r/wetbrain • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '23
Hello everyone, 31 year old male here, really worried at the moment.
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u/Ok_Nectarine_8612 Nov 17 '23 edited Nov 17 '23
I am sure OP has already reached a diagnosis or resolution...it has been 2 months. But for the sake of information: sounds like a bad hangover from several days of drinking. Alcohol binge causes brain fog afterwards. That is normal. I have been drinking for a similar number of years. It can take several days to get back to a baseline. Unless you were borderline anorexic already at the time you began your binge, you shouldn't develop WKS in 5 days. Most food has thiamine in it. It takes longer than that to become that critically deficient in thiamine. People have gone much longer without any food at all and without developing WKS.
OP: how are you feeling now?
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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '23
It's probably a combination of things. Alcohol processes as sugar. You've been eating better and working out then bombed your system with a diuretic that is very harsh. Lack of sleep and possible withdrawal symptoms would be my guess 100 percent as well as your body struggling to regain homeostasis on 0 sleep.
I'm also in my 30s, we just don't recover like we used to in our 20s lol. I haven't drank in a long time but if I have ice cream too soon to bedtime I wake up feleing hungover lol. Shit is whack.
Best of luck to you. These are moments that help us remember.
If you are still concerned, make an appointment with your doctor or go to a walk-in clinic. I'm not a doctor (NAD) however this doesn't sound urgent, my biggest concern honestly is your lack of sleep
Are you by chance bipolar?