Posted by barbaracat on December 11, 2004, at 1:41:37
In reply to Up and down anxiety - please read, posted by tampagirl70 on December 7, 2004, at 9:17:26
I have to second the alcohol thing. I love wine. I can drink many many glasses of chardonnay because I love the taste and because it is the quickest way to calm anxiety. Plus, it's fun at a party. But I always pay for the next two days. Six glasses is alot, whether or not you got drunk.
I've finally realized that if I want to truly get better I have to stop drinking. In trying to understand the mechanism, I've been researching and turning up all kinds of very interesting things about alcohol's neurochemical properties, how it alters dopamine and norepinephrine receptors primarily and less so opiod and serotonin. It takes about 90 days to reset the dopamine functioning, so if you've been drinking on the weekends, you're still a drinker if you're within that 90 day period.
Too bad because I have such fun with the stuff and will most likely imbibe over the holidays. But after reading some of this material, I'm quitting after the new year. I understand alot better now why the next day and the day after has me feeling like crap. Plus, if the neurochemical brew wasn't enough, think about what all that sugar is doing to your poor system. Reactive hypoglycemia from all that sugar is a definite cause of anxiety.
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