u/CowDontMeow

Hey peoples, as title really, I very rarely drink nowadays but I find most Saturdays I feel super hungover, just made myself my fav comfort lunch (spicy seitan, rice, kimchi, lots of mixed seeds to stop and nibble on/slow me down) and I’m just staring at it, my skull is pounding, I feel nauseous and have the brain fog/clumsiness that comes with a bad hangover.

Started ADHD meds over a year ago and I found my autistic side came out a _*LOT*_, gradually I’ve been feeling a bit more myself and less aware of the sudden increase in “particularities” (freaking out if things on my desk move, physical touch, wrong cutlery/wrong foods touching each other etc) but I’ve also been gradually feeling worse most weekends, I don’t know if I’ve just learnt to mask really well and all the tension suddenly comes out after the week.

Before ADHD meds I used to get this hangover if I’d spent a night socialising, it’s not just a low energy and headachy feeling it’s the full blown skull splitting, feeling ill and borderline migraine, I actually wonder whether my _real_ hangovers from when I drank were from the alcohol or from over socialising because I can have 3-4 gins on occasion whilst chilling and be fine the next day yet 2 on a night out and I’ll feel rough.

Not really sure what this post is for, I guess confirmation there isn’t anything necessarily wrong? My sleep is always a bit meh but I eat super clean (3200-3500cals a day for gym, vegan, all home cooked) and drink 3-4 litres of water a day depending on whether I cycle into work and go to the gym etc.

Weirdly enough this doesn’t happen at festivals, I can drink from 11:00 to 04:00 for 5 days straight with 4-5hours sleep, 40k steps and a hell of a lot of dancing and I usually wake up feeling the best I ever do, no weird body tension or aches, no hangovers etc.

I’ve tried NAC, Glycine, Magnesium etc. Diazepam helps my symptoms but it’s a 50/50 as to whether it gives me tonnes or energy and drive _or_ just knocks me out and obviously I can’t rely on it, it’s only really used as the nuclear response to that pre-anxiety aura that kinda feels like I’m tumbling through a void whilst the inside of my head inflates and deflates like a spinning balloon because I know will spark off a week of high anxiety and no sleep.

Hey everyone, I’ve had a very basic single skin 6man tent for over a decade now, bought secondhand and used exclusively for festivals, figured it’s time to treat myself to something better (and blackout, the 2022 heatwave was horrendous, waking up at 6am being cooked alive when you went to sleep at 4am was _not_ fun).

I’d probably be fine with a 3/4 man, plenty of room for a double air mattress and some space for bits and bobs. Trouble is most seem to be in the 120-130cm height range and to get anything taller they seem to become these huge fortresses, my current tent is ~150cm and I’d like a bit taller, I’m only 5’8 but being able to stand up to change would be nice.

Decathlon Quechua 3man blackout - 105-116cm - 6.3kg
Decathlon Quechua 4man blackout - 172-190cm - 10.6kg

Price wise if I can’t find anything else I’ll probably go for the 4man, just seems a bit overkill for just myself but it does mean my camp mates have a porch to chill in when it’s too sunny or rainy but the weight is also slightly putting me off.

Is there anything else in the 170cm+ height, blackout and sub £200 range? I know I’m asking for a lot but best to check.