Re:Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation
by finaliteration on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:35AM
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It’s funny that you say that. I’ve taken MDMA once in my life, and I swear it was one of the only times my mind didn’t feel like it was trying to attack me. I felt totally calm and at ease rather than high or euphoric. I haven’t done it again because I’m paranoid about addiction, but I could absolutely see it being effective as a tool for facilitating longer-term treatments. I’d jump at an opportunity to participate in a MAPS study or something similar in a controlled environment.
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Re:Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation
by pantalaimon on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:06PM
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MDMA is fascinatingly effective. You get some hours of pure bliss, all your fears gone and replaced by compassion.
It should absolutely be treated as something very special - it 'just works'. Using it too often would make it loose it's magic (on a physical level too)
Then again most additions seem to happen with more subtle substances. MDMA is a way too powerful experience to do it casually.