Vertigo / Dizzyness / Just plain sick almost a week after dropping

[bricolage]

Hi all,

First post, I know this has kind of been covered before but I wanted to see if anyone had anything new to add to the subject.

I am fairly experienced with E, used to do it when I was younger but havent done it for ages.

Last Thursday my boyfriend and I, over a day, took 5 pills each (fairly reliable source). We meant to do just one, but after the first pill our judgement seemed to kind of go out the window. I have never done this much E before.

Anyways the next day I felt kinda shitty but somewhat okay, a little weak and what not but mostly fine. The second day was awful, it felt like someone had zapped all th energy out of my body and all I could do is lay there in the most uncomfortable I have ever been in life. It hurt to breathe and the nausea was uncontrollable. I ended up taking some gravol and 1mg of ativan just to get through the day. It was unbearable to be awake.

It is now tuesday and some of the symptoms have dissipated but I have the worst dizzyness and vertigo. Mostly when I move my eyes or head quickly. I am somewhat okay if I just lay there and do nothing but I am still faily uncomfortable. The boyfriend has similar symptoms but he also has almost 50 lbs on me so I am guessing that is a factor is why I feel so bad. I have been taking 5HTP but I am not sure that it is doing anything. I have heard of this happening to others, but this is the first time that I am experiencing it first time. Lets just say, this has certainly ruined MDMA for me and I dont think I will ever be doing it again. Does anyone have experience with this? How long did it last? Does anyone know the mechanism to WHY this is happening -- obviously something to do with depleted serotonin, but I would be interested in knowing what exactly is happening to make my brain feel like it is being zapped whenever I move.

Is there anything more I can do? I have literlly been horizontal for atleast 12 hours a day for the last few days, forced myself to drink lots of water, go for walks, eat properly.... I just need this brain buzz to stop an to not be dizzy anymore. It feels like I am never going to be right again.

I have certainly learned my lesson.

 

[Rebubula]

YES I have had the exact same feelings you described from a hearty MDMA session or 2 in a weekend. The vertigo drives me nuts. Sometimes it gets brain zappy or when I go to sleep I get some sleep paralysis which is REALLY weird.

There is a TON of info here on this. There is a really good poster FirstBadComedown who goes into detail about why this happens and what is going on with you. Poke around and search. I learned a LOT from this board, I really appreciate all of it's info so go dive in, its worth the searching.

For now, off the top of my head, just do some deep breathing, stretching, eat some protein, drink lots of fluids...I treat myself to ginger ale. Try to get some exercise, get oxygen to the brain to help it heal. That always does the trick for me, sweating it out. It WILL go away.
I would continue on taking one or 2 5HTPs a day for a week or so. You might not feel them instantly but over the week they might do some good.
For me the dizziness lasts about a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. same with fatigue. Energy will come back, gotta give it time.

I don't do that anymore, maybe once a year, its always worse in high doses or redosing. When I take 150 mg every other month I don't have such drastic vertigo/dizziness/zappy feelings.

Search "Brain zaps" too....holy crap you will see how many people know how you feel!!