The human body.........

[Somatic]

........is an engineering masterpiece. I will not get into the details because I will end up writing a huge story and no one will read it because it will be too damn long.

The point of the story is that it doesn't waste any time building up resistance for certain substances such as Jolly Rancher, which I popped for the second time.

I noticed that it kicked in much faster and at a much more linear rate. I wasn't fucked but I was pretty high. It was good.

So what do all you hardcore party kids think??? Does the same thing happen to you???

Yes...... I am still high.

-Dwight:Somatic:

[MC Hammered]

It's hard to compare one tab to another as they aren't made in a controlled manner, so you don't know if they are exactly the same strength, or for that matter the same chemical components.

The human body is a wonderful thing, but I doubt that your body built up any resistance to the Jolly Rancher. Building resistance would mean you couldn't get high or as high any more. Like taking a flu shot to prevent you from getting sick. SInce you think it kicked in faster your body isn't resisting it. As for you not getting as fucked up, that is something completely different IMO.

It's probably more like you put your body through this excessive strain and it has now been damaged and if possible trying to repair itself. The trip doesn't feel the same because it isn't. If you blow a piston in your engine, it may still work, but you won't get the same power.

Now I'm not going to preach here that drugs are bad for you, but give me a break. ANYTHING you ingest that isn't remotely healthy is going to damage your body.

Like popping your fist tab of MDMA, your body has NEVER released it's entire store of seritonin before and doesn't know how to react. The brain and nervous system was never designed to have that much seritonin coursing through it. How does the body react? Well, no one really knows. The brain may retract its uptake ports to limit re-entry of the chemical. It may burn out areas in order to deal with the excessive strain. There isn't enough long term study being done to know.

I bet that you can never recreate that first experience no matter how hard you try. Why? Your body/brain has now been changed to cope with the excess seritonin. Is this building resistance? No.

Your body has been forever changed by the first experience and until you get your body back to the way it was, any future trip will be close but not the same. Example, remember the first time you rode the wooden Coaster at the PNE? I bet you were scared and loved the ride at the end, but ANY ride after the first one won't be as exciting. Your body now knows what to expect.

The only example I can give you that is remotely similar is this in terms of drugs is this. When you get sick, a doctor may prescribe antibiotics to you like penicillin. Now you take enough penicillin over a short amount of time your body gets used to it. Or should I say, the antibodies in your system get used to it and it no longer has any effect to help you get better.

What do you do? You use a different antibiotic which may work, or you go use something stronger. However, if you follow this cycle, you will end up at a point where the strongest antibiotics no longer work and you are fucked.

This is happening as we speak. There are germs out there that are resistant to normal antibiotics since doctors have been prescribing them freely. There may be a point in time where a superbug (germ) will emerge that we won't have a cure or short term remedy for and we'll all be in deep shit.

Disclaimer: This post is in no way saying that taking drugs is a good thing. Do some reasearch and learn before you try anything, at least try to make an educated decision and not fall to peer pressure.

[Somatic]

Woah MC Hammered, that was quite a response. There are a lot of things that you mentioned above that I have already took into consideration, but disregarded. As an aspiring nurse, yours truly has learned all about the above mentioned. Much like getting drunk, this author wanted the desirable outcome and knew that poison was going to be ingested. Moderation is the key here....... the human body is a very resilient piece of machinery and will try to repair itself to the best of its ability.

It's when you go overboard, that's what gets you into trouble.

Thanks for your concern. It is much appreciated.

-Dwight:Somatic:

[MC Hammered]

Dwight,

Why didn't you tell me you already knew all this and are going to be a nurse?

I could have saved myself a lot of typing! LOL!

I just hope someone reads it in passing and learns something.

Please feel free to correct my post if it is in error.

Winston

[BeatFarmer]

well i don't think "getting used to e" is like the roller coaster. with the roller coster its physcological. your gettin used to the thriller so its not and exciting new adventure anymore. you know what to expect. with e, i think it's a little bit of that but more of your brain ajusting itself to keep everything at normal levels.

when you pop e it causes this un-natural surge of chemicals through your brain. it's not supposed to happen so your brain has to adjust the way it works to keep everything at the normal levels and functioning properly. if you pop often enough, your brain gets better and better at balancing the chemicals that keep bombarding your brain. it can keep everything balanced so you don't feel as fucked up and more normal.

does that make sense? just a litle bit of extra info.

[Cowboy]

right on the button skipp...thats called homeo stasis...

corrie

[BeatItFarmer]

not only moderation in amounts but in frequency of use and of how long over ur life....if u pop one cap twice a month for ur whole life I guarantee there will be some side effects...it is almost ignorant and naieve to say otherwise...