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Originally Posted by Innerzone
On my chart, there is a box, and I write the actual number of drinks in it. It does help gauge the level of consequences better, but not perfectly.
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Yep, I have numbers too. Much better for statistical analysis.
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Originally Posted by Innerzone
Oh! And something else I forgot to mention... it effects me more in the earlier part of the day. Though it is my normal pattern that mornings are always the worst for me (regardless of pretty much anything), it's still something I've noticed because it is to a greater degree than other days in the same general time frame. I'm not good with blanket injunctions either.
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That's the part that's confusing me. Logically, the effects would be worst just after consumption and then would gradually improve. My mornings have improved dramatically with mood stabilizers, and I'm really not feeling it then. Probably it's just plain more complicated than that.
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Originally Posted by Innerzone
Guessing from previous posts that you are more likely to analyze data more rigorously -- I just take a quick look. Mine is not a perfect correlation (oh how easy it would be then!) and there are days it is not true of, so I know what you mean about the wiggling around.
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A perfect correlation would be mighty suspicious! Yes, I actually run statistical tests. Because I'm a complete and utter shameless geek.
Sleep explains about 20% of my mood variance (less sleep = better mood) and alcohol explains about 30% of my mood variance (more alcohol = worse mood the next day). Both are absurdly statistically significant. But I haven't actually done the stepwise regression to verify which covariates are essential.
