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Posted 3/28/2009 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know if maybe this is just me, but has anyone noticed that alcohol affects them differently now? I don't really drink that much, and I'm a small girl so I've always gotten drunk off 2-4 drinks. But the past few times I've gone out I've gotten pretty drunk and a nasty hangover the next day after just 1 or 2 drinks. I try and drink water before I go to bed, but maybe I'm not drinking enough?

 

Posted 3/28/2009 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
well i didnt drink before i had surgery so i am not sure.
But i am a light weight too, lol 3 shots and i'm tipsy, 6 i'm drunk and 9 i'm crawling on teh floor, lol.
I did discover that if i mix like vodka and rum i get sicker andhtat dif things give me dif feelings.
But the most important thing i discovered is to stay awake until i sober up,then i dont get nearly as bad the next day.
Also, i found out if i take a zantac or somethign like that i dont feel as bad and take some gasx before bed.
Posted 3/28/2009 9:31 PM (GMT 0)
I never drank while on meds...but now that I'm not on any I have a few...I found that I dehydrate easily and must stay away from hard liquor and wine:(

For whatever reason, beer doesn't effect me the same way, so I stick to that.
Posted 3/29/2009 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
Spongebabe-

I know exactly what you mean! Before surgery, I used to drink socially and never got too bad a hangover (drank 3-5 drinks). I also get a bad hangover sometimes from only 2 drinks now that I have no colon.

I think the reason is: when you have a hangover, you feel bad (headache, nauseated) because you are dehydrated from the alcohol. Now that we don;t have colons (which normally help absorb water), we get dehydrated faster = hangovers more easily.

I have (when possible) been drinking a glass of water or gatorade between every alcoholic beverage to help prevent this. Like I will have a glass of wine, then some water, then more wine.


Maybe that would help you...? Hangovers are the worst!!

-E :)
Posted 3/29/2009 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
Yea, I figured the reabsorption of water thing would play a role, but I really do try to drink way more water. I just think it's weird that I get more drunk than normal off 2 drinks now. Good for my wallet though :)
Posted 3/30/2009 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Erin's right. Those of us without colons dehydrate easily and alcohol dehydrates us even more. My dad was a doctor, and his advice to avoid a hangover was to eat some food first, drink plenty of water, and take a high dose vitamin B complex. I don't drink much, but when I do have a drink or two, I follow his advice, and it works.
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