Hangover without alcohol?

[DIANECUMMI]

Hi I joined a few days ago and this is the most beneficial thing I have done. Just to know others are the same as me.

I was amazed to read other get headaches with the IBS. I seem to get them when I need to go to the loo in the morning. Can I ask does anyone wake up with a hangover when they haven't had any alcohol?

I class myself as a non-drinker but I will have an odd glass at wedding/christmas. However some days I wake with the mother of hangovers. Two weeks ago we went out for a meal with friends. I drove they had a few drinks. I had a mushroom risotto and 2 spoonfuls of my husbands cheesecake! Woke up with banging headache thick head and nausea.

Has this happened to anyone else?

[Sofamama]

I'm convinced food reactions cause headaches - feels like a hangover from what I can remember of one ha ha!(as alcohol doesn't agree particularly and give me headaches very easily I never over drink these days - sensible but dull but still treat myself to one occasionally) I also feel when I'm bloated and food is sitting in me too long not moving on how it should then I get headaches - even with drinking water, taking exercise and getting normal amount of sleep - frustrating to say the least

[DIANECUMMI in reply to Sofamama]

Yes that's just it. I feel if I could get the food I have eaten out of me before bed I wouldn't be so ill in the night. My daughter also suffers and is Glutton free. She however does drink cider. You can also get Glutton free beer I have heard.

[Jane2510]

Hi there,

I agree with you that this group is good to help you see your not alone suffering - we are all individual with maybe different triggers and different ways of trying to manage which is a great resource to learn from and people on here are supportive too!!

I tend to get the headaches after a bad bout but put it down to dehydration and probably some stress too!

[Lisahelen]

As jane has said, you need to keep hydrated, especially if you have had alcohol. And as sofamama has said, food intolerences can cause headaches too. Gluten from foods can cause people so many different reactions not just the obvious bowel related symptoms. Too much sugary foods can cause a rush and give a blinder when on the downward slope afterwards.

You could recreate the same original instance to see if it was a one off or happens again. If it does, do it again but cut out one thing. That is how people do the elimination diet to find a trigger. And work your way through by continuing to add and subtract each food type( ingredient).

[bizzywords]

Hi

My IBS occurs approximately once a month and I think is hormone related. I am usually woken up very early with the urge to open my bowels - I pass a lot of bowel movement but never have diarrohea. This goes on for about 3 hours and then results with me have a severe headache and feeling thoroughly lousy. I always presumed the headache was caused because I was dehydrated but my GP said that passing this much bowel movement shouldn't dehydrate me.

On these bad days I take Immodium so that I can get into work and I will normally feel lousy until lunch time - I can't stomach any food and I can't even face a cup of tea. It usually takes me 2 - 3 days to feel normal again. I am prone to headaches but on IBS days they really step up a gear. I do not suffer stomach cramps.

I am really hoping to talk to someone who has the same symtoms as me - certainly our headaches sound very similar.

Sarah

[casares8 in reply to bizzywords]

Hi yes i feel as you describe. Every 2 to 3 weeks when i have a large bowel movement, i get a bad headache and feel lousy for about 2 days, like i have no energy. I also have pain in my gut afterwards and have to take pain killers. The rest of the time i suffer constipation. I dont know which is worse!

[DIANECUMMI]

Ah. Well the headaches sound just as you describe. Its like getting the poison out of your system before you can get on with anything. When I started having really bad bouts I was going through menopause and they said hormones were a factor.

[Lah1234]

Its nice knowing others have the same problem, im 19 years old and quite fit but I've had bloating for 6 weeks now which gives me a nauseous feeling accompanied by various cramps and pains. Today I woke up with what I can only describe as a hangover even though I haven't drank since Christmas. I feel dizzy, low in energy, shaky with a throbbing head. Has anyone found out exactly what this is yet, I'm still undergoing some tests with the doctor but most seem convinced its IBS related which I have my doubt's about. Its an awful feeling which has made me worry as its not just a stomach issue anymore.

[Mian1 in reply to Lah1234]

I have the same exact feel as you, did you ever figure out what is going on? I would really appreciate it if you let me know. I had this horrible feeling for 3 years now and been to over 16 doctors.

[DIANECUMMI in reply to Mian1]

Hello, Well still not got to the bottom of things. I have had cameras up and down and recently an ultra sound as I have an ongoing pain behind my right rib. Nothing showing but I am sure the pain is down to my bowel getting compacted. So keeping it as empty as I can is my main aim especially at night. The headaches and hangovers are infrequent now. This could be hormonal as I now take oestrogen following the menopause. Or it could be that my entire diet has changed. I don't touch dairy, avoid soya and am wheat free. I eat frozen raspberries and strawberries each morning (defrosted overnight)and fruit at lunch to keep my bowels moving and do not eat after 6. I never eat a big meal as cant stand my bowel to be full over night. I have lost weight simply because I don't eat much and worry about everything I put in my mouth. Oh one more thing. I used to love jacket potatoes but have found the skins are hard to digest. Medical profession don't see it as a problem just offer me Omaprazole which I try to avoid. I prefer paracetamol and gavison just as I go to bed. I really wish you luck as life's not pleasant like this but I always think it could be so much worse. .

[Mian1]

This has been going on for 3 years and I had every medical test you can imagine. I don't have nay stomache issues but this terrible hangover feel with horrible head tightness and no energy . I have every scan possible and all blood work that exists in the medical field . I went to 16 doctors from all fields. Please let me know if you know anything

[Royston2498]

Yes join the Club I too suffered IBS from childhood and at the age of 58 had severe hangovers although I do not drink. I will however mention my IBS disappeared when I went to Sea as an Officer Cadet and I felt so chilled out so I suggest it is a nervous condition which one is not aware or aware of. I have a severe hangover as I write this although I have not touched alcohol for 2 years ! I also remember getting through loads of toilet paper at Public School with severe abdominal cramps.