Had a bit too much last night and now I’m on my usual routine of water, ibuprofen, and waiting. Was curious if anyone has a better go to?

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      Pho is really like a miracle cure for this.

      It’s a genuinely filling meal that is easy on the stomach, it has a lot of liquid to help with dehydration, and enough salt to help replace the missing electrolytes.

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      100% agree Pho is a life saviour in these situations. But at the same time thats what pho is in any situation. Like a hug, a blanket and a kiss on the forehead.

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    I get hungover way less since I drink a lot of water after or ideally at the same time as getting drunk.

    If I get hungover anyway it’s greasy food, weed, sweet drinks like soda or juice schorle and couch with a series or a silly movie. Probably a cat or two with me on the couch. Let’s be honest, probably only the one, the other only really loves my SO. Normal stuff I guess.

    Or if it’s summer festival time maybe countering with beer might be another option to kill a hangover.

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      ^This.

      I do take a lot of water after getting drunk ( if am not lost :D ). It’s simple. A sip of water when the mouth feels dry , repeat.

      Also, coconut in the next morning.

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    Don’t forget to drink water the night before , you will feel better the next day. Its dehydration that hit us the most so being hydrated while and after drinking helps a lot.

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    Assuming it’s not seriously illegal where you live, substitute alcohol for cannabis, have a great night and wake up rested and refreshed the next morning.

    Seems to be less damaging to the body long term too, but that’s neither here nor there.

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        I like to get drunk as hell and then smoke up the same night. It used to give me a bad case of the spins in my 20s but these days it’s fine. Plus the weed keeps me from drinking too much to the point of hangover, cause the moment it kicks in I lose all desire to drink.

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      Weed seems to act like a sleeping pill for me. It’s not exactly “fun”. It just feels like I took something like presumably Ambien or something. I don’t get any positive effects from it like alcohol.

      It’s not that I’m doing too much either. If I take very miniscule amounts, I feel nothing. If I take slightly more, I feel incredibly sleepy and hungry with no positive effects. I’ve tried to ride out the sleepiness before to see if I get something good out of it, but it just makes me feel sick like I’m coming down with something.

      I have tried to take more than that to see if I was taking too little, but it made me uncomfortably dissociate and gave me extreme nausea.

      This is only in reference to weed edibles for the record. Less than 2.5 mg and I feel nothing. 2.5-5 mg and I feel overwhelming sleepy and mildly sick. 6-10 mg seems to be too much for me. I have limited access to materials to smoke it due to legality in my area. I also am not keen on damaging my lungs either.

      I keep going back to it now and then hoping I’ll get something out of it, but it just unfortunately doesn’t seem to do anything for me. I wish I could use it to replace alcohol because alcohol gives me intense GI upset with even small amounts. But I simply don’t get any positive effects from weed at all whatsoever. The sleeping pill part is sort of useful on the rare occasion I have trouble sleeping. But usually my problem is the opposite…I can’t stay awake on a regular basis without any drugs. So purposefully taking something to knock me out isn’t great.

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      I get a terrible headache if I smoke a lot of weed the night before. I also know many people (including myself sometimes) who get really bad anxiety even with just a bit of weed. I like to cannabis but it just has never hit the same as alcohol for me

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    A 2011 study in rats claims caffeine and NSAIDs

    Once the source of the hangover headache was located, the researchers then set about figuring out how to get rid of the pesky things, using known headache blockers. Turns out the combination of caffeine and over-the-counter inflammatory drugs (i.e., NSAIDs – things like aspirin and ibuprofen) were best at blocking the head-pounding effects of the acetate.

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        I try to avoid ibuprofen or Tylenol as they’re hard on the liver and kidneys which are already working overtime to flush the alcohol out of your system.

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        I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned it yet but next time take the ibuprofen before going to bed (while still intoxicated). My friends and I always set out an ibuprofen next to the bed before drinking to remember. You’ll feel 10x better in the morning.

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      This is what I do when I have a raging headache the next morning. Eat some protein, drink lots of water, and take an ibuprofen. I’m usually good by the time afternoon comes.

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    Electrolytes, not from a sugary sports drink, but something like Liquid IV. If I hit the sauce a little too hard I usually drink one at the end of the night as well, along with a good amount of water.

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    Thiamine, aka B1 vitamin. So your liver uses all your B1 tryna process all the alcohol, then there’s none for your brain = headaches, foggy thinking etc. I have some before bed, and upon waking, and some food. Long term deprivation of B1 -causes permanent brain damage. Also there’s the dehydration thing too.

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    My brain always tries to convince me to eat greasy heavy food, but that never seems to help much. For some reason an apple always makes me feel much better. After that it’s just headache drugs and time.

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      Hangover days are biscuits and gravy. The heavy salt and grease make up for a lot of it.

      If that fails, I would go to Tylenol and electrolyte drinks.

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        Chilli fries with lots of mustard. Plenty of water. Haven’t had a hangover since discovering the wonders of red bean chilli

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    Greasy food bro!

    This poor guy’s trying to ride out a hangover on water and ibuprofen!

    You need some hash browns, sausage, and coffee.

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      How does your body work and why do people always say this?

      If I went for greasy food and coffee during a hangover, I’d be puking and shitting my brains out. Yet I see your sentiment echoed all over the web.

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        I have a thing where when I wake up I’m starving and need greasy or junk food ASAP, but if I don’t get it within the first hour or so after waking up then I’ll get extremely ill and throw it all up. I’m not sure what the science behind it is but my sister is the same as you where she can’t have any food at all.

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        Yeah if the hangover includes nausea, greasy breakfast is too risky.

        Fortunately my hangovers these days are usually just headache and lethargy. Greasy breakfast, coffee, and aspirin get me right as rain by noon.

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          People get hangovers without GI issues? Damn I’m incredibly jealous. The headache part of a hangover is the least problematic for me.

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            Yeah in my 20s I’d usually get GI issues when I had a hangover… but also in my 20s it would take a lot more booze for me to wake up with a hangover haha

            Now in my 40s, I almost never drink that much in one night. So my lack of GI issues is probably just from less booze overall. And I’m more careful now about eating first and hydrating after booze

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    Cannabis and coconut water is the ultimate cure for hangovers.

    And a bowl of either Menudo or Pho helps too if you can stomach food.