Anxiety and depression for days after binge drinking

Everyone on here is the same as me. I hate myself in the morning after drinking and think why did I go out. Did I make a fool of myself. Upset wanting my life to end as I can't remember anything. Please make this feeling go away. What did people think of me. It's the second day now after that night yet still I panic. I know the only way is to stop drinking but it's easier to say it than do it. What do I do I hate this feeling. To scared to go to the doctor to tell them the amount I've drunk in one day, so I wait hoping that the feeling goes.

I have been binge drinking for years on wine. I feel very anxious and depressed when I stop. How long does this severe depression last after you stop drinking? I would like to think that there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Any help would be much appreciated.

How long till u felt normal?? Im having same

I've been seeking answers and this thread has them, I'm now almost positive drinking is causing my anxiety, depression and dark thoughts, NOT my job or money situation. Sure that's stressful but it's nothing I can't handle. Friday night, most of Saturday and some Sunday I drink, like binge drink until I'm bitzed out of my mind. The rest of my week goes like this: Monday I hate life, Tuesday I hate life, Wednesday I start feeling better, Thursday is good and Friday is great. However, then I start to drink again on Friday because I feel great and by Sunday the cycle repeats itself. It's vicious. So for me Iozzglaus it takes about 3-4 days to really start to feel good about myself. Hell, it's been so long since I've taken anything longer than 7 days off of drinking that I'm not even sure if I know what feeling good or normal is anymore! All I know is I'm tired of it, I feel as if I'm a smart, strong and intelligent person who can socially drink and only have one or two which is what I will try over the next few weeks. If this fails then ultimately I know it's the drink that controls me and not the other way around and I will have to quit altogether.

This happened to me for the first time in last 4-5 years of drinking usually, I'd do petty stuff like make drunk calls or throw up. But for the first time in my life i experinced anxious panic attack like never. before As it turns out I was alone at the bar and was having a converstaion over racism with strangers and next thing i know i woke up in my house with a stinky breath and a massive headache alongside with this panic attack. I'm trying so hard to remember that conversation and I so strongly feel i might have offended someone which consequently is giving me sleepless ngihts and depression for the past two days. I'm in real desperate need to calm myself down. I hope this is normal and eventually goes away.

This is totally normal after drinking a lot of alcohol. I discovered that after 3 days I am back to normal again and my depression is gone. I am back to normality again until some friend arrives at the door with another bottle of wine and the it's starts all over again. i suffer also from sleepless nights and I become paranoid. What did I say...What did I do? I still like my wine but I drink glasses of water in between drinks and it really helps.

I totally understand. It's a total nightmare but none of us seem to want to give up the drink. Can a few of us get together and help each other to overcome this demon?

It's just the way it is. Drinking is part of life now for most people. Parties, football games etc. It's better with a nice cold pint in hand. I think we are just the type of people who's body's react different. I don't think having a good drink once a month will harm anybody.

Wow. I thought I would do a quick search on this subject and did not realise how many people really suffer after a drinking session. There are other people in here who are actually alcoholics though and require some serious attention. I'm not sure where i fit into the equation. When I was in my 20's I think I didn't consider myself someone with a drinking problem. But each weekend I would go out and get wasted. I wouldn't cause trouble but usually the next day I would wake up and think why did I say that or do this and hate myself for it. Sometimes I would do stupid/embarrassing/humiliating things as I was so wasted. I'd Massive hangover. The world is ending etc..Then in my mind... I would say I'm never drinking again. By next friday I was over the depression and self hatred and the cycle started again. This happened on and off for several years. As I got older it happened less frequently and I did less stupid things and I hated my self a little less. Now I'm in early 40s and if I go out and have a drink I usually make better decisions but if I drink too much I still can do stupid things. As we now you loose inhabitation when drinking and the consequences don't seem that bigger deal at the time. It's the sober reality the next day that you question why or how you thought what you were doing would be fine. So I try my best not do anything silly an wait until I'm sober before making any bigger decisions. What I would say is.. if you can avoid drinking. Do it. You are better off for it. Simple as that. However, if you do drink try and drink to a level where you can control yourself and try not to do anything you would not do if you were sober. If you think what your doing is fine.. if you can wait until the next day when your sober do it then. I find for myself it's it the actions and things I say that make me feel really awful the next day. Rather than the actual hangover itself. Lastly, forgive yourself. Your doing the best you can with the tools you have. That's not to say everything is ok so do whatever. But be realistic with yourself.Your human and it's ok to not be perfect. The sun will rise again. You sound generally like a good person. If things are severe I'd also say see a psychologist. They can give you some perspective on the situation. It's likely that a lot this stuff comes from you actually being unhappy and you don't really know it or have not confronted it. If your drinking daily or several days a week I'd say see a Doctor and a Psychologist. If I could turn back the clock I would have seen a psychologist. If I look back at regretful things I have done in life.. it's like 95 percent of those were when I was drinking. It's at a stage for me that I'm actually turned off by the thought of it. And that's a bit sad because I think drinking occasionally in small amounts is ok.

