I believe this is an allergy to alcohol......period. It doesn't get better. I went thru myself and tried all the meds...the only thing that
has worked was complete abstinence from alcohol. I realize this is very difficult and I was so angry that I couldn't find another option.......
but the bottom line was there was no other option and I wasn't willing to live in this hell any longer. That was 9 years ago and I have had NO
anxiety or depressions issues.....I can even go out with my friends that do drink and have a blast and realize that I can enjoy a full evening without having to give up 4 days for it....Today I am so glad I don't drink......but it was a process to get here and worth every difficult moment.
Good Luck.......and I have to add that even if anyone does find a different solution that allows them to drink......I, personally, would still never go back!
I wish you all the best of luck.
has worked was complete abstinence from alcohol. I realize this is very difficult and I was so angry that I couldn't find another option.......
but the bottom line was there was no other option and I wasn't willing to live in this hell any longer. That was 9 years ago and I have had NO
anxiety or depressions issues.....I can even go out with my friends that do drink and have a blast and realize that I can enjoy a full evening without having to give up 4 days for it....Today I am so glad I don't drink......but it was a process to get here and worth every difficult moment.
Good Luck.......and I have to add that even if anyone does find a different solution that allows them to drink......I, personally, would still never go back!
I wish you all the best of luck.
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Hi I don't have much to post on here because I think most people have put into writing what I always feel like after drinking. I know I haven't done anything wrong but I convince myself I have and every little thing seems to bring back a "memory" of the night out. I just want to say thanks to you all for posting here because I thought I was going crazy, couldn't concentrate, and it helps to know that I'm not alone. Thanks guys!
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I had the same thing for years. Unfortunately, about 5 years ago I realized the easiest way to get rid of it was to have another drink..... Now I'm an alcoholic, trying to stay sober, but the anxiety is killing me. I've tried ativan, anti-anxiety meds, anti-depressants, but either abuse them, or have horrible side-effects. I recommend you quit drinking now.
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This is a fantastic thread.. For the past 5 years ever time I touched alcohol, the amount seems to matter very little. I would find myself with extreme anxiety, insomnia, shakes and strangly enough severe dehydrateing, so bad the inside of my nose would bleed from being so dry. I am happy that I am not allow. If asked how bad the anxiety was I would answer bad enough to want to go the emergency room for help of some kind. THere is alot of drug addiction and alcoholism in my family so I can understand that if any alcoholic experiences these feeling why than continue to drink or abuse drugs. I have never looked for alcohol to fix the problem or sought out meds, I usuallly just toughed it out and accepted the pain as punishment for drinking. And like alot of ppl on here I am not a drinker but on sometimes certain situations seem to warrent drinking.. weddings, birthdays etc.. and again I would find myself suffering for days on end. usually 3 someone on here said that the first day after drinking is not that bad, which is true in my case as well. The second day is torture. THe anxiety is heightened and by this point I was up alnight with insomnia. Luckily I made the decision to abandon alchol altogether to avoid these problems. You can feel on top of the world before the night of drinking and the next few days your in the depths of hell, extreme depression and horror.. I dont need to do that to myself anymore. The only sad part is that I exclude myself from alot of social functions where alcohol is gonna be consumed not that I miss drinking, I dont, but I do miss some of the social aspects. Drinking contradicts my lifestyle anyway as I am BBER and fitness fantactic but the fact I cant do it sometimes bothers me but never to the point that I want to drink again.
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you have no f*****g idea what your talking about with your positive bs... why are you trying to relate with a medical disorder if you dont actually have it... if you knew how bad it felt then you understad that too much positive will make it worse... ive forced happiness when im dealing with post drinking anxiety to socialize with my freinds and when im alone it comes back ten fold.. the best thing to do besides drugs is mope around your house... and by that is dont try to fight it be sad if you feeling sad and enjoy somthing subtle like music tv of the internet where you dont have to use to much energy... everyone disregard this guys post please dont read it it wont help i read it and it made my body physically hurt because im having post drinking anxiety... or maybe you have some weird verion of it that isnt as bad but if it is bad stuff like music and moping and just being sad will help level you out
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Hey guys,
I can relate to almost all your stories. I was diagnosed with drug induced anxiety and depression, six years ago.
I suffered horrendously for almost 12 months from this until I started taking zoloft for 3 months which totally and permanently relieved me from my panic attacks, anxiety attacks and depression.
Very similar to you guys though, I've always enjoyed a good drinking session with mates and seem to get horrible anxiety attacks and bad feelings the following day and sometimes weeks.. Also weird nightmares that nigh..
I have found that when I return home from the pub, if I sit and drink around a litte or two of water before going to sleep it reduces my anxiety the next day by around 80-90%.. I do it religiously now after drinking and it works remarkably..
I can relate to almost all your stories. I was diagnosed with drug induced anxiety and depression, six years ago.
I suffered horrendously for almost 12 months from this until I started taking zoloft for 3 months which totally and permanently relieved me from my panic attacks, anxiety attacks and depression.
