Hi everyone,
I’m new here, I’m 23 and I’ve been taking MDMA along with other drugs for about 8 years. I’m posting on this site because I’ve recently had some real health concerns about my drug taking and would like the advice of other MDMA users before I go to see a health professional.
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week I took about a gram of MDMA, which isn’t the most I’ve ever taken in a night but it had been a while since I’d done any. I didn’t drink that much and didn’t take any other drugs (not including nicotine). A few hours after I’d stopped taking it I got into bed and began to feel very unwell. My heart was racing and I had moderate chest pains, the whole left side of my body went numb, I felt dizzy, sick and had pain in my neck. I had experienced this for the first time about a month before now after taking about 14 ecstasy pills (also not the most I’ve ever taken, but again it had been quite a while since I had). The first time, with the pills, I was vomiting constantly.
This feeling went on for a couple of hours on Wednesday night – at one point I sent my boyfriend out to get me some aspirin. I took one and eventually fell asleep. About an hour later I woke up and went to the bathroom and by the time I got there it all started again. I began to get very worried and considered calling an ambulance. I decided against it because I had recovered the last time and didn’t want the fact that they’d found MDMA in my blood on my medical records. I took another aspirin and basically didn’t move from bed for about 24 hours. Even turning from one side to the other made me out of breath and sent my heart racing.
Almost everyone in my extended family on both sides has died of a heart attack or a stroke, we’re all very prone to high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Other than my drug use I am healthy – I eat well, exercise regularly and don’t smoke or drink very often. I’ve felt shit after taking lots of drugs before but this to me seems like something more serious. I’m fairly sure they were mild strokes from the research I’ve done.
My question is – how long does that amount MDMA take to leave to leave your bloodstream? I’ve heard anything from 3 to 8 days, but I don’t want to go to the doctor until it’s out. I also would like to know whether they (doctors in the UK) will put it on your medical record that you’ve taken MDMA, even if you’ve only told them and they can’t prove it? I’d like to get checked out in case I should be on cholesterol medication, but if it will cause problems then I would rather just try to look after myself and cut out fat from my diet, etc. My drug taking days are definitely over anyway, it’s not worth dying.
Thanks for any advice you might have 🙂
