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hangover anxiety
Hey guys..
I have been having a very bad reaction to alcohol all day. I am a weekend drinking, not always binge drinking, but yesterday I was at a day festival, and then went out, so I did drink rather alot. Today, I had a strange hangover and i'm still having it.
I woke up feeling like my throught was being squeezed, then,that went away, to be replaced with a fast heart rate, that went away, and now my chest feels tight. I know that this is prob anxiety, but I am still a bit worried as it's 4am here (I'm in the UK) and it's been over 24 hours i've been feeling like this now.
I wondered, if anyone else suffers with bad anxiety whilst having a hangover? the fast heart rate? and chest tightness? and, how do they resolve it? I have had a panic attack where I thought I was having a heart attack and called an ambulance... though my panic attacks are lessening, the anxiety comes back sometimes when I have a hangover.
any advice would be great.
I am worried about the tightness in my chest, though I seem to be breathing ok, and my hearts normal-so I'm guessing it's no heart attack, just anxiety?
I have been having a very bad reaction to alcohol all day. I am a weekend drinking, not always binge drinking, but yesterday I was at a day festival, and then went out, so I did drink rather alot. Today, I had a strange hangover and i'm still having it.
I woke up feeling like my throught was being squeezed, then,that went away, to be replaced with a fast heart rate, that went away, and now my chest feels tight. I know that this is prob anxiety, but I am still a bit worried as it's 4am here (I'm in the UK) and it's been over 24 hours i've been feeling like this now.
I wondered, if anyone else suffers with bad anxiety whilst having a hangover? the fast heart rate? and chest tightness? and, how do they resolve it? I have had a panic attack where I thought I was having a heart attack and called an ambulance... though my panic attacks are lessening, the anxiety comes back sometimes when I have a hangover.
any advice would be great.
I am worried about the tightness in my chest, though I seem to be breathing ok, and my hearts normal-so I'm guessing it's no heart attack, just anxiety?
I have suffered from hangover anxiety since my early 20's. When in my early 20's - if I binge drank - around 3-4pm the next day I would feel a building sense of anxiety and guilt. I would have really strong butterflies in my stomach and would feel the exact same was as if I felt extremely guilty about something. Yet I had nothing I could pinpoint to feel guilty about. I was loving life and having the time of my life.
I discovered that any decent antacid would alleviate most of that - Zantac, Omeprozol, etc. So, I just started taking one the next morning after drinking. Then it would prevent that gut feeling of extreme guilt.
I am in my mid 40's now. My symptoms have changed. I don't binge drink every weekend like I did when I was younger. I still did it once in a while though until I had a bad episode. First time it happened was the worst. Monday morning woke up with chest pain, tightness, sweating - thought I was having a heart attack - I went to the ER - they ruled out heart problems.
I drink less at one time now and less often now. However, now if I drink (sometimes as little as 3 drinks) when I wake up in the morning I sometimes have a feeling of heaviness in my chest where breathing is very labored. I can tell it is anxiety related. Here is what has worked for me:
I take a B vitamin (complete B vitamin complex) - cheap generic brand
I take one pill of True Calm (by NOW brands) - It has GABA in it which acts as a natural alternative to XANAX
I get on the treadmill and walk for an hour
I drink water that morning - skip anything with caffeine in it because it can exacerbate the anxiety problem
This has helped immensely for me. I hope it helps for any of you. I feel your pain.
Quitting drinking entirely is an incredible challenge when drinking is pillar activity in your immediate family, extended family and lifelong friend circle.
I discovered that any decent antacid would alleviate most of that - Zantac, Omeprozol, etc. So, I just started taking one the next morning after drinking. Then it would prevent that gut feeling of extreme guilt.
I am in my mid 40's now. My symptoms have changed. I don't binge drink every weekend like I did when I was younger. I still did it once in a while though until I had a bad episode. First time it happened was the worst. Monday morning woke up with chest pain, tightness, sweating - thought I was having a heart attack - I went to the ER - they ruled out heart problems.
I drink less at one time now and less often now. However, now if I drink (sometimes as little as 3 drinks) when I wake up in the morning I sometimes have a feeling of heaviness in my chest where breathing is very labored. I can tell it is anxiety related. Here is what has worked for me:
I take a B vitamin (complete B vitamin complex) - cheap generic brand
I take one pill of True Calm (by NOW brands) - It has GABA in it which acts as a natural alternative to XANAX
I get on the treadmill and walk for an hour
I drink water that morning - skip anything with caffeine in it because it can exacerbate the anxiety problem
This has helped immensely for me. I hope it helps for any of you. I feel your pain.
