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MDMA and Hallucinating

Answered by Zelik Mintz, LCSW, LP

Question

If you take a lot of MDMA will you start hallucinating like feeling like you have bugs under your skin and these hallucinations will last way after you stop being high? If this happens does it mean that the MDMA is actually cut with something more dangerous or can this happen if you take enough MDMA in a row, like for a few days in a row. If this happens is it dangerous or do you just have to wait and it will go away?

Drugs affect different people in different ways.  Binge use of MDMA can certainly, depending on the person, have any number of side effects which may not totally resolve when the use is stopped.  Frequency and amounts, as well as the psychological and psychological state of the person using, can all contribute to any number of effects from the drug.  In addition, when one buys an illegal drug, one does not know what that drug is cut with or what the drug even consists of.  When buying street drugs, there is always a large degree of risk on getting what you intended to buy.  If the hallucinations persists, I strong urge being evaluated by a psychiatrist who specializes in use of illegal drugs or addiction.

About the Expert

Zelik Mintz

LCSW, LP

New York City, United States of America

Specialties

Gay Lesbian Issues, Sex Therapy, Anxiety or Fears, Addiction or Substance Abuse, Parenting, Chronic Pain or Illness, Impulse Control Disorders, Relationship Issues, Loss or Grief, Depression

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