Fast Heart Rate After Drinking Alcohol

Ok Im only a teenager (older than 13 but younger than 18) and drank only little bit of alcohol for the first time and while it helped clear my head (the desired purpose) after about 10 minutes my heart started beating s really fast, like I thought it might come ut fast ! I lied down i wasnt drunk) but it was still going really fast for about 20 minutes and at some point i got really scared I might pass out or something  :-( Is this normal???? or is an indication that I cant drink because i only drank a little and i dont wanna know what wouldve happened if i had drank more  eh Anyone can help me  out? 

This problem has been happening to me off and on for a few years. I am 44 y.o. Woman in good health. If I have more than 2-3 cocktails I will often wake up about 5 hrs after my last drink with my heart beating wicked fast. If I get out of bed it will begin pounding like crazy. The first time it happened I wet to ER and they gave me fluids and it got better. They cojldnt find anything wrong, probably dehydrated they said. That first night I had drank bottle of red wine and probably smoked too many cigarettes. It scared the s**t outta me!! It happened again before I put 2+2 together... Another trip to ER and that dr told me some peoples hearts are sensitive to alcohol and cigs. But that wasn't good enough answer for me. But I did notice that as I was receiving IV fluids my heart rate came down. So, water and stating hydrated when you drink is important! I quit smoking. 2 yrs ago and rarely drink alcohol cause I hate what happens! One seems to always be fine tho. This is how I make it stop and it works: 1)Put 2-4 large glasses of water by your bed before going to sleep-- u don't want to be getting out of bed-- I believe part of it is a change in blood pressure. 2) if you wake up start downing that water! Drink as much as you can quickly 3) put your feet up-- like on the wall( while u are lying down). This forces blood to your heart-- helps slow it down. 4) try and relax!! I KNOW it's scary, but you aren't going to die from this and anxiety will just make it worse!! But if your heart rate is over 180 and/ or you are having pain, seek medical attention. I believe this has something to do with metabolizing liquor. Changes in blood pressure could be happening and body is trying to compensate. And dehydration to some level. Just a fine recipe for disaster!! Good luck!!

Yes i find the same, drinking water seems to help. I wake with a pounding , extremely fast and hard heartbeat in the nighttime after drinking over about 3-4 glasses of white wine in the evening. I think it might be after chocolate too.

hey, i am a 27 year old male and have had the exact same symptoms as you have had. ive had it for the last year and a half. three doctors said to me its got something to do with anxiety and a hiatal hernea, which is a sort of diaphragm tear. sounds sore but really dont even know its there besides the fact that food doesnt seem to go down properly and heart burn etc, but it may differ from person to person. check it out.

Here's something to look into...

It's been suggested to me that Holiday Heart Syndrome may be due to "histamine intolerance" due to "reduced DAO activity."   I suggest Googling those terms to learn more about it.     There's a product called Histame I'm going to try to see if it helps.   Hopefully it doesn't have the same sedative effect as Benadryl.   

 

 

Hello I just decided to see if I could find any medical information about my pounding heart after drinking too much. I am releived to see that it is common. Maybe it is a good sign??  Nonetheless I think I am done with drinking over the limit from now on.

Yes I find the same thing after drinking and smoking,,hasn't happened since giving up smoking, But I did find that couple of glasses of water will slow the heartbeat after a few minutes

Hi everyone

I'm glad I'm not alone :)

I've been experiencing this too after 3 or more drinks for the past couple of years and its a horrible feeling to say the least.

Tonight I had 1 x mid strength beer and 2 1/2 glasses of white wine, its now almost 3am, I have to go to work in 5hrs but instead I'm wide awake wishing I was that I wss asleep. Ontop of this I'm certain the latest extremes in temperature has caused me to accidently dehydrate myself, so I'm not feeling the best atm.

I've spent the past 90 mins reading these posts after drinking 6 x 440mls cups of water and I ate a banana for some potassium. I'd say I'm feeling slightly better but I can't relax :( so will try to lay down, do some breathing exercises and try to get some sleep.

