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Ecstasy and Anxiety

by NMS169, May 12, 2003 12:00AM
I have a question here.  About a year or year and a half ago i used ecstasy about 10 times.  Totaling 10 or 12 doses.  About 6 months ago I lost 80 pounds had no appetite, and had severe anxiety proplems.  I have seen a doctor about it, and they put me on paxil cr, and it has since helped.  Gaining weigt now, and eating better.  I am wondering if this will cure my problem, or will i always have to take the paxil.  Is there anything i can do to help myself.  I know this was the dumbest thing i have ever done.  Wish i would have never tried it.  Also used to be an avid pot smoker, i have also stopped this as well.  Any information you can give me on what is wrong with me and how to fix it will be greatly appreciated.
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by cleo102, May 12, 2003 12:00AM
hELLO



I hate to probably state an obvious but have you had a complete work up including a thyroid check??



Your post does not state whether you are male or female either.



Having run the gamut with anxiety disorders stemming from post traumatic stress disorder, I am concerned that you might have a physical ailment along with the extreme anxiety.



I figure the Doc will answer your post soon but that amount of weight loss with out trying to loose weight is not the norm.



God Bless



Cleo



by NMS169, May 12, 2003 12:00AM
Sorry about that. I am a male, 23 years old.  And never had any type of anxiety or anything like that before the ecstasy.  I have seen about 50 doctors about the whole situation.  Had colonoscopys, endoscopys, and thiroid(spelling), blood work.  Aids tests, and about anything elese you can think of.  They all tell me im normal.  But im not.  If indeed the X is the problem, i wish i could turn back time.  It was fun, then its completely ruining my life.  I still talk to my friends that i used to party with, and one of them is so bad now, hes taking 10 to 15 pills at a time.  Enough to kill most anyone.  Hes not a big guy either 175 pounds.  I keep telling him to quit and get help, but he just tells me he likes it too much.  But hes completly normal when not on pills.  And others i rolled with still do it once in a while once every other month or so.  But why did i end up with the problem.  I hate it.  And would give anything to fix it.  I have a brand new baby girl, and being on the paxil drains me, and i want to be able to be a good father.  All i can say is i messed up, and if there are any X users out there, stop.  Its obviously bad stuff.  Also, to anyone that is interested, i got the pills i used from the man that made it, and we were good friends so i know it was pure.  So i know there was no forein substances causing my ailments.  Hope this is more descriptive of my situation.  Thanks for the help guys.

by vettezr1, May 12, 2003 12:00AM
To: nms169
Dude you say the X was pure but pure what? The problem with X or any other street or club drug is they are very often made up of a combination of pretty much anything.

X is very often made up of Ephedrine and or Diet or Antihistamines or even Cold tablets.

I am not sure if you posted how long ago you say you stopped taking the X but even from my old army days and guys dropping acid I have never heard of a drug causing such long term damage as you describe I am not saying its not possible I am aware of liver damage psychosis and a bunch of other **** even weight loss and weight gain but it usually passes unless there was some type of organic damage that the doctors should be able to identify of course unless it is mental I mean no disrespect by that statement. Maybe you can shed some light on how long ago you last took it and if you were taking anything else?

You lost 80lbs in what time frame that’s a **** load of weight what is your present weight have you stabilized? Beside Paxil are you taking anything else? You are 23 right are you screwing around with steroids?

by Erika_Ann, May 12, 2003 12:00AM
To: nms169
I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. I am too on paxil and have done pretty well on it. What mg are you on? The doc here and people who have responded to you so far are very wise. Trust me on that one. People on this board are very supportive and informative. We will all be here for you!

Erika

by NMS169, May 12, 2003 12:00AM
I took my last tab, oh, about year and a half or so ago.  I lost all the weight in about 8 months, and no never done steroids.  I understand about street drugs and the imposible way to know what is in them.. But in this particular case the person who manufactured the stuff was an 8 year chemistry major, and i knew him very well.  I had been there when it was synthisized.  That should have been reason enough not to do it, knowing whats in the stuff.  Plus he had some chemical testing kit to tell if it was pure.  As well as knowing the melting point of MDMA, he could also test it that way.  It was pure.  Thats what i dont understand.  I know that there are no cases logged on the internet from when it was an FDA drug about anybody with this type of reaction.  Thats way im not for sure if its the pills or just somthing that happedned.  I really wish i could pin point it.  But i know thats nearly imposible.  Thanks for all the replys.  Talk to y'all later.

