Recovering from alcohol

[rachela500]

I'm suffering badly today! Last night I was drinking white wine, then vodka, with a couple of dooleys in the middle. I still feel unwell and keep getting palpitations. I don't normally suffer like this. Is it because I had a mixture of drinks, or I am just too old for all this now?! (I'm 30).

[4getmenot]

Have the biggest cup of tea with loads of sugar.

[patc7641]

Hangovers do get worse as you get older. I used to start the weekend on a thursday and finish it on a Sunday night without to many probs. As I got older though, hangovers got more severe and lasted longer. Made a decision to stop drinking (though still have the occasional wine with a meal) last summer as I fed up losing days of my life to hangovers. Best thing I ever did. I am, of course, a lot more boring now, but do feel better for it.

[Drusilla1S]

I've always been jealous of other peoples ability to drink alcohol. I stopped drinking because I suffered after two glasses of wine.

The attached website is really interesting. There are a few pages to read through, but it's both fun and informative, though I doubt you'll appreciate the humour until tomorrow.

Hope you feel better soon.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/hangover2.htm

[rachela500]

I'll try and read it later. Must try and eat something, haven't been able to face food since my last meal at 6pm last night.

[kipchik]

It aint your age gal you're only 30,I don't think mixing your drinks could have helped ya much!

[Se7en]

Rachela you are not as young as you used to be. I feel the same sometimes. i used to go on all daty pees ups and was fine the next day but now im 30 or so I cant anymore.

[kipchik]

Personally i've never really been into the whole"drink yourself stupid" thing i always thought that if i didn't want my money,i'd just throw it down the loo and flush instead of spending it first,and then,flushing it down the loo!

[sammd]

I've definitely noticed that mixing drinks, especially wine and spirits gives a worse hangover. I've heard something in scrambled eggs helps hangovers...

[sammd]

That website certainly puts you off drinking!

[Gef]

I'm 53 and never get a hangover on the odd occasion I over indulge. The key is to make sure that you are not dehydrated. I always take a pint of diluted orange to bed with me.

[Jules001]

I was always told as rule never to mix grape and grain drinks so if you're on the wine, don't do voddie etc. generally works for me unless I have particularly cheap plonk then a sniff of the cork gets me under the table :)

[Englishbird]

I'm 30 too, and certainly suffer more than I used to, my whole body hurts now when I've over indulged! I've cut white wine out completely as it makes me feel horrible. I suffer more if I've been drinking red wine, but find if I stick to larger on a night outI don't feel nearly as bad. Weirdly though if I drink red wine at home I don't get a hangover.

If you smoke, or have been in a very smokey atmosphere, this can also make a hangover worse.

patc7641, I liked that comment ;o)

[jno]

here are some remedies. Ginger's good.

[Roughquest]

I went out on a drinking binge one night, the next day though I paid for it, I felt so ill, I just could not go into work, thought I had food poisoning, then as the day progressed I got worse ! I thought I was dying, my head was bad, I was sick and my neck ached and I could not stand bright light so I ended up phoning NHS direct lol ! A nurse phoned me back and told me to get out of bed, walk around, and sip at a pint of ice cubes as they were melting, and no lie within 20 mins of getting up and sipping this ice I felt 100% and I went out that night ! The nurse said the colder a liquid is, the quicker it gets into your system to rehydrate you, I use this everytime now and it never fails.

RQ xx

[Bunches]

After a particularly good night which resulted in far too much Vodka and far too much cola, this lead to vomiting the following day every twenty minutes. I could not take anything down, even sips of water. A friend called the NHS helpline and we were advised to drink sugared water or flat lemonade very very slowly. Reason being as I am sure we all know is because the headache and lack of energy is down to dehydration. Good to remember that alcohol is a toxin, once you achieve the desired level of drunkeness switch to a soft drink or better still water.

[gammaray]

Alcohol can give rise to SVT or Super Ventricular Tachicardia, particularly if you are predisposed to the condition. It's what you describe as palpitations. Typically your heart rate either increases to upwards of 120bpm or you have a sensation of regularly missing a beat. It's not serious or fatal but, as I say, it can be exacerbated by alcohol.

[Paul22118]

I have read all of the answers several times over and feel that there is little help really because the problem is not how to deal with a hangover.

I re-read your question and I feel that you are virtually asking our opinions as to whether or not you are touching on - heading for - or arrived at the big taboo, alcoholism.

Your first reaction of course will be absolutely not. Not me I can hold my own in any bar. I drink like a fish, it could be my age - it could be. It must have been something I ate - it could be. I might have an unrelated medical condition - you might have OR I could be sliding down that slippery slope that no one ever admits to in the beginning - a drink problem AND you might have.

As I see it you might be throwing too much alcohol down your throat. Get a professional opinion and listen. With luck you can nip it in the bud and become a sensible and social drinker, they have just as much fun but don't wet the bed or throw up in the wardrobe - yes that is what it is like.

Do let us know how you get on - i for one hope I am wrong, but I don't think so.

[rachela500]

Well, thanks Paul! Your diagnosis of alcoholism has helped although I have only been out drinking 4 times this year so don' t think I need to worry about that really.

And kipchik, I was not "drinking myself stupid" as you put it. I have added it up and I only had 8 drinks. I did not even get to the 'spinning' head stage so don't consider that I was falling down drunk at all.

Anyway, I fell much better today and even made it to work. Was nice to have some responses from everyone though on my not very nice Sunday. x