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Alcohol flush

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Se1401 · 27/10/2023 21:27

Hi! I’m 35 and starting with what I think is perimenopause… periods have changed and I get weird symptoms like metallic taste, burning mouth, dry mouth, nausea, headaches, anxiety through the roof.

im not a huge drinker but I’ve had a few in the last few weeks and been fine, tonight though I had 2 sips of Smirnoff ice (which I drank fine 2 weeks ago) and within 5 minutes I felt red hot and had a red blotchy rash on my chest which lasted about 15 minutes.. it’s gone now but I feel sick.

does anyone else get this? I had a gin on Wednesday and was fine but this has scared me. My anxiety is through the roof thinking I’ve got some terrible disease. I am on the tail end of my period which was 5 days later than the previous 5 months.. always used to be 28 days on the dot then it went to 25 days but this month was 30..

is this a peri symptom??

OP posts:
DustyLee123 · 27/10/2023 21:31

Yes ! It’s peri. I can’t drink anymore, but would take an antihistamine if I wanted to

BarrysTeaForMe · 28/10/2023 07:01

Yes. It's a histamine reaction triggered by alcohol, a sign of perimenopause. Also your menstrual cycle sounds like it's going out of sync, but I found it happened gradually until I was in my late forties and then it went haywire.

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