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EDIT: Based on feedback from a number of people, I tried electrolyte supplements and all was well today. It looks like I was drinking enough water, but not enough electrolytes.

Hey poaler bears, I want to pick your brains. The last two days I woke up feeling up feeling like I had a nasty hangover (severe headache, nausea, sensitivity to light, etc)...but without the drinking to explain it. I had one beer Monday night, and nothing aside from water last night. I drink plenty of water so being dehydrated would be strange, I'm not diabetic, I dont have sleep apnea, and I'm not sick (I feel fine during the day).

The symptoms are exactly what I'd expect to have if I was 22 and at the bar until 3am, not from drinking a glass of water and going to bed at 9pm like a geezer.

Any ideas where to start looking for a cause?

EDIT: Based on feedback from a number of people, I tried electrolyte supplements and all was well today. It looks like I was drinking enough water, but not enough electrolytes. Hey poaler bears, I want to pick your brains. The last two days I woke up feeling up feeling like I had a nasty hangover (severe headache, nausea, sensitivity to light, etc)...but without the drinking to explain it. I had one beer Monday night, and nothing aside from water last night. I drink plenty of water so being dehydrated would be strange, I'm not diabetic, I dont have sleep apnea, and I'm not sick (I feel fine during the day). The symptoms are exactly what I'd expect to have if I was 22 and at the bar until 3am, not from drinking a glass of water and going to bed at 9pm like a geezer. Any ideas where to start looking for a cause?

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[–] • 1 pt

electrolyte == potassium, am I right?

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Muscles work off of a sodium and potassium differential across the cell membrane. A deficiency in either will cause the same symptoms.

[–] • 0 pt

technically all salts are electrolytes, how things are marketed idk. NaCl is salt and it is an electrolyte the more complex salts are usually what your body needs albeit table salt is the bodies biggest electrolyte. also it depends on the chemical for potassium i assume ur talking a potassium electrolyte not just K on the periodic table

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If you were as intelligent as you are trying to sound, you would have noticed that the entire conversation had been about electrolytes. When a word has multiple meanings, if the conversation has consistently used only one of those multiple meanings, any shorthand references to the same word will default to the consistently used meaning. Therefore, as no word was given by the commenter as to a change, your question shows that you haven't actually listened to the conversation.