I have. They're not the same and i dont find meth profound or at all enlighting. Amphetamine based drugs have a very different effect. That's why ecstacy is usually a mixture of amphetamine and MDMA. MDMA for the emotion, speed so you can engage without just being a soft wobbly lovegasm.
I don't know of, first had or by proxy, another drug as gentle and wonderful as mdma.
It is my drug of choice, maybe once or twice a year because I feel it is unique in the ones I've tried. The risks are worth the reward.
MDMA is in a class of drugs called 'substituted amphetamines' which are a sub-class of 'substituted phenethylamines'. The chemical name for the drug ending in methamphetamine is not an indicator that it has the same effects as the drug methamphetamine. The following is from the 'phenethylamine' English language wikipedia entry as of 2023/01/14:
Many substituted phenethylamines are psychoactive drugs, which belong to a variety of different drug classes, including central nervous system stimulants (e.g., amphetamine), hallucinogens (e.g., 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine), entactogens (e.g., 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine), appetite suppressants (e.g. phentermine), nasal decongestants and bronchodilators (e.g., pseudoephedrine), antidepressants (e.g. bupropion), antiparkinson agents (e.g., selegiline), and vasopressors (e.g., ephedrine), among others. Many of these psychoactive compounds exert their pharmacological effects primarily by modulating monoamine neurotransmitter systems; however, there is no mechanism of action or biological target that is common to all members of this subclass.
I don't know of, first had or by proxy, another drug as gentle and wonderful as mdma.
It is my drug of choice, maybe once or twice a year because I feel it is unique in the ones I've tried. The risks are worth the reward.