by vettezr1, May 13, 2003 12:00AM
To: nms169
Sorry dude you did answer most of the questions in your post that I asked I was stuffing my face with pizza my apologies, I have a good friend that works at NYU he does a lot of research torturing rats on crack, no that’s just my sick sense of humor actually they do a lot of AIDS research but we hooked up on an AI research grant and I shot him over a copy no names of your post. Hope you don’t mind. I am especially interested since my pain docs are trying to help me with out Narc’s and are pursuing the MDMA’s and some other experimental stuff. If you want to email me directly ***@****

The research team knows of no particulars in X at such a short time small dose your friends as controls that can cause such a marked response in just you. You stated you had medical tests and the are willing to help the best they can to figure it out and I can tell you honestly they are totally cool for geeks or I would not hang out with them.  

Hope you are doing better. Didn’t mean to offend you about the steroids when I took them I lost a ton of weight instead of gaining it like I was suppose to that’s why I asked.

Plus it made my nads shrink

by NMS169, May 13, 2003 12:00AM
No offence taken at all.  I know everone is just tring to get all the facts.  And one thing i did not answere is the paxil dose, 12.5 Mg controled release.  (Paxil CR 12.5)  And if there is anyone interested in any more information feel free to email me at ***@****.  Thanks to all.

by AmberHunter, May 13, 2003 12:00AM
To: Everyone/NMS
i too have done more than my share of MDMA. the last time i used it was two years ago. i used it for treatment of PTSD. the other times was just b/c i liked it alot! i went on a binge of doing K every friday night and then X every saturday night for about six weeks. those sundays following my drug orgy were awful, i ached in my bones (the K) and was depressed from the X... after six weeks i looked at what i was doing and stopped doing it as often, pretty much quit.



i worked in clinical research, i did phase three clinical drug trials, usually psych. studies. i remember a patient of mine who had been taking X like ALL the time, was taking i think 6 to 8 hits to get off... he wanted to participate in a depression study but after i got his medical history i realized he would be disqualified anyhow b/c of his drug use. i told him that he was going to be depressed for some time to come b/c of the way he was abusing X. but he didn't have the anxiety issues you are having.



i honestly don't know what is causing your anxiety, but i think it is a pretty safe bet that the MDMA had something to do with it... it can really disrupt your brain chemistry... why it is possibly doing this to you after not using i just don't have a clue.



check out this site: erowid.org and do some research... and beware of paxil (i worked on one of the paxil studies in 1991) there are alot of side-effects, it can help anxiety but it can also cause anxiety in some unfortunate folks. and it is a ***** to get off of... not meaning to scare you but you can check out another site: quitpaxil.org. just so that you can make very informed decisions about what meds to put in your body.



everyone has a different metabolism, we all experience drugs differently. do you have a doctor that can prescribe an anxiety drug like klonopin? klonopin is longer acting than say, xanax or valium...



and would you consider talk therapy with a therapist? that might prove to be very helpful too...



let us know how you are doing, you can email me at ***@**** if you would like to... i have a few email buds from different boards and it is a nice way to get additional support other than med boards like this, but this is my FAVORITE med board, lol!!!



good luck,



amber rae

by vettezr1, May 13, 2003 12:00AM
. I would have to agree with a lot of what you say but this poor guy has lost 80 lbs in a short time frame, that tells me he has a lot more going on than being anxious. Paxil

Would be indicated and at his does fairly low would help him gain some of the weight back of course I am presuming that’s what he wants to gain some weight back.

I have seen some really messed up poor bastards at NYU from X, Crank or whatever the **** they think they bought who knows what they were really taking rat poison for all I know but this guy swears he only took low doses and for a short time and his friends took the same and still take it if I am correct and are suffering no ill effects? Correct me if I am wrong, he had thyroid uptake? GH? Tests? 80 lbs if you have not stabilized I would be concerned.

by dienikad, May 14, 2003 12:00AM
I'd recomned Xanax .. for a short peroid of time.

by crackizbad, May 16, 2003 12:00AM
To: 91Wfsw
hey we need to talk. I am in the same boat as you, similar story.

email me at ***@****.

by freezing, May 21, 2003 12:00AM
To: .
For what it's worth, I've done tons of X over many years and never had any anxiety from it.

by Jay2k, Sep 26, 2003 12:00AM
Yeah I suffer from severe anxiety as well, and have been doing so for the past 8/10 months and it's getting worse. We also need to talk, you can both contact me at thegallaghers_6***@****