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My hangover experiment

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    PaulieC wrote: »
    I read somewhere years ago - and apologies if this isn't actually true, that headaches are caused by either brain waves being too fast or too slow - more often than not after drink they're too slow so caffine speeds up the aul brainwaves and relieves the thunderous pain you feel is going to kill you.

    Actually most hangover headaches are due to dehydration, your brain is 75% water and very susceptible to lack of hydration. Try drinking a pint or two of water before retiring and another one when you wake up, it will do a world of good.

    My personal hangover cure is a litre or two of Coconut Water, it not only hydrates you but replaces all the electrolytes you piss out during your drinking session (calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium). Try it.

    Another cure which will be much less popular is exercise. Sweats the alcohol out and gets your metabolism going. Yeah, I knew it wouldn't be popular.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    I am 26 and thankfully have only had two real hangovers in my life so far.

    I usually spend €100 to €130 on alcohol alone on a night out and would have about 6 or 7 completely different drinks including various shots of tequila, sambuca, jager etc...

    I think I might be a machine... dry mouth is usually the only bad side affect to a binge for me..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,401 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    rooney111 wrote: »
    eat a heap of spuds before you go drinking.stay away from shots,eat after with bottle of water.dunno how a **** would help ha.fry in the morning does the trick with a few panadols.also if i stop drinking for 2hours before bed i wake up without a hangover.not always possible do!!:D

    You should probably try to avoid paracetamol based products, they'll just put more strain on your liver which is probably slightly fecked already after a night of drinking


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Tucker Defeated Music


    Uriel. wrote: »
    I think I might be a machine... dry mouth is usually the only bad side affect to a binge for me..

    And liver damage :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Maybe for the caffeine substitute Monster. It really does the trick! Got me out of a few sticky situations where I just wanted to crawl back to my comfy bed and sleep for a decade. I don't do hangovers well.

    Although Erdinger Dunkel. Beautiful beer and hardly any hangover........s'true!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭fearbainne


    Water, works for me everytime, i try to drink as much as I can (literally til i feel am guna die if I have more!) after a serious binge...

    Then all I have to worry about is the horrors!!! I get some serious bouts of seeing people screamin at me at the foot of the bed!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,401 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    fearbainne wrote: »
    Then all I have to worry about is the horrors!!! I get some serious bouts of seeing people screamin at me at the foot of the bed!!

    :eek: Can't say that's ever happened to me!

    I find there's no logic at all to whether I get a hangover or not. Can drink loads and be fine one time and the next time have a few and feel crap the next day. I defnitely know to avoid drinking wine all night though, worst type of hangover ever


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Lots of sex is the only cure, or at least it takes your mind off the aches.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 462 ✭✭Btwndeyes


    Smyth wrote: »
    u mad?

    YOU u lost?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I like it OP, nice one.

    "u" guys - no text speak.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭Azureus


    A good feed before bed, maybe pop a couple of paracetemol if i remember and sex the next morning = no hangover. Sorted :)

    Sometimes Im happy bout the fact that I work weekends: getting up and about makes me feel so much better after a session than sitting around feeling sorry for myself and it also means I get paid for my hangovers. Win~!

    Nice research Op, though I think having a good dance on the night definately helps me feel better the next day aswell, id be in bits if i just sat around drinking all night! Shots, dancefloor, shots, dancefloor and repeat as desired, then see above! Ultimate guide to no hangover.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    Actually most hangover headaches are due to dehydration, your brain is 75% water and very susceptible to lack of hydration. Try drinking a pint or two of water before retiring and another one when you wake up, it will do a world of good.

    My personal hangover cure is a litre or two of Coconut Water, it not only hydrates you but replaces all the electrolytes you piss out during your drinking session (calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium). Try it.

    Another cure which will be much less popular is exercise. Sweats the alcohol out and gets your metabolism going. Yeah, I knew it wouldn't be popular.

    My main problem is that my sinuses get congested really easily so if I'm on a night out and smoke too much or spend too much time in the smoking area then I'm going to have a killer headache/migrane the next day - I always drink plenty of water before I retire to the comfort of my bed - I know alot of the aul tricks at this stage don't worry :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Jaysus lads, I wish I'd read this thread yesterday. It would have helped me out big time this morning. Feck anyway. Some good tips in there for next time though.

    Yours,

    Brian Cowen.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    Thrill wrote: »
    Jaysus lads, I wish I'd read this thread yesterday. It would have helped me out big time this morning. Feck anyway. Some good tips in there for next time though.

    Yours,

    Brian Cowen.
    I had a serious hangover yesterday. Nothing was going to stop this one I think.

    (except more drink, which did help tbh)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    Something I also wonder about... I never got hangovers as a teenager. Never ever.

    I was a savage fit teenager. Maybe fitness level a factor?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Something I also wonder about... I never got hangovers as a teenager. Never ever.

    I was a savage fit teenager. Maybe fitness level a factor?

    Nah I remember never getting hangovers until I was about 18 but I was fairly fit up until I was around 20 - slipped back abit now in terms of stamina and general fitness but still fairly athletic.

    I think it's down to the fact that when younger, you don't actually consume as much as you do now! That and you have energy...god I remember those days!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭travelguru


    A glass of water after every two drinks really helps


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,964 ✭✭✭Sitec


    Smoking during the night when you're drinking makes a hangover ten times worse.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Sitec wrote: »
    Smoking during the night when you're drinking makes a hangover ten times worse.

    Mmmyep. Especially if you're one of "them". You know.

    "Ah I don't usually smoke, but I'll have one when I'm drinking."

    I used to do it meself, thank f*ck I stopped.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    I experimented with the "sleep on the ground" tactic last weekend. So I loaded up on booze (4 Mohitos, 10 Guinness) so I should have been very shaky the next day. I forced myself to sleep in a chair (kitchen chair) for about 4 hours (woke up feeling sober) and then climbed into my bed for another 5 hours sleep.

    Woke up feeling fine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭rainbowdrop


    Orange Callipo ice-lollies always seem to cure my hangover. Not sure why, maybe the vitamin C that is in them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Wake up: Pint of water.
    4 more pints of water over the next 2 hours. Then a light breakfast of toast and maybe a poached egg.

    Fries do not work. They only make your stomach churn.

    If you want to eat crap, then go to McDonald's. Greasy, but not as greasy as a fry.

    Trust me on this one. I'm an alcoholic who doesn't drink before 6pm*.


    *Code for I start drinking at 6pm.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭th3 s1aught3r


    Result 3: Stick to drinks like vodka and rum. This ties in nicely with (2) above.


    Dont know about that OP. Nothing as bad as spirits IMO


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    My cure for a hangover was always more drink. I wouldn't recommend it though because eventually you will have the hangover of all hangovers, trying to get sober.


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