I have known my best friend since childhood and she always was really outgoing and happy. However, when she was in her teens she started to take a lot ecstasy, which lasted over a period of nearly three years. Now she is in her mid twenties and although she has stopped taking the drug, she just isn鈥檛 the same happy out going person she used to be when we where younger. Now she seems quite depressed, introverted and basically is a different person. She is aware that her mental health has deteriorated but says she isn鈥檛 sure why but she just feels different. Could the long-term use of ecstasy cause such a change in personality? And are there any medical tests that could be taken to show if the drug has affected her mental health? i believe that the drug ecstasy causes your body to release more dopamine , serotonin, and or norepinephrine. These are chemicals in your brain that make you feel good. if someone has used the drug for a long time, then it is possible that without the ecstasy their bodies don't release the proper ammouts of these " feel good" chemicals anymore. she needs to seek counseling. there are antidepressant meds that increase the levels of these chemicals in the brain. they could help her feel better ,but she may never be the same again. Sorry to hear about your friend, but it is very true that drugs distroy a persons life. I have a friend (Like you) that once THOUGHT he was going to be robbed one night, and he has never been the Outgoing Normal person since...Since his Doctor/quack, told him to take these drugs ....Its a sad and long story, kinda like yours...
It realy sickens me that people think a drug will help them. And that the Drug companys are ALWAYS pushing drugs on normal everyday people.
When I get depressed about something, the last thing I want is a DRUG company telling me to Take this pill. Ah, no, I know how to deal with it, take your pill and shove it up your ***! She needs to go to a doctor. When you do drugs, your personality sorta just turns black, and i am talkin literally in your brain, it is just black. It grows back after awhile and she will turn around in a while. But there will always be somthing diffrent with her. |
