I had this today and have this on and off. My research points to a combo of two or three factors: 1) alcohol sometimes causes sinus tachycardia next day. It just sometimes happens. 2) an upset stomach, especially constipation, probably via vagus nerve, seems to make this worse 3) being physically tired eg from exercise or recent virus, makes this even worse. End result? Sitting around all day watching the HR monitor hovering at 120 when doing nothing.
Sure sounds like it except Holiday Heart often includes Afib as well as tachycardia. I recommend backing off the booze or next time you could be introduced to the pleasures of AFib on top of the racing heart. I don't recommend it:) I've completely stopped drinking since the onset of paroxysmal afib a few months ago. Not sure there's even a direct connection in my case as I didn't drink much anyhow but I'm not taking any chances, at least for now.
Good luck1
I'm doing fine now. My heart rate was down to 80 when I went to sleep, which is reasonable. It's back to my normal beat again. I guess this was holiday heart then?
You could be dehydrated, alchol really dehydrates the body, if your dehydrated it will make you heart rate increase, add the alchol and vomiting and your body is probably depleted, I would recommend drinking a bottle of gatorade or lots of water. My heart races after one drink so I avoid it completely now
If your still not feeling well I would have it checked out.
If the rhythm was under 130 or so while you were walking and under 110 or so when you resting and if it was regular, you have nothing to worry about. It's a byproduct of drinking.
I'm 6 years older than you and used to drink a lot. Trust me...it will catch up with you right around the 23-25 year old range and get increasingly more harmful as you get older. Consider moderating. Try drinking a water in between every drink. Even if you have 12, you should be fine the next day. But 18+ drinks with no water like I used to do for weeks on end is not good for your body. If you find that you just can't get drunk enough by drinking a dozen beers with water in between, then you probably have a drinking problem anyway and need to quit.
Sorry, just trying to give the readers a good picture.
Thanks for the input.
Uh, a bit too much info on the consistency of your puke.
As for your heart, Google Holiday Heart Syndrome. While alcohol is a brain depressant, it's a heart stimulant, so problems you might have are going to be exacerbated by boozing it up.