Quitting drinking entirely is an incredible challenge when drinking is pillar activity in your immediate family, extended family and lifelong friend circle.
My first ever experience with this anxiety happened on a car ride alone back from a weekend long bender.. I couldn't stay in between the lines and thought I was going to hit every car (I am normally a sharp ******* driver), and when I tried to push the gas or break it took my foot like 5 seconds to register and so I would like slam the break. It was the scariest day of my life and was followed by three nights of 1 hour of sleep because I thought I was having heart attacks and suffocating, Its been a rollercoaster since then as I was still finishing off my last semester in college and couldn't completely cut out drinking.
But for those reading, if you can stop now, and get it out of your system completely, maybe you can go back to drinking in a year or so. As for me, its been 11 months since that drive where I first witnessed this crazy spiked anxiety, and I have not yet cut out drinking completely (although I no longer go near liquor). If I were to go out tonight and get black out drunk, the following three days would probably just about as bad as it ever was.
I was in a fraternity and could dead serious have up to 20 drinks til I blacked out (literally 10 shots 10 beers, maybe even nights with more) 3 nights a week. It sounds insane but I somehow built up the system for it. In the past year, I realized beer alone can do the trick to having a good time.. 6 beers does the trick if your life that desperately requires a night or two of drinking a week. After the first two weekends experiencing this insane anxiety, I have a 6 pack of blue moon every time I went out for 2 months. Anxiety was completely wiped for a couple days until I thought it was ok to rip shots again. Moral of the story, drink as little alcohol as possible if any, and you can start to alleviate the problem.
Now I could go in depth about my actual experiences of the anxiety, but I could go on forever as they have been so intense, one night I didn't want to wake up (and no I was and still have never been depressed) because the pain/confusion/shakiness/suffocation/numbness was so unbearable.
I love to think that someone has the natural solution/solutions to improving strength in the system of nerves in my body that deal with this anxiety.. (vitamins, Probiotics, chiropractor, etc...)
Something that might be important to add is that I have always had a natural anxiety to speaking in public, but never to the point of physical anxiety like this (apart from sweating and shaking in front of audience). This was the only comparable anxiety/stress I ever had before this came into my life.
Other thought... I crack my neck quite often, multiple times throughout the day to the point where I think I've already cracked the bones but continue to roll it through the motion because it feels good still. Could i be stretching essential nerves or whatever that are important to the function of the vagus nerve which is responsible for heart beat, digestion, and breathing... My sister and her husband who are both doctors say there's no way, but I have doubts.. I have doubts about EVERYTHING until I figure out what's up.
Thanks for letting me vent. I have never written anything this long in my entire life.
But for those reading, if you can stop now, and get it out of your system completely, maybe you can go back to drinking in a year or so. As for me, its been 11 months since that drive where I first witnessed this crazy spiked anxiety, and I have not yet cut out drinking completely (although I no longer go near liquor). If I were to go out tonight and get black out drunk, the following three days would probably just about as bad as it ever was.
I was in a fraternity and could dead serious have up to 20 drinks til I blacked out (literally 10 shots 10 beers, maybe even nights with more) 3 nights a week. It sounds insane but I somehow built up the system for it. In the past year, I realized beer alone can do the trick to having a good time.. 6 beers does the trick if your life that desperately requires a night or two of drinking a week. After the first two weekends experiencing this insane anxiety, I have a 6 pack of blue moon every time I went out for 2 months. Anxiety was completely wiped for a couple days until I thought it was ok to rip shots again. Moral of the story, drink as little alcohol as possible if any, and you can start to alleviate the problem.
Now I could go in depth about my actual experiences of the anxiety, but I could go on forever as they have been so intense, one night I didn't want to wake up (and no I was and still have never been depressed) because the pain/confusion/shakiness/suffocation/numbness was so unbearable.
I love to think that someone has the natural solution/solutions to improving strength in the system of nerves in my body that deal with this anxiety.. (vitamins, Probiotics, chiropractor, etc...)
