked at his throat, took his pulse, thought he had pulses in his abdomen indicating an arterial problem. But he stopped. He was in his early twenties when this happened. Thats all.

how long did swiy's stage last?

[Lobsang]

Originally Posted by xstalkrx

all symptoms began one morning after having used the night before

xstalkrx added 0 Minutes and 29 Seconds later...



how long did swiy's stage last?

Well I do not actually remember. I guess when SWIM stopped taking himself so seriously in life. But it was not all that long I think.

And remember heed the words of Deb's song about cocaine
http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/loc...tid=61&lpage=3

[Lobsang]

SWIM thinks that it should pass it is probably just a stage. When SWIM was a student at the Chakpori School of Medicine in Lhasa he went through a similar deal. He thought he had every disease in the books. He constantly looked at his throat, took his pulse, thought he had pulses in his abdomen indicating an arterial problem. But he stopped. He was in his early twenties when this happened. Thats all.

[Spare Chaynge]

Therapy would be a good option.