^^^perhaps, there is far more weak X than strong X these days, but bad trips on mdma are nearly unheard of. It is not a phychedelic in the sense of acid or shrooms. More like speed, minus the paranoia. Light to the darkness that is meth, but much closer to that than to any true hallucinagen. But yeah, three pills should have been bouncing off the walls. My guess, based on what you said, weak (perhaps very weak), but not fake, it sounds as if you got at least a taste of the mdma majic.