i am a drinker, not huge, but i do drink from time to time. I have been diagnosed with anxiety for years now, all though recently it has been terrible the day after i drink. I drink, sometimes, to the point where i forget how i got home and who i was with that evening. I am trying to stop and have only done it a few time the past few months. I wake up and have a huge amount of anxiety, uncontrollably, for several days and up to a week or more. The anxiety is so bad that i get bad headaches for days at a time, after the recovery of my hangover. I guess i fear that i did something to hurt myself, like fall or trip, or do something stupid to hurt myself. I still do it, knowing the next day, i dont have any bruises, scrapes, cuts etc...and my friends just get as drunk as me, so i no they are not upset at it. Its something i cant stop, and yes, the alcohol is the cause and root of the problem. Does anyody else feel like this? if so, how did you fix it, or help resolve the problem?
thanks, i appreciate the help
thanks, i appreciate the help
I would suggest getting on some meds to counteract the anxiety. If you are on meds for it and you drink it can cause the pills to go awry and completely do the opposite of what they are suppose to do. Cause extreme paranoia or anxiety. My only suggestion is: In order to get rid of a weed you must destroy the root. Remove the drimking; fix the problem.
hi bcboy, i know im responding late, but i have a very similar problem, just so you dont feel alone. i only drink on the weekends when i dont have to work the next day and some weekends i dont drink at all, and i too get bad anxiety for days to come after drinking, the first day being the worst and sometimes it lasts as long as a week or 2. i dont get the feeling ive hurt myself, but i live in california and i get the feeling that a real bad earthquake is gonna hit and i often feel like im on the edge of death when i have this anxiety. ive had a couple panic attacks over it where i thought i was having a heart attack and ive been to the hospital and got heart traces just to find out i was fine. i didnt want to get medication for it tho because to me that will just be a whole new problem, for the meds that would really work to take away the anxiety are narcotic. and i dont want to quit drinking because, well frankly, i enjoy it, so ive been dealing with this for roughly a year now and ive just changed my patterns a little. i only drink beer now, a lot lol, but still only beer, whereas i used to drink jager bombs(jagermeister and red bull) and it seems like the symptoms are subsiding somewhat over time, and/or evolving into something else. i think i like how it is now tho compared to how it used to be. my personality isnt as affected as before, and im not as nervous with people as i was before with the anxiety. still get paranoid but hopefully that will go away. im just taking it a day at a time and if it climaxes again then i guess i will re evaluate the situation and decide whether or not to quit drinking for good. also i read up on panic disorders and delirium tremens, which for me sounded very similar to my symptoms at the time. if you have mild anxiety from drinking, i suggest you change your drinking patterns because my friend, it does get worse and one day you will find yourself having a panic attack and that is the worst feeling ive ever had in my life, twice. its a very confusing, lonely, cold feeling of impending death that i would never wish upon anyone. well anyway, hope everything pans out well with you.