Another thing that is relevant to my opinions on this topic: I don’t get drunk.
My watch confirms that my heart rate and breathing are affected, but apart from the burn going down (and a headache if I drink more than a few shots), I feel no other effects. So unlike most people I don’t have the same source of positive associations with the taste.
That being said, from a strictly flavor perspective, Jin isn’t horrible. Juniper is one of the few flavors that doesn’t clash with ethanol as much as others. Grapefruit also fits with the taste of alcohol pretty well, but apart from those… I think I’d rather a capri sun than a cocktail lol
I wonder if you and I are similar. I wouldn’t say I don’t get drunk; if I drink enough I get all of the non-fun things like being unsteady on my feet, and I wouldn’t be safe to drive. On the other hand, I don’t get any of the fun things people talk about like being more relaxed, getting uninhibited, whatever a “buzz” is, etc.
If I drink a lot I’ll also get slightly dizzy and like feel like my vision is slightly delayed, but I’m still able to keep my balance and focus. I’ll also sometimes get sick to my stomach, but food helps with that.
But yeah I don’t get any positive effects either. No buzz, no happiness, no reduced inhibitions.
Also turns out you and I aren’t the only people like this. Everytime I bring it up on lemmy some other person seems to comment that they feel the same.
Do other drugs like weed or stimulants not work too? and are you ADHD?
I never really did much in the way of drugs. When I was a kid I was given morphine in the hospital, and that made me hallucinate like crazy. When dentists used to use Novocaine, they always had to give me twice as much as they normally would. I only tried pot once, (well, twice, a day or two apart) about a dozen years ago, and I didn’t notice any effect.
To my knowledge I’m not ADHD, though I’m not sure how I’d know if I was.
Ditto to the dentists and the weed. And I’ve not done any opiates that I can remember but my cousin, who is similar to me, said morphine did nothing for his broken leg but make him feel sick to his stomach so he just wouldn’t take it.
I am ADHD. Methylphenidate (Ritalin) helped my focus but made me like physically anxious and sick to my stomach, amphetamine (adderall) typically feels like nothing though it helps with executive dysfunction and sometimes I feel cold or sleepy.
The reason I asked is because some of the others who shared my sentiment about alcohol mentioned the same thing about weed and painkillers and had ADHD. Some of them also mentioned having red hair, but I don’t really fit that category.
Not feeling the “high” of drugs does sound like it would be related to adhd since it would imply abnormalities in reward pathways in the brain, and from what I can tell, the weed and painkiller issues seem more like dysfunctional opioid receptors. Then again I’m not a doctor lol
That’s all pretty interesting. I seem to have very little in the way of susceptibility to addiction, though sugar in general (and chocolate specifically) would be a big exception.
I’m not super knowledgeable about ADHD, and because one thing I do know is that it happens on a spectrum, I suppose it’s possible.
Ha chocolate is the only thing I’d say I’m addicted to too lol. I have to force myself to take a supposedly addictive drug every morning, but the only thing I’d rather not go a day without is chocolate lol
And yeah it’s a pretty broad spectrum. I’m a super quiet, reserved person in public, not really the type of person most think of when someone says ADHD.
I didn’t get diagnosed until a year or two ago when I noticed that after drinking an energy drink I got all the tasks done I’d been putting off for months and was able to take a nap during the day lol
Huh, you may be surprised to hear, but I actually LIKE the taste of ethanol in many drinks.
Ethanol is also grest for extracting flavours from various fruits and herbs.
Another thing that is relevant to my opinions on this topic: I don’t get drunk.
My watch confirms that my heart rate and breathing are affected, but apart from the burn going down (and a headache if I drink more than a few shots), I feel no other effects. So unlike most people I don’t have the same source of positive associations with the taste.
That being said, from a strictly flavor perspective, Jin isn’t horrible. Juniper is one of the few flavors that doesn’t clash with ethanol as much as others. Grapefruit also fits with the taste of alcohol pretty well, but apart from those… I think I’d rather a capri sun than a cocktail lol
I wonder if you and I are similar. I wouldn’t say I don’t get drunk; if I drink enough I get all of the non-fun things like being unsteady on my feet, and I wouldn’t be safe to drive. On the other hand, I don’t get any of the fun things people talk about like being more relaxed, getting uninhibited, whatever a “buzz” is, etc.
If I drink a lot I’ll also get slightly dizzy and like feel like my vision is slightly delayed, but I’m still able to keep my balance and focus. I’ll also sometimes get sick to my stomach, but food helps with that.
But yeah I don’t get any positive effects either. No buzz, no happiness, no reduced inhibitions.
Also turns out you and I aren’t the only people like this. Everytime I bring it up on lemmy some other person seems to comment that they feel the same.
Do other drugs like weed or stimulants not work too? and are you ADHD?
I never really did much in the way of drugs. When I was a kid I was given morphine in the hospital, and that made me hallucinate like crazy. When dentists used to use Novocaine, they always had to give me twice as much as they normally would. I only tried pot once, (well, twice, a day or two apart) about a dozen years ago, and I didn’t notice any effect.
To my knowledge I’m not ADHD, though I’m not sure how I’d know if I was.
How about you?
Ditto to the dentists and the weed. And I’ve not done any opiates that I can remember but my cousin, who is similar to me, said morphine did nothing for his broken leg but make him feel sick to his stomach so he just wouldn’t take it.
I am ADHD. Methylphenidate (Ritalin) helped my focus but made me like physically anxious and sick to my stomach, amphetamine (adderall) typically feels like nothing though it helps with executive dysfunction and sometimes I feel cold or sleepy.
The reason I asked is because some of the others who shared my sentiment about alcohol mentioned the same thing about weed and painkillers and had ADHD. Some of them also mentioned having red hair, but I don’t really fit that category.
Not feeling the “high” of drugs does sound like it would be related to adhd since it would imply abnormalities in reward pathways in the brain, and from what I can tell, the weed and painkiller issues seem more like dysfunctional opioid receptors. Then again I’m not a doctor lol
That’s all pretty interesting. I seem to have very little in the way of susceptibility to addiction, though sugar in general (and chocolate specifically) would be a big exception.
I’m not super knowledgeable about ADHD, and because one thing I do know is that it happens on a spectrum, I suppose it’s possible.
Not redheaded.
Ha chocolate is the only thing I’d say I’m addicted to too lol. I have to force myself to take a supposedly addictive drug every morning, but the only thing I’d rather not go a day without is chocolate lol
And yeah it’s a pretty broad spectrum. I’m a super quiet, reserved person in public, not really the type of person most think of when someone says ADHD.
I didn’t get diagnosed until a year or two ago when I noticed that after drinking an energy drink I got all the tasks done I’d been putting off for months and was able to take a nap during the day lol
I was eating truly obscene amounts of chocolate for a while there. I still eat more than most people, but not so extreme.
When you got diagnosed, was it an “ah hah” moment?