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What the hell happened to me on my 40th?

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Didthatreallyhappen · 28/11/2020 21:30

I've name changed for this as it is embarrassing and outing. On my 40th I went out to a music event with some friends. It was one of the first nights out after having ds2 who was about 2 at that point.

During the night I realised I didn't know my friends as well as I thought. They were super friendly and revved up. Halfway through, one of my friends started sharing some blue ground up powder which she said was MDMA. She was just dabbing it on her gums. I have never taken class a drugs in my life, though I did experiment with cannabis quite a few times in my early 20s.

Anyway. I did one dab on my gums. I did feel a bit of an effect so I didn't have anymore unlike my friends.

That evening I stayed away from home at my friend's house. I felt something odd like some neurons in my frontal cortex exploding. Since then it's awful but I haven't experienced the feeling of love and euphoria ever since. My sense of love of music and my sense of rhythm and dance vanished as did the natural high high I used to get from dancing. Awfully, my children no longer felt a part of me in my head and my heart, but rather almost like strangers (cute ones obviously) to me.i have forgotten a lot of previous cherished feelings. My connection with nature and my 6th sense got much weaker.

Has that micro dose of whatever it was ruinined me for ever? Am I imagining it all? Can I get those memories and feelings back? My friends seemed unaffected.
I realise it was stupid to take that, not least at the ripe old age of 40.

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Rudolphian · 28/11/2020 22:05

So I guess you're wondering if the thing you took caused you some irreversible damage.
Never heard of anything like that before.

Ohalrightthen · 28/11/2020 22:05

@Didthatreallyhappen

Did it not occur to you at any point in the past 3 years to go and see a doctor about the fact that since taking an unknown substance you can no longer feel love?

I'm not sure what the doctor could actually do. As far as I'm aware the doctor is not advanced enough to give a pill that reinstates feelings and emotions.

OP you are going to be blown away when someone tells you about antidepressants.
berryfull · 28/11/2020 22:13

I’ve seen blue mdma!

(Well in tablet form, but it’s common to crush up pills and dab them)

OP a dab of mdma would not do much to you. Probably just make you feel a bit more energetic than normal really.

Mycatismadeofstringcheese · 28/11/2020 22:15

Valium, adderal, and viagra are all blue. It could have been something like that ground up although none of them would give a personality change afaik.

MDMA normally puts people more in touch with their feelings and emotions not less.

However it normally gives a big effect within 39-60 minutes, not “feeling it a bit” and then hours later.

What have you done to try to get your feelings and intuition back?

XiCi · 28/11/2020 22:16

You lost your sense of 'rhythm and dance'? It all sounds bizarre and quite frankly, histrionic.
One dab of MDMA will have done nothing. It sounds as though you have had some sort of breakdown.

HeyBaby2020 · 28/11/2020 22:16

@Ladywinesalot

Why have you not been to the GP?

Is this a troll?

There’s another drug reference thread going on tonight..

I’m reporting the thread

Jesus Christ - get a life
Cheeseboardandmincepies · 28/11/2020 22:18

One Dab wouldn’t of done that. Either your depressed or being very over dramatic and over thinking things.

Didthatreallyhappen · 28/11/2020 22:20

Thanks its good to hear from people more worldly about such things.

What have you done to try to get your feelings and intuition back?

What can I do? I've tried to will them back but nothing. The saddest thing is I can't remember the feeling of joy when ds2 was newborn and sitting next to me in his cot. But intellectually I remember there was an immense feeling of love. I just can't get it back or reproduce it. Equally a lot of the trauma I had from ds1s birth has also vanished as well as the memories from that time.

I've never talked about this before.

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Nothowiexpected · 28/11/2020 22:22

I've taken a lot of MDMA in the past and one dab would in no way have affected you like that.

berryfull · 28/11/2020 22:22

How big was the dab you took? How many match heads?

Didthatreallyhappen · 28/11/2020 22:23

@XiCi I havent had any kind of breakdown.I'm pretty sure of that.

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Ohalrightthen · 28/11/2020 22:24

[quote Didthatreallyhappen]@XiCi I havent had any kind of breakdown.I'm pretty sure of that.[/quote]
OP, literally everyone on this post is telling you that this isn't the drugs. You're experiencing some form of mental health crisis, and you need help.

Onjnmoeiejducwoapy · 28/11/2020 22:24

Yeah one dab of a drug isn’t going to do that. From your description of the effect of doing the drug (which is utterly bizarre) and your very vague (and in many cases bizarre) description of symptoms since, it sounds like you may have something else going on though?

Have you ever had healthy anxiety or munchausens?

berryfull · 28/11/2020 22:25

And what kind of effect did the “blue mdma “ have on your friends?

latheritup · 28/11/2020 22:26

I've never heard of blue MDMA...

Hopdathelf · 28/11/2020 22:29

FFS Hmm

Clearly a troll or a fantasist.

FrankiesKnuckle · 28/11/2020 22:29

It literally happened overnight.

And you're talking about it 3.5 years later.

A pinch of Mandy wouldn't cause this level of perceived disassociation. Perhaps you are trying to pin it on that as you have no other plausible answer to your current feelings.

gingganggooleywotsit · 28/11/2020 22:30

It’s not impossible.. only say this because I took an acid tab when I was 14 (back in the early 90s). Anyway immediately after it wore off, I started feeling depressed and have suffered with it ever since (aged 42 now). I know it sounds crazy but I think the brain is very delicately balanced some people can be deeply affected by chemicals.

Cherrypies · 28/11/2020 22:32

Have you thought about early onset menopause.
I had mine at 46, strange stage of life, affects people in different ways.

gingganggooleywotsit · 28/11/2020 22:32

Mind you an acid tab that kept me high and hallucinating for 12 hours is very different to a tiny dab of mdma

amoobaa · 28/11/2020 22:33

OP, can you think of any other symptoms?

As we learn more about mental health issues, we are starting to learn more about the links between neurological issues and certain mental health conditions.

Whatever the cause of your symptoms, you definitely need to get someone experienced to assess you and help explore what’s going on.

Can you think of any other experiences or symptoms you’re having?

reader12 · 28/11/2020 22:33

I don’t think it was stupid to go out and have fun with friends and I don’t think the amount of drugs you took can possibly have done any permanent damage to your brain and emotions. It sounds like you’ve got a bit hung up on blaming yourself for your choices on this one evening and became depressed around the same time. But I’m not a doctor. Get yourself to a doctor quick and get this sorted, your kids need a mum who feels love for them, and you can totally get those feelings back. You had a night out, not a lobotomy!

Didthatreallyhappen · 28/11/2020 22:33

@gingganggooleywotsit I believe you.
I think the brain is very delicately balanced indeed.

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Incrediblytired · 28/11/2020 22:33

It’s not impossible that it’s had a bad effect on you. Were you an anxious person before? It sounds like a significant exacerbation of something probably underlying?

missrks · 28/11/2020 22:34

😂