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Whenever I drink, it's all fun and I'm buzzed, feeling funny... Then it starts to make me melancholic. This feeling doesn't stop when the alcohol is out of my s

• rendx 5y ago
  No, sounds fairly typical when I compare it to my own experience and to those of my friends. Many of us used to be "social drinkers" in our youth but have basically slowly faded it out since, and each of us realized for themself how it can take a week or so to get back to "normal mood" after even a single drink.
• mcbride811 5y ago
  I can relate! It's gotten to a point where I'm seriously considering if it's worth it at all. Sometimes I feel outright depressed after having had some drinks the night before, to a point where the observer in my mind is shocked at the dark thoughts I'm having. I have a fructose malabsorption and most drinks I enjoy (wine, cocktails) do have a huge amount of this sugar in them. I wonder if this might be one of the reasons it's messing with my mood so much - I recall my gastro-doc saying something along the line that high fructose intake can lead to depression/symptoms of depression.
  • jolux 5y ago
    Alcohol itself is a depressant and can lead to depression or make depression worse. It’s best to avoid it entirely if you have a history of depression, or at least take extreme care to watch your consumption of it and its relation to your symptoms.