BlueBull
Moderator: MDMA
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I think what happens in most cases with MDMA side-effects is that at first, they have a physical cause. Think brain zaps, tremors, nausea, dizziness,... And this creates a certain anxiety to begin with, which is completely normal. Now these side-effects are usually unpredictable in that they can never occur, they can occur on the 50th use or they can occur on first use. This makes them unexpected, as they weren't happening before and they usually catch people off guard. This reinforces the anxiety which worsens the physical symptoms, or rather the perception of them, since now the user is focusing on them. At this point the anxiety starts creating its own symptoms, think derealization, depersonalization, panic attacks, tremors, muscle tension, (perceived) heart palpitations,.... which creates even more anxiety. Usually people then start to research and come across other horror stories and entire lists of possible root causes, from HPPD to brain damage to alzheimers even. More anxiety ensues. Symptoms worsen even more. And so on so onWhat do you think BlueBull? Is my serotonine system still recovering? Or how would you threat my situation?
It takes a whole lot more to do bonafide permanent damage to your body than what you did. I'll tell you that exactly what you describe, minus the brain zaps and light sensitivity, I saw in someone and it was triggered by a weed edible. Went on for months like that, almost a year. With intense derealization as well. She oftentimes couldn't remember a few hours later, what she had for breakfast so her memory was shot. Was tripping all the time because of balance issues caused by dizziness. Only got better when the underlying anxiety, which developed into an anxiety disorder, was managed and treated. If weed can do that by purely psychological means, so can MDMA. And I am certain that for a lot of cases, realizing this can help tremendously.
While I agree with the general message in this, I do have to say that the two are intertwined. Psychological issues can manifest physically in intensely strange ways. 'Anxiety' or 'anxiety disorders' is a very broad term and some types and forms of disorders are completely debilitating, they take over your entire life. So no I don't think one is easier to treat than the other, I think that depends on the person entirely, case by case. I describe what someone close to me experienced with a weed edible above. That was a bonafide anxiety disorder she developed. It held her entire life in its grips for a year before she was able to slowly manage it. Even now two years on she's still struggling at times but she is slowly moving past it. Some people are more prone to such things than others and for those that are very prone to it, drug use sometimes triggers very unexpected issuesI wouldnt call it anxiety, as that term describes more the psychological side imo. Anxiety is way easier to deal with.