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It really is incredible. Although I've tried cocaine, and personally I found MDMA much harder to resist multiple doses with. So for me, I have to be super careful else I could end up harming myself or becoming psychologically dependent on it.

It's definitely got a risk factor, but the sheer experience is something everyone should have once.

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Compared to cocaine, smoking and the like it is not very probable that anyone becomes psychologically dependent on it because of the way it works:

It releases serotonin stored in your body, and thus depletes those stores. So multiple doses feel less and less good. The body needs several weeks/months to refill those serotonin storages. All you do is risk getting serotonin syndrome [1] which is a whole other story/problem. But becoming "addicted" (physically or psychologically) in the classical sense is not an immediate issue as it is with cocaine, smoking, weed, etc.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin_syndrome

MDMA quickly loses its effect, though. I've done it twice in a month before and even then the second time wasn't that great. I'll only experience full waves once a month at most. And you can't just take more next time. It doesn't work. It will just give you a suicide tuesday.

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