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The thing about MDMA is that it causes your brain to dump your serotonin reserves into your brain all at once. Doing that too often, without letting your seroto
by LocalH 5y ago
The thing about MDMA is that it causes your brain to dump your serotonin reserves into your brain all at once. Doing that too often, without letting your serotonin rebuild, can cause serotonin syndrome.
I think psychedelics are safer in that regard. Nobody in the history of humanity has ever physically done "too much acid". Even some people who ingested tens of thousands of micrograms (thinking they were snorting coke) came out of it perfectly fine with appropriate care (since the amount was so high compared to the usual dosages, they did need medical care).
- Turing_Machine 5y ago> Doing that too often, without letting your serotonin rebuild, can cause serotonin syndrome. Serotonin syndrome is when you have too much serotonin, not too little.
- LocalH 5y agoI apologize for my miswording. Nonetheless, overuse of MDMA can indeed result in serotonin syndrome.
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- fluoridation 5y agoI think classical psychedelics are among the safest drugs, but honestly, how is that not "too much acid"? If they needed medical care, that implies that if they hadn't received that care they would not have been perfectly fine. Yes, it was an accident caused by irresponsible use, but let's not mince words. The point where a dose is "too much" should be (at the most) the point where you need medical attention, not the point where you suffer some permanent damage or death.
- jychang 5y ago"Medical care" for psychedelics really just means "strap them down so they don't hurt themselves thinking they turned into an attack helicopter so they jump off a cliff, and feed them water so they're not dehydrated" and just waiting until it wears off.
- emteycz 5y agoYou might need medical attention because you'd otherwise hurt yourself, not only because your body is hurt. Most likely, this guy simply picked up the other day and went home.