Long Term Effects Of Ecstasy

What are the long term effects of ecstasy?

Enough time has finally elapsed to start asking if ecstasy damages health in the long term. According to the biggest review ever undertaken, it causes slight memory difficulties and mild depression, but these rarely translate into problems in the real world. While smaller studies show that some individuals have bigger problems, including weakened immunity and larger memory deficits.

Long Term Effects of Ecstasy

• Dramatic increase in heart rate, leading to serious complications for people with cardiovascular disease.
• Dehydration can lead to liver and kidney failure.
• Disturbing emotional reactions, confusion, depression, drug craving, severe anxiety, and heart palpitations. Symptoms last a long time after taking the drug.
• Depletes the amount of serotonin in the brain and blocks uptake of serotonin.
• Toxic to the brain.
• Impairs memory.
• Brain damage is directly related to amount and frequency of usage.
• Sleep Deprivation
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    Long term effects of ecstasy stimulant properties, traditions of all-night dance cultures, and the use of other drugs such as long-lasting amphetamines and hallucinogens, most ravers and clubbers skip hours and hours of sleep on many weekends. Improper sleep (whether too much or too little) in the long run is a common factor of most mental and health problems among college students, working parents, and middle-aged professionals in the U.S.
• Nutrition
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    The long term effects of ecstasy (as with any drug taken orally) will come on stronger if the stomach is empty, which prompts many users to fast in the hours before taking the drug. In addition, while on MDMA, the appetite is reduced. Some all-night raves also don't offer food vendors. Thus, many ecstasy-using ravers go for a significant portion of their weekends without eating. Lack of or poor nutrition, just like improper sleep, is one of the most common and easily preventable everyday causes for most health problems among Americans.
• Depression
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    MDMA fuels the brain to use up a lot of serotonin at once, thus depleting its levels in the days after consumption when it must replenish the supply. These days can be marked by depression due to the user's temporary lack of serotonin activity. The long term effects of ecstasy repetitive compulsive use can extend post-ecstasy depression to weeks or months if the brain cannot catch up with the amount of serotonin being released all the time. In essence, supply cannot meet demand. Facts remain afloat as to whether regular MDMA use can cause long-term depression. No human studies have been conducted. In fact, because MDMA is similar to many anti-depressants in its actions on the brain, some psychotherapists believe MDMA can actually treat depression when used a small number of times between long intervals under supervised settings.
• Neurotoxicity
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    Regular long term effects of ecstasy use has been proven to lower levels of serotonin (5-HT), its synthesizing enzyme (TPH), and its transporter protein. Whether these reductions are permanent or not hasn’t been established. Currently, there is also no way to tell what practical effects such brain changes will have on the individuals everyday cognitive, mental, and physical function. Claims have been made about brain cell damage, memory loss, and Parkinson’s-like conditions, although controlled human studies to support these theories have not been consistent.

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