What effect does alcohol have on you?

[Saavhi]

I know it's a weak AIBU

Majority of the time I am left feeling nauseous, slightly uninhibited (sometimes leads to public crying) and lightheaded. Not sure I really get a buzz just a sluggish/murky feeling. Is this a normal experience? It's not particularly pleasant if I'm honest.

It makes me happy, chatty and sociable, even more so than usual!

I've said it on another thread. I go through several dwarfs:

Bashful
Happy
Dopey
Sleepy
Grumpy

Thats not normal for me at all. The thing is, all alcohol does is remove your inhibitions. So if you are trying to put a brave face on things, you lose the ability to do that.
Its also possible to be allergic to alcohol.

How do you feel about going to see your GP for a chat?

Makes me drunk and ill.

I have considered the possibility of being allergic. I only drink 1/2 times a week in social settings. Not sure why as I don't particularly enjoy the taste or effect. I think I would have no problem giving it up but is a bit of a "marker" to unwind/relax

Is it normal to feel almost instantaneously hazy/lethargic?

It makes me have a very bunged up nose. I can't drink it close to bedtime or I wake not being able to breathe and with a massive headache.

I think I have an intolerance to certain chemicals in some alcoholic drinks.

Are you on any prescription medication OP?
I have a chronic pain condition and have to manage my medication very carefully if I want a drink or I can just cook out or vomit .

Makes me lose my anxiety and I'm able to chat and be confident. I LOVE tipsy me.

I don't drink often at all because I think I'd lean on it! Instead I've had CBT for anxiety and I've learnt how to be more social when sober.

Sounds like an intolerance for you, OP?

• conk out. Drinking on medication doesn't make me barbeque

Even one shot glass of wine gives me an intense Hangover for a while week!

After the first few sips I get an ache in my thighs. Really really odd. Never met anyone else who experiences this. One drink makes me feel relaxed, two glasses very tipsy. I haven’t been drunk for years but I suffer awful hangovers if I overindulge. I don’t think I have the gene that helps process / breakdown alcohol.

I don't enjoy the sensation either OP. I feel queasy very quickly, before I even feel drunk. And I don't get euphoric. I mainly just feel light-headed and a bit panicky. I don't drink any more - it isn't pleasurable.

Drinking on medication doesn't make me barbeque

I love mumsnet tonight

Well I usually get drunk and tell everyone I love them.

Do you have Asian heritage? There's a certain enzyme which processes alcohol that some people don't produce.

Is it normal to feel almost instantaneously hazy/lethargic?

No it isn't. Do you buy the drink yourself? Is there any possibility its been spiked?

I used to love a good drink. It would make me feel a lot more fun and chatty (I’m usually quite anxious in social situations so would drink to make it easier to deal with).

Since I’ve had my baby and have a decreased tolerance it just makes me feel rubbish. I will only have one drink because I’m BF but it makes me chatty for about 5 minutes then tired for hours after. Not worth it!

If I have not had a drink in a while half a glass of wine will make me feel fuzzy. I have had a hot face but I don’t know what has done it iyswim

I used to have a high tolerance for alcohol but after a few very unpleasant ‘gone too far’ nights with vomit and severe migraine hangover and anxiety I do not binge drink anymore

I only drink what I like the taste of and nowadays it just makes me feel a bit sleepy so then I go to sleep!

The last time I went out out got a bad headache whilst I was out, drinking beer. Wasn’t even drunk but I can’t really drink much beer at all for this reason but I do like it

Depends what I drink

I reckon I might be allergic or have some sort of intolerance to wine (or something in it)

Had four glasses of wine over 3 or four hours on Saturday night, was fine then throwing up violently, then was puking all day Sunday with a thundering headache, dizziness, red face, hot and cold sweats and very painful stomach cramps, normal feeling hangover on Monday plus sore guts. Still felt crap yesterdayand even today still have a very tender abdomen with the most atrocious wind, and it's only today I've started to feel hungry again.

I çan drink five or six gin and tonics and have nothing more than a bit of a dry mouth and a very slight headache the next day. Nothing an alker seltzer and a strong coffee wouldn't fix.

While I'm drinking, I tend to go from chatty and animation, to totally fearless, to feeling like I'm walking through treacle and a bit melancholic. I try to stop before the melancholy as by that point I've definitely drank too much.

Most alcohol feels like poison in my system. Yes to all the symptoms you describe.

It is poison! Quite literally. Ethanol is metabolised into aldehydes which are pretty poisonous. That's why hangovers feel so awful.

There is nothing quite like a wine hangover though. They make you want to not exist anymore because existing is pain.

Chilled, happy tipsy, drunk, morbid, obsessive thoughts, guilty, sick, self hatred is the journey.

Two drinks gets me to tipsy, can't always stop at 2. 3 is drunk, 4 is verging on morbid.

If I get too drunk, I will throw up.

Billy
I am the opposite of you. I can drink wine very happily (not proud of this, but can drink a bottle on a work night and be fine in the morning).
On the other hand, spirits are a nightmare for me and Prosecco hangovers are another level, beer is ok if it's only 1 or 2.
Each to their own, I suppose.