The Drug Ecstacy And Empathy.

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O.k I used to do ecstasy quite a lot and wouldn't rule out doing it again in the future...........I kinda liked it.

I was actually talking to a fellow aspie about this not so long ago. We didn't really talk about empathy because I don't think it affects you're ability to empathize one way or another. What it does do is make people sort of slip out of that social mask they always where........so it might increase someones willingness to try and empathize with another person.

It was originally used therapeutically by marriage counselors to try and get couples to communicate properly with each other.

Also because it makes people slip out of that social mask it's kind of like they become aspies for a little while. Not too bothered about what other people think or complying to social norms. Unfortunately it wears off and they go back to their normal selves.

Having said all that any drug in too great a quantity will have a negative impact on you're life. All things in moderation

Just because the government or your doctor says it's good/bad, or just because it's sold over the counter doesn't mean it's safe/unsafe.

So by your logic, marijuana is dangerous, but cigarettes and alcohol are okay? Let me tell you right now, that marijuana has never hurt, let alone killed, anyone.

I also suppose that you should go drink some of the stuff under the sink since it's not a controlled/classified substance? It must be safe, right?


It's not MDMA that's inherently dangerous. It's all the other crap they mix it with. You don't know what's in your pill when you get it.

And of course, overuse of anything is not good.

It sure would be refreshing to see someone actually research their claims about drugs they obviously know nothing about before they go spouting copious amounts of BS. Not only that, but the government has no place telling people what they should or should not put in their bodies. If I want to take mushrooms, drink vodka and smoke a joint while shooting up heroin, by god, I have every right to. The combo could well be fatal depending on the dosage of booze and heroin, but that's my business, now isn't it?

When are people going to wake up to the fact that the drug war is a miserable, shameful failure, and that the government's drug legislation is just an effort to control the people?

By and large, psychoactive drugs are not compatible with society as we know it. It causes people to think too much. Drug legislation is sort of a message that says, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain". Go back to sleep, America. Your government is in control.

Well said AngryReptileKeeper

The Showtime series Huff actually had an episode built around the MDMA therapy. It's just a TV show, so it hardly qualifies as a serious study or anything. But they did a nice job talking through the pros/cons of therapeutic drug use, especially with ecstacy.

Side Note: In another episode they show a psychologist doing EEG Neurofeedback with an autistic client. Seems like they were rather keenly aware of the newer ASD therapies in particular, even though they never dealt with an overtly ASD character. Odd.

Ecstsasy would be a widely used therapetic agent IF its effects weren't dangerous and unpredictable. Which they are.

Where did you get that ret*d jem of knowledge, it has killed 100's of people, one
member here lost a friend to E back in the summer, pull your head out of your ass,
and stop smoking crack fool.