I know a lot of pretty responsible users of MDMA (most use during festivals). It’s also best to not do it more than once a month as it’ll significantly decrease the effects.
It’s also important to be mindful that in days following the high may come a low where you feel more depressed than usual. This is due to the low seratonin levels your brain will have after you increased them to levels you’ve likely never reached before.
I also wouldn’t consider MDMA a “trip” per se. At doses like 80-120mg you will be fully mentally able, you’ll just have rose colored glasses on (a fondness for everyone and everything).
Otherwise some other tips are to chew gum as most people have an oral fixation on MDMA and you don’t want to grind your teeth. I hear taking Magnesium before helps as well though I haven’t personally researched that.
Also, those don't really seem like the effects that I have observed others experience which are:
- Hypersensitivity to others' emotions
- Euphoria
- Relaxation and reduced anxiety
- Sense of inner peace
Magnesium helps w/ lockjaw/teeth grinding.
I sometimes take a tums as well to help w/ the minor upset stomach.
But, during my divorce, I was on boatloads of prescription drugs for a medical crisis. I basically used that as an excuse to do things I would not have done stone cold sober and to learn how to get my needs met and put down my childhood baggage. It was more effective than the therapy I did years earlier.
Based on that, the general idea seems sound to me and is not necessarily specific to MDMA.