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bajablasteroid t1_ixpprgz wrote

Reply to comment by kalnatra in ELI5, when someone is intoxicated, how does adrenaline bring back motor skills and awareness? Or does it not? by LindenSpruce

There’s new buzz in the psych field that alcohol has a paradoxical effect on some people with specific genes whereby alcohol doesn’t have a sedative effect and, instead, has a stimulating effect.

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VenomBasilisk t1_ixt4qpa wrote

Do the people for whom this applies also suffer the paradoxical effect of being made sleepy by coffee?

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bajablasteroid t1_ixtay63 wrote

I honestly have no idea. I’m assuming there’s a link there, too. There’s 7 billion different human makeups last I checked so there’s going to be some variety. Coffee definitely makes me sleepy sometimes, too. I’m also one of the unfortunate folks who have a stimulating effect from most alcohol.

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MSMmethenger t1_ixti04h wrote

Probably not, they work on unrelated areas/receptors.

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