Alcohol makes me tired for days!! why?

[sasparella]

Iv been feeling tired all the time for years. After a bout of flu, i was in bed for over a week, i then felt great, until i went out with friends and after just 1 drink I was overcome with tiredness that didnt go away for over a week. As long as I stay off alcohol, i feel fine.
Does anyone else have this problem, or know why alcohol makes me so run down for so long??

[Loribop]

Wine does that to me.  I am exhausted for days.  I get a bad headache too.  Maybe it is a type of food allergy.  I'm not sure.

[sasparella]

I had a food allergy test where I had to send off my hair. It came back that I was allergic to wheat, dairy, caffiene and sugar.
How trustworthy are these tests?

[J97]

I'm not sure how reliable the tests are but I know a girl who had one done and it said that she should cut out certain foods which she did for a while and didn't feel any different so went back to her normal every day diet.

As far as alcohol is concerned I suffer from coeliac's disease and I know that wheat is certain alcoholic drinks and if I drank something it would upset my stomach and make me feel run down.  The best drinks I have found to avoid wheat is spirits.  I also avoid drinks with lactose in e.g. bailey's etc.

Hope this helps

[sparkle40]

You didn't say what you drank.  But if you drank wine, it has sulfites in it.  Could be sensitive to that ingredient.  And I had problems drinking alcohol and what it would do to me is increase my estrogen.  This tossed me off balance and I would not only feel tired but achy in my joints.

[sasparella]

I havent managed to lower the tiredness down to any particulat drink. but when i drink, i drink wine, or liquor, whiskey, rum, sometimes vodka redbull.
Iv just stopped drinking all alcohol