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why do hangover symptoms come on in waves (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Something I've always noticed and am going through now. Sometimes I'll drink too much the night before and be concerned about a hangover the next morning. Morning comes, and almost always my first thought is "gee I feel like shit but actually this is way less bad then I was expecting" this misplaced optimism gets washed away at an indeterminate length of time later when a wave of awful nausea crescendos to a peak of crappiness before gradually receding leading me to think "maybe that was the worst of it" only for the cycle to repeat.

This happens even when the hangover is not one severe enough to have caused vomiting. Feeling sick from drinking too much I understand, but I wonder what's physically happening during the peak of these waves that's not happening during the troughs.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Part of it is the reason a hair of the dog slows a hangover down.

You body will process ethyl alcohol first, before it process all the other alcohols (methyl etc) which produce much worse breakdown products and really make the hangover get worse.

When you wake up you may still be metabolising ethyl alcohol, then when your hangover really kicks in, it is the more toxic shit being processed. A hair of the dog adds ethyl alcohol back into your system, which the body then works on.

But all it really does is delay the worst of the hangover.

[–] oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

as a general rule I avoid eating hair, from dogs or otherwise. Thanks tho

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Well, one of the issues with alcohol consumption is the loss of normal inhibition responses.

So what is a general rule while sober will often fall by the wayside once a binge is in full swing.

[–] viralJ@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But unless you're drinking moonshine, should the alcohol in alcoholic drinks be ethyl alcohol only?

[–] neptune@dmv.social 6 points 2 years ago

This is probably accurate. And explains why a beer hangover, or a hangover from high end liquor is nothing like a hangover from cheap liquor.

Same for wine. A wine hangover is fueled by sugar and sulfites.

If it's not craft beer or a well made cocktail, I'm probably not drinking it.