My best friend has recently been going through some tough times. He thinks he has social anxiety and is depressed, which when he told me was a total shock! I mean this kid is always smiling, always happy, I had no idea. When I brought it up the convo never got too deep but he told me he had been taking prozac. I believe its now been switched to zoloft and abilify. Nasty shit in my opinion, and as a friend, I wanted to give him an MDMA experience to hopefully clear his mind and get him tuned back ionto his true self, with no need for those pills.
So, I was hoping to roll with him this weekend. Should he stop taking the meds now up until the roll? Or will it negate the MDMA totally either way? He doesnt like the side effects of the pills at all and Id really like to give him a 6 hour (hopefully) cure than him rely on a process that could take years... Any ideas?
Appreciate it BL
If your friend is on these medications and has confided in you that he has been suffering from mental health issues, he should not be using MDMA. He should stay on his medications. You two can go and do something else fun together, maybe some activity that does not depend upon a substance to make that activity fun.
I have mental health issues, myself. In my past I had my time with drugs. They ended up causing more problems for me than they were worth after the 'honeymoon' phase was over. Drugs + any mental health issues = more problems than the mental health issues on their own. I had to learn this the hard way.
Let's say you do encourage your friend to stop taking his medications, keeping in mind that these medications may be helping him to stay healthy and live a productive life. What if he enjoys MDMA so much that he doesn't feel like he needs his meds anymore? What if he begins self-medicating with MDMA and then other drugs to mask the symptoms of his depression and other issues? Don't you think that such behavior could compound his already existing issues? It's probably best for him to stay away from most drugs and to stay on his meds.
I know that, without my medications, I wouldn't be able to hold a job, have meaningful relationships, or think that life was worth living at all. Drugs don't usually mix well with mental health issues of any kind.
You and your friend can still have an awesome time together without having to do drugs. If he's such a good friend you'll realize that his mental and physical health are pretty damned important things, and you'll respect his choice to properly treat his issues with the right medications.
MDMA and other drugs won't "cure" mental health issues. Believe me. I thought my experiments as a psychonaut would improve my life, solve all of my issues, answer my questions, and make me a better person. Nope. I was just deluded and, in the end, my use of psychedelics and other drugs only made my issues much, much worse. I know that a lot of drug users think that pharmaceutical medications are "evil". I don't get this, really. Without my meds I wouldn't be alive today. Without my meds my life wouldn't be worth living, really. Meds could really turn your friend's life around. Recreational drugs could just cause him to ignore the fact that he needs to be treated properly and it could ruin his life.
