What are the positive effects of PCP?

Answer 1

EFFECTS LIST #POSITIVE

• Increase in energy
• Euphoria
• Pleasant mental and/or body high
• Disconnected thoughts
• Sense of calm
• Increased sociability, loss of inhibitions
• Closed- and open-eye visuals
• Shifts in perception of reality

NEUTRAL

• Increased salivation
• Change in body temperature regulation, sweating
• Increased heart rate (lower doses)
• Altered time perception
• Disrupted speech patterns
• Analgesia (decreased pain awareness) and numbness
• Feelings of invulnerability
• Distorted sensory perceptions, hallucinations
• Unusual and unpredictable behavior
• Mild to moderate dissociation (common)
• Confusion, disorientation (common)
• Nystagmus (rhythmic eye movement)

NEGATIVE

• Disturbing hallucinations and/or delusions
• Severe anxiety, paranoia
• Severe dissociation, depersonalization
• Ataxia (loss of motor coordination)
• Severe confusion, disorganized thinking
• Psychotic episodes 1
• Physical aggression
• Nausea, vomiting
• Temporary amnesia
• Severe distortion or loss of auditory/visual perception
• Decreased heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration (high doses)
• Seizures (high doses)
• Hangover including dizziness, numbness and lethargy; may last 24 hours or more
• Coma (high doses, increased risk when combined with depressants)
• Possible neurotoxicity (controversial)

Answer 2

PCP several effects on the human body. When taking PCP, the person feels a disconnect from their body. They become agitated and delusional when they start to come off of the drug. PCP effects the brain and allows the person to not feel so much pain, but the persons perceptions become distorted.