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I went to a wedding last month and had 3 drinks over 6 hours, no big deal. The next morning, though, I threw up for 5 hours.
Tried again a few weeks later w/ 1/2 a beer and was hung over the next day?
I'm not on any medication right now, what's up with this??
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This is common in lyme patients. It was one of my first symptoms prior to a major relapse. I got totally drunk and sick on 1 glass of wine.
Not sure of all the reasons but I know alcohol has lots of sugar and Bb loves sugar. Also, alcohol dilates the blood vessels so those who have neurally mediated hypotension and/or POTS will have much worse problems with NMH and POTS. Some lyme patients have low blood volume. Less blood volume means that blood alcohol levels get much higer on the same amounts. Perhaps others will come by with more reasons. I gave up drinking years ago because I simply could not tolerate it. Terry
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Yes, no more college keg-stands for me. Not sure what happened, but I used to drink a lot(on weekends) and I started a new job that had a sick building(toxic mold).
I showed up for Lyme, which doctor thinks 'went wild' after being in the sick building. Prior to that I would drink.
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Thanks guys. I guess I can add this to a list of my "possible Lyme" symptoms. Been having neuro problems for a year now, blurry vision occasionally, tingling/muscle aches in my arms and legs. Had 2 sets of MRIs for MS, but everything is normal. My ELISA for Lyme came back normal, but I was wondering if I should pursue it. The alcohol thing is fairly new.
Thanks for your feedback!
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Patients with syphilis also have this. I believe there is an overlap with alcoholism & Lyme (I know I know I know everything is not Lyme just ALMOST everything*)!
I get VERY sick with alcohol so I don't drink anymore...*)!
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Since getting sick, I can't even drink 1/4 inch of an alcoholic beverage without becoming overcome by nausea, dizziness, a heavy burning in my stomach and a feeling of unbearable heat in my head.
I think I read a post by Marnie once where she said that Bb converts sugars into ethanol. If this is true, then we are already drunk, and taking in more alcohol just adds insult to injury! Since I'm already drunk, it's no wonder my brain doesn't work right, and it explains why I'm such a .....
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In my opinion, if you have Lyme and still drink, your chances of recovery are slim. Alcohol consumption is a significant no-no for those of us with Lyme disease.
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I get really sick from alcohol too. I was fine with alcohol before Lyme.
Kathy
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A few nites after i got so sick, i had one drink and felt very drunk......dizziness increased...head pressure and just felt sick.
I wasnt sure what was going on.
I havent had a drink since that nite in 2005...and now because of my bladder i cant drink anyway, I would never want that dizzy sick feeling back, so very doubtful i would drink again.
sugar makes me sick too.......almost the same reaction.
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pos babs, bart, igenex WB igm/igg Posts: 3156 | From Lyme limbo | Registered: Oct 2005
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I have not experienced this. I don't have any unusual effects from alcohol. I have cut way back on drinking but do drink occasionally AND I am getting better.
I am on the anti yeast diet & quit coffee & most caffeine. hats
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I can drink-but I get drunk really fast..I'm talking less than a beer and I'm not drunk I am WASTED!!! To the point that I black out and don't remember.
1/2 shot same thing
1/2 glass of wine-same thing
If I drink like 2 glasses of anything-forget it, I will be wasted for atleast 8 hours...
It doesn't make any sense but it's just the way it is...so perhaps one day I'll know how to do a keg stand (seeing as how I spent my 21st b-day in sick in bed)..but for now I'm gonna stick to virgin EVERYTHING!
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In late stage alcoholism the heavy drinker tends to undergo something called Reverse Tolerance, where suddenly someone who used to get drunk after 8 shots of whiskey is drunk, really really drunk, after say, one shot. The reason for this is the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream (BAC) that has not been processed by the liver because the liver has begun to fail/not work as well due to excessive and prolonged alcohol intake.
Of course, other facets of late stage alcoholism are denial and confabulation- so someone who is a late stage alcholic could very well attribute whatever symptoms they are having to Lyme disease. I am NOT saying anyone on this thread is doing this. But you may know someone in your life who is. Here, where people HAVE a disease, someone could easily attribute these changes to Lyme.
But I do believe that Lyme can MAKE people alcoholics- so in a weird way I believe it CAN be from Lyme ultimately- effects- that are caused by alcoholism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I took a few years of classes to train as a drug & alcohol counselor.
MOST IMPORTANT FACTS I LEARNED in drug/alcohol classes:
* It takes only 6 months of abusive drinking to turn a person who is not physiologically an adult into an alcoholic- and it takes FOUR YEARS of abusive drinking to turn an adult (who is not predisposed) into an alcoholic!!!
* If you have a series of blackouts you are an alcoholic and have begun to experience brain deterioration THAT WILL SHOW ON AUTOPSY! The difference between an abusive drinker and an alcoholic is blackouts.
* Women progress faster with alcohol problems than men due to differing physiological processes- so women develop alcohol problems full decades before men tend to...
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But I think the surest way for an alcoholic to stop drinking would be to get Lyme.
When everyday feels like the worst hangover of your life, and you are trying to get better, saying no to alcohol is easy.
When drinking can make you feel like your brain is splitting in two, on top of your everyday misery, saying no to alcohol is easy.
I think my friends finally began to understand that I was sick when I wouldn't drink. They were really impressed by the effort I was making to get well. I let them think that was an effort. Since they weren't with me when I dragged myself from dr. to dr. just to be told I was anxious and depressed.
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Yes, i do get sick, more than 1 beer or one glass of wine has serious consequences next day brrr Posts: 636 | From Wroclaw, Poland | Registered: Mar 2004
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No alchol for me-it gives me incrediable headaches & flares my lyme symptoms. Not worth it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
That's exactly what it does to me, and your right, it's not worth it.
Kathy
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Alcohol has always made me very sick, and I learned real quick I couldn't drink it. Yuck!
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