Study Study On Treating Ptsd With Mdma

[LizardViolet]

As reported in the NY Times, some rape survivors with ptsd had positive effects from a treatment that included talk therapy and several sessions with MDMA. The same therapy team will be doing a study with a small group of combat veterans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/h...promise.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share&

 

[Deleted member 1860]

I believe there was an extensive conversation about the use of ecstasy for PTSD from awhile ago....if you're interested in reading it you could do a search.

 

[olds442]

I participated in such a trial in 2006...the issue for me was I had to stay with a woman who I didn't know in a house that wasn't mine and I was so so sick that I could not return for the second phase but I did NOT get the placebo the first time and the MDMA does bring about a feeling of peace, contentment and well being...but being away from home for a week, staying in a noisy city full of triggers kind of got in the way. If this opportunity were local, I would give it another go.

I have cross generational, complex trauma.....4.5 decades ... Emotional fallout from WW2 keeps getting passed down the line.

 

[Jayster]

Thats interesting,,Isnt MDMA in Ecstasy?...I could see how it would makes us feel at peace and being well...Im happy someones trying something different in respect to PTSD.....

 

[saffy]

I was sent this research article from David Nutt.

http://jop.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/08/29/0269881112456611.full

Best wishes
Saffy :)

 

[Dancinghawk]

The brain is so complex and I have studied "some" of the possible medications for PTSD. I wish all those involved in such research the best of luck. Being a professional counselor myself I have experienced and seen such anguish. Some relief is like a taste of heaven.

 

[DharmaGirl]

Party on!

 

[Hiding the Pain]

I am at the beginning of my journey. I see the Dr. on Monday to talk about what medications we are going to try. I am a little scared. The only time I was ever one anything was when I attempted suicide when I was 12. It felt like I was in a fog most of the time. I guess I am just scared that I wont be me anymore, but this drugged out shell of a person.

 

[olds442]

Hmm...I've been on a lot of meds in the last 20 years and in my opinion, marijuana helps most for the bipolar hypomania and social/general anxiety, which can go from 0 to 75 in 2 nanoseconds, and Prozac helped me with the empty, vacant, suicidal type depression.

It's hardly a party and the MDMA was used in a clinical setting while undergoing psychotherapy. It was work.

 

[DharmaGirl]

It was a joke, olds, just a joke. I wasn't trying to downplay your participation in the trial, nor was I suggesting that you partied. I have been on so many different meds in the past year that have made me loopy, that when I told my family about MDMA, they started on the party theme. Sorry if I offended you, it was not meant that way.

 

[olds442]

No offense taken. Tendency to over explain myself is all :)

 

[AS1975]

I'm pretty sure the abuse liability, the DEA listing level, plus the fact MDMA is way off patent (Merck from memory, in about 1920?), would probably preclude it's use. It was actually originally re-synthesized by private groups for use in therapy, and worked extremely well.