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Ecstasy damages your brain
A new study, to be published in the journal Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental [Authors Keith Laws and Joy Kokkalis from the University of Hertfordshire] shows that the drug ecstasy [MDMA] moderate to markedly damages both short and long-term memory.
The study was a meta-analysis.
Verbal memory appeared to be disproportionately affected compared to visual memory.
Another brand new study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, shows that even a first low cumulative dose of Ecstasy is associated with damaged verbal memory ability. [Ref. 1]
According to another recent meta-analysis, Ecstasy use is associated with multiple neurocognitive deficits: [Ref 2]
- attention/concentration
- verbal and nonverbal learning and memory
- psychomotor speed and executive systems
[Reference 1]: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Jun;64(6):728-36.
[Reference 2]: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 Jan;189(4):531-7.
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A little confusion on my part . I f we follow the picture of a dance bar like place as showing the meaning or sense of ecstacy as contained in the post , we may conlude that ecstacy means something where noise(?) is also associated with the sort of happyness . May it be so due to the noise ?
I am a little concerned about the meaning of the word ecstacy because it also means the extreme pleasure derived from fulfilling sex . Is such ecstacy also harmful ?
Hi Abhijit- Ecstasy is a drug (MDMA)
Wow, that is quite a result. I have to admit I’m very surprised that a cumulative low dose of any drug could produce “significantly lower” scores on verbal recall and recognition.
I’m curious whether there might have been a difference in ongoing education between the ecstasy users and non-users (it didn’t say they controlled for educational studies). In my experience, participating in ongoing education (say, college classes) has a strong effect on verbal skills. Just a thought… I’m not an ecstasy user.
By the way, I’m referring to the first referenced study (Ref 1). I’m not surprised that repeated use of ecstasy results in neurocognitive deficits.
Yes, ecstasy is a drug, but it is also an emotion/feeling thing (and no, it doesn’t have to be associated with sex): Google gives it as “a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion”.
Just saying, this post should probably make it a little more clear that it’s referring to the drug. Some of us have more experience with it as a feeling. I was confused for a minute.
Ecstasy is a very cheap and easy to find drug. It is a tablet that costs 5 pounds.
Those studies are very usefull to inform users and future users about the neurocognitive consequences. Thanks to the internet we have access to this information.