Dizziness/lightheaded after binge drinking?

[Steveott]

I am 20 years old. I drink with my friends socially about once every two weeks. Last week I got really drunk (which I regret). I had around 8-9 drinks. I ended up puking. The next day I felt hungover as usual, but now 5-6 days later I have a feeling of dizziness and lightheadedness which will not go away. I tried drinking water but it has not helped. I saw my GP and he didnt think much of it, just said give it time.

Please help.

[andy4580]

My symptoms are similar to yours however I notice there is a direct correlation with the amount of stress that I am under at the time - there will be days when i have little to no symptoms and others its prevalent - In my opinion i have to believe it is largely psychological - I started excercising, eating the best I can,  I  see a psychologist and I am attempting to meditate - I was prescribed antidepressants however i have not been good about taking them as they have nasty side effects - my next appointment is with an integrative doctor, the mind body connection is complex and maybe he can shed some light on the condition - please keep the updates coming as they help me know others are going through this and thank you

[T_Sweet]

Hi jsmoot,
Sorry to here that you are suffering from the same symptoms. I have been drinking Beroccas a lot which is vitamin B. Not too sure if it helps but I drink one daily anyway.
So for me it has been 1)- 4x Fish Oil tablets daily, 2)- One banana daily (I do actually feel a little bit better after having one - but maybe it's psychological 3)- The pro-biotic tablets, and 4)- Beroccas. I still felt like crap. Well a slight improvement but still felt like crap. It didn't change or improve for the last 5 weeks.
In the last few days since my last post I decided to stop drinking caffeine - as per what you said. And I do actually feel better now that I have stopped. Because I felt so cloudy, for the last 5 weeks I started drinking more caffeine daily to TRY to feel more alert. That is probably the last thing your brain needs whilst trying to recover from the damage caused by binge drinking. The caffeine would be sending neurons all over the place in your brain! I would say that today without cafeine I felt 10% cloudy, whereas a few days ago I felt 20% cloudy.
Mate 11 months sounds like a long time. So take your own advice cut back on the caffeine aa I think it actually worked for me.
Rgds, T_Sweet.

[T_Sweet]

Hi everyone. Ok well it's been 5 weeks now and I still feel the same. I did improve a tiny bit after taking those pro-biotic tablets and for one day I thought that I had recovered but it looks like I haven't. After 5 weeks I still feel dizzy, fuzzy, cloudy, lightheaded. When I stand up I feel like I may fall over, but I never do. I still get those 'micro shakes' in my fingers. I can't see them shaking but I can feel it. My short-term memory is much poorer now - I forget simple things like to bring my keys or some lunch when I leave the house. Like I am getting ready for the day and I think oh I should bring a banana to work and then 2 mins later I just leave and then when at work I remember. Grr! It's so frustrating. It's also hard for me to form complex sentences without stumbling over my words. I am so concerned that I still feel like this after 5 weeks. I still eat fish oil tablets, pro-biotic tablets and have a banana every day. I do sometimes feel a little bit better after having a banana. Maybe I should eat 2 a day. The only thing that I have going for myself is that this has happened to me a few times before but usually it's over after 3 weeks. Now it's 5 weeks maybe because I am 45 now and my poor body can't deal with it anymore. What an idiot I am!! Never again. Imagine life with a dysfunctional brain. Why do we punish our brains so much? I also need to do some complex thinking at my work and need to concentrate and that's harder for me now. I have a family who need me how stupid of me. Let's hope that I and everyone else here reviewers eventually. If I get better then I will let everyone know. T_Sweet from Australia.

[jsmoot2]

i have the exact symptoms and have been going down the same diagnosis path.. im 38 and staying away from alcohol and caffeine helps but i am still getting lightheaded as if there isnt enough O2 going to my brain.  Candida would be a great scapegoat but i cant be sure its the cause.  In the past i was B12 deficient so I would check that out as well.  I got B12 injections which made me recover 100% but a year or so later the symptoms came back but this time my B12 levels were fine.  Ive been dealing with this about 11 months now and have been improving but having a few drinks on teh weekend sets me back some.. I am going to try a few weeks without to see if that improves my condition

[T_Sweet]

Hey guys,
It's the next day now and I felt like updating everyone on my progress. This morning to target the possible Candida, I drank one of those Yakult pro-biotic drinks (full of good bacteria for your tummy), then at work I ate 5 pro-biotic tablets (2 in morning, 2 after lunch, one when leaving work), each tablet contains 15 Billion good bacteria. At home I drank another one of those Yakults. And I actually feel heaps better. For the last 6 days I felt around 80% fuzzy and cloudy with little improvement. Now I feel around 20%. Hence it may actually be helping. I also made sure that I drank no sugary drinks today since candida likes to feed on sugar. I also had two fish oil tables today to help repair the brain.
Might update how I am going in 2 days see how we go.

[T_Sweet]

I have always had the same problem. I am 45 now but ever since my Uni days if I have had a really huge binge drinking 'bender' (of which I may have had around 10 in my life), then I feel dizzy and lightheaded for 1 week to 1 month afterwards. It depends on how much I drink. If I drink a small amount then this will not happen, if I drink a moderate amount (say 10 drinks) then I may get dizziness for 5 days, but if I drink a substantial amount (say 15 drinks-enough for me to forget how I got home), then I may feel this cloudiness for 2 - 4 weeks afterwards. I am no doctor but I am convinced that it results from two factors 1)- Minir brain damage (binge drinking does cause damage to the brain), and 2)- Candida caused by a yeast imbalance which is caused by the alcohol.
As for symptoms - I am suffering from them now as I write this since I had a massive bender 5 days ago. I get dizziness, cloudiness and foggyness, minor micro shakes in my fingers, I easily forget things like my keys when I leave the house. Or at work it is so frustrating-complicated tasks that could deal with last week I just don't have the cognitive ability to deal with them this week. People talk to me and I cannot listen properly. So frustrating.
It really scares me and I always promise myself I will never drink like this again then once every few years it happens again.
I am STILL doing horrible smelly sloppy poos and it's 5 days later now. My poor body is still clearly flushing the toxins out.
As for cure. I eat anything that's good for the brain eg fish oil tablets. And tomorrow I will start eating pro-biotic tablets to fix the candida.

[andy4580]

I have similar symptoms for 12 days now...worse in the morning and get a little better through the day.  Any improvement in your symptoms?

[JohnJones787]

Did you ever resolve this?

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