Posted by linkadge on July 10, 2004, at 16:05:55
In reply to Re: MDMA (Ecstacy) for PTSD » Elle2021, posted by zenhussy on July 10, 2004, at 15:37:17
most rat studies done with MDMA show that even pure stuff is neurotoxic.
It really depends on the doses you use. If you only take a little, you will not get any major crash, yet you will not expereince what the average raver does.PTSD is not really about unlocking hidden emotions. I could say a whole bunch of things when on ecstacy and regret them all later.
I think that in order to really recover from PTSD, you need an agent that can promote neurogenesis to restore the shrunken hippocampal volume often seen in PTSD, and something to lower the chronically raised cortisol.
I don't think that a single fantastical experience will make much dent. Its kind of like opiates. You *could* use them to improve just about every mentall ilness, but one shot of heroin would not make you any better in the long run.
Or consider using cocaine to treat parkinsons disease. Sure it would help the disease very quickly, but in the long run it would just cause more dammage to the dopimanergic system and make symptoms worse.
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