Mental Effects Of Cocaine Abuse

Lauren Luhrs
Professor Nora Kabaji
Freshman Composition
Research Paper
17 May 2017

Cocaine Abuse Cocaine abuse is not something to be taken lightly, it can alter someones life for the worst, effect physical and mental health along with destroy relationships with loved ones. Coke, flake, snow, blow, white, toot, base, basa, powder, dust, big rush, pearl, candy, cola, C, big flakes, nose candy, baseball, bump, line, rail, snow, stash, choch, chochie, and yeyo are all street names for cocaine, and just like the MANY names for cocaine, there are MANY effects to what cocaine can do to someone. Cocaine abuse specifically means the overindulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance, especially alcohol or drugs. In this case, it is
I never did it again though because I didn't like how I felt after the high. My mental stability seemed off the next couple days and I didn't like that, and that was just after a one time use. Many users are in fact aware of what cocaine can do to their physical state, but usually surpass or don't think about the mental effects it has. There are very many things cocaine can do to alter the state of ones mental health and stability. Depression, fatigue, anxiety, ability to concentrate, paranoia, irritability, and erratic behaviors are just SOME effects that cocaine has on the brain. Cocaine can completely take it’s abuser on a psychotic emotional rollercoaster. Inwardly, a dependent individual is truly not the same any more after abusing cocaine for so long. Because the abuser depends so highly on the drug, they feel they can only be happy with it and handle certain situations while under the influence. This mental emotionally unstable state of mind cause that emotional rollercoaster to be never ending. On cocaine, one is very energized and is on a high that is just so up, up, up, but once off the drug that high is gone and the abuser is down, down,
Most people that are close to a cocaine abuser struggle with how to approach the situation at hand, and this often leads to the enabling of the abusers abuse. A lot of the time, the underlying cause of addiction has to do with mind set, if the abuser was raised in an un safe environment, or peer pressure(drugabuse.gov). But overall it can just take one single time for someone to become addicted. Looking for and taking the medication winds up plainly impulsive. This is for the most part because of the impacts of long haul sedate presentation on mind work. Compulsion influences parts of the cerebrum required in reward and inspiration, learning and memory, and control over conduct. Knowing how to treat these underlying causes can most definitely be difficult especially because everyone is different. So many things have to be taken into consideration when approaching treatment. A scope of care with a customized treatment program and follow-up alternatives can be vital to achievement in treatment. Treatment ought to incorporate both medicinal and emotional wellness benefits as required. Follow-up care may incorporate group or family-based recuperation emotionally supportive