I had a HUGE headache all night last night from drinking beer, why?

Question

Look I have drank alot in the past, Im no beginner. And I usually always get headaches with beer, these arent hangovers, I mean headaches like an hour after im done drinking. I switched to coors lite, that helps a little but every once in a while I'll drink Miller Lite or whatever. I do suffer from migraines every once in a while but these "beer headaches" are somekind of monster. Anyway I drank gatorade,ate,took motrin and went to sleep, but still got the headache, and it didnt go away until I later took tylenol pm, which I now think is freakin awesome. Anyway, does anyone else get these headaches, and what is your cure-all for this BS.

Answer 1

Sometimes people can be allergic to certain things different beer companies put into their beer. For example, I can drink Bud Light, but if I drink even a couple Bud Selects...I puke, almost immediately. No idea why. But I find that picking one thing that works for you will probably be best. But most of all the beer is probably just dehydrating you - which is why people get headaches, it is called the "Instant Hangover" instead of the day after. Try to remember to take a drink of water every beer or so, it should really help.

Answer 2

I do to some extent. But I also get them when I am not drinking alcohol. It is possible that you are having a reaction to something other than the alcohol itself I doubt it very much. Try drinking a lot I mean a lot of water a couple of days before drinking alcohol. Also drink water every couple of drink or so. Search this out to see if dehydration is a major factor.

It is also unlikely the yeast. One reason is because most American beer has no yeast (unless you drink craft beers but you said Miller & Coors). That is why they are crystal clear. The other reason is you would have headaches after eating bread also.

No sulfites in beer. That dude is not a beer man.

Sulfites may have been in beer thirty years ago but not in our alcohol-drinking-lifetime.

Sulfites are sulfur-based preservatives used to prevent or reduce discoloration of light-colored fruits and vegetables, prevent black spots on shrimp and lobster, inhibit the growth of microorganisms in fermented foods such as wine, condition dough, and maintain the stability and potency of certain medications.

Sulfites can also be used to bleach food starches, to prevent rust and scale in boiler water that is used to steam food and even in the production of cellophane for food packaging.

Sulfites or Sulphites occur naturally in wines but you can add small amounts to wine 'must' to inhibit native bacteria and yeasts to preserve the freshness of your wine. It is possible to make organic wine without added sulfites but this generally means you don't use sulfites in the fermentation process and the grapes were grown organically, not that there are no sulfites present, since this is impossible. This is only for a very limited number of wines and can be difficult for the home vintner to achieve.

Potassium bisulfite

Antibacterial agent that produces bacteria/yeast-inhibiting sulfur dioxide gas. Same uses as Sodium bisulfite but adds no sodium. Use in wine "must" only; should not be put into beer wort.

Sodium bisulfite

Antibacterial agent that produces bacteria/yeast-inhibiting sulfur dioxide gas. Use in wine "must" only; should not be put into beer wort.

Copper Sulfate: 1 oz.

Used as a last resort to treat wines of excess hydrogen sulphide.

Copper Sulfate (1/10 normal) when added to a solution (wine) containing hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg odor) will precipitate copper sulfide. If the wine is then fined and filtered, it will be purged of copper sulfide.

Answer 3

the yeast content in beer is in direct proportion with the headache potential it has.  american brews are somewhat yeasty.  try some other types, styles, etc. of beer.  eventually you will find some that don't have so much yeast or which  simply do not cause you the headaches you have been getting.  your other choice is simply to avoid beer altogether.

Answer 4

My recommendation is that you try some better beers. Coors, Bud and Miller are all fairly low quality beers. It is possible that your body is reacting to the low quality. Try something a little better and see if that helps.

Also you may be developing an allergy to sulfites, which nearly all beers have. If that's the case, my heart goes out to you. There are very few sulfite free beers available and they are nearly all bad.

Answer 5

Definitely try different beer.  I know that Miller uses some fairly unnatural processes on their hops and probably in other brewing processes, the stuff won't skunk under normal store type abuse even in clear bottles.  Getting an allergy test could also be a good plan.