Symptoms:

Symptoms of cocaine use may include:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Hoarseness
• Inability to sleep
• Nosebleeds
• Restlessness

Symptoms of a stroke include:

• Drowsiness, lethargy, or loss of consciousness
• Loss of balance or coordination
• Loss of memory
• Mood changes
• Numbness, tingling, decreased sensation
• Personality changes
• Slurred speech, inability to speak or understand speech, difficulty reading or writing
• Swallowing difficulties or drooling
• Uncontrollable eye movements or eyelid drooping
• Vertigo
• Vision changes
• Weakness or paralysis of an arm, leg, side of the face, or any part of the body

Signs and tests:

Your health care provider will take a medical history of your symptoms and history of cocaine use.

Signs include:

• Abnormal eye movements
• Changes in reflexes
• Changes in vision or visual fields
• Decreased sensation
• Muscle weakness

You also may have signs of other disorders that occur with cocaine use.

Tests may include:

• Motor tests
• Nervous system (neurologic) tests
• Sensory tests
• Urine or blood toxicology screen