Can't enjoy moderate drinking 4 hours later vomit shaking & diarrhea

J7 wrote:

This started recently and has happened the last 2 times she has consumed alcohol. We were drinking wine both times. she is fine all night but once she lays down to try to sleep, she feels sick and and her body starts to shake. Not a very violent shake but similar to a shiver but she is not cold at all. This lasts for a bout 5 hours, she vomits, and lays down and vomits about an hour later then lays down again and so on. Both times we had been up until early morning. She is Type 1 diabetic, on birth control, and was on her menstrual cycle the second time it happened. just some things that may play a role. please help. Thank you.

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The same thing has been happening to me...I don't usually drink but after only two glasses of wine..I seem fine but about 5 hours later I start vomiting and my body gets all shaky. Sometimes if you have low blood sugar that will happen. I hate vomiting so for me I think I'm going to quit the wine drinking. Everyones body is different and some people especially females can't hold alcohol as well.

Gilbert's Syndrome causes violent hangovers, with minimal drinking. Gilbert's is a liver enzyme imbalance.

Hi,

I had this exact same problem and was advised to take pro-biotics and this helped immediatly. I can now drink. It's worth a shot!

the type one diabetes may be the cause, because alcohol replaces sugar in the body aswell, i get exactly the same symptoms but im not diabetic im just goin on my nanna because she has similar symptoms when she has alcohol, you should try having a food that will keep sugar levels normal and eat before bed. so that they wont drop again :)

Dont drink should solve the problem.No need to thank me hope this works.

I am just wondering if you ever found out what was wrong exactly?  I had this happen last night to me after a small glass of red wine.  I had a glass of red wine the night before out for dinner as well but have had maybe 3 drinks in 6 months as I got a virus that landed me in hospital and was diagnosed with Viral Labyrinthitis Vertigo.

On vestibular.org there are articles about migraine associated vertigo and red wine is a trigger.  I am not sure what is going on.

metformin and any alcohol and i am at deaths door. hospital er has said different on many occations but here goes
pancreatitus, alcohol poisioning, keto acidosis ect. it's all guesses. I'd guess that what ever metformin does to your liver then when you introduce alcohol is just too much thus the vomit, shaking sweats ect. metformin is like antibuse in my opinion. Safer to leave metformin alone and just use more insulin....trust me it works!

If she's healthy when she drinks, ill when she does! Unless she's a glutton for punishment then I'd tell her not to drink alcohol. I'm not even sure why there's any question here unless she's British. Then she just can't help yourself. She'll probably die a hopeless alcoholic!

oops meant to say healthy when she doesn't drink ill when she does

Just to update everyone from my original post perhaps 6-7 years ago. My wife is now 44 and we are beginning to think that the adverse reaction that she has experienced to alcohol seems to occur more frequently on occasions where her stress levels are above their normal levels. Examples of stress triggers for my wife are these following things, a social evening out with people other than her closest family & friends / an impending flight within 14 days, although she has no real fear of actually flying / one of the kids staying at a friend's house for the evening. On weeks where there are no forthcoming stress events she can enjoy moderate drinking with no extreme consequences. Her general health remains good and we have adapted our social life so that she is not put in stressful situations as often.

Hope this helps

Sounds like she's anxious. I help client remove anxiety. In terms of alcohol I've only ever had a reaction to Australian red's. I still drink New Zealand red but given the adverse reaction to one Aussie red I avoid all Aussie reds like the plague to the level of a phobic response. Even thinking about that red now makes me feel uneasy. Queasy. Even if a red tastes like a Aussie red I won't drink it. Interesting reflection. I'm about to work with a client now who is doing what your wife is doing and far more extreme. I don't want to help the client drink more I want to help them avoid the effects. For me this means either moderation or abstinence. It means they won't get that high they've been enjoying from the alcohol. So it's a fine balance. I need to remove their anxiety, remove their phobic responses and of course keep them safe. The phobic responses are what will stop them drinking for now. So I'll remove those last. If ever. It'll be a judgement call then. I need to keep her safe regardless of how she manages that internally. Some people have asked why doesn't your wife just not drink and for me with clients that have this problem often they can't not drink. So I have a lot of questions. Good luck with working through this and thanks for the post. Des

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Bit rude ... She's an adult that clearly wants to drink & her husband is obviously worried!

Did I miss something? I don't see anywhere that Roger said she was diabetic.

Could be chronic kideney failure where the kidneys cannot filter out the waste quick enough and so the waste backs up into the blood stream causing nausea, vomiting and confusion.  However, she seems to young to have this and doesn't drink nearly enough unless her kidneys have a rare disorder...just something to look at...good luck

 

This has recently happened to me for the last year. I use to be anle to drink any amount with no problem. Now i have 2-3 drinks, i stay awake to try and process alcohol, i seem fine, head to bed, i start getting shakes, diarrhea symptoms, sour stomache, and throwing up small amnts of acid, once or twice before feeling better. So strange! I have been recently diagnosed woth gall stones (which they say u shouldn't drink if u have). Something about the pancreas . Could this be the adverse reaction to alcohol?