Anxiety and depression for days after binge drinking

Im 32 as well.. And i just binged again from Friday to Tuesday from morning to night.. And oh do i feel Insane full of regret..And i actually mixed a xanax with the alcohol 2 days in a row... Stupid me.. I'll never learn..Im on day 2 right now of self detoxing. And havent slept at all.. I even took a clonidine yesterday to see if it would help and it didnt.. I dont know if anyone gets this experience but last night as i was almost falling asleep i would get this surge of anxiety and felt like life is unreal and it wakes me right up.. Its hard to explain and i cant find it on google or anything..

Whoa!!! I get you on the whole breathing thing! It will be like I'm about to fall to sleep, then it's like my body forgets how to breathe, and I shoot up to grasp for air. Also, with the swallowing thing too! It was so hard to eat today because I thought I was going to choke on every piece of food.

Hello! I feel you bro. After my post, I managed to stop drinking for 14 days. But an occasion came up. I managed to only drink 1 bottle which was good coz we went home. I didn't feel drunk or drowsy. Then after 1 week I was at a meeting and drank 2 rounds with the big bosses. I was happy coz I didn't binge. But this big debut of my cousin happened and all my relatives were drinking. I promised myself only 2 drinks but resulted to a binge. But it wasn't as worse as before. But now I'm getting back pains so bad. And I hope it isnt my kidneys.

I am 37, started my binge drinking back in college, like most thought it was normal, was over 60 of us in our class and we all did it, multiple times per week...slowed down a bit through my 20's and early 30's but still most weekends, and at least once a month get pretty much black out drunk...then the last 4 years came, father in law was randomly diagnosed with cancer 3 days after he retired, likely the most stand up man you will ever meet, he dies less than 7 moths later, destroyed the family...drinking slowly picked up, not just me, the whole family, fast fwd 2 years to last summer, family as a whole was just starting to get it back together, although everyone still drinking way too much, my brother in law was complaining of headaches, went to Dr., diagnosed with terminal brain tumour, passed away end of May...from his diagnosis to now the drinking in the family, and myself has been over the top, I can't count how many black out, pass out's are in there....came to a head this past weekend, went to Las Vegas for 3 days with my other brother in law for his 40th, after what we have been through he has adopted this whole life is short live it up and do anything approach to life, we are both married, me to his sister, and have young children, 99% of the time we are hard working, successful, stand up guys, but this past weekend was over the top, morale compass pretty much out the window and black out drunk for 3 days...came home feeling like a dirt bag worst hangover ever, only to find out our other brother in law on the other side died that afternoon from a heart attack while out on a bike ride, young guy, in his 40's with wife young kids...pretty much had a full breakdown, adding that to my anxiety, hangover, literally shaking at the airport and then 2 nights of cold sweats and never slept a wink....its been a long week here and some long talks with my wife and apologies, I have enlisted some professional help and I am on a 30 day program of sobriety, this roller coaster has to end before I F up my life completely...my goal is to get through this 30 days and then re-evaluate things, my long term goal is to get to where I can be social and just have 1-3 drinks, if I can't will have to give it up completely...I am a very good person, successful, beautiful family, but when I drink and get to that plastered stage all bets are off and the chances of me doing something regretful or ending up dead in a ditch somewhere are a reality...thanks for listening, anyone else out there who has hit the brink get some help, I bought the book the 30 Day Sobriety solution, awesome web site to go along with it, its 30 days of reading and exercises, I am on day 5...its not easy, makes you own up to your mistakes and deal with your issues, but its working and long term I am turning my life around, I hope you all can do the same. Best of luck.