Look into probiotics. If you drink a lot of alcoholic beverages, especially high alcohol content liquor, I have read that it can upset your stomachs intestinal balance, and wipe out good bacteria that help your stomach process foods into energy! So after drinking, the thought would be to try restore this balance with the aid of consuming more digestive enzymes. I would imagine this would only be able to happen after flushing your digestive system of alcohol with water and other nutrition! Just thoughts.  Good luck!

I managed a month without drinking and was starting to get much better after years of heavy alcohol abuse... I thought I would see if I had better control over into so had a few glasses of wine with my wife and the first 2 days were ok. I went to a pub with some work friends and got very drunk and am experiencing extreme depression right now. I know I did not embarrass myself and that I have no real reason for feeling this way and am annoyed with myself for not being able to shake this. I am more aware than ever that I cannot just pace myself when it comes to drinking so I will try to go back to not drinkinh at all which is going to be difficult over the Christmas period with work events and family. I wish you all the best of luck. Reading all of these posts is helping me strengthen my will.

I too suffer from this. The worst part is I read the thread sometime a year or two ago and here I am back again with the same problem. I'm a 30 year old male who has been binging (8-14 drinks) once or twice a week since high school. Hangovers progressed throughout my 20s from being mostly physical to now getting the full on "fear".  After a public binge I obssess endlessly for days that I said terrible things and everyone I was with hates me.  Of course most of the time I actually didn't do anything that noteworthy, just talked more than usual and maybe rambled a bit. However I still am absolutely riddled with shame, guilt, and self loathing.  I have trouble sleeping, sweat for the first night or two, sleep paralysis, depression and full blown panic attacks.  Currently I'm up to about 3 days before I start feeling better, sometimes even 4. They say alcoholism is a progressive disease and I can see that. I'm thankful to have not yet ruined my career or relationship with my wife/family, and want to get out of this so it never comes to that. I know the solution is to stop drinking entirely. Just haven't found the way yet.  I also have been diagnosed with moderate OCD in the past, and I think the hangover/withdrawal feeds into that very badly. Other people who also obssess post-binge about things they said/did may want to consider if they have other OCD tendencies as well. I also worry that many in this thread including me are just seeking reassurance for our worry, which is not any type of real solution and can make us worse and make it easier to justify our next binge. The only solution for some of us is to either learn moderation or stop drinking entirely, and after our head clears get treated for whatever underlying anxiety disorders we likely have that have got us in this situation in the first place. Hydration, vitamins, etc are of no use to many of us posting here.

Wow. With so many people with the exact same thing you would think it would help calm the anxiety panic attack. I myself am in this situation. Going on my 3rd day of not drinking from drinkin every day, average 3 beers. Poor food intake and little to no sleep (5-6) hours average. First thing we all need to do is STOP DRINKING! This is the root and cause of the anxiety fear attacks. All of us here admitted that prior to this week or 2 week long period of anxiety, we wer heavily abusing alcohol. There. The dots connected. Now you need to figure out why you are drinking so much. What are you trying to cover up? Or not feel? If it's for depression, your only taking steps back by drinking. Alcohol causes depression. I wish the best for us all, and pray and hope we all get through this!

All of the above resonates with me.

Wow, I've not read all these but many of these ring true to me.  A little about myself.  Around 15 years ago at age 25 I was diagnosed with OCD.  It was a rough time.  Anyways, I've always been a social drinker.  When I was younger, it was any days off from work I would enjoy drinking that night and then as years went by just one weekend day.  Sat night - looked forward to going out having a 6 pack and getting a nice buzz.  Well, last year, something changed and my OCD actually worsened after one night out.  It sent me into a depression and anxiety setback that lasted for months.  now the thought of drinking sends me into a panic but the thought of never drinking again gives me fear as well.  I think of my fun times and that I'll never experience this again. I don't feel I am an alcoholic - i fear the feelings of having panic attacks and depression after drinking.  How are others coping - are you just drinking and dealing with the attack and depression the next day or do you just not drink and does it cause you anxiety for not drinking?