Name: MDMA
Drug class: Designer, amphetamine
Legal status: DEA classified
Chemical composition: 3-4,metylenedioxymetamphetamine
Common street names: X, Ecstacy, XTC, E, rolls, candy
Tips for Ecstsy users:
Drink lots of water to replenish body fluids. From time to time, stop moving, take deep breaths and relax. Maintain a healthy lifestyle: eat a balanced diet, take vitamins, and get plenty of sleep. Remember: less is more. Large or frequent doses can increase the side effects without adding to the experiance. Much of what is sold as Ecstasy is not pure MDMA. Be cautious of what you buy and who you buy from. Impurities may include amphetamine, LSD, or PCP. Alcohol can reduce or change the effects of Ecstasy, and the combination can cause undesired effects. Integrate what you've learned. Think about your thougths and feelings and try to apply them to real life.
1. Health: Check your physical condition. MDMA puts serious strain on the body. Before taking it try to be healthy and rested. Your heart, liver, and kidneys all have to work harder. Avoid taking MDMA if you are on anti-depressants. Your mental health is important also. If you feel that you are uneasy about taking it and not comfortable with being that open with yourself, and having your image stripped from you then don't do it or wait.
2. Situation: Find a situation you feel comfortable and safe in large parties or raves seem to be of the favourite places to take, and if you feel as if your bugging out find someone that is SOBER to talk you down or someone with a somewhat level head on them. E is ideal to take with a lover you are sure about. It gives you the ability to explore your relationship and each other. E at home would be ideal in a spacious room where you feel secure and can let yourself go without arousing the neighbours. It is also nice to take E outside in warm weather and pleasant and familiar surroundings. It is important to feel free to express yourself without inhibition or interruption.
3. Looking After Yourself: If you are feeling doubts or anxieties about taking E but still want to take it nonetheless take a small dose, and then wait a little over an hour to take the next bit. Drink as much water as you like, but avoid alcohol and other drugs, and if you are DANCING, realise that you may be dangerously overheated even without feeling uncomfortable. Taking vitamin C and E may help reduce exhaustion. Get good sleep afterwards.
4. Guide: If you are at home choose someone to guide you that you feel comfortable with and have no reason to feel emberassed about showing your feelings to.
5. Preparations: At home make sure that you will not be disturbed, by the phone door etc. Make sure they have comfortable places to sit or lie down. AT HOME AND AT THE RAVE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF FRUIT JUICE AND WATER ON HAND TO DRINK AND CHEWING GUM OR SOOTHER TO PREVENT JAW CLENCHING. Wear LOOSE, LIGHT CLOTHING but have extra clothes and a downy blanket on hand in case you need to warm up. Bring personal objects that you are fond of----things to handle and look at or perhaps some photographs of people you are fond of. Have pleasant things to look at, smell and touch---flowers, essential oils and silks. Just let it happen and go with it. Do what your urges tell you.
6.Timing: The full effect of MDMA lasts about 3-4 hours, but set aside a good 8 hours to a whole weekend to recoperate and go over what has occurred. This is a learning experience also.
MDMA (also commonly known as Ecstacy, X, E, XTC, Adam, etc.) is a semi-synthetic chemical compound. In its pure form, it is a white crystalline powder. It usually seen in capsule form, in pressed pills, or as loose powder. Average cost ranges from - (U.S.) a dose. Common routes of administration are swallowing or snorting, although it can be smoked or injected as well. Currently, MDMA is on the U.S. Schedule I of controlled substances, and is illegal to manufacture, possess, or sell in the United States. Most other countries have similar laws.
Dosing: Usual doses of MDMA range from around 80 to160 milligrams (orally), though monks have used lower doses (40-60 mg) to assist meditation, and therapists have sometimes taken similarly low doses to become more in tune with clients. A benchmark standard dose is often considered to be 2 mg of MDMA per kilogram of body weight (though response to the drug is not strictly proportional to body weight). When MDMA is taken by mouth, the effects manifest about 30-45 minutes later; snorting, smoking or injecting produces much quicker onset. The primary effects usually reach a plateau at T+1:00 (one hour after taking the dose) to T+1:30, stay there for some two hours, then start tapering gradually. The primary effects are pretty much over by T+4:00 to T+6:00. Secondary effects (afterglow) may be felt for days, and tertiary psychological effects (e.g. improved outlook) may last indefinitely. Supplemental dosing: If you have taken an ordinary dose of MDMA (say 2 mg/kg), you like where you are at about T+1:30 (you will have reached plateau by then), and would like to prolong your stay there, take a supplement equal to about 1/3 to 1/2 the initial dose. Taking much more than this is likely to induce or increase unwanted side effects without providing additional benefit in return.
Contraindications and overdose information: MDMA causes an increase in blood pressure and pulse rate, modest in most people, similar to moderate exercise. Because of this, and because a few people may have a more pronounced cardiac response to MDMA, people with a history of high blood pressure, heart trouble, or stroke are advised not to use MDMA, or at the very least are advised to start with a much lower than average dose. The same warning applies to people who are hypersensitive to drugs. Liver or kidney problems may also contraindicate MDMA use. It is, of course, desirable to hear from your physician that you're in good overall health before ingesting any powerful substance. Deaths have been reported of some MDMA users who were also taking Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs are often prescribed as antidepressants). MDMA is *not* recommended to anyone taking any MAOI. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you're unsure whether a drug you are taking is an MAOI. Also be aware that some antidepressants (e.g. Prozac and Zoloft) may inhibit some of the effects of MDMA. MDMA is thought by many to be a fairly safe drug, as long as you keep track of what your body is telling you. The euphoria that it induces can make it easy to ignore bodily distress signals, so be watchful for things like dehydration (drink lots of water or fruit juices!), muscle cramping, dizziness, exhaustion or overexertion. Several reports from England tell of dosed ravers dancing themselves into severe dehydration and heat exhaustion that required hospitalization and in a few cases resulted in death. An MDMA overdose is characterized by high pulse or blood pressure, faintness, muscle cramping, or panic attacks. If you experience any of these symptoms, sit down, rest, and drink some fruit juice, water, or a gatorade-type sports drink. In the unlikely event someone has a more severe reaction, e.g. loss of consciousness or seizures, get medical help as soon as possible.
Effects: The physical effects of usual doses of MDMA are subtle and variable: some users report dryness of mouth, jaw clenching, teeth grinding, nystagmus (eye wiggles), sweating, or nausea. Others report feelings of profound physical relaxation. At higher doses (overdoses), the physical effects of MDMA resemble those of amphetamines: fast or pounding heartbeat, sweating, dizziness, restlessness, etc. The psychological effects are a bit more difficult.
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