Hi, I am a 24 year old female from the UK.
I drank once or twice a week socially up until about 3 months ago.
I went out one night, had around 5 vodka and cokes. Went home and couldn't sleep.
Around 3 hours after my last drink, I was wide awake with stomach pains, diarrhoea, nausea and my whole body was shaking uncontrollalbly. Right before it happens my hands and feet and then my whole body go extremely cold.
My mother called the paramedics who took me to hospital, my blood pressure was 160/100 which I know is high and my heart rate was increased. I was discharged around 4 hours later and was told I had food poisoning. I didn't drink alcohol and was very careful about what I ate for 2 weeks afterwards.
I then went out again and had 3 vodka and cokes, the same thing happened again but less severe as I consumed less alcohol. So someone suggested I switch drinks, I tried 1 beer and was fine. I had 3 beers 2 weeks ago and the same shaking, nausea etc happened again! I don't drink often but I do want to drink socially and find it frustrating that my friends, family and partner can enjoy a drink and I can't all of a sudden.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be please? And how to solve it? I am frustrated when I go out with friends and I have to be sober.