Severe Depression Caused By Alcohol.

[Binoo]

While I've got this on my mind, does anyone else experience extremely severe lows after drinking alcohol?

 

I know alcohol is a depressant but I don't know anyone personally that is as affected by it as I am.

 

I never used to drink but recently I've been doing it about once a week or once every two weeks. I don't get obnoxiously drunk but I've gotten pretty buzzed from it.

 

The more alcohol I consume in a night, the longer I feel sad. And not just kind of sad but depressed can't get out of bed want to commit suicide sad.

 

I used to go out drinking once in awhile with my ex and I always thought he was the cause of the mood swings but I stopped drinking, anyway. And just recently I started drinking because my current boyfriend likes to go out to bars once in awhile and that sort of thing. I've just known people to think I'm being prudish or stuck up for not wanting to drink and I'll admit I don't enjoy being around drunk people at all. But the reason why I had stopped was because it was affecting my mood.

 

I drank again last week and I ended up cutting myself. And my boyfriend found me hanging over the side of the balcony. Not completely over but normally I wouldn't even look over the edge because I have such terrible vertigo.

I spent the rest of the week completely moody and lying on the floor crying. Although I've been going through a stressful time lately I can normally keep it together better than that.

 

Obviously the most affective way to stop this sort of thing is to stop drinking which is what I plan to do.

But I'm just wondering if anyone else experiences these kinds of mood swings while drinking?

[dragon lady]

Yes, I get this too. I wanted to start a thread on it but I figured I'd get a ton of "just stop drinking" replies, so I refrained. It used to be that I'd only get the physical hangover symptoms. Now I get a bad emotional reaction, even if I had a good night. Sometimes it's worse than others, but it definitely feels far worse than what I think is normal.

 

I figure it has something to do with depleted dopamine levels or something like that.

[force]

I always wondered if alcohol is a depressant then why do people wanna drink all the time? I can understand if it's just to loosen up and get a buzz though. I am a rare drinker but it seems to always effect me differently. If I'm depressed already it causes me to be even more so but sometimes it will cause me to be depressed if I'm in a good mood, or it will make me sleepy or flirty.

[jraf]

Binoo, you could be one of those who is genetically predisposed to depression. Alcohol won't do anything but make it worse.

 

Sounds like you may actually be in a state of depression anyway. I'd advise you to check with a medical professional.

[Binoo]

Binoo, you could be one of those who is genetically predisposed to depression. Alcohol won't do anything but make it worse.

 

Sounds like you may actually be in a state of depression anyway. I'd advise you to check with a medical professional.

 

Yes, it is true that depression runs in my family and I myself have struggled with severe bouts of it for most of my life.

I had also thought maybe a chemical imbalance can be blamed for my lack of emotional control after a night of drinking.