When one goes through the menopause is this normal. Wine?

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I've had less than dh but I'm noticeably drunk and he's not . I've had two glasses of 🍷 and he's had same plus a 🍺

For me yes. Drinking a small amount can make me feel aggressive if my mood is poor.i had 4 drinks over 5 hours yesterday and stopped by 7 and I had worse hot flushes and suffered mild panic attacks into the night. For me it’s just not worth it

My tolerance definitely took a big downward dip and I can feel ropey, if not exactly hungover, the next day after two small glasses of wine if I haven’t had a proper meal with them.

Yes sorry tolerance falls

During my last hurrah before I quit drinking I ended up feeling hammered on less drink than usual. I figured it was either my age or my liver wasn't functioning as it should. Whatever it was I decided that my old friends Mr Jack Daniels and Jacob of the creek had to part.

I haven't noticed this myself but several of my friends have said their tolerance is lower.

I've always been a lightweight and don't drink often at all. A few nights ago I had one glass of Lambrusco and was fine but woke up with a cotton wool head. Last night I had two glasses of Chardonnay and have now woke up fine. I rarely drink two glasses of anything. I wasn't argumentative. I never am a bad drunk. I get silly and giggly when tipsy. I probably won't drink for over a month now. Not that fussed. Would rather have cheese.

This is so interesting- i can literally feel it after a few sips these days. I couldn't work out why things had changed.

Yes. I went from light drinker to not being able to touch a drop even with a meal.
Lucky I don't have a social life really .

My tolerance has plummeted.
2 glasses max
Can no longer drink champagne, Prosecco or anything fizzy or cheap white wine.

Struggle with wine, Prosecco, but can manage gin

ah fizz, that cripples me, stomach and head. White wine a little, red wine a no no. Gin can have a bit of that still.

How's everyone doing?

I'm currently over a week late and have felt tearful for a couple of days and very tired. I feel like some of it is because of the therapy I'm having but I'm also feeling very low.

I think I might have an hour sitting with the dog as she's the best.

Hope everyone else is okay.

I have hear about this with the wine and noticed it myself I wonder what causes it? Our bodies are interesting. I am limiting myself to a small glass of red with a meal, sometimes at weekends and even that can make me feel a bit drunk...Oh no just realised older ladies in the family often do this thing of taking few sips of wine at a family occasion and saying "I'm so tipsy now" - now I understand!

Yep I certainly can't drink the way I used to, have even recorked the bottle sometimes.

A g&t now floors me, a pint of bitter lasts me ages and I suffer for 2 days afterwards. Pass the diet coke! 😩

It may be due to additives.

I can drink a couple of glasses of some wines and be fine next day, but there are some (usually cheap, Echo Falls is a particularly nasty one) that have me retching all night, head down the loo, unable to function for half the next day on one small glass.

I think I've just got more sensitive to additives. Or cheap wine!

That's a point Zaphod (no more Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters for you then I take it? ). My 81-year-old DM says life is too short for cheap wine (especially Echo Falls, yuk) and as I get older I see her point!

I didn't expect this thread to become more about alcohol!

Oh flipping heck. I've just seen my title and OP . I'm blaming the menopause. I thought I'd started a thread about emotional and physical symptoms of the menopause .