SWIM's done XTC once(+lots of alcohol and weed) and was absolutely fine, he really liked it, one of the best experiences in his life. However, at that time he did not have any cannabis related panic attacks. At some point of his life, he smoked too much weed, his heart rate went crazy, SWIM thought he was dying. So he can't smoke weed anymore unless he drinks alcohol with it in big amounts... After this incident, SWIM was worried about his heart and health in general, actually he went nuts with it checking his HR rate hundreds times a day and had very weird feelings in his chest, so he was very depressed, drinking alcohol every day to fight his depression and panic attacks. It was so bad he couldn't even smoke cigarettes, like he would get paranoid about his heart rate after smoking and stuff. It would get better while he was drunk, but then it would give him terrible anxiety when hangover. Because of worries about his heart he decided to forget about stims, however, one night he got really drunk like 2 bottles of wine in one go and met a person who offered him coke, SWIM had like 6-7 lines. It was ok, SWIM didn't care about his heart rate during the high, but on the comedown, he had terrible terrible head ache (probably really bad blood pressure) and fcking crazy heart rate, Im not sure but it was probably about 180-190 if not worse. Plus he felt like shit and even the next day (20h after snorting coke) his BP was like 150/100. So when he was actually on coke, it must have been way higher..
So he stopped doing drugs, drinking and smoking, started doing some sports. He went to the doc and had ECG, stress test and echo - all fine (BP a bit high but nothing serious). Time passed, he got rid of heart anxiety and paranoia, he is doing exercise now, can drink/smoke on occasion. But he is still wanting to do some drugs, he is ok with downers and quite prefer their effect to uppers like coke /speed, however, he would still like to experience ecstasy once again and that great body euphoria and state of mind..
So my question is how much of a pressure is MDMA/ecstasy on cardio-vascular system compared to coke and other uppers? After reading SWIM's story, do you think he would be ok with ecstasy? He would not risk to try coke again, he feels like he was in a danger area with his HR and BP on it, but that only time with ecstasy was a fantastic experience for him. But he was probably too high to care about his heart rate at that time haha.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
So he stopped doing drugs, drinking and smoking, started doing some sports. He went to the doc and had ECG, stress test and echo - all fine (BP a bit high but nothing serious). Time passed, he got rid of heart anxiety and paranoia, he is doing exercise now, can drink/smoke on occasion. But he is still wanting to do some drugs, he is ok with downers and quite prefer their effect to uppers like coke /speed, however, he would still like to experience ecstasy once again and that great body euphoria and state of mind..
So my question is how much of a pressure is MDMA/ecstasy on cardio-vascular system compared to coke and other uppers? After reading SWIM's story, do you think he would be ok with ecstasy? He would not risk to try coke again, he feels like he was in a danger area with his HR and BP on it, but that only time with ecstasy was a fantastic experience for him. But he was probably too high to care about his heart rate at that time haha.
Thanks in advance for your replies.