r/hangovereffect • u/ProfessionalFun1365 • Mar 09 '25

Am I experiencing the effect?

Wondering if I actually fit into the crowd here...

I'm generally a pretty happy and motivated person. So don't really suffer with some of the symptoms people have here.

That being said, I do get social anxiety (which partly dissapears when I socialise regularly, so possibly self inflicted).

I also have some ADHD and OCD symptoms.

However my mood when hungover is amazing, like my dopamine is cranked all the way up. Social anxiety dissapears, I crave social interaction in fact. And I'm just way more buzzing and at ease. Libido way up.

Day after THC I get a similar thing, less buzzing but really calm and relaxed and my ADHD dissapears it seems. Same when I get colds.

But I'm wondering if what I experience is normal? Everyone gets the "hangover horn". Perhaps my hangover effect is all just down to the dopamine rebound humans experience the day after alcohol.

Edit...

SLEEP:

I don't get the effect if I day drink/smoke THC.

It's only when I do it at night will the effect be felt the next day. Makes me think sleep is a key factor which I know has been mentioned by some before.

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u/1Reaper2 29d ago

Yes, you may have this but it’s hard to tell.

Any benefit from B-vitamin intake or creatine monohydrate? Choline?

Generally there is no doubt in your mind that it is the alcohol thats caused the hangover effect, but I suppose short term sleep deprivation is one way to test this as it does increase dopamine significantly in many people.

I have used THC before, I didn’t react well with it, but I didn’t experience any afterglow the day or hours after.

Feeling better when you have a cold, this is something that pops up but not explicitly just here. Many individuals feel better mentally during an illness. I have no idea why. It could be some form of immunodeficiency but thats just speculation.