am i allergic to alcohol?

IM PRETTY SURE IM ALLERGIC TO ALCOHOL. ALL MY FRIENDS ARE PRETTY HEAVY DRINKERS AND WE ALL GO OUT ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND AND AFTER 1 OR 2 DRINKS I FEEL SO SICK TO MY STOMACH. IT HAS TO COME TO THE POINT WHERE I AM JUST THE DRIVER ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THE WAY I FEEL AFTER THOSE DRINKS IS JUST NOT WORTH IT. I AM NOW A NON DRINKER.

ITS ALMOST CONFORTING TO KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THOUGH. MY FRIENDS THINK I OVER REACT ABOUT HOW I FEEL WHEN I DRINK BUT I KNOW THEY WILL JUST NEVER UNDERSTAND.

IT PRETTY MUCH HITS ME RIGHT AWAY TOO. I END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP AND EVEN AFTER VOMITING, ILL LAY IN BED AND JUST FEEL SO MISERABLE.

I found this site while googling. On Sat night i had 2 tins of gaymers. Woke at stupid o'clock with stomach cramps and went to the bathroom. Within a minute started feeling very ill, cold rush, shaking and about to pass out. Made it back to bed where i think i did pass out. Don't think i could've fell asleep straight away. This happened a year ago with wine so i changed drink. I'd only had one glass of wine with my xmas dinner and had the same symptoms that evening only i did pass out and fall down the stairs. I notice everyone says they're physically sick, I'm not, is this still an intollerance?
Any answers would be good as going to the docs seems a tad pathetic.

I have the same thing happen to me. I think mine is a result of severe acid reflux disease. I can drink 1 beer and at 3 AM I am throwing up and have stabbing pains in my stomach.

atleast were all in this together. it sucks!! I was fine up until i was 22 and then I couldnt hold my liqour especially beer. Its definetaly an allergy, but I havnt pegged exactly to what. Alcohol is a toxin to begin with and probably isnt helping to aid in the allergy but I dont think its the actual alcohol that is causing these symptoms. I can drink tequila or sometimes vodka and not wake up completely throwing my brains up but it all depends upon what I ate earlier in the day, and if I drank enough water throughout the day.  Still trying to figure out a way to stop this though!

I have stomach pains alllllll the time. whenever you get a pain, massage your stomach or stick your bum in the air. make yourself fart. your stomach can be hurting because your body produces too much gas. i also get stomach pains because my body produces too much stomach acid. i have to take prilosec everyday and it helps a lot, it does make me really gassy though.

The same thing happens to me very often. My friends will drink waay more than me and be fine, and I will have my head in the toilet at 4am after only 2 beers. Last year I was diagnosed with GERDs (gastro esophogal reflux disease). I can literally feel the alcohol burning all the way up my throat after I go to bed after a night of drinking. I very rarely drink anymore. You should all go talk to your doctors though, because there are medications that can help if this is what you have as well.

I'm no expert, but this kind of thing sounds more like an intolerance' rather than an allergy. The difference being that in an allergy, your immune system reacts as though it is being attacked, and you get symptoms like hay fever or skin reactions like hives in the case of food allergies. An intolerance means that your body cannot process something well. When some people say they are allergic to wheat, because it gives them stomach pains, what they mean is that they have an intolerance, similar to lactose intolerance. I haven't read all of the posts here, so I don't know if someone has brought this up yet... I think that some people are just more sensitive to alcohol than others. I know I'm one of them, but what most people here have so far described sounds like an intolerance. However, some people may have allergies to something in the alcoholic beverage, such as wheat in beer, or sulfites in wine, or any number of other chemicals used as preservatives in alcoholic beverages.

i suffer from same thing im from ireland no lies i used to talk to the white telephone all the time after drink  worst irish man cant drink to save my life body rejects drink cant do anyrthing about it have quit drinking its best thing i did tryed every kind of drink body cant tolerate it fucket im happyer with out drink consentrate on weman more u see things that pissed guy dont and im mad into adventure sports some of my mates are just into going on the piss i can go out all night same as them without drinking go fucken crazy on dance floor same as someone pissed non alcaholic beer is in most bars too so dont stress all the best wat ever u decide

I am 42 years old and for exactly one year, I have been having this very strange reaction.  I wake up with ballooned up lips, and it's followed by a nasty rash on my cheeks close to my mouth.  The swelling goes down in a few hours, but the rash will take up to a week to heal.

It only happens in my sleep. (overnight)

I've changed pillows, sheets, comforters.....I've even changed the room I sleep in for a few months.....still happened.

I am a person of habit:  same soap, detergent, perfume, makeup brand...all the same.  Even what I drink is pretty consistent.  Normally, Miller Lite with some Cuervo shots, or a vodka night - Vodka and club, or on the rare occasion, red wine.

 

I pretty much drank most nights of the week, like for happy hour, not in excess.  I'd come home, and go to bed.

 

I've been to an allergist.  She put me on Allegra and Zantac in the morning, and Zyrtec and Zantac at night.  I took it for 6 months.....still happened.

 

I went to a rheumatologist (swelling and pain specialist).  Had all crazy blood tests to rule out any auto immune deficiencies...while I was waiting for the blood results (1 week) I was given and antihistimine and Ativan to take at night (incase this was stress related).  During that week, I did not consume alcohol of any form.  My face cleared up.  I thought I was cured!!  Then I wanted to go out.  So I ask the doctors nurse if it's ok (after all my blood work came back normal and fine) and she said I could, but don't take the Ativan if you do.  So, whenever I was going out, I didn't take the Ativan.  It's still happening!!

 

This past Friday night, I went out and met my friend.  I had 4 Miller Lite drafts and then just before I went home, one shot.

Saturday morning was the worst flare up of all time!!!!  I went to the ER so they could give me a needle for the swelling.  I couldn't get it to go down on my own.

 

As of yesterday, I'm swearing off all alcohol.  No beer, no wine, no shots, no vodka, no nothing!!!!!!  If after one month of being cold sober, this all goes away, then I know I've found my problem!!  Funny how all these doctors can't figure this out.  I'm uninsured, so I'm paying a fortune for all the doctors to give me no answers......very frustrating.

 

I used to be a heavy drinker also and after some research I know i have an abnormal reaction to alcohol (allergy) and I cant consume it in any shape or form. .. I believe this is a manifistation that has taken place over my last years of my drinking and it only get's worse; however, this is my experiance...

i also do the exact thing but only after my 4th child before i was fine but now i cant have 2 drinks with out being in pain and vomiting barley being able to sleep it sucks i thought stomach lining decease

I actually have began to question if there is such a phobia or allergy as I cant take the smell of alcohol wipes lately even the smell of the gel's in hospital and doctors makes me throw up. the G.P has never heard of such a thing but when I use injections weekly I have to avoid the wipes.

I'm a year late lol but I think you should Google histamine allergy

It really could be an histamine intolerance. I got it as well and I found a dietary supplement called Daosin. It makes it possible to hold my histamine level in my body and I can avoid easily an allergic reaction. I take one pill right before I eat and that's eat.

But I recommend an appointment with your doctor or allergist first to make sure you can take Daosin. I don't wanna hurt ya ;)

best wishes! :)

Alex

I have the same thing. I can be really tired after a party where I only drank a little and will wake up after 2 hours and will be puking my brains out, even though I didn't drink enough to get sick or drunk. Then I feel all weird inside for days. I have tryed everything eating more before I go out, drinking water a lot, and nothing seems to be working. So I got the crazy idea that maybe I was allergic to what I am drinking. And I'm pretty sure that that is what it is.