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Many hangover symptoms, specifically the mental fog, fatigue, and general malaise, are caused by GABA receptor starvation, not by hydration levels. Like you, I
by caeril 4y ago
Many hangover symptoms, specifically the mental fog, fatigue, and general malaise, are caused by GABA receptor starvation, not by hydration levels.
Like you, I can put down a pint of whiskey and feel mostly fine the next day. This is due to differences in homeostatic mechanisms between people, and the time it takes the brain to resume nominal GABA/glutamate agonism after ethanol-induced downregulation. Some people are much faster than others.
- fullstop 4y agoInteresting! When you drink does it also feel like it clears the cobwebs out of your brain? I honestly generally feel better the next day. I don't think that it's something that would work on a regular basis, but maybe once a month or two.