Similar story to a lot of these. Binge drank every weekend in college to 20s and 30s. Had quite a few years and months where I went completely dry or tried to moderate. 39 now and I'm tired of betting my future livelihood on this addiction I am not even getting anything out of anymore. I've been off alcohol for a month now and plan on never taking another sip. I was a weekend drinker, 6 pack of bud ice on Friday and Saturday. No major hangovers, but I would feel anxious, bloated and irritable for the rest of the week. I know I was damaging my organs, my liver, heart and bowls were having random dull pain attacks. The first 3 weeks off it my liver was still having some stinging, but I haven't felt that since. Currently, I feel calm and centered all week and not having the major mood swings. The only time I get anxious is occasionally during the weekend when my normal 5pm drinking time rolls around (still tempted to hit up the liquor store). I can't see myself ever starting back up again. I have to stay strong and remember that I am an alcoholic that was destroying his organs and feeling horrible all week for a couple a few hours of high on the weekends. Like most of you, it is way easier for me to abstain completely, rather than torture myself with one or two drinks. One drink is pure torture in my book, I want, MORE, MORE, MORE! Good luck to you all.

hi everybody. i'm a 22 year old girl that has been suffering from alcohol abuse for a couple years now. you might look at me and not think that, and tell me that i'm overreacting (like my friends do) but alcohol has hands down impacted my life and mental health in a horribly negative way. the comedown i'm experiencing after a 6 day binge (longest i've done in a while...probably ever) has been very agonizing and painful. strange thoughts, can't sleep or eat, just forcing myself to drink pedialite and small bites of food here and there. and it's true - the only solution is to stop drinking. don't compare yourself to the person next to you and how they handle their alcohol, think about how YOU handle alcohol and how it affects YOUR life. i have to break the cycle of binging, feeling awful, feeling better, and then convincing myself that i can handle the lifestyle i'm living of escaping reality with a negative substance. i've even messed up and pushed away good people in my life because of who i am when i'm drunk. i hope this somehow helps find someone find solace in their situation. you are not alone, and you can get through this and overcome it.

Reading these posts have really helped me. I feel like I need to get everything off my chest. I just hope I make sense as the best way to describe how I'm feeling at the moment is like I'm losing my mind. I feel like I am going to burst into tears any second and I have chest pains and a heavy feeling in my chest. Most of my family members suffer with mental health issues and it makes me think should I just accept that I will always feel like this. But I don't just want to assume that because it doesn't actually make me feel any better. I am 26 years old I have a husband and two children. Over the weekend the kids went to visit their grandparents who live in a different part of the country. Me and my husband had and weekend of partying which we don't often get the chance to do with us both working and looking after the children. It lasted 3 days and it was pretty much just drink after drink and since yesterday I have had the hangover from hell, feeling shaky, can't eat, not sleeping properly, having really bad thoughts and questioning everything in my life feeling overwhelmed and scared. I hate myself for feeling like this as from a young age I have always been independent and held everything together and have given my kids a good life but how I'm feeling now isn't the first time and it's always happened after drinking a lot in a short space of time. I wish there was a pause button in life so I could get myself together. My husband doesn't know I'm feeling like this he just thinks I feel sick and have a headache. I hate feeling like this.

I can relate to that. I often feel like my life will end soon and I think about death and my life ending abruptly. Really horrible stuff. I drink to excess once i start drinking, i don't know when to stop. Sometimes I will move onto coke and then I'll be up for the next day so that's money lost and lack of sleep, food. Extreme guilt, paranoia. I can never just have 2 drinks, once i get that ball rolling it's game over. I have managed to stay clear from it but end up not seeing people (socialising) to do so. my advice is to stop. take up any hobby/activity to keep you away from it. I have gaming as a vice. It sounds sad but it keeps me out of trouble quite a lot.

Please tell me you found a cure for this I am going crazy. Same exact thing and been a week. I can't sleep.

Infact my friend made hair of the dog everyday but am suprised as he is binged drunker..but no anxiety at all...

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Hi ... I know it’s been a year since you wrote this how are you going now.... my name is Nathan

Hi.. your not going crazy..!! It’s a imbalance you have put into yourself through drinking .. your body’s rhythms out you can fix this

Give the drink up, reading your story , that sound like me 10 years ago. The anxiety and depression only gets worse (much worse) God Bless

Hi, I get that surge of anxiety when trying to fall asleep. The only long term cure is to give up drink completely. I'm 37 and have been binger drinking since I was 17.....there is hope..God Bless