I'm not saying the advice is poor advice. Yes I agree, just going on with your life is the best way to deal with this. That and get medical help.
What I'm concerned about is the attitude portrayed in some of these posts.
The random Bluelight user is just browsing this forum because of his love for XTC, stumbles into this thread like any other and assumes that because he or his friends have never seen anything like this it must mean that we are just exaggerating.
No, LTC is not a medical diagnosis. However it is a phenomenon that most people in this thread have experienced that we decide to name for the sake of having something to call this situation we're in.
To me an LTC is a prolonged state of several combined mental disorders (because this is not JUST anxiety, maybe for some) directly after xtc usage. The thing is, this state is so severe and drawn out that it completely shits on the average XTC comedown. Now the curious thing is that an LTC apparently doesnt discriminate. We have people ranging from teenagers to 35+. People using random street XTC and pure MDMA. And people that were severely stressed and some that didn't have any problems at all. The bottom line is it's not an isolated incident and while it's not medically diagnosible it is definitely a 'thing'.
And this thing has caused some very hard mental anguish and has scared the living crap out of people. Now is it brain damage? We dont know. Is it chronic downregulation? We dont know? Is it mental? We also dont know. What we do know is that it is VERY difficult and that we are not alone. So those suffering from this 'thing' come together to talk to eachother because noone in the real world seems to relate. People having overcome an LTC encourage and support those currently suffering and thus this mini community is made. It is one of hope. And for a lot of people proof that they arent stuck in this state forever, which might be potentially life saving information (it was for me).
When someone who doesn't know whats going on then drops a comment in this thread downplaying our emotions and suffering it really stirs me up. As ScaredFirstTimer has said- this is a safe haven. It might not be that for everyone but it definitely is for me. No attempt to understand or to empathize has been made, only an armchair analysis. Yes I agree with the advice, I don't agree with the attitude. You don't know my symptoms, you don't know what I've done for my recovery. I wake up every day checking this thread first thing in the morning because it gives me hope.
Also before anyone gives me the see a shrink advice again, I have been seeing a psychiatrist and psychotherapist for three months already.