Hangover headaches are caused by dehydration a lot. Try and dilute the alcohol with water after but don't go mad with water, a couple of cups once you feel a headache coming on. It's no miracle cure but at least you'd be putting necessary fluids back and flushing your bladder out.
Alcohol is basically a poison, and your body needs to get it away asap. Food helps (if you can keep it down) but water is often overlooked. Try not to go for dead cold water on a poorly stomach, add a bit of hot/warm from kettle.
If you think you've had too much to drink, force yourself to down 2 pints of water before going to bed. IT WORKS! Hangovers are just dehydration. Failing that just rehydrate yourself as much as you can in the morning and take 2 paracetamol to ease your headache and eat something (anything doesn't matter) There is no definitive cure as it's all about replacing fluids and energy which will be done with food and water and time.
Certain drinks however are said to be more likely to give you a hangover but personally I think it's all down to what you're used to. I do think that cheap spirits, wine and homebrew etc. give worse hangovers. Scientific tests show that the more impurities in an alcoholic beverage the worse the hangover so the more filtered or distilled the drink the less likely you're hangover will be. In a nutshell, don't drink cheap wine or spirits unless you want a banging head. Of course that also depends on how much you consume. You can drink the purest tripple distilled vodka in the world but after downing half a bottle don't expect to wake up without a sore head.
Another valuable tip I've found is that if you feel you've had one or two too many before going to bed and you feel like your head is about to go, then make yourself sick as soon as you can. Don't allow the toxins stay in your stomach any longer than necessary as there may still be alcohol in there which hasn't yet been absorbed which will make you worse if left in the system. Follow this with a few pints of water to replace lost fluids and rehydrate yourself and help flush out any toxins/poison. This may sound crazy but making yourself sick before the alcohol does, can actuality stop you from feeling any worse.
If you're a smoker then don't have a cigarette if you've had too much to drink. It can have a tendency to tip you over that point of no return from being ok drunk where you can go to bed comfortably to room spinning puking up hammered where you spend the next 3 hours pacing up and down trying to stop your head from exploding. Don't know exactly why. It's something to do with the effects on your blood and oxygen levels but it has the same effect as downing 2 more pints on top of what you've already consumed but the effect can be instant. One minute you can feel relatively ok and one cigarette later your head feels like it's about to explode. Not good!
Only thing that I think helps me is drinking literally a few pints of water after coming home before bed... Its very hard to drink at that time and it almost makes you sick but you wake up massively better.
Hate to admit it but I usually get a takeaway after a night out and I fill my sports bottle with water and take it to bed with me. I rarely get hangovers, though I suppose a sandwich before bed would be better than fast food.
When i've got a hangover though, nothing gets rid of it before about 5pm.
Couple that with 2 Ibuprofen, to stop your brain from swelling.
In the morning, have another couple of pints of water, and do some exercise (big run) to sweat out all the toxins and avoid the inevitable alcohol anxieties (these come later on in life).
Maybe the run might be a bit ambitious, but definitely the water before / after and ABSOLUTELY the 2 x ibuprofen before bed.
I heard something on the radio the other day about people paying £200 to be hooked up to a drip for a hangover. I would pay £200 when I'm in desperate pain with a migraine.
I think a pinch of sugar, pinch of salt, pint of water and some painkillers is best for a hangover, if you don't have £200 to spare for a drip that is.
My failsafe tactic to avoid a hangover altogether years ago was:
- big kebab / burger / pizza on the way home at the end of the night out
- mug of tea at home, followed by two pints of water (sipped)
- 1 ibuprofen tablet, an excellent anti-inflammatory
- another pint of water (sipped).
Bed.
After that, I would say any chance of a hangover would be eliminated.
The tea/ibuprofen/water routine needs to be done slowly over thirty minutes; not always easy to complete when you're shattered and drunk, but even when I was sloshed I did this routine even in automatic pilot mode, as I knew how horrific the ensuing hangover would be if I didn't.
When I was in Brasil I kept getting totally wasted after one capirinha so my friends got me this thing called 'Engov' from the pharmacy, it's a soluble tablet and with a flavoured thing, to drink before alcohol. It stopped me getting wasted and prevented any hangover the next day. I'm not sure if they have it in the UK.
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I did stop and I didn't need an ambulance. I am 40 years old, I do know my limit.
Alcohol is basically a poison, and your body needs to get it away asap. Food helps (if you can keep it down) but water is often overlooked. Try not to go for dead cold water on a poorly stomach, add a bit of hot/warm from kettle.
Certain drinks however are said to be more likely to give you a hangover but personally I think it's all down to what you're used to. I do think that cheap spirits, wine and homebrew etc. give worse hangovers. Scientific tests show that the more impurities in an alcoholic beverage the worse the hangover so the more filtered or distilled the drink the less likely you're hangover will be. In a nutshell, don't drink cheap wine or spirits unless you want a banging head. Of course that also depends on how much you consume. You can drink the purest tripple distilled vodka in the world but after downing half a bottle don't expect to wake up without a sore head.
Another valuable tip I've found is that if you feel you've had one or two too many before going to bed and you feel like your head is about to go, then make yourself sick as soon as you can. Don't allow the toxins stay in your stomach any longer than necessary as there may still be alcohol in there which hasn't yet been absorbed which will make you worse if left in the system. Follow this with a few pints of water to replace lost fluids and rehydrate yourself and help flush out any toxins/poison. This may sound crazy but making yourself sick before the alcohol does, can actuality stop you from feeling any worse.
If you're a smoker then don't have a cigarette if you've had too much to drink. It can have a tendency to tip you over that point of no return from being ok drunk where you can go to bed comfortably to room spinning puking up hammered where you spend the next 3 hours pacing up and down trying to stop your head from exploding. Don't know exactly why. It's something to do with the effects on your blood and oxygen levels but it has the same effect as downing 2 more pints on top of what you've already consumed but the effect can be instant. One minute you can feel relatively ok and one cigarette later your head feels like it's about to explode. Not good!
The OP has a hangover through sobering up.
Big Mistake!
Edit: hangover poo and a cigarette also included.
This is DS. There's always one who likes to think he's a smart arse. Par for the course on here I'm afraid.
When i've got a hangover though, nothing gets rid of it before about 5pm.
Couple that with 2 Ibuprofen, to stop your brain from swelling.
In the morning, have another couple of pints of water, and do some exercise (big run) to sweat out all the toxins and avoid the inevitable alcohol anxieties (these come later on in life).
Maybe the run might be a bit ambitious, but definitely the water before / after and ABSOLUTELY the 2 x ibuprofen before bed.
Then just keep drinking water, lots of it.
Works for me 😊.
As the late Jennifer Paterson said "A full English breakfast, dear; the liver embraces it"
I think a pinch of sugar, pinch of salt, pint of water and some painkillers is best for a hangover, if you don't have £200 to spare for a drip that is.
oohh imagine the state of their loo
- big kebab / burger / pizza on the way home at the end of the night out
- mug of tea at home, followed by two pints of water (sipped)
- 1 ibuprofen tablet, an excellent anti-inflammatory
- another pint of water (sipped).
Bed.
After that, I would say any chance of a hangover would be eliminated.
The tea/ibuprofen/water routine needs to be done slowly over thirty minutes; not always easy to complete when you're shattered and drunk, but even when I was sloshed I did this routine even in automatic pilot mode, as I knew how horrific the ensuing hangover would be if I didn't.
Worse if the hangover's taking place in the office!
Either that, or not sobering up.