Something that might be important to add is that I have always had a natural anxiety to speaking in public, but never to the point of physical anxiety like this (apart from sweating and shaking in front of audience). This was the only comparable anxiety/stress I ever had before this came into my life.
Other thought... I crack my neck quite often, multiple times throughout the day to the point where I think I've already cracked the bones but continue to roll it through the motion because it feels good still. Could i be stretching essential nerves or whatever that are important to the function of the vagus nerve which is responsible for heart beat, digestion, and breathing... My sister and her husband who are both doctors say there's no way, but I have doubts.. I have doubts about EVERYTHING until I figure out what's up.
Thanks for letting me vent. I have never written anything this long in my entire life.
I know this is old, but I have been drinking for years now and experienced hangovers- feeling tired and groggy, throwing up, you know...the normal hangover. But 2 weeks ago I woke up and was headed home from a long week of drinking over spring break and had the worst feelings i've ever had in my life. I started to be scared of everything, couldn't even drive myself home. I got super hot and sweaty, couldn't breathe well, I had a red bull earlier that day because I needed to be awake to drive and I ended up throwing that up because I thought that was the cause (i drink red bull a lot, i quit now but i had never felt like that before from them). But the worst thing was I would literally feel like I wasn't myself, like I would be walking and feel like I was having an out of body experience. I would start to think I was okay then it would hit me again- couldn't breathe, didn't feel like I was even alive, increased heart rate, hot flashes, horrible thoughts, i literally said to myself that I would rather kill myself than feel the way I am feeling right now. I slept throughout the day, woke up the next morning and felt a little better. While I was at the doctor 2 days later (for anxiety and depression and ADHD, i take seteraline-off brand of zoloft, and vyvanse) my psychiatrist said it was just alcohol withdrawls and skipping a dose of my anxiety meds here and there. While I would believe this is true, I drink all the time and skip doses (I am working on it) and have never ever felt this before. The next Friday I drank again, woke up and was perfectly fine so I figured I would be fine to drink again on Saturday night. I drank a lot that night (as I did the night before) and was driving home from the lake and out of no where I felt my body go into the same thing as the weekend before. As I was driving, I was terrified. I was so out of it (again not feeling myself) and thought I was just going to run off of the freeway because I didn't even know who I was, then I would go back to reality and get my head straight, then a minute later it would come back. I had to pull over and throw up hoping that it would make me gain my awareness back, but it didn't help much. Luckily I had a friend that could drive us home and he dropped me off but I kept going back into that mental state throughout the day. I got super hot (this is mainly happening in my upper neck area and feels like its in my head almost) and couldn't breathe well. I slept on and off throughout the day and the next day I felt better. I now have anxiety of driving (which I have never had) and it makes it really hard because I am in college and come home every weekend for work. This week I haven't drank at all and feel good but I am a college student and while I am going to slow down my drinking a lot, I know that I am going to continue to drink alcohol (no, I don't have a problem I just like to drink socially sometimes). I am petrified of drinking again because I don't ever want to feel that way and it takes me at least 24 hours to recover. I am going to talk to another doctor and I'm sure they will only tell me to stop drinking but I will still take it into consideration. I have looked online for days and tried to note all the ways to prevent hangovers! If anyone could give me any feedback on this, it would be awesome! Thank you!
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I had the same problems, heart felt weak, muscles were weak, Anxiety, worried about the day before, felt like I wasn't the same as everyone else. The first time wasn't bad and ignored it, but the 2nd time it lasted 5 days, I quit right then and there. If youre willing to put yourself through this just to "drink" you have a alcohol problem, because no occasional drinker in their right mind would ever put themselves through this.
Not only will you feel how you have been, it's going to get worse. For you to be so willing to put yourself through this and go through all the trouble for looking for things for the hangover is a red flag.
Not only will you feel how you have been, it's going to get worse. For you to be so willing to put yourself through this and go through all the trouble for looking for things for the hangover is a red flag.
Oops.. should have read my comment before sending it. It still makes sense though.
