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Interesting. If I get drunk two nights in a row, there are high chances that I’ll wake up the night with a panic attack. I grew up with panic attacks, and they
by ryantgtg 5y ago
Interesting. If I get drunk two nights in a row, there are high chances that I’ll wake up the night with a panic attack.
I grew up with panic attacks, and they were random and I had no clue what was happening to me until college when I first learned of the phrase (prior to that I just referred to it as “the chaos”).
I can control and fight them off them now. But if I drink too much, then my mind and body are weakened and I can’t fight them off (while sleeping!).
Anyway, I’ll look up this GERD thing.
- heavyset_go 5y agoThis is actually quite common because alcohol consumption effects GABA and serotonin levels in the brain, as well as the sensitization of GABAergic and serotonergic neurons, and both neurotransmitters are involved in anxiety and panic. It can also be the result of a very light kindling[1] effect. The colloquial term seems to be "hangxiety" if you want a term to search for. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hypnotic_withdrawal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hyp...