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E is a great drug and produces an amazing euphoria. Unfortunately, there is a price to pay for bliss. I didn't read every post, but here's my experience. I used to do e almost every weekend for a couple years. One night while on e I had a panic attack. If you have ever had one, it's the worst feeling in the world. Basically, you have now idea whats happening and you feel like you are going to die. I was prescibed Paxil and took it for a year. I am now off it and I haven't done e since. I have spoken with several Neuroligists over the years as well as a few Phschiatrists who were actually pretty knowledgeable about it. I got mixed opinions from both sides. The general consensus is that it does damage the brains ability to regulate seratonin levels and although they all agreed that the long term effects won't be known for years, they did all believe that the damage was permenent. They all told me that my anxiety attacks were more related to genetics rather than damage from doing e, but were all in agreement that e could easily trigger a panic attack in someone that has a genetic problem with the regulation of seratonin. I never had a panic attack before and I am pretty convinced the two are related. All I can say, is before you decide to do any drug, educate yourself. Know all the risks and all the effects. Even with that knowledge you never know. Illicit drugs are not manufactured with any form of quality control so you never know what you are getting. I can tell you that no one has ever died from taking MDMA, all documented MDMA related deaths resulted from dehydration or a mixture of multiple drugs. A lot of deaths that were initial blamed on MDMA were actually realted to a cough supressent that starts with the letter D that people were selling as e. Although it created similar effects to MDMA it would extremely raise core body temperature and combined with dancing was elevating core body temperture to a point where your organs would just shut down. I will say that if you do decide to do e, be very careful about your alchohol consumption. I could drink like a fish when on e and alcohol poisoning is very dangerous as well as alchohol reducing the fluid around your brain along with dehydration. Ironically, you can also drink too much fluid, even water which can also be very dangerous. I would also suggest that you let at least one person with you knows you are doing it, so if there is a problem they can alert medics and there is no lost time while they try to figure out how you should be treated. One last tidbit. For the people that are dead set against drug use, the best thing you do for a friend is educate yourself about drugs and then pass the info on to them. It's a lot more helpful than just saying no.