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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2008 Mar-Apr;17(2):83–98. doi: 10.1080/10550490701861201

TABLE 2.

Most frequent symptoms of male and female cocaine and methamphetamine users (in either the abstinent or intoxicated states)

Coc (%) MA (%)
Male (n = 27) n = 25)
     Has it ever seemed like people were talking about you or paying extra attention to you? 59 64
     Have you ever felt like people are watching you, spying on you, or checking up on you? 48 44
     Have you ever felt like someone was calling your name, but no one was really calling you? 48 40
     Have you ever felt like you lose your train of thought easily, will go off onto different tangents while speaking, or that people don’t understand you? 44 48
     Do you ever feel like you have a difficult time completing tasks or activities? 41 60
Female (n = 15) (n = 18)

     Has it ever seemed like people were talking about you or paying extra attention to you? 67 67
     Have you ever felt like people are watching you, spying on you, or checking up on you? 47 56
     Have you ever felt like people go out of their way to give you a hard time, are out to get you, or want to hurt you? 47 50
     Have you ever felt like something was wrong with the way a part of your body looked? 40 72
     Have you ever felt like your significant other was having an affair when it was not true? 40 50
     Have you ever felt like someone was calling your name, but no one was really calling you? 60 47
     Have you ever had a difficult time moving your body? 47 47
     Have you ever felt like you get easily agitated or annoyed and cannot control yourself? 47 61
     Have you ever felt like you lose your train of thought easily, will go off onto different tangents while speaking, or that people don’t understand you? 60 67
     Do you ever feel like you have a difficult time completing tasks or activities? 60 67