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by valec 1118 days ago
your link is for PTSD, not depression. no studies have come out so far showing MDMA has any effectiveness in depression. the proposed mechanism for PTSD involves serotonin release leading to heightened extinction of fear memory in the hippocampus and amygdala. no reason to believe necessarily this will help with depression.
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you sure there is no reason? MDD can be a subtype of PTSD.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518698/