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RollsRoyce5950

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I was using ecstasy daily or almost every day with my biggest break being one week for about 6 months. I quit one month ago and havnt touched it once.

Now every day I have pains in my chest and i'm heavily aware of my heart rate. im constantly questioning myself "is it beating too fast?... did it skip a beat?..." and every now and then, even when I'm not thinking about it I feel like a cant breath or like my heart and lungs quit working. I want to say its anxiety but what makes me worried is that even when everything is fine I lose control of my breathing. For instance An hour ago I was spinning a mix on my turntables and I lost control of my breathing and had to step away holding my heart making sure eveything was fine.

I've gone to the doctors and they tell me everything is fine, ive even had chest xrays and they didnt notice anything.

I dont know whats wrong and I wanted to know if ecstasy is to blame? is this long term? this never happened up until a month ago when I want to the ER. I was experiencing shortness of breathing and a heavily increased heart rate. Ever since then I havnt touched ecstasy once. The only reason I question if its anxiety or not, is because sometimes i lose control of my breathing completely out of nowhere :(

I dont know what to do :( my girlfriend wont even listen to my cries for help anymore because she doesnt believe me. its interfeering with my daily life.

Please help.
 
Most certainly sounds like anxiety to me.

STOP using all drugs other than those prescribed to you.,

Lots of exercise which will aid in good quality sleep which is also important and eat well.

Also retrain your mind to appreciate its only in your head. This is probably the hardest part but gets easier with time and the above regimen.
 
MazDan said:
Most certainly sounds like anxiety to me.

STOP using all drugs other than those prescribed to you.,

Lots of exercise which will aid in good quality sleep which is also important and eat well.

Also retrain your mind to appreciate its only in your head. This is probably the hardest part but gets easier with time and the above regimen.
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what about when i suddenly lose control of breathing? it feels like someone is choking me and my heart is stopping at the same time.
 
this happened to me, but i developed super ventricular tarchardia. All from an mdma overdose, went hyperthermic during it. Apparently mdma in high doses or over long periods can shred the serotonin fibres in the forebrain that among other things regulate heartbeat and measuring oxygen levels. So if the feedback is messed up this happens. My case isnt all that unique, but i recovered in 3.5 years so you can get better. I had panic attacks, extreme insomnia, breathing issues and palpations and agressiveness as a result of the overdose.

Most people with this shredding affect also develop insomnia and altered circadian rythms as this is also regulated by serotontergic innervation. Your lucky you didnt get depersonalization or derealization which is god awful and is usually the result im sure of the serotonin axons and fibres re-connecting, but the wrong way leaving you feeling unreal and unlike yourself.

This is real and make no mistake it was the mdma. It is well known to happen and VERY OFTEN DENIED BY MDMA USERS WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IT. So I can understand your gf not believeing you.
 
Take a good long break .... eat good take vitamins and get some rest....hope your issuse clear up soon ... but yea take a break from everything until you feel normal
 
Sounds almost exactly like panic attacks. A few years ago I had similar symptoms and was freaking out, which made it worse. It's scary as hell. I had my first ever panic attack while driving, out of nowhere, and I was not in a stressful situation. To put your mind at ease, get yourself blood work and an echo cardiogram. Turned out everything was fine (aside from the panic attacks). It's probably anxiety; that said it's best to get a definitive answer from a medical professional.
 
please you guys, everything is reassuring but i still need help. it goes on every day.

coincidently everytime i go and see my doctor everythings fine, but once it hits dusk everything goes down hill. i get worried and have panic attacks.

sometimes i take 5mg oxys or hydroxizine to calm me down. idk what to do you guys. idk whats wrong.

does anxiety cause pains in your chest? and heart rate issues?
 
