And i don't mean a hang over. It starts about a half hour after i start drinking and it feels like a combination of a migrane and a hang over and the pain is on one side of my head. It doesn't last very long, about 45 to 1h but this has happened the last 3 times i have taken a drink and i don't drink that often or that much for that matter. Anyone else experience this?
Getting headaches after drinking alcohol
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Incognito are you asian? Because many asians lack ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase) the enzyme that breaks down alcohol. It means you have a tough time processing alcohol so the effects of a few drinks are compounded for you.
papasmerf said:
thats a very good suggestion. i have experienced that in the past, usually only if i drink too much too fast though, not all the time. maybe you were downing it a bit quicker?
Yep, I experience something similar. I think it depends on what you drink also.
This seems to happen to me when I drink beer. If I drink vodka, I am fine. And drinking a couple of glasses of red wine also seem to have an effect on me. Slight headaches and drowsiness.
Try different alcohols. Maybe some will suit you better than others.
This seems to happen to me when I drink beer. If I drink vodka, I am fine. And drinking a couple of glasses of red wine also seem to have an effect on me. Slight headaches and drowsiness.
Try different alcohols. Maybe some will suit you better than others.
How about NOT drinking? LOL Ok so like you do something that causes you pain, and otherwise you are fine, yet you are looking for a reason why it causes you pain so you can keep doing it?
LOL
Reminds me of that guy who goes to the Doctor and says:
Doc, it hurts when I do this!
Doc says: Well DONT'T do that!
it's like when I shoot a pneumatic nail into my finger, it HURTS and even though I get a laugh out of the look on the nurse's faces when I ask em to pull it out, I just won't keep doing that!
LOL
Reminds me of that guy who goes to the Doctor and says:
Doc, it hurts when I do this!
Doc says: Well DONT'T do that!
it's like when I shoot a pneumatic nail into my finger, it HURTS and even though I get a laugh out of the look on the nurse's faces when I ask em to pull it out, I just won't keep doing that!
The post earlier about lacking an enzyme is dead-on, that may be the case with you.MrLuvr said:
However it may also be because Vodka is made with Ethyl Alcohol and beer and other liquors are made by fermenting sugars. Sugars are bad for the bod!
It sounds like your body cant handle the massive amount of sugars (carbs) at once and starts to act up.
Try switching to vodka or low-carb beers and see what happens.
Yes Frank, i'm asian but i've never had problems with alcohol before (asides from a hang over the next day from a night of partying). I've been drinking for years and although i've had migranes, I don't think alcohol is a trigger for migranes.
Yup, alcohol is a trigger for migraines....but if you had a migraine the last thing you'd want to do is drink, eat, breath......
So many say "they get migraines" but in reality, if they had a migraine? They wouldn't be able to walk let alone drive, dance, drink, eat....Honestly, if you get migraines you'd know what it is like, and feeling like you want to tear your eyes out from the agony is NOT an overstatement....
So many say "they get migraines" but in reality, if they had a migraine? They wouldn't be able to walk let alone drive, dance, drink, eat....Honestly, if you get migraines you'd know what it is like, and feeling like you want to tear your eyes out from the agony is NOT an overstatement....
incognito said:
as we get older our bodies do funny things,lol,maybe you were alergic to that particular alcohol,as one poster says,change and try something different,
were you or are you on any meds at all,prior to the drink?
I know what its like to have migranes, i've had migranes for years. I have almost found a remedy. I drink coffee when i feel the first impressions of an attack. This won't work on everybody but it works on some (lucky me). It doesn't totaly kill the pain but kinda numbs it out and it becomes tolerable.
goodtime
Travelaholic
I'm no doctor. But understand, coffee and alcohol can provoke hidden medical conditions to surface.
The best remedy for migraines after drinking is a nice Sativa
http://members.aol.com/johng101/migraine.htm
I can't take Tylenol( causes kidney problems) so I smoke a nice bong and pain is gone!
http://members.aol.com/johng101/migraine.htm
I can't take Tylenol( causes kidney problems) so I smoke a nice bong and pain is gone!
Esco Buddy,
All alcohol we drink is Ethyl alcohol (ehtanol). It is all made by fermenting sugars (in the case of beer those sugars present in the wort, and, if bottle conditioned, some addeed pior to bottling, and in the case of vodka, those natural sugars present in the grain or potatoes used to make it) The main differences is that vodka is distilled, thus is mostly watered down pure alcohol. Beer of course is not, and therefore also contains a lot of other stuff (like unfermented sugars as you suggest. )
All alcohol we drink is Ethyl alcohol (ehtanol). It is all made by fermenting sugars (in the case of beer those sugars present in the wort, and, if bottle conditioned, some addeed pior to bottling, and in the case of vodka, those natural sugars present in the grain or potatoes used to make it) The main differences is that vodka is distilled, thus is mostly watered down pure alcohol. Beer of course is not, and therefore also contains a lot of other stuff (like unfermented sugars as you suggest. )
For me some beers would trigger a migraine. I love Keith's but I can only drink one bottle or half-pint before I start feeling the headache setting in. Couple other brands do that to me as well. Red wine in general triggers migraines for me but white wine and blushes are okay. Must be the tanic acid in red wine.
Beer & Wine
Wines contain Histines which can cause headaches (especially red wines), Also some beers and wines can have trace amounts of higher molecular weight alcohols such propanol, butanol, etc... These can lead to headaches (and some serious hangovers if you drink a ton of these types of beers.) Some beers have them at higher levels and some beers don't. It all depends on the yeast used during fermentation as they are metabolic by products. A comment was made earlier in the post about someone not getting headaches when they drink vodka. Vodka is purified by distillation separating the ethanol from the rest of the fermentation and then it is carbon filtered to remove other volatiles making it a little less likely to have these other alcohols present in a high enough concentration to give you a headache.
Another possibility is you are allergic to alcohol and slowly becoming more sensitive to it over time so each time you drink the reaction gets a little worse.
Wines contain Histines which can cause headaches (especially red wines), Also some beers and wines can have trace amounts of higher molecular weight alcohols such propanol, butanol, etc... These can lead to headaches (and some serious hangovers if you drink a ton of these types of beers.) Some beers have them at higher levels and some beers don't. It all depends on the yeast used during fermentation as they are metabolic by products. A comment was made earlier in the post about someone not getting headaches when they drink vodka. Vodka is purified by distillation separating the ethanol from the rest of the fermentation and then it is carbon filtered to remove other volatiles making it a little less likely to have these other alcohols present in a high enough concentration to give you a headache.
Another possibility is you are allergic to alcohol and slowly becoming more sensitive to it over time so each time you drink the reaction gets a little worse.
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