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CJHardinIRL209 karma

I'm one of the study participants in the MDMA trials for PTSD. All I have to say is thank you for all of the work you and your colleagues are doing. It has changed my life and it will change many more!

CJHardinIRL83 karma

Absolutely. This is the main reason that I am doing this AMA and speaking to media outlets. This treatment is very effective and actually treats the root problem rather than temporarily treating the side effects. My hope is that MDMA will be dropped to a Schedule II soon so that other practitioners will be able to start using it in psychotherapy. I find it rather upsetting that a cure for PTSD exists today but it's being delayed by those set on prohibition and is based upon flawed information being spread by certain media outlets.

CJHardinIRL76 karma

I'll give you an example of how a single MDMA session goes. I underwent a total of 3 treatments a month apart.

I'd arrive at the office, a small comfy house in a quiet neighborhood in Mt Pleasant, SC at 10am. We'd chat for a bit and get me situated and comfortable on the futon bed and get my baseline vitals. At 10:30 I'd take the dose of MDMA and talk at my leisure. They had quiet, soothing music playing and I had a sleep mask that I could put on whenever I want. After the MDMA had taken effect, I'd simply talk about whatever I wanted with the doctor and his wife, a nurse. Usually it was the things that had been troubling me that I would talk about and then contemplate, but I was free to talk about anything else as well. These sessions would go until about 5pm when the MDMA had mostly worn off.

As far as how effective the treatment is, the CAPS scores speak for themselves. I've tried many treatments for my PTSD, but this one was absolutely effective.

CJHardinIRL67 karma

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is currently developing a study using LSD in the treatment of cluster headaches as well as a study for Psilocybin.

http://www.maps.org/research/

CJHardinIRL46 karma

I joked about the glow sticks, but unfortunately, there were no glow sticks. :-( That said, I spin fire now, so there is that.