Why do I keep getting sick when I drink even a little bit of alcohol.?

Question

I just recently started taking birth control pills to regulate my hormones and I have found that ever since then I have not been able to drink any alcohol without getting sick. I am not a big drinker, but I like to go out and have a beer with my friends every now and then. It seems as if every time I have even just one beer I get sick to my stomach. This never used to happen to me. I could drink a pretty good amount of alcohol and not even be hungover the next day.

I keep a pretty healthy diet and I drink LOTS of water everyday. Nothing else has changed besides me being put on birth control, so I feel like its safe to say that I have been getting sick because the pill is making me more susceptible to the hangover affect of alcohol.

One of my friends suggested that if I am thinking about drinking, I should take Milk Thistle before I do so. Would this help in the event of a night at the bars? I have done some research and I do know that milk thistle can impact the effectiveness of the pill.

Answer 1

Some people who commented on this are idiots! No you're not a lightweight and no your not a drunk. You like to go out and drink a couple drinks every once and a while. Thats normal. I have had the same problem and I was on 3 different kinds of birth controls. Our bodies just don't agree with the hormones and alcohol. I'm off bc now and yeah my period is worse but I can go out and have a few drinks. Sucks we can't do both. Not sure if Milk Thistle will work, never tried. 

Maybe try a bc with less hormones and see what happens.