Cocaine can have a great variety of other effects on the nervous system of a person who uses it.
These range from headaches and numbness of the fingers and toes to grand mal seizures. Both of his hands felt numb and weak within an hour after use. He fell asleep and upon awakening 2 hours later was found to be paralyzed from his neck down. After a complicated hospital course, the patient was transferred to a rehabilitation unit. Two hours later, he suddenly became severely dizzy with loss of balance and inability to coordinate his left arm and leg.