anxiety after drinking alcohol

I feel exactly the same but I also feel like my chest ,ribs and upper back are badly bruised and feel like its hard for me to breathe but I am like this on a daily basis coz I suffer with anxiety but wen I drink and wen I do its a lot I feel sooo much worse and my heart does mad beats does anyone else experience these other symptoms :( x

What you said about cigarettes after waking up, after an evening of enjoyable self-abuse, is very interesting to me, because I feel exactly the same!

Hi I know exact ally what you mean.I had 3 beers last night and I will suffer throbbing anxiety for as long as a week sometimes.I think of things that happened when I was a teenager and basically every bad incident that's ever happened in my life.pile dem all up in my mind and i den think every one hates me.and den it will pass eventually.and its that you feel so bad in the stomach it feeds up to your mind and makes you think negativly

Hi ya so glad I come across this as I don't feel so alone I also suffer big time after a drink I'm not a alcoholic just like a good drink with friends on the odd occasion and the after affects are so bad I feel like my world has ended I feel like I've said or done something wrong to the point I convince myself I have I feel paranoid of everyone like there judging and talking about me I suffer anxiety anyway and I'm a quiet person when I have a drink I get a burst of confidence which I'm not use to I no the best answer is to stop drinking and thought I would as I can't cope feeling such doom afterwards but I do it again does and it doesn't matter if I drink only a couple such a vicious cycle but find it really hard to explain to people that don't suffer the same as they wouldn't understand

I am honestly in shock and awe after finding this thread. Although it has always crossed my mind about my anxiety after binge drinking, I never did research nor have I ever heard of this with anyone else. I thought I was alone and quite frankly, losing it. I have to admit, I am a heavy drinker. I drink and drink from sun up to sun down and only stop because I get tired of drinking. I am 25 and started drinking heavily since I was 18. I am a female. I have never felt anxiety and paranoia like this until the past 3-4 years. I would binge drink for 3-4-5 days and suddenly stop. I don't normally get the usual hangovers that include headaches and vomiting. My post binge drinking consequences are more of a mental thing. After a few days of nothing but beer besides a few sodas here and there while eating, I feel like the world is out to get me. I feel like this for about 1 or 2 days. I get paranoid and wonder if I had done something wrong to someone, said something bad, or if the C.I.A is looking for me. Sometimes I cannot even leave the room. Simple things like going to the kitchen freak me out, I panic. I am always afraid something bad is going to happen to me. Sometimes I think i'm going to die for some reason. While all of this is going on in my mind, I have no appetite what so ever. and in the beginning I have cold sweat. During the aftermath, I somehow feel like the world is crashing down and everything worries me. Such as, is someone mad at me? Did I burn any bridges? Might I have broken the law during these binge drinking days. I don't know but I sometimes feel like the anxiety and paranoia might kill me. I feel like I can't stop these thoughts and all day it's all I think about. It sometimes scares me. This usually lasts for 2-3 days after binge drinking. After that I am totally fine and think "What was I so worried about, life goes on, it's not that serious!" But then I do it again the next week and the same thing happens lol. However, I am so glad and so happy it finally clicked in my head to google this topic. Now, I can confirm it is just alcohol related and I don't need to over think everything, because there are obviously other people who go through it too. I am not losing it after all. Next time I feel like this I'm not going to beg God for it to go away. It isn't his fault anyway lol. I'm simply gonna take deep breathes and remind myself that no one is taking it that seriously either so why should I. Thanks. 

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Omg ur post is sooo me, I can't get over it. It is exactly how I feel. This is crazy it's as if I wrote everythin you said.

I don't drink at all because of anxiety. But last night I had 5 c light. I'm a big guy so that really isn't much but again today the day after, anxiety hit me hard. For me I think it's more than just the alcohol but maybe it is just the alcohol. I think it's more that I like to have control over my life and having control makes me relaxed. When I drink I sort of cut ties with any issues and the next day psychologically I'm making up for cutting ties and am nervous that everything isn't the same.

I feel the same way as mentioned. I usually drink at home and it keeps this from happening but my husband and I went to a family event and I feel so much panic and anxiety about it. I feel like I did something crazy or embarrassing so I keep trying to remember the entire day but I can't. I am also pissed at my husband because I feel like he should be there to help me prevent this feeling by "watching over me." I feel so bad and can't wait for this to pass. I am thinking about giving up alcohol all together because I feel like it is the only way to prevent these feelings of "doom." I am also thankful for all the post because it is good to know that I am not alone. Best of luck to everybody!

Xanax is really good for this kind of anxiety but only use it for a Day or so until your hangover is gone.

Not alone.

 

Having had this for the last couple of years i have come to terms with the likelhood that this is indeed the warning signs of alcoholism, i was told by recovering alcoholics aswell that these are classic early symptoms. I don't drink every day but the disease 'alcoholism' doesn't require you do. I believe alcoholism results from (obviously too much alcohol) but also constant bodily dehydration and a sustained period of low level electrolytes.

