anybody given up booze and feel knackered?

[OldMagicTiger]

I stopped drinking just over a month ago, but I'm more tired! I have a hectic, tiring life so part of that is normal but it just seems so much worse since I quit. I want daytime naps, I want to be in bed by 8. Is this a thing?

Could peri-menopause be a factor?

Yes possibly. I'm early 40s, it just seemed like such a coincidence

I found that giving up booze (for a month!) didn't make me feel any better. I was expecting to have a permanently clear head and zing with energy.

But it just made me realise 1) how much shitter i felt after drinking and 2) how much a good couple of glasses or a lovely pub session every so often actually helps me destress, which helps me have the energy to deal with everyday life.

@OldMagicTiger

Yes possibly. I'm early 40s, it just seemed like such a coincidence

My bet is peri. It can make you absolutely shattered.

I gave up booze 3 years ago and yes I was knackered for at least 6 weeks. I was drinking too much out of habit so I drank after work most days.
I probably had all sorts of imbalances and it messes with your nervous system too.

Fatigue is a withdrawal symptom.

Will get tested for peri @Aquamarine1029

If it's a withdrawal symptom when will it pass? Is 6 weeks pretty average? @Northernsoullover @Wnikat

I did start feeling a lot better after 6 weeks. I was sleeping properly and eating properly too but it wasn't instant. I remember waking up and feeling so lethargic I automatically assumed I had been drinking.

Worth taking a good quality B-complex, with extra thiamine to get 100mg/day as heavy drinking depletes this.
cks.nice.org.uk/topics/alcohol-problem-drinking/prescribing-information/thiamine/

When I was peri I started Vogel Menopause Support supplements. I was so fatigued but once it was 60 days it started to really help.

I take a multivitamin and B8, I eat pretty healthily and take fish oils :-(

@OldMagicTiger

I take a multivitamin and B8, I eat pretty healthily and take fish oils :-(

But if your thiamine levels have been depleted by heavy drinking then that won’t be enough. The levels in multivitamin are very low.

Thanks @SparklingLime maybe I should try this. I wasn't a heavy drinker as such but I had drunk wine constantly for decades so maybe the accumulative effect is the same

Bought thiamin. All I want to do is lie in bed!