Ecstasy (MDMA) Withdrawal

Some drug rehab and drug treatment centers have a difficult time handling an individual withdrawing off of ecstasy, due the psychoactive nature of the drug.  Like most psychoactive drugs, withdrawal symptoms occur immediately after usage is stopped, and length of withdrawal can depend on the amount and frequency of use.

In some sever cases; ecstasy withdrawal has been known to last up to a month and even longer.  An individual’s emotional and psychological history has been known to play a major role in the withdrawal from ecstasy.

Individuals with severe past emotional trauma, will experience more intense withdrawal, because they are re-entering reality, after being away from reality when using the drug.  This can be difficult for some users to deal with, and push them to use more of the drug, which will increase the chance of an overdose.

Symptoms can include the following:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Panic attacks
• Insomnia
• Lack of ones ego
• Loss of reality
• Paranoid delusions

The severity of these withdrawals will depend on the amount the person has used and how often the person has used the drug.  A drug treatment program using the proper withdrawal management techniques can handle ecstasy withdrawal.

The long term effects from ecstasy use can cause severe health problems for the user, and increase the severity of the withdrawal symptoms.  It is possible for the user at this point to experience such things as severe psychosis, and the end result could be life threatening.

Last Updated on Friday, 18 June 2010 14:44