According to one presenter, Dr. Mark Gold, M.D., Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine s Brain Institute, brain lesions or permanent changes to the brain can result from casual use.
Ecstasy depletes the brain of a key chemical in preventing depression.
These are changes that do not dissipate with abstinence. Chemically, Ecstasy is a drug similar to a combination of methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulate and mescaline, a hallucinogen. In short, Ecstasy can cause psychological difficulties, including confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety, paranoia and psychosis. Psychotic episodes can occur weeks after MDMA was used.