Hangover feeling but hadn't had alcohol

[mondaypolomint]

Anyone know what this is? I wake up May once a month or two months feeling like I'm hungover nauseous, groggy, a vheadache and aching neck and shoulders. It can last up to about 3 days - then goes and I'm fine. I can't work out what causes it and why I get it.

I react to certain flavourings and preservatives in food so I try not to eat too much processed food in my diet and I don't eat much white bread or sugar

Maybe not May typos!!

I get this too!

I had blood tests and they thought it could be

• low iron
• underactive thyroid
• dehydration

I take iron tablets which seem to help, but this month it happened just before my period and I was actually sick I thought i was pregnant!

Might be worth a blood test?

Strange because it’s the same for me just a few days at a time

Sounds like a form of migraine to me - especially if monthly as it could be hormonally triggered. Drink extra water, put a heat pad on your neck and shoulders, and maybe aspirin if you can tolerate it?

Dehydration?

Hi I'm glad it's not just me getting it - although I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

I'm past the menopause but I used to get this around ovulation and the only thing that eased it was eating carbs. It's the same when I get it now pasta and filling foods help for a short while. I drink lots of water- so it's not that.

It might be a kind of migraine as you say @Greenbutterlfy566

It plays havoc with any attempts at dieting too as I'll crave carbs when I get this nausea thing. I'd just started a diet last week when I woke up a day later with this sick feeling but I'd not stopped eating any food groups - I was just trying to eat less

It's a mystery

I've been getting this a lot during lockdown. Initially, I thought it was because I was actually drinking too much, a couple of glasses of wine had become the norm, although I wouldn't usually expect a hangover from that amount, but I stopped and it's still happening.

I'm now wondering if it's dehydration, it has been unusually warm for a long time now.

I get it too. The headaches are less intense since i stopped having cheap decaff tea and bought some naturally decaffeinated bags but i still wake most mornings feeling like it.
I have to have tea and toast to get rid of it.
Its worse if i have a drink.

Kidney problems? Ask for a kidney function test.

Oh god I had this exactly the same on Friday .. whilst on period

I get this at time of month or if I have a headache whether it goes into migraine or not
I don't drink
Sometimes I haven't drink enough water the previous day
I also found out I had a vitamin D deficiency

• if you're not out in the garden much during lockdown

Hormonal migraine? Just with mild symptoms...

I have this and I always realise afterwards that it is dehydration. It's an awful feeling!

I had this every morning whilst during the perimenopause, since then I still do occasionally. Dehydration certainly makes it worse.

Something to do with your period?

Sorry to disappoint but like I said upthread, I'm past the menopause

Possibly dehydration or caffeine withdrawal or it is something you are eating.

I would keep a detailed food diary.

Good idea to keep a eating diary RandomMess

Try magnesium (for better sleep and headaches) and potassium (most people don't get enough and you need it to properly hydrate).

could be carbonmonoxide poisoning,
can you get a co monitor?

is it better when you are not at home?

3littlemonkeyz that's a good point about the magnesium as I've always had an issue with not getting enough magnesium - I used to have to take it for PMS and I get restless legs which i ease with magnesium oil

I will try to up my magnesium and see how I get on

Bluefoxmug - no change from home or away