Comedown - Ecstasy - Depression come down

[Treatment]

My neighbors pet alligator and his gator buddies had one heavy 3 roll-athon. He is now at home and very much feeling the depression train.

His question is, How do some of you deal with the depression?

[Sameria]

Weed/benzo's (for sleep, for relief if SWIM is anxious).

Sleeping through the depression is the best way to get out of it, so anything that gets SWIM relaxed/sleepy will do a world of good.

Also, try and have a light meal/shake. Find a small amount of some nice healthy food, preferrably one where chewing isn't a big thing. Keep yourself sipping water and kick your feet back, turn your brain off and watch some TV.

[averath]

SWIM went into really deep depression after doing ecstasy a few times. SWIM thought of going on anti-depressants, but the doctor suggested exercise, and it worked. Go for a walk for an hour, or a half-hour run, it'll get your brain chemistry back on track.

[Bryan_J]

^This. Exercise will cure many side effects from many drugs. Not to mention its a great excuse to get into shape.

[Sameria]

How could SWIM forget excercise; the cure all!

Even just a calm walk will have you feeling much better. Socialising is also a good thing

[candy_flipping]

Eat, sleep and try to get out of bed. Swim also recommends 5-HT supplements, L-tyrosine, swim drinks milk and try various herbal supplements: swim usually takes ginkgo biloba and gotu kola

[Treatment]

Thanks for the replies - I hear the gator has been watching stand up comedy and sleeping the whole day and its working good so far.

[Sameria]

Good to hear. Think about what helped and what didn't and keep it in mind for next time

[d_nitro]

Swim has done e 10+ times, maxing on about 4 pills a night and has never had depression?

Do some get it and others dont?

[Treatment]

Really?

Every one my neighbors pet gator does it with after so many pills feels drained and hit with depression. Lasts about a week or so....

[RedBaron]

Swim knows how brutal an ecstasy comedown could be at times........He would recommend: resting as much as possible, eating can be hard afterwards but if Swiy can then try to get some vitamins and minerals into the body(vitamin c!). Also a very good thing to do is to masturbate.......get your brain to release as much endorphins as possible as you will most definitely need them at this time.

[RaverHippie]

Staying social was key for my raver friend. Even though walking around in the city he was ready to rip people's heads off at the slightest notice if it was a "Suicide Tuesday" 5HTP directly following the roll remedied this situation 100% of the time*

*based on personal experience of my raver friend and his crazy friends.

[Abuse]

nah...swim has Depression already so he's used to it. Depression is really just feeling sorry for yourself. just take a look around and reflect on your life...then you snap out of it

[RaverHippie]

Originally Posted by Abuse

nah...swim has Depression already so he's used to it. Depression is really just feeling sorry for yourself. just take a look around and reflect on your life...then you snap out of it

I feel like this is a reductionist view on the subject. Depression for me has been like fighting against an invisible force that can penetrate any defense you put up. Everything was so miserable that no new growth could be accomplished and I would sacrifice myself and my body without full knowledge of my actions.

Since such a force is chemically caused, it can't really be "reflected on" and then you can just "snap out of it"

My raver friend knew good and well that the E he dropped last saturday was the reason he felt like punting kittens on Tuesday, he still felt like shit and you can't really just flip a switch to be happy in those circumstances.

The key to dealing with ecstasy-triggered depression is to realize that it is chemically caused. It is because of a foreign substance, put into your body, which is still influencing your chemistry. It will pass and it isn't the end of the world.

Not having the awareness that it is chemically triggered is where trouble can happen.

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That's a really good way to look at it. Haha i know damn well of that shitty tuesday