Perimenopause and Alcohol

Hi, to be honest, I can't drink alcohol like before. More happy with a cup of tea. I find I get bad hangovers!!!

Dear Lou,

I have to give up my vine and any sugar once I started my lovely peri journey . I have noticed that my burnings ( I have severe burnings, pains , pin and needles all over my body) are definitely increasing with vine and sugar consumption. Not to mention that I am a social drinker and was only having one or two glasses of vine a week . I ate a really small cone of an ice cream yesterday and started to burn more right away . I exercise a lot and walk and it helps a lot. Good luck with everything.

hi lou ,, i love a drink ,, and yes raging hot flashes and sleeplessness every time ,, i cut it out now unless we have a social event then i stick to 3 ot 4 glasses with soda water , i keep rehydrated it does help a little , my sister is in peri menapause and cannot dring without getting raging migrains so i would say yes its a curse xx

I also lost interest actually in alcohol around the same time my hormones plummeted me into menopause. I do not feel good at all if I drink a glass of wine which i used to enjoy everday. 

Now im certain i dont metabolize the alcohol like before, its just a knarly feeling the next day, changes everything from sleep to mood to energy. Not worth it for me.

 

I used to get hot flushes after drinking wine and early peri would get headaches with drinking and feel knocked out but now I seem to be able to drink normally, perhaps occasionally rose wine might trigger an occular migraine! X

I find that alcohol relaxes me. Of course, overdoing it is no good, but a few glasses of wine while sitting on the porch and reading does wonders!

I still smoke, stopped the alcohol though as I noticed that after just one glass I become very tipsy, hot flashes and pain in my joints nxt morning. Also stopped drinking coffee as that made the anxiety worse. Still battling to quit smoking though.

I am a wine lover, but I do find at certain times during these peri phases I go off it for extended periods of time.  At this stage of the game I have no issues with 2 glasses of wine in the evening.

Smoking...ha!  I quit last summer for 4 months right at the beginning of a HUGE peri upset.  My whole world turned upsdie down and I landed in a deep rabbit hole.  The mood swings from peri and the mood swings from quitting smoking combined into a tornado of emotions that i just couldn't take anymore.  I started smoking again and fear even trying to quit now, lol!

Listen to your body, it will tell you.  Everyone reacts differently to things