Anxiety Support Group

That's one reason why I don't drink anymore. My anxiety would be soooo bad the following day, I'd wanna spend it with my head under a pillow.Okay, maybe more like under a blanket in closet somewhere!! I use to drink to ease the anxiety, but the next day, triple whammy anxiety!Talk about Panic Attack City!

THATS THE WAY I FEEL NOW !!DRANK TOO MANY JACK AND COKES

I understand how you feel, I used to feel the same if I had drunk a bit too much the night before. So I keep off it now and feel much better for it.
I used to have a drink to relieve my anxiety but in time I needed more alcohol to relieve the anxiety. It's a slippery slope and not worth it. My advice would be not to drink any alcohol.

Oh man i went through exactly this yesterday! Had a hand over the whole day, but managed to convince myself it was really a brain tumor! lol.

i packed the drink in for the same reason,my body telling me to stop.I dont miss drinking as much now as i did at first.I dont miss the next day feeling

Yes, been there and done that. Like some I have read on here, I used to use alcohol a lot because it was an escape from constant anxiety. After about 10 years it started to have the opposite effect. Look at this as a sign to get healthy. You have anxiety and worry about dying because you are very aware of your mortality now, and you are more aware of things that you do that are not good for you. It is your minds way of saying "we need to stop some stuff and get healthy." You will feel better and have less anxiety about your health if you make proactive steps to improve it. Good luck.

i had a period where i drank about a 1/2 gallon of bacardi every week and a half or so and then i started getting concerned that it might make me anxious and like a self-fulfilling prophecy, it did. now i've the same few inches of bacardi in my bottle for months. i think i am never gonna drink again, which isnt a bad thing.

every single time i drink.

im a binge drinker, and i mean heavy heavy, every friday.

i would wake up with tingles, pancreas pain, cold sweats, shaking, headaches, dehydration, and worst of all depression and anxiety. this wouldnt lift for days if ever. in the end i just got use to it and started taking anxiety meds. not good.

i now have some of those alcohol poisoning symptoms permanently. mostly dehydration and ulcers in the gut.

it doesnt get better, it gets worse. much worse.

so you know the cause, i cant say im a fine example of what to do knowing what not to do, but i can say your not alone.

Wow!! That is so like my situation. I started having attacks whilst living in Japan around 15 years ago(now 38). I found that once I had diagnosed the problem and read up and learned more about the attacks the more I was able to calm myself and control the severity of the panic attack. However just recently for some unknown reason I have had the WORST attacks I have ever experienced and they have all been on the end of a big night out! Just last week I had to pull over from driving whilst having an attack with my 8 y/o daughter in the car and throw myself onto the ground because I thought my head was gonna explode. Convinced myself that this is it I am gonna die on the roadside with my daughter watching. I even told her to all an ambulance which was just a total freak-out for her. I am sure she thought I had gone mad!! I am now looking at alcohol and weighing up if a night on the razz is really worth it??? I have never taken any medication for my attacks but wonder if I should.Can anyone suggest something that has worked for them apart from stopping drinking all together. I love a drink in moderation but also like to have a knees up occasionally so while I have full respect for those of you who have quit altogether is there another alternative???? Cheers everyone :) Be well!!!!!!!!

Hi Lauradee, everyones entitled to have a drink but with your anxiety i would cut it down . You could just get merry instead of drunk . I had to do that cos i would die the next day and the depression omg it was awful . So now when i'm out i think of wat s ahead of me the next day and figure it ain't worth it . I have 3 or 4 glasses of beer in the space of 4 hrs and i'm sober enough going home so no anxiety afterward . I would stay clear of spirits, and anyway you loose a whole day on nursing the hangover and coping wit anxiety . Also i read up on the fear of dying in people like us and it said if you had a brain tumour you would know all about it because the pain doesn t come and go , it might include a be constant headache that would not stop , blindness in one eye , slurring speech . So try not to be afraid just remind yourself this is anxiety and it can fool you into thinking your going mad or dying . You said yourself you have suffered the attacks for years but nothing bad has ever happened to you so why would the next attack be any differant ya know so look at it that way and remember thoughts are not facts . Get yourself a book on panic and anxiety because wat you don t know about you can t fix . I would be lost with my book , Thats the only reason i m getting well but for 11 yrs i hadn't a clue wat was going on and felt i'm def going mad and every attack would be my last . Wat a waste of so many yrs but thats in the past got to think of the future . If you ever wanna talk to me pls don't hesitate, iknow it terrifying and lonely xxx Laura