ECSTACY

I'm not sure about in the long term, but SSRIs will block the euphoric effects of ecstasy as they have already increased the amount of serotonin in the synapse and blocked the reuptake receptors.
Some studies suggest the nerve damage could be due to toxic metabolites of MDMA, so if this is true the SSRI will not prevent the damage as the MDMA will still be broken down into the same metabolites eventually.

Yep. I was on SSRIs for 6 months last year, and continued to take mdma occasionally, but the euphoria was gone completely. The stimulant effect was still there, but no rushes. When I came of the SSRI it was like doing it for the first time again, lovely.

i think the come down isnt as harsh while taking ssri as well but it could just be the effect it had on me?

Dammit, why d'you have to be so smart all the time?

took pure form once, never again.

i can't do uppers or things that make me feel "happy".

then i'll have no will to stop.

acid is better maaaaaan.

MDMD im fairly certain isnt toxic.
nobody has died from taking pure mdma.

research on erowid.
alcohol is so much more dangerous, and its legal. mdma is a beautiful substance, why it was made illegal is beyond me. if you research the history you can see for yourself - nothing bad was coming out of its production. the american government, on the other hand, was not making any money from it.. and supprise supprise.. suddenly prohibited.

gah. dont get me started.
i think 100 percent it should be legalised. pure mdma, which is "ecstasy" is an empathogen and an enactogen, equalling a truly wonderous substance that is truly a great tool. i am so thankful for the longterm change in perception it has granted me. im sure many of you will understand what i mean here; it opens doors. lets you view your life with humility and greatfulness, with new eyes.

out of good and evil drugs, it is good.

I recently found out that a guy I used to friends with at school had a heart attack because he was taking so much ecstasy. He's only 19.
I've never tried it, an after hearing that I don't think I ever will.

I have learned something today.

Link please.

I doubt it was a vast conspiracy but more a reaction to the criminal production of a substance that was originally designed to be used medically. Just like so many other substances that crossed the line from legitimate use to recreation.


And, for the record, any drug that promotes techno music is inherently evil.

"A drug that makes you love everybody? Sounds like hell to me."

~ John Waters

Sounds about right. years ago i was at a party and i asked someone for advil cuz i had a migraine and i took two of them -- she confused her beat pills for her real shit and i was in trouble.

i'd like to try it again in a safe environment ( like at home) but only once. i've got too many comics to draw to feel fucked up in the morning.

I haven't seen good X in 8 years at least

It's about the only drug I'll still do, and still one of my all-time faves. It has lost its magic a little bit, though. I doubt it'll ever be as good as my first time.

holla!!!!

you'll never get as high as you did the first time. with any substance.

I loved it at 5am when I took 2. I didn't love it at 8am when I left for work. And I don't love it now at 8pm while I'm still in work.
Urgh, I feel grim. Now I remember why I stopped taking it.

It so is
R.I.P Dr.Albert Hofmann, you absolute genius.

I was shrooming in a room of people on X, needless to say we were inhabiting two very different worlds. I think I prefer doing special K to ecstasy ...though I cannot even handle that any more.Only the mushroom for me now.

Not true. When I first started smoking pot, I was getting schwag. It was only later that I started getting the chronic.

I got caught up in it quite a few years ago. I loved it too much, which is why I quit taking it. Strangely enough, one of the things I miss most about it was how amazing it could feel to just breathe, and how easy it was to sit down with someone and talk to them. Not to get all crazy hippie about it, but it was incredible how you could sit there with someone and listen to the bad things and the good things in their life, and really understand how they felt. It also allowed me to talk about and release a lot of the dark parts of my life that I had never been brave enough to talk about before.

I read up on how it was used in therapy back in the day, and I can completely understand how that would work. I think about half of the times I rolled, my friends and I ended up in these strange therapy sessions with each other.

We attempted to be responsible with it. We always did it in even numbers and had a 'rolling buddy' We made sure our buddy drank plenty of water, didn't overexert themselves, didn't run naked through the apartments, etc. Helped each other through when it got overwhelming, and gave plenty of massages. haha. Ohhh, to be young and stupid again!