Anxiety: Intoxicated!

Anxiety: Intoxicated!

No one thinks about the consequences of a drunken night out. After waking up the next morning, along with a hangover, senseless anxiety and fears plague you.
Even if the drunkenness of the night is completely gone in the morning or not, the guilt starts to bother you. There are physical facts behind this state of mind. Some changes take place in the brain of every person after drinking alcohol. People who have taken small amounts of alcohol have symptoms like confusion, while those who drink large amounts have symptoms like anxiety, fear, and mental confusion the next morning.

Alcohol that depletes energy and doubles self-confidence can lead to a picture of mental imbalance the next morning. The main reason for this is the changes in the neurotransmitters in the brain. Mainly related to sleep and stress, gamma aminobutyric acid calms the central nervous system. Alcohol decreases the dose of this transmitter. In addition to this, alcohol also affects glutamate, another transmitter in the brain.

As this glutamate decreases, alcohol's effect on the brain increases and production of the anxiety-inducing chemical increases. As a result, anxiety and fear start the morning after drinking alcohol. Hangover problem in infrequent drinkers can be controlled within a day. But in regular drinkers, the balance between these neurotransmitters is disrupted, slowing recovery from hangovers.

Whatever symptoms are masked by alcohol, the symptoms return with a vengeance the next day. Some people believe that taking a small drink the next morning can help them recover from a hangover. This relief drinking has the potential to develop to further addiction.