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Better Living Through Chemistry Discussions of any and all sorts of mind-warping chemicals, pills, booze, mind machines, trippy stuff, current street prices, importing pharmaceuticals, smart drugs, nutrients, herbs, and altered states. Please try to keep your conversations "theoretical" in nature, since this is an open conference.

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Old 2008-12-30, 06:00
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i live in a canoe
Default Why does ecstacy do what it does?

Sorry, this is a lazy ass question, in every respect. But does anyone have an answer to that, in any context?
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:05
Irregular Irregular is offline
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serotonin
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:09
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http://www.krpc.com/proffed/mdma%5Cmdma.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA

Results 1 - 10 of about 360,000 for mdma mechanism of action. (0.08 seconds)

Let it also be also a lesson to you to JUST FUCKING GOOGLE IT next time
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:24
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i live in a canoe
Default Re: Why does ecstacy do what it does?

Sorry, I should have made myself more clear, I didn't mean in a literal sense.


I'm thinking more along the lines of why we are so able to love when on ecstacy.


New question: is the love we feel on ecstacy "real" or is our lack of love we normally feel "real"?
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:35
Acolyte
 
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Default Re: Why does ecstacy do what it does?

I'm thinking more along the lines of why we are so able to love when on ecstacy.

There's no two ways about it. Just like Irregular said, serotonin.

New question: is the love we feel on ecstacy "real" or is our lack of love we normally feel "real"?

You're over-complicating things. Of course it's real because it's more or less the same neurochemical cocktail that we come under the influence of whenever we feel "love" or whatever the ecstasy feeling is. And when we don't feel love, we simply don't feel love. Of course, this is taking a philosophically devoid approach to the matter, so it's really up to you to decide whether artificially inducing a feeling makes it real. You're the only one who can judge whether or not it was real for you.
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:37
jamaica0535 jamaica0535 is offline
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Default Re: Why does ecstacy do what it does?

Quote:
Originally Posted by a drifters life
Sorry, I should have made myself more clear, I didn't mean in a literal sense.


I'm thinking more along the lines of why we are so able to love when on ecstacy.


New question: is the love we feel on ecstacy "real" or is our lack of love we normally feel "real"?


Love is a chemical response...

Ecstasy just throws things into overdrive for a bit...
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:41
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i live in a canoe
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Do you think it's possible to walk around in the same state of ecstacy without using the drug?
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:43
jamaica0535 jamaica0535 is offline
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Do you think it's possible to walk around in the same state of ecstacy without using the drug?


can you get your brain to pump out shit tons of serotonin without drugs?
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:46
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can you get your brain to pump out shit tons of serotonin without drugs?

I can't.


I think that is what enlightenment is all about. Feeling the love in everything.
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Old 2008-12-30, 06:46
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can you get your brain to pump out shit tons of serotonin without drugs?

I know some people that are pretty fuckin' on top of the world 24/7.
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Old 2008-12-30, 09:43
FullMetalJacket FullMetalJacket is offline
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can you get your brain to pump out shit tons of serotonin without drugs?

Yeah. Fall in love, win a race, play a musical instrument, learn chess...
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Old 2008-12-30, 10:20
LowCrawl To Freedom LowCrawl To Freedom is offline
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:p magic....
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Old 2008-12-30, 15:42
Acolyte
 
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Default Re: Why does ecstacy do what it does?

can you get your brain to pump out shit tons of serotonin without drugs?

i punch it, real hard.
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Old 2008-12-31, 11:45
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Yeah. Fall in love, win a race, play a musical instrument, learn chess...

SEX. Someone I know told me he felt like he was walking on air for the afternoon after his child was born.
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Old 2008-12-31, 14:40
ShroomLove ShroomLove is offline
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SEX. Someone I know told me he felt like he was walking on air for the afternoon after his child was born.
This kind of stuff will certainly do it. :D

On another note, I was hoping SN or JP would come in here and offer something fun and interesting for me to read. :(

xD
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Old 2008-12-31, 15:44
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SEX. Someone I know told me he felt like he was walking on air for the afternoon after his child was born.

sex = dopamine shot
eating a really tasty meal while stoned, satisfaction = dopamine

playing musical instrument feeling the music, serotonin
having a kid , yes serotonin shot
 
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