Health - rapid involuntary eye jiggling (nystagmus)

[Gallisa]

Swim has popped e many times. And everyonce and awhile he gets really bad eye jiggling. It doesn't really worry him but it becomes very annoying when trying to watch a movie or talk to people. He notices more when he is looking at something and quickly looks somewhere else. Then his eyes jiggle side to side and then go back to normal. On erowid.org they list that as a neutral side affect. Label it as rapid, involuntary eye jiggling (nystagmus). Has anyone else had this? Is it bad? Swims only thought is that it is a sign that his brain is being fried. He really has no clue.

[trptamene]

Swim has experienced this several times, it is nothing bad and it is not your brain being fried. It is in fact on the neutral side, although swim actually likes the experience as long as it is not occurying too often.

Shulgin mentions this many times in his books with no mention of this as a sign of toxicity.

[stonedparadox]

ok i dont get the whole swim referencing ( new to forum ) maybe i just havent read it or something I dont know

but yea.. first time i took MDMA i had one insane eye trip ..it was really fucked up .. i didnt know what was going on till i asked a guy who had done mdma before and he said it was natural and i thought kewl and i let it take over
i wouldnt say its a neutral side effect cuz i freakin LOVE it when it happens

i took mdma a few days ago at A party and i i seemed to have the eye buzzing when i was coming down and i was driving home ( not the smartest of ideas )
but it wasnt as fucked as it was when i first did it

i took 4 hits of mdma a few days ago the first time i did it i took 7 .. i was so fucked up
its actually the best drug iv done in a long time
speaking of drugs i think me my mom and a few others are doin shrooms tonight
SHOULD be good

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[trptamene]

If you see everyone saying swim did this or swim did that it is probably for a reason.

so...


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[Mint boi]

That happens to my ferret sometimes even when he's not on mdma!!

[trptamene]

Yea, I had it happen to me on no sleep before, it is pretty cool, but it is surely not a sign of toxicity.

The labrats report experiencing this on mdma and tramadol (much less frequently).

[lexmark]

Swim had something new happen to him yesterday after taking 2 of his usuals, his vision started shaking left to right when he tried to focus on something like.....puting a filter in a rollie or trying to read small print, it went away after the first hour of his roll but it still got him worried.


Has anyone else come accross this side affect?? any thought of what its caused from??

[julian]

it is a very common side effect known as the eye 'wiggles.' nothing to worry about. just a sign of good mdma.

[lexmark]

a sign of good mdma? well thats great news! because swim bought a quite a few of these wrigglers

[johno.]

Yup.. when Swim's eyes start playing tricks on him he knows he is in for a good night

[OiledMandible]

Eye wiggles is a condition called nystagmus, and nothing to be concerned about generally. If its only when rolling, dont worry about it. If its when SWIY is sober it can be a symptom of a number of diseases. If it bothers SWIY enough, apparently gabapentin seems to relieve it.

[Dr_Ray101]

well swim's girlfriend got the eye wiggles for the first time when she rolled and now even when not rolling she still gets them sometimes... does this mean she is possibly in danger? swim has sort of been worried it would be nice if swim could understand what may possibly be wrong with her.

[OiledMandible]

SWIM is not a doctor, so whether or not she's in danger is up to you and her. If SWIM had this occur for more than a few days after a roll he would probably get it checked out. Better safe than sorry.

[HorrorShow]

swim gets them quite often when rolling and absolutely loves it. its so weird and fun. Its normally followed by an exclamation of "oh god, i'm so fucked".
he's never had them when not rolling though?

[chemlove]

Something that is common my friend said (i'll call him SWIM) SWIM told me that on 2ci that it was common to have a little frazzle in his eyes as w/ MDMA, and 2ce as well.

I wanna say be glad you got good stuff, but always know the effects of anything you take as to in anything else be prepared for the future

happy trails

[Lettish]

This is normal.

Originally Posted by Erowid

Neutral Effects
-appetite loss
-visual distortion
-rapid, involuntary eye jiggling (nystagmus)
-mild visual hallucinations (uncommon)
-moderately increased heart rate and blood pressure (increases with dose)
-restlessness, nervousness, shivering
-change in body temperature regulation
-upwellings of unexpected emotion, emotional lability
-strong desire to do or want more when coming down

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_effects.shtml

My friend says good to come here and check it out though - some effects can be a little shocking sometimes.

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