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I used to do it habitually for 3 years around a decade ago. I eventually quit once i started injecting and then eventually went cold turkey. Slept for like 2 days straigh. It's been a decade, but my brain still feels completely messed up. When I get super stressed my nose is able to smell gasoline, and i know why that is. It even manages to simulate that fun numbing feeling. And I still have these old remnants of anhedonia floating through my brain. It almost feels like I'm bipolar or something, since my mood can get so eratic at times. But the thing is, does Cocaine use prolong that far out from when you quit? Is the damage permanent, or is this something else that's undiagnosed?

I used to do it habitually for 3 years around a decade ago. I eventually quit once i started injecting and then eventually went cold turkey. Slept for like 2 days straigh. It's been a decade, but my brain still feels completely messed up. When I get super stressed my nose is able to smell gasoline, and i know why that is. It even manages to simulate that fun numbing feeling. And I still have these old remnants of anhedonia floating through my brain. It almost feels like I'm bipolar or something, since my mood can get so eratic at times. But the thing is, does Cocaine use prolong that far out from when you quit? Is the damage permanent, or is this something else that's undiagnosed?

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You're altering your dopaminergic system by over stimulating it. Your neurochemical balance has been altered as a result. Have you ever noticed even people who don't do cocaine, or any other stimulant, will rub their nose like they took a bump after doing some adrenaline inducing activity. The neurotransmitters associated with reward seeking behavior are the same ones associated with doing cocaine and experiencing euphoria via adrenaline. It's only natural that the same residual tics and behaviors would emerge, since the same neurochemical environment is present.

For the record, the only time I've ever touched cocaine, I didn't know the joint had cocaine in it, I hate that feeling, and never touch the stuff as a result.