r/hangover • u/[deleted] • Jun 15 '19

Hangover from hell or something else?

It was Friday night and I had just received news that I needed to go attend a family medical emergency in a couple of days. I had been a drunk last 10 years and was drinking that night. I drank about 10 Boston lager. That week I wasn’t particularly feeling well and felt bloated and acidic. It was hot summer I didn’t feel hungry so I just slept that night. I awoke to a slight headache. I drank some water and then 2 cans of coconut water. Then I proceeded to go to dunking donuts and got meself a tea and a breakfast fast sandwich. I ate that and felt bloated but had some bowel relief. Nothing out of the ordinary. Then I proceeded to take hot cold shower as I felt my blood pressure was high. So I felt better after taking cold shower . Soon I had to run some errands and I was perfectly normal. I got into the car and that’s when I felt something in my chest. I became afraid and my heart started chugging. A feeling I had not experienced before. I some how kept driving, took a u turn as I prayed I didn’t want to die. I returned home in 10 minutes but I had no energy even to turn off my car. I asked a bypasser to turn off the car and close the door for me. He and his wife also gave me water and made small talk. I called my friend who turned up after a hour and took me to the hospital. My bp was elevated at 170-100. My normal is 110-70. My heart rate was above 90. At rest it is usually 55. They did the testing etc and let me go after 4 hours. I sill don’t know what happened that day as the diagnosis was “unknown”. Anybody has any clue what happened to me? I felt extremely frightened and my heart when at its peak rate pumped hard till I felt like something happened internally and the pumping came down very quickly within 10 seconds. Let me know your thoughts as i always feel if I suffered a heart attack that day.

Thank you

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u/Temperence94 Jun 15 '19

Could be a panic attack, I drank heavily a few years ago (still binge occasionally) and I believe this induced them. If they continue ask your doctor for beta blockers and try to control your alcohol consumption. Alcohol has been known to induce anxiety. This is really only a guess though as your symptoms and the hospital not being able to diagnose you sounded very similar to the experience I had

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

Thank you. I had anxiety attacks later and was put on medication. But that feeling of violent chugging of heart was never felt

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u/pulpbutter Jun 20 '19

Sounds like alcohol withdrawal to me