Very similar to you guys though, I've always enjoyed a good drinking session with mates and seem to get horrible anxiety attacks and bad feelings the following day and sometimes weeks.. Also weird nightmares that nigh..
I have found that when I return home from the pub, if I sit and drink around a litte or two of water before going to sleep it reduces my anxiety the next day by around 80-90%.. I do it religiously now after drinking and it works remarkably..
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see i rarley drink say anout onve evry 4 months then im like a crazy possesed woman, idrink till 5 in the morning no one can get me to stop or go to bed and i feel pathetic the next day, i talk to much too the wrong people then worry i have sed things i shouldnt that could cause such upset and trouble i hate the fact i get like this and vowel to never do it again but 4 months later i do, im 38 and feel quite stupid, i mean i have no self control obviously, i could lose frinds relationship and family the way im going xxx :-((((
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hey guys,
Same boat as all of you, I even ended up on Lexapro to help with anx / depression. After a meltdown about 8 months ago I gave up booze cold turkey for about 4 months, felt awesome! Coming up to xmass i decided i was feeling better and started drinking socially, things were going well until today. Sat and Sun I hit the booze hard, way way way too much. Woke 7:30am today and BANG it hit me like a ton of bricks, felt so down and out I started balling crying for no apparent reason, then all these negative thoughts come rushing into my head, things I had done years ago with no relevance to now and I even feel bad about little white lies like telling my buddies im studying just so i dont have to go out to hang with them.
Went to my doc this morning, reluctantly he gave me anxicalm, took one and feeling better now, not 100% but much better. He gave me a two week supply so hopefully that will do the trick then I can get that and the alcohol outa me and get myself right again. I think its time for the social drinks to be kicked to the curb
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I believe a few people who have posted here are confusing a hangover with the subject.
Too scared to go to the shop for cigarettes or even the back yard, can't look people in the eyes, tormented by minuscule situations that mean nothing, thinking that at any moment something horrible is going to happen to you, sitting on your coach with the blinds down screaming in anguish. Shaking, not focused, not wanting to have to talk to someone and then when you do, you can't even get the words out right and come across as mentally challenged. Think you look to everyone exactly how you feel and they're all judging you.
Scared of the steel in your car because you know how easily it can cut through you or the truth is gangs break into peoples houses all the time and kill them. You're not even safe with the doors locked, and your too screwed in the head to do anything about it anyway. Scared of water dripping down your arm because it could be blood.
Tossing and turning in bed sweating, nightmares, insomnia and then having to go to work in the morning, believing your boss knows what is going on in your head. Basically hell on earth for anyone who has this affliction after drinking. Cure. Another drink should make you feel better about it all. It's just going to be worse tomorrow though and even worse after that.
I would like to wake up just with a hangover one day and worry what I said the night before.
Too scared to go to the shop for cigarettes or even the back yard, can't look people in the eyes, tormented by minuscule situations that mean nothing, thinking that at any moment something horrible is going to happen to you, sitting on your coach with the blinds down screaming in anguish. Shaking, not focused, not wanting to have to talk to someone and then when you do, you can't even get the words out right and come across as mentally challenged. Think you look to everyone exactly how you feel and they're all judging you.
Scared of the steel in your car because you know how easily it can cut through you or the truth is gangs break into peoples houses all the time and kill them. You're not even safe with the doors locked, and your too screwed in the head to do anything about it anyway. Scared of water dripping down your arm because it could be blood.
Tossing and turning in bed sweating, nightmares, insomnia and then having to go to work in the morning, believing your boss knows what is going on in your head. Basically hell on earth for anyone who has this affliction after drinking. Cure. Another drink should make you feel better about it all. It's just going to be worse tomorrow though and even worse after that.
I would like to wake up just with a hangover one day and worry what I said the night before.
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its called "the Fear", get it all the time, more beer helps but it only prolongs the fear, eat before you hit the bed or change your drink, im from ireland and everyone knows "the Fear". had a facebook page devoted to it.
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WOW!! Thank god I found this site. After drinking I always get the fear of dying, or that my heart is going to stop, also I feel like I'm just going to lose control. I feel like I want to leave my body! I started getting anxiety attacks when I was about 17. I was also drinking and doing drugs at that time. I quit drugs when I was 18. I still drink on special occasions, but the next day after drinking I have this huge feeling of fear, like I`m going to lose control, or have a seizure. I sometimes get heart pelpitations, which scare the hell out of me. I wish I could just find out whats wrong with me, and why this always happens after drinking? When I try to explain it to my boyfriend, he just tells me its all in my head and i need to relax, but I know these feeling are NOT just on my head. I'm so happy I'm not alone. At one point I thought I was going crazy!! :( I am now a 22 year old mother of two! I have found some ways to help me the next day.
-Drink 2 large glasses of water before I go to bed
-When I wake up I drink a glass of water and a glass of OJ
-Try to find someone interesting on tv to get my mind of the ``thought of an anxiety attack``
-Take a vitamin B12
:) ....might not work for everyone but it helps me out a bit!...so nice to know I`m not alone!!
