• MDMA &
    Empathogenic
    Drugs

    Welcome Guest!
  • MDMA Moderators: Esperighanto

[Update] MDMA Abuse - Here is my story.

thizzin' since 98

Bluelighter
Joined
Feb 22, 2011
Messages
118
Hey fellow bluelighters,

It's thizzin. I am back to share my story about MDMA abuse and what I have unfortunately had to suffer with for just about the last two and a half years of my life and also to update anyone who remembers my frantic posts all over BL during my darkest times.

Back in November of 2010 I was introduced to ecstasy in the form of "poke balls" or pressed pills. Mind you, I had turned 18 just a week before my first roll, so I was young and naive. I ended up taking ecstasy, both in powder and pressed form for the next 3 months, consuming anywhere from 12 pills, approximately 4 a night, each weekend, usually rolling from Friday to Sunday, then taking the next few days off to recover and continuing the same pattern.

Unfortunately for me, I didn't ever test my product. For me, every roll was as good as the last. I never ever had a problem or "bad trip". I always felt on top of the world, extremely confident, finding myself crying tears of joy during most of my experiences. I always picked up from the same supplier, so I felt "safe" and never gave a second thought before I would decide to roll. But this last time, was a very different story.

I took a Blue Rolex, it was the only one in the batch that I purchased, and right away I noticed it was unlike anything else I had ever taken. The dye was bleeding onto my fingers and it was practically crumbling away in my hand. So I swallowed it. 20 minutes go by, nothing. 30 minutes go by, nothing. Then 45 minutes go by and BOOM, the come up. It was extremely overwhelming.

The euphoria and body high was very intense. All of the sudden I had to sit up and run to the bathroom to vomit. I ended up throwing up four times, filling the sink full of blue and green liquid. Soon the panic and depersonalization set in. I got up, ran out front of my house and paced back in forth in the yard for what seemed like an eternity. I felt like I had died and began to watch myself go insane from a third person perspective. I remember crying and begging my girlfriend to take me to the hospital. I felt like my brain had fried.

The whole experience lasted around 24-32 hours, until I finally fell asleep from exhaustion. During this time, I was completely floored. I layed in bed, praying from this feeling to go away. I felt dead inside, a mixture of completely numb and panic beyond sanity. I remember friends telling me days after this event, that my pupils still looks like saucers.

I now suspect that, what was sold as MDMA was instead Piperazine or another dirty chemical. But unfortunately, it's a question I'll forever have to live with. Damned Russian roulette.

The following year I was plagued everyday with crying spells and panic attacks, depersonalization, complete loss of motivation and creativity, everything I was doing previously in life was now on the back burner. It felt like a permanent comedown.

So here I am today, still alive and pushing forward. I still suffer from diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and mild depersonalization. I tried SSRI'S, Benzos, therapy, vitamins, diet changes, nootropics, and excersise. I'd say I have recovered around 50 percent thus far, but I don't believe I will every truly be the same as I was before, and that's something I've had to come to terms with and accept.

I've been sober from drugs (including marijuana) since that night.

Anyways, this was a short summary for any newcomers to the forums who may have missed my story before and might be experiencing some of what I have had to go through.

Thank you so much for being an outlet for me to share my story and being so supportive. I have met more than a handful of wonderful people here that have offered so much advice and a wealth of knowledge and research, which I otherwise would have missed out on.

Feel free to message me or reply with anything that might be on your mind, this thread can be a place for discussion for people struggling from post MDMA abuse.

Don't you ever give up and let your mind trick you into thinking recovery isn't possible. You got this shit.

Stay strong my friends, sincerely, thizzin.



Rest in Peace Somedud.
 
Last edited:
Hi Thizzin,

Nice you to meet you, I have heard from you from Futura and mentioned that you have suffered quite a lot. It's nice to hear that you are still hanging in there and doing what you can to recover. Thank you for updating us with your current situation and knowing that you are at least recovering is a big thing for us sufferers as we would like to know how everyone is doing with their recovery. Please keep us posted of anymore changes in the coming months. I wish you all the best.
 
Thizzin,

Great to hear the update. Two and a half years? Shit. I'm 4 months into my own recovery from my first ever two nights of rolling. I thought things would clear up after the first couple of weeks after the incident but that wasn't the case in my situation. I still don't feel the same as I used to. I suffer from head pains & head pressure from unbalanced blood flow to the brain/head. My buzzes from alcohol haven't been the same. They are still nice & enjoy a nice brew every once and a while, but still the buzz I get isn't the same.. I feel like I think differently/strangely now. I quit all drugs for good.

It seriously almost brought a tear to my eye just simply reading your bio on your profile page. You mention that you abused drugs & ruined your brain & you needed someone to talk to. I want you to be 100% and I think you've learned your lesson by now and I think it's very unfair to have to still suffering to this day. This may be WAY out of your monetary limit, but search up stem cell treatment. Maybe it might be an option for you one day.. Unless you've already become comfortable with your situation. Treatment through stem cells can range in the $10,000+ range & is not covered by medical insurance (boo). But it's still an option regardless.

Also, I think it's a shame that Maya & I are the only ones who have replied to this out of ED. Everyone deserves support & no one is immune to triggering a bad experience. Everyone makes mistakes, because everyone is human. As fun as everyone has on the drug, they can as quickly become the ones who trigger a bad experience upon themselves and end up needing support in the end also.

