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Depressed after drinking?

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    #62
    jonnyrudyard
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    Yeah I get this often the next morning if I'm even at home and simply had more than a drink or 2. But it varies a lot w/little consistency, probably as there are many factors at work, like what I ate, how I'm feeling generally etc. But this is a common problem. Yet stupidly I still drink. :mad:


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    #63
    bluefinger
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭bluefinger


    stupidusername wrote: »
    no you were clear, I get what you're saying, but I'm saying to me it sounds wrong. i was giving my situation as an example because I often experience low moods the day after drinking, and I wanted to point out that it clearly has to do with drinking. and drinking alone.

    I agree. :confused:
    it takes a unit of alcohol an hour to leave a persons body. three pints should be gone in roughly six hours. many people can have a few pints and feel none the worse for it the next day. my point was that if a person is dehydrated, tired, or suffering other physiological deficiencies they will not feel at their best, which obviously results from drinking alcohol.


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    #64
    seanbmc
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    Happpens sometimes, usually happens after long weekend sessions where there was unreal craic.

    It's a strange feeling alright, kind of hard to describe. Some of it is alcohol withdrawal though.


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    #65
    scholar007
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    whatcartoget wrote: »
    This is not a Personal Issue now but does anyone here ever find they are often depressed after a night out or is it just me? I find when you have a really good night out and when you get in after about 20 minutes I find I am terribly depressed and lonely. Does any one else find this?


    1 bottle of chardonnay and I'm crying for nothing the following day.

    15 pints of lager and I may only have a bit of a head the following day.

    Depends what you drink and how it affects you in my humble opinion!

    Maybe you need to bring someone home with you so you won't be lonely...:D


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    #66
    Temptamperu
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    I get depressed after drinking, but thats just cause theres no booze left. Also there is a chance i was depressed before drinking sooo... yeah.


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    #67
    stupidusername
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    bluefinger wrote: »
    As someone said earlier alcohol depresses the central nervous system. By depressing parts of this system it works to de-inhibit us, hence the willingness to say and do things we would not normally do. It actually works as a euphoriant in some people.

    What causes the post party blues imho is a combination of factors such as dehydration, a significant increase in tiredness, often bad food, occasional regret (spent money, behaving uncharacteristically), and other factors relating to the personality of the person.
    bluefinger wrote: »
    I didn't say you personally got down because of your personality. I don't know you well enough to do that. :) I was responding to the some of the general remarks in the thread about feeling depressed the next day. My point was that it's a combination of factors between physiological and psychological. I was also attempting to highlight the common misconception that alcohol causes a depressed mood rather than working as a brain depressant. Sorry if i didn't make that clear.
    stupidusername wrote: »
    I wanted to point out that it clearly has to do with drinking. and drinking alone.
    bluefinger wrote: »
    I agree. :confused:
    it takes a unit of alcohol an hour to leave a persons body. three pints should be gone in roughly six hours. many people can have a few pints and feel none the worse for it the next day. my point was that if a person is dehydrated, tired, or suffering other physiological deficiencies they will not feel at their best, which obviously results from drinking alcohol.

    maybe i'm having a slow day, but to me you seem to be contradicting yourself here - saying alcohol only affects you while drinking, then saying any depression a person feels after drinking is because of personality / other factors (not because of alcohol itself), and then you say that it's down to the drink and personality. I hope you don't think i'm trying to pick at you, I just genuinely don't get what you're saying.


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    #68
    Chuchoter
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    Couple hours into a night I can get very dark, but thats mostly stuff I'd be thinking sober that I just happen to say drunk.


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    #69
    alex73
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    whatcartoget wrote: »
    This is not a Personal Issue now but does anyone here ever find they are often depressed after a night out or is it just me? I find when you have a really good night out and when you get in after about 20 minutes I find I am terribly depressed and lonely. Does any one else find this?

    Alcohol apart from being addictive is ultimately a depressant. Drink is a total waste of Money, Irish drink too much and we spend too much trying to deal with the effects of Alcohol.

    Its a pity that for Many a night out is not a night out without alcohol.