I was on Omeprazole for Acid Reflux and Citilopram (an Anti Depressant for controlling the alcohol induced Panic attacks which eventually turned into Panic Disorder). I was Lathargic constantly, dizzy, in a dream state etc etc I felt like my heart was just going to stop suddenly. Pulpatations would occur for the next few nights after a drinking session.

Both of these drugs worked controlling the panic but the ADs also made me abit like a zombie so i had to come off them.

 

I am convinced sutained periods of lost electrolytes is at the heart of it all (no pun intended!). The electrolytes stimulate our bodies to work effectively, our heart to pump etc.

 

THINGS THAT HAVE HELPED ME:

- Drink more water more frequently, less alcohol

- EAT a Banana or two a day (seriously these things are amazing if eaten regularly)

- Coconut Water (wether abit of a fad or not) its nice, has the same amount of potassium as bananas and rehydrates you. It reduces symptoms quickly, especially when you have a hangover.

- If you dont like Bananas and such take 'Sando K' - a potassium supplement, or those drinks like gatorade (although not the best solution)

- Go to the gym and get on the cross trainer. minimum 15 minutes a day - get the heart working harder.

- Stop drinking fizzy drinks like Diet Coke which also increase anxiety (and all the gas can give you funny feelings in the chest - leading to more panic!)

- Stop smoking.

- Eat healthy

 

 

All of these things have made me much calmer, i can even go for the odd night out drinking and feel great the next day.

 

If anyone has anymore ideas on things that help please do tell.

 

cheers,

w

Im glad i read this because it makes me feel a bit better knowing i'm not the only one. i rarely go out drinking now because of this but sometimes its unavoidable such as a good friends batchelor party or a wedding and i always tell myself i'll only have a few because i know what i'm going to have to deal with the next day. I've took time off work because of it and the only people i talk to for a day or so after is my family its horrible the feeling of shame, guilt and paranoia but as i said its made me feel better knowing i'm not alone.

SO pleased to have found these posts, I have had the same scenario happen to me for the last few years.

I am 'mid doom' after a wedding at the weekend, I drank and mixed too much alcohol and am now experiencing tears, anxiety, weird dreams and severe paranoia. Like I have been reading from others, I too make up senarios in my head that I may have said or done that would be shameful. If I cannot piece together the whole night then I think of the worst thing imaginable that could of happened, a typical one would be 'cheated on my partner'. I almost hide from people in case they reveal or confront me about my supposed 'bad behavior'. My partner is supportive and will run through the night with me.. but because I obsess over it, he sometimes asks if I have done something I shouldn't as I wont let it drop until about a week or 2.... this then starts my anxiety all over again, and again I question myself. I am driving myself crazy and my partner, and feel I should stop drinking on a night out. For me, It tends to be worse at parties/weddings/social situations etc than if I got drunk at home with my partner.

I'm generally a shy girl and use alcohol to come out of my shell, I enjoy myself at the time, but I sometimes feel that the guilt and punishment, is because I have lost control of myself through drink...and am embarrassed about what people will think of me.

I feel like I want to ask everyone what I did, but then I don't want to highlight my madness or 'supposed bad behavior'

I try to tell myself that when my friends and family are drunk I don't ever think badly of them, so why would they me.. but it still doesn't help.

Cigarettes and coffee does make it worse but Because I feel so tired and stressed these are the things I crave and reach for.

I dont want to go to the doctors..as I feel they will just tell me to reduce or cut out alcholol... which I should.

I just wish there was a way to get rid of this awful feeling I have!!

if any one has any ideas please let me know...cheers for listening.

 

 

 

I drank very heavily on Friday night and felt like sh*t all day. Then, that night, I just felt off, like I wasn't real or something. And like the dumbass I am, I drank some more on Saturday, not a lot, just two glasses of vodka and gatorade, but then, when I tried to go to sleep, I kept seeing horrible things when I closed my eyes, followed by weird dreams. In the morning, I felt off all day, and that is today, Sunday, and I'm really happy that I found these posts, because I didn't know what the hell was happening or if anybody felt like that. But now, I have the world's worst anxiety with a continual impending feeling of doom. No matter what I think about, I get a feeling in the pit of my stomach like I'm about to enter hell and it's just awful, but at least there are others who experience the same thing. I really hope that this goes away in another day or two.

I just like to add , I feel these affects after drinking , can't sleep cus my brain is running wild about all sorts of random things , fall asleep and wake up in a panic . I stopped drinking for a few months and everything went back to normal , had one beer and it all came back , but I found that it was mainly just beer that did it maybe I'm strangle allergic to one of the things in beer . Even a very small amount of beer dose it , I had some beers battered fish and even that brought it on . Maybe it's just me lol

this is me exactly, like, i'll drink when i know i'll be forced to function socially, then it's this nightmarish anxiety and extreme paranoia the next day, which can only be managed with more drink. like, sometimes, i'll drink for several days in a row before just dosing on sleeping pills and sleeping my way our of it. if i had any brains, i'd megadose myself on like zoloft or something, and swear off the drink forever, but i love boozing far too much for that to be a realistic option. man, like i actually came online now to try to distract myself until the pills kick in, before that, i was having involuntary suicidal thoughts, like wtf! suicidal thoughts from drink, like how is that even possible??