MetabolicTrash
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I'm sure nearly everyone has heard of the whole "drinking makes people stupid/crazy/horny/violent/mean/manic/etc."
I am wondering if the general explanation of "increased GABA" or "reduced inhibitions" really explains some outlandish behavior by some who drink and get drunk -- or if it is more along the lines of more estrogen and serotonin, which both coincide with irritability/moodiness/mania/etc. I think.
Basically the overly simplistic idea of lowered inhibitions seems weak and not substantiated enough to explain these big changes in some people and no changes in others who get drunk. I wonder also if how one acts or changes when drunk points to their (regular) serotonin levels, estrogen levels, endotoxin, stress levels, lifestyle/experiences, and various other response systems that may sway the character/actions of one more heavily than another.
I've been drunk a handful of times before (I don't drink like that anymore -- not worth it/nothing to gain) and pretty much no one around me would notice, which means my behavior has never been highly dictated by my drinking enough to become intoxicated (point of vomiting/passing out as I have some history with) while some others become examples of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in their dramatic personality or behavior changes.
I am wondering if the general explanation of "increased GABA" or "reduced inhibitions" really explains some outlandish behavior by some who drink and get drunk -- or if it is more along the lines of more estrogen and serotonin, which both coincide with irritability/moodiness/mania/etc. I think.
Basically the overly simplistic idea of lowered inhibitions seems weak and not substantiated enough to explain these big changes in some people and no changes in others who get drunk. I wonder also if how one acts or changes when drunk points to their (regular) serotonin levels, estrogen levels, endotoxin, stress levels, lifestyle/experiences, and various other response systems that may sway the character/actions of one more heavily than another.
I've been drunk a handful of times before (I don't drink like that anymore -- not worth it/nothing to gain) and pretty much no one around me would notice, which means my behavior has never been highly dictated by my drinking enough to become intoxicated (point of vomiting/passing out as I have some history with) while some others become examples of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in their dramatic personality or behavior changes.
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