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(Message started by: Lori on Oct 6^th, 2002, 9:53pm)

Title: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Lori on Oct 6^th, 2002, 9:53pm

I don't know if this has been addressed..sure it has at some point..but I was curious if it has been looked at. I read an article in the Readers Digest a couple issues back I believe..it was about teen drinking and how it has been found that teens who drink, do damage to the hypothalamus. I am just curious to know how many of us that now suffer from clusters, drank as teens. I know I did. I know this may be another grab into the dark at something, but it was on my mind.

PFNAD to you

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Drk^Angel on Oct 6^th, 2002, 10:36pm

I drank as a teen... But wait... My clusters started before I was a teen... C'est la vie...

PFDAN........................ Drk^Angel

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by forgetfulnot on Oct 6^th, 2002, 11:48pm

If you know someone that never drank as a teen let me know, there should be a hall of fame somewhere :)

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Night_Owl on Oct 7^th, 2002, 12:15am

I have em now and haven't drank.

Night_Owl

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by forgetfulnot on Oct 7^th, 2002, 12:31am

OK OWL, should it be in LA, Pittsburg or Tulsa I'm not sure, let us know ::)

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Ted on Oct 7^th, 2002, 12:46am

I drank as a teen. Why did you put "teen" as a past tense timeframe for you?

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by forgetfulnot on Oct 7^th, 2002, 1:12am

Sorry to be so inconsiderate, hope you get some sleep tonight,

Lee

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Charlie on Oct 7^th, 2002, 5:36am

Dad let me have a small juice glass of beer or a smaller glass of Mogen David or some such sickening wine at the holidays, even as a small boy. It worked. Alcohol was never all that interesting to me as a teenager. Mostly, I began my regular beer drinking after I got CH at 23. I don't think that qualifies as teen drinking. Drinking wasn't a trigger for me but I rarely drink now.

Burp.......Charlie

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by SFChris on Oct 7^th, 2002, 9:58am

I only drank twice before the age of 21....I wasn't an angel, but I just didn't drink...

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Bob P on Oct 7^th, 2002, 10:38am

Here's a little something on alcohol and the brain. It doesn't speak of any damage though. I'd like to read the Digest article.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/alcohol4.htm

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Lori on Oct 7^th, 2002, 7:01pm

Ok Bob...I will track down the article and I can mail it to you. Should i send it to the same address I sent OUCH membership?

Thanks to all that answered.

Ted...past tense? I guess because I'm not a teen anymore. :)

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Ted on Oct 7^th, 2002, 10:08pm

That'll explain it Lori. Damn I hate when I read things wrong and post to show that. :-)

Title: I Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Ree on Oct 8^th, 2002, 9:32am

I drank as a teen and dont have CH.... must have a sturdy hypothalumus.... finding a teen that doesnt drink is a rarety... today thats like finding a virgin after 3rd grade ... sorry to be synacal (sp???) help me out with that spelling Ted... love reebeenanababe...

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by oringkid on Oct 8^th, 2002, 2:26pm

My CH started before I got to teenhood and drinking.

Sherry

Title: oh well
Post by den on Oct 8^th, 2002, 9:14pm

...gotta turn over every rock. Go fish.

I keep/kept a journal for years. I got so burnt out over searchin for a clue cause nothin seemed to indicate a "cause" or "trigger" for me. I concentrated on managing the inevitable.

I remember a time here when some said "we have talked about every aspect of Clusters...there is nothin new to say"

Not a damn thing wrong with askin....silly questions....or singin silly lovesongs.

It's a new day and it's yer quarter.

I drank enough to sink ....uh....uh....well....any good man...and my Clusters didn't start till later in life. I know a lot of serious drunks...I'm the only one so far that I've met with Clusters.

Walk in the sunshine
den

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by Sweet_Landings on Oct 9^th, 2002, 6:15am

I never drank as a teen. It is true, I didn't have my first drink until I was 21. Again, I prove that I truly am a freak of nature. :)

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by kim on Oct 9^th, 2002, 8:20am

Introduced to drinking as a teen. Felt right at home with a tall glass a beer (still do - LOL TED) ......... :-[

What does this mean? How does it connect with clusters and the hypothalmus? Gotta a gut feelin and so far stuff I been readin fits like a glove.

Den - not any more.....

Title: Re: Teen drinking&hypothalamus defect link?
Post by BobG on Oct 9^th, 2002, 8:38am

I was a little boy as a kid. I did little boy things. Like eating dirt. Chewing on blades of grass. Eating figs straight from the tree. Tasted a few bugs.
As a teenager I ate too much french fries and drank too many Cokes. I also tried a keg or two of beer.
Which one of these caused my hypothalamus to be deformed? Probably none.
IMHO, clusterheads were born with a deformed hypothalamus. Blame it on your genes. Or your parents. Or the weird great-great grandfather that caught it in the old world and brought to your neighborhood.
We have a defect, a fault, a deficiency that we inherited. We just have to learn to live with it.