To give up drinking booze totally (perimenopause hangovers)

[Onedaylikethis21]

I don’t drink much anymore- maybe once a month at most and I have extended breaks of a few months too. But when I do it’s literally awful - lying in bed this morning after having a few glasses of Prosecco at a party and I have a terrible headache, nausea, anxiety etc. I didn’t have that much to drink.

I am 48 and in perimenopause and I think that is what has tipped me into deathly hangovers - I don’t even really enjoy drinking anymore either. Has anyone else stopped completely? I feel like I am at that point now-it’s taken me a while to get here.

Aibu to just knock it on the head? I have kept drinking as a social thing I think but now I am not even bothered about that!

@StormzyinaTCup wine seems to be the worst for me to be honest- I feel truly dreadful after a couple of glasses!

I stopped for exactly the same reason. The hangovers went on for days and made me sad and anxious. It was a very good move. Feels good to have made a solid decision about something that was destabilizing me.

It really is shit isn't it?

My issue is that my close friends are all professional drinkers. I don't want to have to get new friends

Are you sure they are just hangovers? Sounds a bit like a migraine, although I can't tell the severity from your post. Either way, sounds not worth it.

And what is it with the anxiety??! Since going through the menopause mine is horrendous and I’ve never experienced that before.

I totally cut it out a few years ago. One of the best things I have ever done. Dont miss it at all xx

Fuck. I’d never made the anxiety connection till now.

I’ve cut right back to a couple of drinks a week. From a couple every night, and am feeling loads better for it. But have spent weekends fretting about stupid stuff.

Suddenly makes sense.

@BillMasheen I had to take a day off the other week it was so bad. I drank on the Sunday and wasn't well until the Wednesday. It was truly horrible.

Wow @MeredithGreyishblue. That sounds so similar to me.

I tend to have a couple of drinks on a Friday evening. And that’s it. And I now am connecting feeling shite, anxious and downright irritable all day Saturday. It is only just starting to lift.

It's shit isn't it? Thanks to the peri-meno I've now had to completely give up caffeine too, because of it making me anxious. Can't even have a nice cup of tea to start the day! Decaf doesn't wake me up properly, so I spend the whole morning feeling sleepy. Just wtf?!