?? Allergy to alcohol

[Bossyboots13]

I don't drink in the week but on a Friday or Saturday evening we go out for a meal or meet friends in the pub for a few drinks. I drink wine or vodka usually. For the past few weeks I have woken in the night after a night out at around 4am feeling terrible with palpitations, headache and pain I my stomach. I usually get up and drink a couple of glasses of water and take some paracetamol and then it takes an hour or so for the palpitations to stop and I can go back to sleep. This has been happening for a couple of months now. Has anyone else had this and if so what is the cause? Any help would be great.

[HopeClearwater]

How much do you have to drink?

There is a condition which renders some people unable to tolerate alcohol at all, but it's rare and only appears in a very specific group - think these people are from somewhere in the Indian subcontinent but you'd need to check.

It may well be your body's way of telling you to cut back...

[HopeClearwater]

Those symptoms actually just sound like a hangover!

[drinkyourmilk]

I would cut back and make sure I drank plenty before bed.
As I've gotten older I've found I just can't handle much at all. 2 glasses (175ml) of wine and I'm anyone's! Plus my tummy feels delicate the next day. It's rubbish as I love wine, but it's not something I can change. Alcohol is a poison after all!

[Bossyboots13]

Thanks for your replies

For instance on Friday night I had 3 white wine spritzers and in between I had 2 glasses of water and another glass of water before I went to bed. I woke at 3.45 with palpitations, headache and feeling sick. I am 50 this year and drink much less than I did when younger. It's the palpitations that I particularly don't like. I didn't used to get that with an ordinary hangover.