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Less tolerant of alcohol??

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Wannaflbttr1
Wannaflbttr1

So, I love red wine, but sometimes(not all the time)I wake up from sleep with a rapid heart beat even only after one glass. This started a couple of years ago.  I was just wondering if this could be menopause related. It does seem worse if I have also overindulged in food too, but come on...one glass of wine???  Very frustrated, but thinking of giving up drinking all together as the feeling of my heart racing is not pleasant!

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  • wendy36287
    wendy36287 Wannaflbttr1

    Posted

    Yup was told to refrain frn alcohol but indulge sonetimes very rare ..u can take a drink once in a while..
    • looloo43
      looloo43 wendy36287

      Posted

      we've got to have some enjoyment in our lives haven't we??? xx

    • Wannaflbttr1
      Wannaflbttr1 looloo43

      Posted

      I know!! I only had one glass and drank lots of water before, during and after . Still got tachycardia ... Very discouraging . It doesn't happen all the time either but do not know when or why which makes it even harder to avoid !

  • Whino
    Whino Wannaflbttr1

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    Before I started HRT in the past few months, red wine would bring on the miserable hot flashes like nothing else. Yet, strangely, I craved red wine and no other alcoholic drink, when I didn't have much interest in it earlier. I really don't know what to think about that!

  • Denise888
    Denise888 Wannaflbttr1

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    Used to be, I could drink it.  But in the last few years, one small glass makes me flush horribly.  It's awful.  I tried some white recently and it didn't affect me at all.  Wow!  Another peri symptom?  The list gets longer . . . .

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