Some people have reported some symptoms persisting for thirty-two hours after taking ecstasy. Insomnia Depression Fatigue Difficulty concentrating These effects usually begin a day after taking the drug and can last for several days. Some people who have taken ecstasy experience flashbacks, the sudden reoccurrence of hallucinatory effects. Flashbacks can occur days, weeks, months or even years after taking a hallucinogenic drug, such as ecstasy, causing anxiety and confusion. There is little conclusive evidence about the long-term effects of ecstasy use.
Research indicates that few people tend to use ecstasy for a long time.
This being possibly due to the severity of undesirable effects, which tend to increase the longer ecstasy use, continues, while the pleasurable effects diminish. Research has found an association between long term ecstasy use and liver damage and there is some evidence suggesting that ecstasy causes damage to brain cells, although this has not been confirmed. This is especially dangerous for those who have an existing heart condition or hypertension. Although it is difficult to determine the exact number of ecstasy-related deaths that have occurred, it is know that death can result under three distinct circumstances after ecstasy is taken. Deaths have occurred from Dilutional Hyponatremia -a condition where a person's brain literally drowns from the excess fluid intake.