Is it because you can drink more?
Is it all in the mind?
2006-11-11 04:00:29 · 23 answers · asked by Snowth 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Older people are hit harder by hangover while teenagers have a greater resistance to alcohol, says a new study.
US psychologist Elena Varlinskaya and other researchers studied the effects of alcohol on rats with the equivalent age to human teenagers and adults.
The rats - chosen because their brain development mimics that of humans - were dosed with alcohol and their movements monitored, reported the online edition of Daily Mail.
The dose given was equivalent, weight for weight, to a man or woman drinking three or four alcoholic drinks in quick succession.
Five minutes after being injected with alcohol, both age groups were more inhibited.
They were less playful, less active and groomed themselves and their fellow creatures less. Thirty minutes later, there was a noticeable difference between the groups.
While the adult rats were still sluggish, the younger animals were almost as frisky as rats that had not been given any alcohol at all, according to the report in the journal "Alcoholism: Clinical And Experimental Research".
Unpleasant physical symptoms associated with alcohol intoxication and hangover, which make adults stop drinking, are not experienced to the same degree by adolescents, Varlinskaya said.
It is something that many of us have long suspected - hangovers really do get worse as you get older.
The researchers have shown that teenagers have a greater resistance to alcohol.
Not only are they less clumsy and sleepy on the night itself, they do not suffer as much the next day.
It is not all good news, however, as youngsters may be lulled into a false sense of security, leading them to do untold damage to their health, Varlinskaya said.
This ability of adolescents to rapidly counteract some unpleasant alcohol effects may allow them to have more drinks per occasion.
"This pattern of binge drinking, being unsafe in general, might be extremely dangerous for adolescents, given that their brain is especially vulnerable to alcohol damage."
2006-11-11 04:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by decoyaryan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hangovers are a way of saying "**** i shouldn't have drank that much last night but that was one hell of a good time." As you get older u learn to realize that drinking to the point of getting drunk isn't that much fun but just a light buzz is the best. Plus you don't get the hangover! Drinking before the age of 21 is actually bad for your brain and will kill your brain cells and stop them new ones from progressing. I suggest just stoppin for a while or atleast slowin down
2016-05-22 05:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm only talking about going from 17 to 23, but I've still never had a hangover yet, no matter how much I drink. Sometimes I feel like I'm missing out...
2006-11-11 04:13:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, people older than me cannot handle the hangover as good as I can- but maybe its how healthy you are generally. I guess all the accumulation of alcohol over the years does damage your liver slowly over time, hence why it seems that older people cannot handle hangovers very well
2006-11-11 04:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by Trey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no!! they are the same. it is not in your mind,it is alchole posioning in a mild way!! we dont drink more or less! we drink into a stupor,then sleep takes over,if the sickness dont hit first. it depends on your health,some hurt worse than others. hangovers knows no age limit !!!!!!1
2006-11-11 04:20:10 · answer #5 · answered by gladass 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They definitely get worse.I am a recovering alcoholic and needless to say,have experienced ALOT of hangovers.
I am pretty sure that it has to do with your bodies ability to metabolize the alcohol,that ability diminishes as you get older.
2006-11-11 04:07:43 · answer #6 · answered by honesttothepointofrecklessness 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! In my younger days, I could get up and go to work after a night of heavy drinking without much of a problem. Now, forget it!
2006-11-11 04:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Feathery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who the hell said that you can drink more when u get older??? it does not work that way unless you developed an addiction. So since u drink less as you get older, and I'm not talking getting older as in your 20's, u sound like u might be young. I mean old, as granny older.
2006-11-11 04:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by latina44572002 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
most people when they get older tend to drink less (ok not all!) and the less used to alcohol you are the more likley you are to get a hangover...just my theory.
2006-11-11 04:04:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No no no - I disagree nirkelly. The need to get wasted never goes, but the ability to cope with the after effects really does!
2006-11-11 04:09:28 · answer #10 · answered by charlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