I ussaully drink one to 2 times a week but on the weekend it is ussaully a little too much. Sometimes, when i drink too much i start having breathing problems like a shortness of breath and chest pains.it seems to get worse when i start thinking about my breathing too. Is this just anxiety or could it be something else? Like an alergy or just plain too much alcohol?
This ussaully happens the next day when im hungover by the way
Hey I get exactly the same ... its ur hangover and if u have anxiety it gets worse with your worrying ... takes me days to recover some times lol 
Same thing here! That's just your body telling you you went too hard... Lmao
And anxiety only makes hangovers 10x worse! A good example would be just last weekend, I had more than I should have and woke up feeling like complete crap, pretty much what you described. So no worries! You're totally fine. Maybe cut back on the drinking and see where that leaves you? But either way, no stress.
Hi there,
I don't know anything about the shortness of breath and chest pains I'm afraid, but I will say to remember that alcohol is a depressant. Therefore if you have any feelings of depression, or anxiety, alcohol can make these feel worse.
For this reason I personally no longer drink alcohol as a rule as I was finding that the next day I was feeling so low, depressed, paranoid & stressed.
I'm not saying to become tee-total, but maybe try not drinking for a weekend and see how you feel then.
Stop drinking and find out.
Few people will have sympathy with anyone who knowingly drinks too much alcohol.
Do yourself a big favour and quit while you are ahead.
True that. Its just hard when your whole family and friends drink. Its easy to feel left out
I get this as well I drank Saturday night and was really hungover Sunday and couldn't stop being sick. Now I feel achy and I've got chest pains and my arms feel heavy. Is this because I drank so much on the weekend ??
Im not too sure. It never lasts for more than a day for me
Not difficult at all when you know what Cirrhosis of the liver can do to you.
You be the wise one and give it up, and let them be foolish and risk their lives.
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Hello Jeremy. I am 53 years old (in a couple weeks) and I have experienced this problem since younger than I should have. I would guess you have an intolerance to alcohol. My first experience was difficulty breathing, red flushing spreading from forehead to chest. Hot flashes. A pharmacist at the party had me take some sudafed/active duty. Within 15 minutes the symptoms started easing. For the rest of my life, it has limited my intake. Which is a good thing for an Irish kid with definite genetic predisposition to alcoholism. Enjoy a couple of drinks now and then. When you feel the symptoms, stop. If it's bad, take an anti-histamine. Last but not least, don't smoke cigaretteso. It amplifies the effects. Slante! 😉
Actifed not active duty. Lol.
This just happened to me. I googled the crap out of it because although I've done a ton of heavy drinking in my life, this was the first time I've ever had soreness in my chest even 2 days after the fact. From everything I looked up, the soreness is not something to worry too much about, you're just in for a rough freq days. If you're experiencing heart palpitations though, this is more serious and you probably want to go to the doctor. Apparently this is called the holiday heart because people tend to drink a lot over the holidays.
I also read that middle aged white males are the most at risk group for death by alcohol poisoning, and when you drink to the extreme this could also be a possibility.
Also, if anyone's reading these posts, you should stop drinking, or if you have the self control you should at least stop drinking excessively, myself included.
Good luck
Wow, you're an incredibly preachy blowhard. Why are you even here? No one needs sage advice that's not advice so much as virtue-signaling snobbery. Pontificate elsewhere, if you please.
Jeremy79962, take some Ibuprofen, acetaminophen or other such anti-inflammatory OTC meds, & it should be better. No one should have to suffer over a simple, occasional social drink.
I get the same exact thing. The only thing I have found to work is anxiety medication . I take half a xanax and it goes away every time. Talk to you doctor about it. But try not to abuse the meds. Only take them when you feel like you can't breathe.
Hi Jeremy,
I've had this now most days after drinking alcohol. I wake up with a feeling of shallow breathing. The longer the day goes on the worst it gets. Only settles when i get into bed!!
How are you now?
Thanks, Paul
There is actually such a thing as hangover anxiety. The Irish call it "the fear."
i always used to get these breathless symptoms during hangovers when i used to get drunk. its just a hangover symptom . i wouldnt worry about it.
I have had these same problems. I have been a heavy drinker since I was 18 & I'm 25 now. I wake up in the morning I can't breathe, heart racing while having palpitations, sweating from hands & feet real sick puke about 4 to 6 times, cant eat, cant sleep I went to a clinic once and had hypertension. I went to ER once EKG came out alright & I left before they could finish all the series of test they wanted to run. it's hard on me because family and friends drink etc when I eat out I see people ordering drinks it makes me crave. I get head spins feel like I hear or see things when hungover & Tbh all this at once just makes you fee like you are losing sanity. my long term goal is to cut down till I quit. if you go 6 to 8 months without drinking the heart or liver will start to repair it still thanks for your time everybody and if there is any other advice plz respond