I had this problem. Mine was related to a thyroid issue as far as waking up with a rapid heart rate. I have also noted issues with rapid pulse while drinking wine. Later found out I was allergic to sulfites. So I avoid wine. I have also noted similar symptoms when drinking while dehydrated. If I drink enough water before hand it will sometimes curb it. See your doctor and have them run some tests. Like thyroid, cbc's, ekg, etc. to make sure something else isn't going on

It's dehydration, plain and simple.  Hydrate up (something like Powerade is amazing for balancing out the electrolytes).  Another thing to stabilize the heart rate and begin to bring it down is to place a bag of ice on your neck.  Front and back.  Don't leave it in one spot for more than a couple seconds, though.  Move it around.  This technique works wonders for me.  I've brough heartrates in the 140-150 down to high 60's/lower 70's by doing this.  Good luck.

Yes - elevated heart rate would indicate intolerance to gluten. My heart raises from 58 to 75 when I accidentally ingest gluten. Beer definitely contains gluten unless gluten free beer. Hard alcohol and mixers - would need to determine on case by case basis.

Ya my problem too..55 yr old. 7 Light beer then at night I wake every hour to pee with heart rate around 130 maybe more . It's panic time.

 

I drank plenty of water each time I got up taken magnesium b1 and nac before bed. so not dehydrated.

Measured my glucose around 4 am and was 6.8. and blood pressure is high around 130/90 (normally 110/70)

So not low blood sugar or low pressure. Ativan helps a bit but not much (.25 mg)

Feel like c**p for a couple days at least . So some withdrawal going on too. Might be adrenal fatigue or just getting older and the system just can't handle the booze any more. My guess is cortisol and adrenalin response is out of kilter . That would effect heart rate and blood pressure and sugar.   So for now I'll work on rescuing my adrenals .

Lots of sleep . no stress. lots of vitamin c, a little exercise , some salt in the morning ect.

  Good luck everyone .

Ya my problem too..55 yr old. 7 Light beer then at night I wake every hour to pee with heart rate around 130 maybe more . It's panic time.

I drank plenty of water each time I got up taken magnesium b1 and nac before bed. so not dehydrated.

Measured my glucose around 4 am and was 6.8. and blood pressure is high around 130/90 (normally 110/70)So not low blood sugar or low pressure.Feel like c**p for a couple days at least .

So some withdrawal going on too. Might be adrenal fatigue or just getting older and the system just can't handle the booze any more.

My guess is cortisol and adrenalin response is out of kilter . That would effect heart rate and blood pressure and sugar and sleep.   So for now I'll work on rescuing my adrenals .Lots of sleep . no stress. lots of vitamin c, a little exercise , some salt in the morning ect. 

Good luck everyone .

Hi Guys,

Let me share my experiment as well.

I'm 31 old male and I have the same symptoms a few hours after going to bed in a drinking night. This wakes me up and you know how scaring it is.

In my case, as some people had already suggested years ago in this topic, going to bed while being still drunk is the issue. A lot of us drink after a heavy working day to relax and enjoy being with friends, family or even watching TV without any physical activity. Each time I have an alcohol level that sends me to bed directly to die for sleeping, I experience this heart beat problem. with or without having drunk water. I believe that the sleeping position is not optimal or maybe lungs are kind of pressed or the nose is pressed to the pillow etc (since I have died of sleeping) or even the room oxygen level goes down. all of these lead me to think that there must be an issue with the breathing system that heart is going to cover that.  

for instance, I have had holiday party nights with A LOT of alcohol as well as physical activity (normally dancing) and then back to home, I drank a lot of water, sober enough to properly brush my teeth, sitting a bit and opening the windows for fresh air to come in, yawning and having deep breath before going to bed then I had no problem at all during sleep.

Anyway, that being simply said, there are plenty of complexed factors that may contribute to this; I just said my personal experience.

Next time, try to cough, take a deep breath, strech and let some fresh air in as soon as you have this symptom, it may help calm down your heart.

Cheers

I'm not sure if people aren't describing what is happening clearly enough, or if I have something different.

I am mid 40's and this just started happening to me about a year ago.

 

Right now, if I drink 3 or more drinks, any alcohol, I'll wake up around 2-3 am and for the next 2-5+ hours I won't physically be able to go "back under asleep". Each time I get to the point of going under into deep sleep, I am jolted awake with my heart racing and a feeling that I am not getting enough oxygen.

 

Now, once I am awake, this does NOT go away. So I do not believe it is Apnea. I will still have a racing/harder heartbeat, and I will still feel as if I am not getting enough oxygen. My breath coming out of my nose is hot, and my whole body is hot to the touch (especially my back).

 

Again, I lose the ability to go into sleep, and I feel as if I need to move or shake my body or leg to counteract the racing heartbeat.