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[tfunk]

I have a hangunder at the moment. I've drunken (drinken, to be drinken) enough beer/soju to know I will have a hangover in the morning.

I've read some of the other threads but they all recommend a 'morning after' cure...but it's still the night for me...

should I drink my gatorade, tomato juice before I go to bed or after?

Dramatic update: I've just Googled a bit of information but I still can't find my answer.

What is a hangover? Is it the headache? Is it the nausea? Is it the nagging undercurrent of unease?

I want to get rid of all those symptoms.

[JMO]

I used to have those sachets of powder that people took with them to countries with poor water. Its like minerals and salts and stuff. If you mix one of those with a litre of water and drink it before you go to bed you won't feel too bad in the morning. I wish i still had them.


You can always try the hair of the dog also. If you time it right..say 3 pints over 4 hours or so you can cheat the bastard.

[tfunk]

Where do I get these sachets?

I once had a charity collector tell me about these sachets. Diarrhea kills a lot of people due to dehydration and he was collecting to buy as many sachets as he could send to save people. He said Diarrhea was the number one killer in Africa.

[JMO]

[huffdaddy]

Drink as much water as you can. Hangovers are from dehydration. Ergo, you need to hydrate. I think you want to avoid the tomato juice. Lots of sodium, which I think is bad for hydration. So stick with the water.

[oneofthesarahs]

I used to date a guy who swore by eating a banana before going to bed after drinking a lot. Maybe potassium is good for hangovers? Or maybe I was just dating a nutcase?

[tfunk]

[The Bobster]

[Atavistic]

Instead of the packs of minerals, drink some Pocari Sweat. Basically it's got the same stuff in it.

Or make your own. A generic formula is 1 liter of water with 6 level teaspoons of sugar and 1 level teaspoon of salt.

[happeningthang]

I've found it's a bit pointless to try and hydrate the morning after, when the hangover's in full effect.

I always have a few glasses of water, and an aspirin just before going to sleep, and I've been hangover free ever since.

In the days before that it was a greasy Full English for breakfast and coffee.

[kalak]

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000800.html = sachets you were thinking of.

JMO - judging by your podge and rodge avatar, im guessing you're irish. then diorlyte are the sachets. they come in different flavors and are about 50cent (irish) each.

[Young FRANKenstein]

[tfunk]

Wow, I feel grand this morning. I only slept 8 hours and was on a beer/soju mix.

I bought a 1.5L bottle of gatorade before going to bed and drank half of it before falling asleep, bits of it when I woke up during the night and the rest in the morning. I was very tired though...I wonder if Gatorade would keep you up if you weren't very sleepy?

I should also mention that I was drinking soju mary's...can't remember all the ingredients but there was worchester sauce, salt, tomatoe juice and soju.

[Bibbitybop]

[oneofthesarahs]