alcohol and heart racing in morning?

Don't Panic lol.
Hi I don't know if this is much use to you but....
For several years i suffered with anxiety and panic dissorder. I did finally beat it with a bit of help form a lot of people and another website with mass support.
I don't know and wouldn't like to say if you are at all like that but i posted and almost identical post to yours last year when i suddenly found that after drinking the next day i would be a nervous/anxious wreck with fast heartbeat. I know the feeling although it used to wreck my day. i guess its just alcohols way of saying im gonna make you feel bad. i still drink again now though again like you only socially.
A lot of little worries can sometimes make a big worry and its sometimes very hard to see past the end of your nose when analysing yourself. im making no judgement this was me last year.
The best way i combat it is lots of water before bed even if it means getting up in the night. and make sure i get at least 6 hours in otherwise im just drunk all day (well it feels like it only with the inhibitions jeez i hate that). I am typibng this now on a raving hangover at work lol. im not so anxious about it now though lol
after re reading it doesn;t offer a lot of advice but ive written it now lol.
Ben

i don't actually know what it was that helped me in the end. i did stop drinking for a while but i thought how can everyone else carry on and not me. i ended up having a bit of counselling and untangling the wires in me head. but it all just hormones rushing. adrenaline which sends you running in the morning its not excess energy but i bet you feel tired sometimes in the body but so awake in the mind its a very uncomfortable situation. i can;t really give proper advice but i don;t get the anxiety anymore 'less i have to get on a plane (in two weeks argh!!!)
i tried all the yoga and self hypnosis too. and the best for keeping me asleep was burning essential oils alvender for some reason the smell filled my room and i slept like a baby. brilliant maybe try that too. i know it sounds alternative but i was at the end of my tether lol
Ben

water, water, water....you need to drink lots of it, before, during and esp after drinking. I also suffered from anxiety attacks in the past but not much anymore. but i still get a racing and sometimes pounding heartbeat (i can see my chest move under my shirt) the morning after. just relax, drink to have fun but not to get wasted, intersperse with water and enjoy yourself...i hope this helps

I actually just read in a reputable magazine that alcohol is a CNS depressant at first, but a few hours after it metabolizes, it turns into a stimulant. Probably has something to do with the body breaking down the alcohol into simple sugars....and you know what a sugar high feels like right? lol. That's why they say having alcohol as a "night cap" may actually ruin your sleep rather than help you sleep (you'll fall asleep at first, but wake up in the middle of the night after the alcohol has metabolized).

I skimmed over some of the replies (didn't read them in detail) but I saw water mentioned quite a bit....actually, gatorade is the absolute best thing you can have. the low sugar or sugar free one though (low cal). you definatley don't need the extra sugar after having alcohol. anyway, although one theory of hangovers is that they are actually withdrawl symptoms, the other theory (which i think most people believe most) is due to dehydration since alcohol is a diuretic. When you urinate so much after drinking, you aren't only losing water, you are losing electrolytes. Gatorade (or powerade or something like it) helps replenish not only fluids, but your electrolytes. No matter how much I drink, if I manage to down a bottle of gatorade (a whole bottle) the next morning I barely have a hangover. I'm a bit tired but that's about it! Try it next time you drink. (I discovered it while in university