Anxiety can cause chest pains because you're usually not breathing right (hyperventilate). As a result your heart will try to pump as much 02 through your body thus raising your heart rate. And then. being anxious also rases your heart rate. First of all you really, really should be honest to your doctor. You can also try to regulate your breathing while the symptoms occur. Try to "inhale whith your stommach". Blowing it up every time you breath in. Be aware of your breathing and try to calm it down. Might work.
 
after a few years of using meth, for some reason i cannot enjoy MDMA anymore, in pill form or pure powder molly, for some reason meth ruined my brain when it comes to stimulants cuz now when i take mdma my heart just RACES AND RACES and i feel like im gonna die, then i feel shitty for a few hours while everyone else feels amazing
 
RollsRoyce5950 said:
please you guys, everything is reassuring but i still need help. it goes on every day.

coincidently everytime i go and see my doctor everythings fine, but once it hits dusk everything goes down hill. i get worried and have panic attacks.

sometimes i take 5mg oxys or hydroxizine to calm me down. idk what to do you guys. idk whats wrong.

does anxiety cause pains in your chest? and heart rate issues?
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To answer your question, yes, panic attacks can cause chest pains. That said, you must have a proper battery of tests performed to rule out other conditions. If your doctor has not already suggested this I would find another one. Once you have the results you can then pursue treatment for the panic attacks.

The sooner you do this the better off you will be. Keep us posted.
 
every day i have a panic attack. i havnt gone one day since going to the ER without having the difficulty breathing. after 20 minutes on the turntable i usually get a panic attack. then i have to stop everything and sit down. by the time im sitting down im gripping my heart and the rate is up there in the 100s for sure... everytime i go to the doctors my heart rate is back to normal and theres nothing they can tell me :(
 
my good mate. my girf friend is laughing becaused what you say is axactly what bullshit i come up with on the come down. i feel my heart and i swear it stops beating, i feel my chest i feel like idie for asecond. i found this forum and im so happy i found people who share my anguishvand i say to my head

"its just the drugs"
 
I have done X on and off for the last 10 years. I had some depression and panic attacks in the past, due to taking some dirty stuff and also being put in a bad situation.

One thing I do know is that the human body is amazing and what you are feeling I would think is temporary. It's hard to say.. but the best thing IMO for you to do is to get your mind off of this, exercise, eat healthy, take vitamins.. and get out and do things. If you are already this way... then great! I'm sure its only a matter of time that your body will feel and be back to it's normal self.

Don't worry so much.. you would be amazed of how your body can change just by the way you think and rationalize within yourself. Keep your head up!! :)
 
time is only thing thats going to fix this. and possibly some benzos... but honestly what did you think was gonna happen if you went on a 6 month X bender bro?
 
I too had some pretty bad, and weird, anxiety after an ecstasy binge I had... I rolled about 20 times in a 3 month span... I also could not stop thinking about my heart... I thought about the world ending everyday.. Every time I heard an airplane in the sky I thought it was a missle or it was crashing or something and my heart would start racing... I thought it would never end. However, I stopped rolling at this point, and after about 3.5 months the anxiety just went away. I continued off of MDMA for another 9 months or so after this and felt completely normal. Now I roll once every month or every other month and I have experienced no negative side effects, and much stronger rolls. :) so I'd say just end all recreational drug use for a good while, and when you get better, if you decide to roll again, use moderation or MDMA will slap you again.

Btw, I think I can't smoke weed as a result of this. To this day, if I smoke a bowl I'll get the worst anxiety usually resulting in a panic attack. No more green for me.
 
I hear you man. I was absolutely f***** mentally for two months after my little binge, ended up in a suicide ward, thought I was losing my mind, fighting my thoughts and everything.. Scary shit.. That all subsided after two months, got on some meds, and its been 3 1/2 months now, anxiety is no longer bed riddin me, but im still really depressed but able to somewhat do stuff, im no where near what I use to be but im hopeing a few more months and ill be back.. I just can't see myself becoming the old person I use to be.. Seems a bit to optimistically thinking.. or maybe its just my current depressed perceptions of things.
 
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