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Have you been reading my diary? (If so, please allow me to clarify: That 80-page, purple-ink meditation on Zooey Deschanel is completely fictional and is part of a longer piece I plan to pitch to McSweeney's in the coming months.)
Sex is better on crystal meth because both influence dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain that activates a certain pleasure center — the one that also makes you want to cover your windows with aluminum foil. "What happens with crystal and the dopamine is that one particular aspect of sex gets very exaggerated, which is the aggressive, sort of animalistic kind of sex," says Dr. Steven Lee, psychiatrist and author of Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction.
However, I'm just getting a report from the wires that meth has some negative effects. "Dopamine is the aggressive brain chemical and serotonin is the intimacy chemical," says Dr. Lee, "so all of that sensual experience really gets drowned out with the crystal."
Too much methamphetamine will damage this dopamine system, thereby decimating your ability to feel pleasure about anything. To remedy this, you will need handfuls of pure Ecstasy. Otherwise, you'll be stuck in what's called "anhedonia," which addicts describe as "kind of a flat, gray haze that people live in."
Whatever. It can't be much worse than Riverside.
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