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What does taking ecstasy feel like?

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PinkBalloon123 · 01/12/2019 22:22

After reading a thread on here I realised I'm possibly in the minority. I never took it, would have been utterly petrified. Loads of my mates did it in their clubbing years... I was never pressured and I don't regret not doing it.

But I do wonder so for those of you who did, what did it feel like?

OP posts:
boredboredboredboredbored · 02/12/2019 15:10

I was a big clubber in the early 00s and took ecstasy most weekends. Sometimes doing several pills in one night. It was the best time of my life, the feeling is just, well ecstasy! The dancing, talking, having sex whilst high was just out of this world. I knew the dangers but didn't care. I look back without a shred of regret.

horse4course · 02/12/2019 15:14

OP I think the problem with Leah Betts style 'one pill could kill' campaigns is that if you then take pills and it's fine, and your friends are fine, there's no authority behind the messaging anymore. You seem to know more about drugs than they do.

Drug dealing is a business and killing people is bad for business. There are bad pills out there but a lot of the time a dealer isn't some gangster, it's a mate who has been getting stuff from the same source for years.

There's rogue alcohol out there that will blind you, but you don't think about that every time you order a drink in a pub.

rubydoobydoo · 02/12/2019 15:20

I only tried it once and had a bad experience so didn't dare to try again.

I felt like my head was floating a few feet over my body and I was terrified of everything, including the music and other people. I'm lucky I was with a good friend who eventually managed to get me home (I remember being too scared to move despite being aware that was silly at the same time!) and made sure I was OK.

I later found out that two other people from my town had been taken to hospital by ambulance after taking bad pills and wonder if it was the same batch mine came from.

TheNameGames · 02/12/2019 15:24

@TerrifiedandWorried
You are also unbelievably boring to those who are not on it. Unbelievably.

Perhaps the type of personality you have loans itself to the the type of experience you have. Perhaps.

TerrifiedandWorried · 02/12/2019 15:47

Nice try.

changeforprivacy · 02/12/2019 15:47

Every single description on here of how it makes you feel is the very reason I don't take drugs. Anything that makes me feel remotely not myself terrifies me.

@TheNameGames

It sounds blunt. But it needs to be said. Leah Betts case happened in early 90s i think, or maybe late 90s? How many stories about death from ecstasy has there been in the news since then?

I posted this on the last thread to

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/newsbeat-49357157

changeforprivacy · 02/12/2019 15:48

*too

ITookAPillAtCentreParcs · 02/12/2019 15:56

Clear nc for this Grin

TL;DR - it's incredible, but be careful how you take it.

Full version:

Bliss. Absolute bliss.

The come up is weird. I don't like it but some people do. It's like hanging over the top of a rollercoaster. The adrenaline is there, I feel a bit jittery, which isn't always nice, and depending on dose and your surroundings you can feel a bit sick. I don't take pills so I have better control of my dose and know how to mitigate the other issues so it doesn't bother me as much anymore. Half of the side effects are because people are taking WAY too much. The average woman doesn't need a full pill at the strength they are nowadays. When I've had a higher dose I've found myself throwing up and feeling awful on the way up, and the actual high isn't any better.

When you actually come up though it's just incredible. You feel music in a way you never have. You don't just hear it, it touches you more deeply than anything you've ever heard. More so if you're already a music lover, and you desperately want to dance and express yourself without a care of what you like like. You also want to be close to people. Talking about things you would never normally dare talk about (it's a great way to have serious conversations you'd otherwise find difficult), genuinely wanting to listen, speaking to strangers and bonding (not at all in a drunks in a toilet way either) the sensation of touch is mind blowing, lights are brighter and everything is more beautiful. I've met people drunk on nights out and never stayed in touch. I've met people while rolling and we are still friends now even though we haven't taken anything together since. There's a reason it has been used in therapy to help people overcome PTSD.

I've only had one come down out of my maybe 10 or so experiences.

I generally take with dp and a small group of friends, with new people joining or people missing a session as they want to. We're as careful as we can be. We buy mdma in crystal form rather than pills, we test it with a testing kit, weigh with very sensitive scales, we have worked out the lowest dose to get the wonderful feeling without being silly about it. We take magnesium to help with the grinding and 5HTP afterward to help with serotonin depletion and ease the risk of come down. We have rules about staying with people/going to the loo so there's no panicking about losing anyone. We monitor our water intake. Take chewing gum to help avoid the gurning. We don't drink alcohol with it or on the same day, water only. Regular small sips rather than draining a bottle in one go.

We take at festivals, certain nights out, and in the house (and centre parcs!), but not frequently. I've averaged twice a year. Each time is completely different and any time we have introduced someone new to it they have thanked us for showing them something so wonderful. It works for us and is always a real bonding experience for me, my Dp, and our friends. It's a bit less spontaneous than most users but it helps us feel safe, which enhances the overall good feelings.

I was always pretty anti drugs before. I was perfectly happy and got my kicks in plenty of other ways. I really judged people that felt the need to use it. But other things are not even close to the same as feeling true euphoria. Because of the mechanism it's just every molecule of happiness flooding your brain at once. The only people that ever say they feel like that already are people that genuinely don't understand it. Which is fine, if you don't want it you don't need to try it. But suggesting people that take it need to get a life because you get the same euphoria through exercise is incredibly naive.