We're here for you thizzin. I wish the best for me, you, Maya, and the rest of the sufferers to experience full recovery eventually. Take it easy. I hope you can find true joy again. :)
 
Nice to meet you Thizzin. Stay strong my friend. Glad you hear your taking the necessary Steps to recover and acknowledging a healthy outlet speaking to peers. PLUR My friend
 
Man oh man what a story...I'm glad you are getting better even though it might be taking a while. My comedown lasted about 9 months and after about a full year I'd say I was my old self. Too bad that year happened to be during grade 12 where my grades really mattered... >.>

It's nice to see these kind of posts on here telling a story of a comedown but also about the recovery, I feel it's important for people to read when they are going through a ruff patch.

You seem like a good person, if you ever need someone to vent to or to talk to shoot me a pm and I'll get back to you asap :)
 
i feel for you brother. i rolled on "molly"(which was more times than not probably cut with methylone or some other analogue) over 25 times last summer, one time doing it 5 days out of the week, and in large quantities. i was hanging out with people who sold the stuff, so it was basically fed to me for free. i was going to parties and shows every night. it was an awesome time, but towards the end of it i started to get really anxious (especially after smoking weed). anyways, i was depressed for the longest time and definitley felt a loss of drive and creativity. there were times when i would stay in bed until 6 at night. eventually i just snapped out of it and realized i had the power to get through it. i just surrounded myself with my friends, and focused on school and always occupying my time. its been a year since then and i feel "normal" again. you'll get through this man, you're definitley on the right track. just keep doing what your doing and maintain the mindset you possess right now.
 
Hey thizzin

What's up man. I've been following your post since the beginning. I haven't really posted much because all I wanted was to recover, so I followed much of everyone very closely. R.I.P. sumdud, I don't know what happened to you but this bs has made me contemplate living many times. Hope ur in a better place.

I wanna share my story because there's only so few of us that ends up with this bs. You're gonna be ok bro. I'm on year 3 1/2.

It started in 2009. Got with this girl. Long story short we did it for 6 months. Every 2 weeks. Sometimes sat/ sun back to back. But that only happened twice. I also had 1 event with a sketchy pill, bought I of this sketchy guy, it was a red Ferrari that have me a headache all night. The pills were never tested because she bought it and she had more experience. I was foolish enough to not look it up. I was surrounded by ravers that took it almost daily. The first 3 months were great but the magic started to go away and it was just feeling buzzed. I was stupid, I needed an escape from life and it completely fucked me up. My pill count is like 60-70. I ended it dec. 09-10.

This is when hell started. Ill list all my symptoms and ill tell you which ones are gone, decreased and still dealing with.

-Depersonalization (30%)
-derealization (30%)
-tunnel vision (gone) yr 2
- floaters/ hppd (gone) yr 2
- anxiety ( almost never)
- depression (20%)
- fatigue (gone)
- vertigo / no balance(gone) yr 1
- brain fog ( lifting everyday)
- hyper vigilance (no more) yr 1

That's all I can think of right now. It felt like a million things were fucked up, I'm sure there's more. I think personality is the last to come back because it is the the higher end of brain function. It's the last to get fixed but I feel it slowly creeping back to the top of my head. I'm starting to feel that part of my head again slowly. I'm still pretty fucked bro but I'm gonna keep pushing. I'm not gonna let something take something that is dear to me. I feel like its the most important part of life. Being able to enjoy it and be yourself.

My regiment
- working out- promoted bdsm. Sprouting in the brain. My option the best thing you can do for yourself. I had to quit working and school. Worked out almost everyday. Walked to the gym. Because I didn't have a car.i played basketball because its a good test of improvement.

- Multi vitamins just help you're body built itself up again.

- omega 3 adds a layer of myelin sheet on the brain(not really sure). Protect it.

That's it. I've tried a bunch of Nootropics( piracetam), supplements ( l- tryptophan, 5htp, l- thyanine {for dopamine}, St. John's wort) ssri (floxetine). I believe that the body is capable of fixing itself. Just gotta give it the right support. Trust me dude, I'm still very angry everyday. I'm sorry to hear that we're still in the same boat. I feel like I'm at 80%. I push everyday. Improvement happens and it hasn't stopped so I'm gonna say 100% is possible.

I'm really sorry for anyone who is dealing with this, no one deserves this kind of punishment, but it is what it is.

Ps. Empathy was completely gone for me till the beginning of this year. I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Keep yo chin up homie :)
 
Hey I wanna also add that brain function is improving greatly. Social anxiety is almost completely gone. Critical thinking is almost back. Verbal memory is also improving.

There's a part of me that's still very scared that I'm fucked, but as long as I'm alive I'm gonna keep pushing. I hope that I can come back soon and say I'm back to 100% percent, but we all know this process is very slow.

You also find great appreciation to life after this affliction. We're stronger than most people. This fucked up bullshit is the biggest test you'll ever get in life. I just wanna finally post on bl, I'm on this board everyday, for the past how many years. I know every story from fbc, bben, thizz, sumdud, dpdmonkey, drizzydrake. I hope the best for you guys.

Lets beat this shit.
 
Wow Yar0nin 3 1/2 that's horrible but it's good that you only have a few symptoms left. Month 8 for me and the only lingering symptom is this weird sensation/palpitation in my head that makes me think I feel like I'm floating. I'd like to be optimistic and hope it will be over this year but I won't really know as it is up to the brain. I haven't had any drugs since last year Dec. but I still occasionally drink. My anxiety seems to be triggered by the weird head sensations so what I'm trying to focus on at the moment is to adapt to this at least for now. I'm an exercise junkie as well been doing lots of exercises which seem to be helping. Good luck to you as well and let us know if any of the symptoms subside in a few months etc.
 
Last edited:
Top