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    #70
    Princess Peach
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    I'm the opposite, I get depresses when I'm not drinking. Depends on how you drink. I only ever drink when I'm going out to have fun with my friends, so its more the social aspect and the dancing that makes me happy than the drinking. And then if I have a fun night I'll be in a good mood the next day even if I am hungover.

    Used to get mad anxiety the day after drinking but that was because I medically wasn't supposed to be drinking on my medication.


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    #71
    k.p.h
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    Feed of beer ultimately leads to a day of fear anxiety and depression for me followed by the horrors, its awful :( So thats why I don't drink that often, but when I do I make sure to get absolutely hammered and enjoy myself for as long as I can because the next day is going to be spent downing nurofen+ crying on the couch ..


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    #72
    4leto
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    With me its a case of been depressed from not drinking enough.

    But I relate to the OP when I do go on a bender or a holiday binge there is a period of recovery and that with me involves a depression.

    Off course alcohol is a depressant but with me, more importantly, it cabbages me for a few days and saps my energy so i am unmotivated to deal with the inevitable depression it brings on.

    As you get older that gets worse.


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    #73
    paky
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    i was in an awful state saturday night and woke up in an escorts apartment. had to walk home through the city and was anxious and paranoid as fcuk. sunday night i woke up drenched in sweat and i discovered that the fears had kicked in. i checked my bank account to see the damage. incredible :mad: sometimes i honestly feel like kicking this for good! its not worth suffering for a week just for one night


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    #74
    4leto
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    paky wrote: »
    i was in an awful state saturday night and woke up in an escorts apartment. had to walk home through the city and was anxious and paranoid as fcuk. sunday night i woke up drenched in sweat and i discovered that the fears had kicked in. i checked my bank account to see the damage. incredible :mad: sometimes i honestly feel like kicking this for good!


    Err whaa what the hell did that cost.


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    #75
    Intensive Care Bear
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    I like to call it post session depression


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    #76
    paky
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    4leto wrote: »
    Err whaa what the hell did that cost.

    god only knows


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    #77
    4leto
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    paky wrote: »
    god only knows

    No only guess, hundreds and hundreds.

    Unless it was a very low class escort.


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    #78
    py2006
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    Dodd wrote: »
    I find killing myself helps.....that or go to bed.:)

    Not funny!


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    #79
    bluefinger
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    stupidusername wrote: »
    maybe i'm having a slow day, but to me you seem to be contradicting yourself here - saying alcohol only affects you while drinking, then saying any depression a person feels after drinking is because of personality / other factors (not because of alcohol itself), and then you say that it's down to the drink and personality. I hope you don't think i'm trying to pick at you, I just genuinely don't get what you're saying.

    stupidusername, i do feel you are being quite picky, and am not sure what you're trying to prove to be very honest, the only thing i can see that might have caused a difficulty is the fact that in my first post on the matter i said other factors relating to personality. perhaps what i should have said was that other factors including personality? i never said it was one or the other


    by the way if you wish to continue to discuss this it might be better to go to pm as i'm kind of on and off this so can't promise a prompt response and wouldn't want to disrupt the thread.:)


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    #80
    stupidusername
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    bluefinger wrote: »
    stupidusername, i do feel you are being quite picky, and am not sure what you're trying to prove to be very honest, the only thing i can see that might have caused a difficulty is the fact that in my first post on the matter i said other factors relating to personality. perhaps what i should have said was that other factors including personality? i never said it was one or the other


    by the way if you wish to continue to discuss this it might be better to go to pm as i'm kind of on and off this so can't promise a prompt response and wouldn't want to disrupt the thread.:)

    i'm not trying to prove anything :confused: I was asking for clarification on what you were saying, because I didn't get it. but I care very little at this point.


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    #81
    padz
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    i only get that feeling if i feel i had a ****ty night and i guess what ur sayin is that 20mins after u get home it kicks in that one may have enjoyed ones night at the time but it didnt fullfill and when that happens me i have a cig brush my teeth head to bed and knock one out,

    sure wouldnt we all be depressed goin to bed alone :(


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