Extacy Side effects 3-4 weeks after use.

[ChadR0ck]

I did Extacy when I was 18 years old about 3 times. I never experienced any side effects from it.  I am now 26 years old. For some stupid reason which I greatly regret. I took an Extacy pill September 28th. I had a great time on it. The next day I felt fine but about 2 weeks later I was feeling very high anxiety & I am suffering from depression. I also was having mood swings.  I am also having problems with sleeping where I have these thoughts running though my head all night long, and my heart is beating fast. & I pace back and forth in my apartment. I thought I was getting better last week. Since I was able to get a full night sleep & the anxiety was getting better. But I am still having all of the same symptoms. Except instead of pacing in my apartment I just try & stay still. I know I can not reverse what I did. I just hope that this will go away & I will get that "glow" back. I have tried to do research & many people say that it is going to take time to feel better.  I hope I did not do permanent damaged to the brain.  I wish I never took that pill…  I just want to go back to the way I was before!  I just do not understand that I am having these effects still  after 1 pill? 4 weeks later?  I feel as if I am going to loose everything. In the meaning while my doctor prescribed mw with Effexor & Xannx to take as needed.  This will be my 2nd week taking the effxor. I really hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel, & I can get back to the way I use to be….  I am very scared…. If anybody has any advise at all with this please feel free to share it with me.

[luppygirl]

One thing you have to remember a panic attack will not kill you.  It just feels like you are dying.  People tend to make it worse for themselves when they are having one because they have trouble controlling there thoughts.  One of the main things to do when you start having one is distraction, distraction distraction.  I can't emphasis this more. The sooner you stop thinking about it the sooner it stops or slows down.  I am speaking from experience.  Mine aren't caused by taking E but I think a panic attack is a panic attack no matter what it is from.  If you are lying in bed and find on coming on get up a do something   else.  Call someone just to chat, start a grocery list, simple things like that can do wonders for calming yourself down.  A panic attack is your fight or flight instinct kicking in when you have nothing to fight or run away from and the is why your adrenaline starts pumping and you have no way to let it out.  If you have a pet start playing with it just do anything that will change your way of thinking.  The mind is a powerful tool.  Use it.  maybe even a little cleaning up around the house might help just keep your mind busy with other good thoughts.  I know it is easier said then done but with practice it does become easier  

[jt808]

yea the problem with ex and alot of others is u really have no idea what was put in when making em i no there are tons of diff kind of ex pills lik ebrand names so depending on what was mixed while making the ex u took could be causing ur problems id reccomend def not takn it again obviously. sorry i couldnt be more helpful but the people makn that **** dont give a fk bout us just makn that $$$$ so becareful.... mayb ask a dr. it could be serious and u dont evn no it. good luck

[teenymeany]

I did E exactly 2 weeks today. 1 week later I had I guess what you would call a panic attack. I thought I was having a heart attack. I thought it may have something to do with the E so I looked into it and found this forum. Ever since that panic attack its like I have been in a constant state of panic or fear. At times feeling worse or stronger than other times. But mostly worst at night or when I am alone. I feel like a death cloud is hanging over me. I am a very spiritual person and questions and doubts keep coming to my mind that I have never had before in my life! Just so many of the craziest ideas that I can't stand to even think about and just FEAR. I would give anything to go back and undo that little bit of fun because it was not worth what I am now going through. Is this going to go away????

[etard]

I Am an etard i pop e almost everyday
and i have memory loss
and cannot show emotion
i take sleeeping pills al night
i cant tell a three minuite story without forgetting
what i was talking about
trust me if you have never touched a chemical drug
dont do it !
i am only 15 years old
just dont do it

[musiklovah]

after reading all of what you guys are describing it sounds like you might have tipped your brain chemistry in to a manic depression phase, or bipolar. the symptoms that i see here are ones that i had when i was diagnosed and it is unfortunately part of my natural (or unnatural) brain chemistry. i have to take a mood stabilizer for bipolar II disorder. it's called lamictal and for a year or more i took prozac as well.
bipolar II is not the crazy hanging from the chandeliers type of disorder. that one is bipolar I and i do feel for people who have that one. they have to slam themselves with all kinds of drugs every day.
but what you guys are talking about are my prior symptoms spot on. i think what extacy does is to simulate a manic high similar to bipolar euphoria, (the most fun i've ever had without a drug) and inevitably slams you down to a deep depression.
some people who have slight imbalances in brain chemistry who are not aware of that and do a potent mood drug might be tipping the scales a bit. could be temporary and nothing to worry about in the long term, but seriously you guys have described all of my symptoms that i've experienced at over time. i might sound paranoid, but then that's just part of my bipolar kicking up. :)
no worries, even the worst of these symptoms subside with the right medication and a little time.

[ChadR0ck]

I thought that the effexor might be playing a roll in this but I still had pannic attacks before taking it. I have been on it for now about 2 weeks at 75mg. I feel that I am managing better the last 3 nights, & days. No major pannic attacks at work.
I am still waking up at night in a sweat with my heart racing. When I do wake up in a pannic I am kind of able to calm myself down. I guess I am just getting use to that this is part of my life hopefully not longterm.  They say time heals all wounds. I am staying positive and keeping my mind busy. I hope everything will be allright.  I can tell you one thing. I am done with drugs forever.