Incidentally I have no interest in coke, ket, or anything like that. I don't even like weed. The only other substance I use (again, very infrequently) is LSD. Each to their own.

wheresmymojo · 02/12/2019 16:04

@Abouttoblow The best way I found to describe it to anyone who had never taken it was the film Limitless with Bradley Cooper

^ I have bipolar disorder and this is how I describe hypomania to other people.

I never took drugs but from what people say about E and Coke I suspect hypomania is a bit like taking drugs but free

Schwibble · 02/12/2019 16:07

Serious case of FOMO here Sad as if I didn't already feel inadequate.

FrankinsenseKnuckle · 02/12/2019 16:09

The rush of love, warmth and joy.
Feeling in absolute unity with everyone around you.

The shit side was suicide Tuesdays, felt fucking awful.

Don't get that so much these days as frankly the pills are nowhere near as good as the 90s doves or Mitsubishi's.

I still go out and still partake (E or MDMA) maybe twice a year. I know my limits now I'm older!
Day raves are the way forward - clubs full of people my age (mid forties) having a great time, with or without recreationals.
Hands in the air, big smiles on faces.

boredboredboredboredbored · 02/12/2019 16:11

@FrankinsenseKnuckle That track was playing in Space in Ibiza one year just as we arrived. My god the whole place was going mental, it was one of those spine tingling moments that I'll never forget!

iswhois · 02/12/2019 16:11

It's a fab drug. Have only taken in MDMA powder form though so can't comment on pills. Overwhelming joy and enjoyment from everything.

Not worth the 1 week comedown for me though, but do have some find memories.

WhoKnewBeefStew · 02/12/2019 16:13

Taken it 3 times I think, I felt really really REALLY happy... didn't find the comedown too bad either. I can well understand how people get addicted to drugs tbh.

Gottobefree · 02/12/2019 16:16

Yep turned 25 and tried it all. You're more sensible with them rather than as a teenager.

Felt amazing to me. I was at a festival, music was so intense and just felt like dancing and energised.

lyingwanker · 02/12/2019 16:25

A M A Z I N G

Moominfan · 02/12/2019 16:43

@TerrifiedandWorried
You are also unbelievably boring to those who are not on it. Unbelievably.

Perhaps the type of personality you have loans itself to the the type of experience you have. Perhaps.

It read that comment as the poster find people on e boring not that they themselves take it. Which I agree it is painful to be around if your not on the same wavelength. It's funny listening to people chat nonsense but does get boring quickly.

Paddy1234 · 02/12/2019 17:01

Unless you have tried - sorry you have no idea!
Absolutely bloody amazing - in the early days the pills were £15 and you used to nibble a bit off.
It was a huge class leveller as everyone loved each other!
Would I go back - no as it was of it's time but with teenagers I do feel a fraud with my 'say no to drugs' 😱

ITookAPillAtCentreParcs · 02/12/2019 17:31

It's funny listening to people chat nonsense but does get boring quickly.

To be fair, not everyone chats nonsense. I've been sober while people around me have been rolling and while some people absolutely do chat complete shit in between gurning like they're trying to crush a stone in their jaw and flailing around with no regard for the people around them (which is bloody awful), others have had some incredibly insightful and touching conversations that are actually pretty interesting to listen to because they're so different to how a sober conversation would generally go.

I think it's all down to the person, their mindset, and the setting.

Schwibble · 02/12/2019 18:41

Based on all the responses on here I'm going to find out where to buy and try it for the first time. It sounds amazing.

AnnaFiveTowns · 02/12/2019 18:52

It feels better than anything else I've ever experienced. I would never take it now, I'm too scared but it makes me sad to think I'll never feel.like that again.

AnnaFiveTowns · 02/12/2019 18:55

To be more specific, you feel warm and happy - well, ecstatic actually - and you feel this overwhelming sense of love for everything and everyone. Everyone looks beautiful; truly beautiful.

AnnaFiveTowns · 02/12/2019 18:57

The come down is not so nice though. Listen to Pulp E's and Whizz for a description of that, "And this hollow feeling grows and grows and grows..."

PortNStilton · 02/12/2019 19:03

20+ years since I last took it and I can still remember the feeling exactly. Certain tunes from the early 90s rave scene still make me feel a little ‘rush’. It’s like a wave of bliss and ecstasy warning your body. Music sounds even more wonderful. Dancing feels even more amazing. Sex is even more delicious.

Unfortunately my ecstasy journey was cut short when I had a bad experience with a pill and was very ill, hospitalised etc.

Like any drug, it is unpredictable - not just what you are getting but how your body will react. I never took it again and it wiser me up a bit, as I’d been a complete hedonist until that point with no thought that anything bad would ever happen to me.

If you’re nervous, panicky etc, I wouldn’t say any drug is for you, OP

SimonJT · 02/12/2019 19:04

Warm, happy and the safest you’ve ever felt, you lose those people close to you soo soo much. It’s so amazing it can’t be described with words. If I wasn’t a parent I’d probably still take it on night outs.

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