Well this is my personal experience, as well as the one of a friend of mine, as well as a few comment I've seen on forums. In my experience I clearly felt that ALA was intefering with my MDMA trip. I can't give you anything more solid.
However, the claim of ALA protecting from ectasy has already been verified.
See here or a start
http://www.mdma.net/alphalip.html
The second time I took Ectasy, ALA and deprenyl, and got even better results.
http://www.mdma.net/depsave.html
I tried both times with a sizeable dose though, which is 600mg R-ALA during the night, which comes to 1.5g of K-R-ALA (which is standardized at 40% usually).
Ectasy itself is not a free radical, but once it has been metabolized and synapses get flooded by serotonine and dopamine, massive oxydation is created.
So, who wants to do a double-blind study about the effect of ALA on ectasy dosage? :D
However, the claim of ALA protecting from ectasy has already been verified.
See here or a start
http://www.mdma.net/alphalip.html
The second time I took Ectasy, ALA and deprenyl, and got even better results.
http://www.mdma.net/depsave.html
I tried both times with a sizeable dose though, which is 600mg R-ALA during the night, which comes to 1.5g of K-R-ALA (which is standardized at 40% usually).
Ectasy itself is not a free radical, but once it has been metabolized and synapses get flooded by serotonine and dopamine, massive oxydation is created.
So, who wants to do a double-blind study about the effect of ALA on ectasy dosage? :D