Anxiety and depression for days after binge drinking

Hi, I'm on day 2 of self detox after a binge relapse. I detoxed in April after a bit of a break down and was doing so well but then thought I could control drinking again...FAIL my partner is struggling so much with me and wants to take a break. I've lost his trust by lying and feel so isolated and guilty for the hurt I've caused. Taking some time out to address my feelings but I am very low. So frustrated as myself for relapsing it's embarrassing. Lack of sleep hasn't helped with the depressed and guilt. Had hot sweats for the last 2 nights and diffiulctly getting to and staying asleep. Anxiety and depression are bad but I take citalopram and have diazepam for emergencies (avoided so far) I'm on my own today until my mum picks me up. So looking for some support really. I know it gets better but it's so hard to see beyond the black hole right now. Terrified I've lost my boyfriend of 2 years and Frankly I wouldn't blame him. Every minute moves forward past this feeling and soon it will be a memory. Just feels hard today. Thanks so much for listening

I've been in the exact same situation.. Stay away from Ativan!! It is the devil.. I used it for hangover anxiety as well.. but then your body gets addicted to it and you literally can't live without it and once you become tolerant to it your totally screwed.. Ativan has ruined my life and it will ruin your as well.. quit it now before it's too late.. Go on YouTube and type in "Ativan withdrawal" It's worse than withdrawaling from heroin.. And it takes 2 years of suffering..I'm 15 months off of Ativan and still suffering big time.. I spent over a year bedridden and couldn't work.. if I can help just one person.. STAY away from benzodiazepines.. They mess your brain up soooooooooo badly.. I can't even explain how horrific it has been

I am 31 and in the last 2 years I struggle with the same issue of anxiety and depression. Sometimes overdoing it on weekends with drinks causes bad flare ups. Panic attacks are scary and unless you have had them you can't judge someone who does. At this point in my own life i know that over drinking doesnt help me. It is a temporary fix. Half the time the "fix"causes more problems with youself and others in your life than the actual depression or anxiety. In the past I have done the therapy route and it does help. Im considering getting an appointment next week. This forum is very helpful. Hope everyone feels better soon.

Wow this is so weird, I have the EXACT same issues, I just went away for the weekend and binge drank profeusly while on my meds celexa, when I woke up Sunday I felt like I was dying, same thing everything you all have explained. I've now missed two days of work and told them I had a family emergency because I was having full blown panic attacks couldn't stop crying etc. I looked something up about celexa and it says you can actually overdose on alcohol and celexa causing "shakiness, sleepiness, nausea, vomitting, increased heart rate and tremors in your limbs" I had every single one of these symptoms but I didn't read this until last night. I am currently on my way to my family doctor to check everything out.

Thank you for that. I am where you were and I'm finally getting help.

I'm 32 years old. Been drinking since 14. It's been 2 days after binge drinking and I feel horrible. I feel anxious and depressed. Full of regrets. Wish I hadn't done this, wish I hadn't done that. Now I feel like I want to go somewhere else where no one knows me. I want to disconnect myself from my friends because I feel like the whole world is looking at me. Binge drinking is all to blame of how I feel. I wish it would go away in an instance. But it's not. You just have to face the sadness and not drink anymore. This melancholy feeling is just awful.

Hi everyone, I posted in this thread about 2 years ago with horrible symptoms and since than did anything I can to fix the problem, including trying supplementing with more than 10 different things - magnesium, zinc, whatever..eliminating gluten, dairy, nothing helped and actually made it worse. I NOW HAVE A POTENTIAL SOLUTION that works for me - VITAMIN A. You won't find info online relating vit a being related to anxiety and you'll read that the only symptom of deficiency is blindness. Ignore this information and try what I'm about to tell you anyway. Vitamin A is in liver. That's it. Chicken liver, cod liver oil or any other type of liver. So eat that and see if you feel better, as soon as in a few hours. Liver pate is also fine for a quick solution, but often contains only 10-20% liver and the rest being garbage. Vegetables and fruits contain no vitamin a - only pre-vitamin a which your body has to turn into vitamin a. This doesn't work in people with certain genes or if your gut is compromised, like in alcoholics. Meats also contain no vitamin a and grains also contain zero. Certain cheeses contain a very small amount. Liver is the only organ that contains it in high enough levels to fix a deficiency quickly. It's very easy to eat a zero-vitamin-a especially if you have a healthy diet - avoid processed food, exclude dairy and focus on lean meats and vegetables and you're DOOMED. That's because processed meat contains various organs and tissues and is also fortified sometimes, it always contains vitamin a. Do your own research, there are many articles on the weston price website. As to the effects, as soon as I fixed my vit.a I sleep like a baby and have no anxiety. Compared to before, when I was seriously considering the idea that I was actually going crazy with a mental illness.

It's me still, just to add that - use any nutrition facts website and see what is your current vit.a intake. If you consume 100% RDI daily (or 30,000% once a month, doesn't matter) vit.a is not the problem, so no need in even trying it. But I know for me it was, because for close to a year I was on an almost zero-vit-a diet, comprised of meats, whole grains, legumes and a few vegetables that don't even contain the pre-vit-a. Paradoxically, I was on this diet to try and be healthy and eliminate my anxiety and it only made it worse. When I was doing the worst and had the worst anxiety-ridden hangovers I had even excluded dairy, my only source of some vit.a. And intrestingly, I did remember that I had times where my diet would be absolute s**t, but I was fine anxiety-wise. Probably because I was getting vit.a somehow from shitty processed meats(sausages for example, pizzas, ham) containing probably a whole blended animal.

How soon or how long does depression last

Your liver uses up your B vitamins to process the alcohol when you drink. Take very good complex B vitamins ( or eat some Liver) the days you consume alcohol. The deficiencies of C and B will definitely make you feel depressed! having a little alcohol now and then is okay. Just eat food, don't do more than a drink an hour and take your vitamins!!

Your liver uses up your B vitamins to process the alcohol when you drink. Take very good complex B vitamins ( or eat some Liver) the days you consume alcohol. The deficiencies of B will definitely make you feel depressed and anxiety!! having a little alcohol now and then is okay. Just eat food, don't do more than a drink an hour and take your vitamins!!

I am going through the same thing! I am feeling so much better I am not alone. I am so happy for you for your decision and the healthy way you came to it.

Hey, just reading your post here and I suffered the exact same issues. Would binge, not eat anything, over the course of a year i lost 30 pounds and did irreparable damage to my kidneys and my liver. Although im living normally right now, they'll never be the same. So, if you haven't stopped yet, please do and let me know if you ever wanna have a chat. Ttys

Spot on Diabetes jm5150212021

Your liver "creates" vitamin A and stores it there.