Night sweats, drowsiness, brain fog...

[Genome5]

Hi everyone,

I'm a bit concerned I may have done myself some damage and could do with some advice please.

I took some mdma on Friday night - stupidly after taking around a quarter of a pill or so two weeks ago. I'm not a long-term user by any means. Started taking some every few months or so last year. Before that I took a pill once when I was around 23. I'm 33 years old now.

Anyway, I ended up staying up all night on Friday with friends, reposed with some small bombs a couple of times in the early hours of the morning (I deliberately don't take too much because I know I don't need a lot to feel high). I drank a reasonable amount of alcohol, but stayed up until around me 7:30pm on Saturday, after which I slept around 12 hours. I have taken 5htp on Sunday and Monday, other than that I have tried to exercise every day (cycling to work, running during lunch breaks) and eating lots of salads for lunch and vegetables for dinner.

However, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I felt very groggy and drowsy indeed, like I was still drunk. Had to do some work on Sunday, but just sat at my computer staring at the screen, completely unable to focus. The drowsiness comes and goes, but I also feel like my mental recall when it comes to vocabulary and sentence selection is slightly impaired...everything feels slightly off, not in a really pronounced way, but just slightly. I've also been experiencing night sweats every night. On Sunday I woke up and the sheets were soaked. Less so now, but it is still happening.

Is all of this the hallmark of a bad comedown or should I go and see the doctor? I'm certainly going to lay off the drugs for a very long time, but just wondering when this drowsiness and sweating will cease...

Thanks for your help and sorry for the long post!

 

[Bearlove]

How much did you take ? You say you took a whole pill 10 years ago and then a qtr of a pill two weeks ago but how much on the Friday night? How much is a few bombs? Was it tested ?

If your not used to taking drugs and you had a heavy night then you should expect a come down - night sweats, confusion, fogging etc are pretty common and nothing to worry about. Multi vits, sports drinks, eat, sleep - you should be back to normal within a week. If you took a stupid amount of MDMA and had a crazy full on night then expect this to last a bit longer - but it passes.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Hi everyone,


However, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I felt very groggy and drowsy indeed, like I was still drunk. Had to do some work on Sunday, but just sat at my computer staring at the screen, completely unable to focus. The drowsiness comes and goes, but I also feel like my mental recall when it comes to vocabulary and sentence selection is slightly impaired...everything feels slightly off, not in a really pronounced way, but just slightly. I've also been experiencing night sweats every night. On Sunday I woke up and the sheets were soaked. Less so now, but it is still happening.

Night sweats are indicative of both withdrawal from drugs (alcohol, benzodiazepines, opiates) and use/stopping SSRIs , MDMA and many of the MDXX and other substances that masquerade as MDMA are SSRIs or SRIs.

It can take a week or two for the sweats to resolve if you are sensitive. It could be related to MDMA -- or it could be related to alcohol consumption/non-consumption.

When I quit lexapro I had night sweats for 3 weeks, when I quit alcohol after a decades long love affair with 2+ bottles of wine daily, I had night sweats for 6 months.