I would venture to guess that the majority of adults have experienced, at one time or another, a hangover. Maybe you drank just that one last shot that did you in, or you got a little careless celebrating something, or perhaps you thought you stopped early enough not to experience the agony of the next day, but then woke up hungover.
All you want is to eat greasy food, but it doesn't always make you feel better. You try and drink Gatorade or something with electrolytes, you make a few too many trips to the washroom, and part of you would like to simply vomit and get it over with.
You experience horrendous nausea, you are lethargic, your stomach is upset and nothing will improve it, and your head throbs. Safe to say, it is an unpleasant experience.
But what if you have the same exact symptoms without a drop of alcohol?
The other night, I went with RJ to his pool league banquet. It was a really great evening with great company and incredible food. We got there, had dinner, draw prizes were given out, the 50/50 prize was awarded, and there were a couple of small 'speeches'. I had water and two glasses of juice (cranberry, orange, and 7up). We were gone for less than 5 hours, and it was out of town by 45mins. We literally got up to get food and then sat at the table for the rest of the time.
Then, yesterday, I was completely hungover. Extra nausea, extra pain, horrible headache, lethargy... Eating did not help, drinking loads of water and juice didn't help, peppermint tea may have helped to settle my stomach slightly, fresh air did not help... I eventually passed out for a nap in the afternoon and was so out of it I don't remember half of the conversations we had before napping.
I mean, it is one thing to feel hungover because of my own stupid choices, but to feel that awful for the sole reason of going OUT for dinner seems a little unfair. I guess it must be an Energy Hangover... the after effects of simply expending more energy than usual.
Oh well. At least it only lasted a day. I feel quite a bit better today. Still not back to normal, but at least I can watch tv or read without cringing just to keep my eyes open. :)