Alcohol and depression.
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Personally I think that booze masks depression, At least in my case.
I think that you often have these issues that make you sad. But instead of working through them or facing them head on, you sink yourself in booze. They go away for the short term but not for the long term.
If you go on anti-depressants - give them a chance to work without the boze messing your brain chemistry up.
Try being sober for as long as you can.
Wishing you all the luck in the world
xxxx
I think that you often have these issues that make you sad. But instead of working through them or facing them head on, you sink yourself in booze. They go away for the short term but not for the long term.
If you go on anti-depressants - give them a chance to work without the boze messing your brain chemistry up.
Try being sober for as long as you can.
Wishing you all the luck in the world
xxxx
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Absolutely, yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-te...cts_of_alcohol
I know Wikipedia isn't the be all and end all of information, but scroll down to Mental Health Effects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-te...cts_of_alcohol
I know Wikipedia isn't the be all and end all of information, but scroll down to Mental Health Effects.
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This is from the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK
Alcohol and Depression
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What is the connection between depression and alcohol?
We know that there is a connection – self-harm and suicide are much commoner in people with alcohol problems. It seems that it can work in two ways:
* you regularly drink too much including (including ‘binge drinking’) which makes you feel depressed
OR
* you drink to relieve anxiety or depression.
Either way:
* Alcohol affects the chemistry of the brain, increasing the risk of depression.
* Hangovers can create a cycle of waking up feeling ill, anxious, jittery and guilty.
* Life gets depressing – arguments with family or friends, trouble at work, memory and sexual problems.
We know that there is a connection – self-harm and suicide are much commoner in people with alcohol problems. It seems that it can work in two ways:
* you regularly drink too much including (including ‘binge drinking’) which makes you feel depressed
OR
* you drink to relieve anxiety or depression.
Either way:
* Alcohol affects the chemistry of the brain, increasing the risk of depression.
* Hangovers can create a cycle of waking up feeling ill, anxious, jittery and guilty.
* Life gets depressing – arguments with family or friends, trouble at work, memory and sexual problems.
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Last edited by Dee74; 02-14-2011 at 03:30 PM.
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I drank to medicate anxiety and depression, to hide it, and only made it ten times worse. I still have bouts of bad depression but nothing like they used to be, and much shorter duration. Plus, my anti-D's actually work now.
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I've been an alcoholic about six years and have had various levels of depression throughout that time. My depression is actually less than it used to be, but that is most definitely NOT related in a positive way to the alcohol. There are other reasons for that. Alcohol makes depression worse, and depression makes alcohol worse. They feed off of each other. I can't imagine being an alcholic and not having some form of depression.
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