What is Ecstasy Addiction

Ecstasy, the street name for MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine) is thought NOT to be a drug that you get habituated to, but this isn’t true thus should not to be taken lightly. In fact, when someone takes ecstasy on a regular basis their body and mind start to become accustomed to it. They will feel that they can’t function properly without ecstasy and if they stop taking it, they will go through withdrawal. Ecstasy withdrawal syndrome can induce serious cases of depression, and anxiety, or even extreme fatigue.

Symptoms of Ecstasy Addiction

The short term effects that users of ecstasy feel is emotional warmth, mental stimulation, increased energy, and enhanced sensory perception. So a person under the influence of ecstasy will feel happy, loose, full of energy, and experience enhanced senses. However, the withdrawal period of ecstasy addiction is not so bright. As MDMA leaves your body, you “crash” from depleted levels of dopamine in your brain.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) clinical criterion for ecstasy addiction includes a few main characteristics:

1. Using more ecstasy than intended.

2. Giving up important activities to use ecstasy.

3. Spending too much time getting or using ecstasy.