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From the 3 bits of information you posted Diphenhydramine which is sold as Benedryl in the US or under generic names, Co-codimol which is a formulary generally not sold in the Americas (I discovered the formula is sold by Tylenol but called something different, available only as a prescription in the US), and Lucozade which is a British version of Gatorade. So I deduce that you are in England or one of the colonies.
Anyways, to get back to the topic.. every time I get sufficiently drunk I get a racing feeling, the best way to describe it is to imagine your whole body / conscience racing away from your body. The feeling is likened to some forms of vertigo, anxiety, and possibly going on a fast roller-coaster ride. The feeling is amplified if I close my eyes before getting sufficiently hydrated before going to sleep.
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Ways of combating the problem... If you've drank too much, I suggest self-induced vomiting.
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Afterwards make sure you drink plenty of WATER. (no not the sugary stuff or flavored.) just plain water. I believe the problem is amplified if you are dehydrated, which you generally are after drinking alcohol. Don't tell me there is water in beer... I guarantee you its not enough to keep you really hydrated.
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Remember Alcohol is a diuretic. (It expels water from your body at a much higher rate than normal probably 2-4x depending on the persons body.)
Alcohol happens to be Hygroscopic which is explained in the quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygroscopy
"Hygroscopy is the ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment through either absorption or adsorption with the absorbing or adsorbing material becoming physically 'changed,' somewhat: by an increase in volume, stickiness, or other physical characteristic of the material as water molecules become 'suspended' between the material's molecules in the process. While some similar forces are at work here, it is different from capillary attraction, a process where glass or other 'solid' substances attract water, but are not changed in the process, e.g. water molecules becoming suspended between the glass molecules."
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Avoid anything that acts as a depressant (more alcohol, pain killers, Dyphenhydramine, etc...)
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Avoid caffeine or any stimulants that further make you dehydrated. Racing heart can be a symptom of severe dehydration or excessive stimulate use. (instead drink Water, orange juice, gatorade(sugar free), etc..)
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Drinking on the weekends and getting drunk every time is called "Binge drinking" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_drinking
Just be careful, I would take a break for a few weeks after each time so your body doesn't develop a Physical dependence for alcohol.
Binge drinking can make you an alcoholic quicker than periodic drinking.
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Avoid excessive sugary drinks or whatever, sugar acts as a diuretic in large quantities.
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When drinking socially I would nurse drinks for a long period of time... still gives you the visual perception of drinking with your friends, except it gives you time to sober up before the next day.
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Make sure you use the restroom as frequent as possible, this will help the alcohol leave your body quicker, not using the restroom will actually make you drunk quicker, but it can also develop a toxic problem where you will end up getting Alcohol poisoning. Not using the restroom often enough can actually lead to liver/kidney damage because the alcohol is just sitting there... It can also lead to kidney infections, or urinary infections due to yeast in certain alcohols. Women are generally more prone to yeast infections than are men. But guys you CAN get a yeast infection and I'm sure its not pretty.
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seriously, I didn't know so many people got this. it makes me feel like I'm going to die. Whether I drink 3 beers or 10. I wake up WICKED early the next day, like seven o clock, obviously so tired but cant sleep because my hearts beating so hard its in my throat and my hands shake so bad and my thoughts race like oh my god what did i do. i did this, it was the worst. It makes me hate myself, and feel like im a complete id**t. Like oh im so annoying i cant believe i did that, and i retrace the night over and over again. But my friends assure me I'm fun and that iw as fine and im crazy for thinking what i do i get so depressed, embarassed, ashamed. EVERY weekend i do the same thing. i work non stop, sundays my only real day off so saturday i usually go out. And i spend eeeeeeevery sunday like this. And every week i say I'm not drinking anymore but come saturday at 5 o clock, works out. and i want to socialize. i hate it. i feel like this is the worst thing. It makes me feel crazy, like my brain is fuzzy
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Hey guys i just had to reply i get this all the time after i drink heavy the night before this lead me to go get checked out at the doctors who then diagnosed me with OCD since then i have been taking CBT and taking 200 MG of sertraline a day it helps alod with my anxiety even after a night out drinking i still dont feel my self the next day but i dont dwell on things or over think them for the next 5days.
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Really good to know I'm not alone and you all seem to be in situations where your friends don't understand. I've tried to stop drinking many times but my friends always try and convince me to drink. I don't think they are uncaring but they just cannot understand. Interesting that only a few people on here have actually given up drinking. I often wonder, If this is so terrible why do I keep doing it. I once stopped drinking for two years and I have to say my quality of life improved so much. I suffer from social anxiety's and generalised anxiety disorder but drinking makes me crazy. I sit there the next day and look for news results of things I might be responsible of the area's I was drinking. I always feel worse anyway when I don't sleep well so I guess it makes sense that I would feel worse when not getting good sleep. I really think I am going to have a go at giving up for good. I have a few social events over the past few months that will be hard without drinking but for a few hours of feeling uncomfortable it will be worth it to not feel that way for the rest of the week.
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