I get this too, some mornings i would wake up hungover and feel like im trapped inside my own body and just scream for help. Its as if there's something wrong and im constantly worrying about the night before, this feeling would normally take 2 to 3 days to disappear and i feel alot better but then the weekend comes along again and its the same old story. Make me wonder why i do this to myself but i have such good craic when i drink with friends... p.s Smoking would double this feeling and leave me feeling like my heads about to explode its so strange because i was never ever like this & im only 24 but fingers crossed for the future....God Bless
I have read all types of articles, forum post, advice, given out paragraph long advice of myself...it all helps (drink water, vitamin water, exercise, positive thinking...etc) -- but here's something interesting I found, SCIENTIFIC study shows link between your GUT and anxiety. Here's the link: http://m.livescience.com/49248-gut-bacteria-mental-health.html
It makes sense. After a day of drinking, the gas in my stomach gives me that tight pressure on the verge of a heart attack feeling. When I burp, instant relief.
PROBIOTICS give the body good bacteria that helps your gut stay healthy. Your gut is actually directly connected to your brain through the nervous system. Reason why normal anxiety gives you butterflies, but drinking gives it that "fight or flight" feeling. I am going to start taking "TruBiotic" pills to see if it helps my hangover anxiety.
Although, drinking water, vitamin water, eating a meal before going to bed does help and has eased my anxiety compared to my first episode. There have been days where it creeps up....
It makes sense. After a day of drinking, the gas in my stomach gives me that tight pressure on the verge of a heart attack feeling. When I burp, instant relief.
PROBIOTICS give the body good bacteria that helps your gut stay healthy. Your gut is actually directly connected to your brain through the nervous system. Reason why normal anxiety gives you butterflies, but drinking gives it that "fight or flight" feeling. I am going to start taking "TruBiotic" pills to see if it helps my hangover anxiety.
Although, drinking water, vitamin water, eating a meal before going to bed does help and has eased my anxiety compared to my first episode. There have been days where it creeps up....
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Any update on whether or not the probiotic worked?
I agree with Lenny7364 about the xanax; it works wonders. I have occasionally convinced myself that I am going to have a heart attack on a hangover and after popping a xanax have felt absolutely fine. It is true that they are addictive and shouldn't be taken too often, however they are prescribed for panic attacks, no matter what the cause is (though I live in Thailand and buy them over the counter here). If u wish tlo continue to drink to excess then one xanax on a hangover will solve the problem, providing it is only once a week or so! In fact, if you doubt me re-read let2it2out's story (diazepam is almost exactly the same as xanax and it was given to him by a hospital!).
Wow this sounds just like mine. Around 3-5pm is a huge crash where I feel faint, clammy, heart rate. I have to tell my wife lets do thing before the crash comes. It feels like death
Glad I found this thread. It is time folks to get your priorities straight. Opt living free of fear & misery and you can rest assured that life beyond getting sloshed is way soooooo much greener. I have been through the hell you folks are going through and I am gonna tell you exactly why you are feeling like s*&^ after binge drinking. What you are experiencing folks are very early symptoms of Alcoholic Fatty Liver. Mind it, if you don't mend your ways right away, this is gonna lead to cirrhosis of liver and ultimately the inevitable. If you are below 40 then you can make 110% recovery from all the damages that you have induced upon yourself by various self abuse. I quit at a time when every god dang thing had gone wrong (cheating arrogant gf, an immediate family member getting cancer, a ruined career + my recurrent panic/anxiety attacks etc etc) and that my dear friends was just about the perfect time. I could do it just because I wanted to feel great for the rest of my life. It's hard to quit when time's on your side. Remember, staying sober has its own kick. All you have to do is give yourself a shot. Cheers!
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Are u ever concerned about losing your job?do u have hangovers the next day teaching?
I drink every week. On Sundays I prepare myslef to go drinking from place to place. I'm the kind of drunk person that doesn't stop until he falls asleep. Now, the real nightmare begins every Monday. I often feel myself unable to go on, sometimes I feel my heart exploding and my full energy vanishing away. My nervous system is just unbalanced and I think the worst is yet to come. Panick attacks have been witn me since early 2009 to present day even when with a minor degree. Sometimes I feel that I'm goig to fade away, and even unable to pronounce the ideas I have in mind. I am a school teacher so I have to suffer this in front of students, giving a class or traveling to school. It's terrible, you know.
I have absolutely had similar problems although I feel I have a much more personalized case
I am a just recently turned 21 year old male, I exercise 3 or four times a week, and I have a pretty well-balanced, healthy diet. I'm in my 4th year in college and am taking 17 units over these next 2 semesters trying to graduate on time so a certain amount of anxiety I expect myself to have.
Unfortunately this is where things take a turn
I'm posting on here at 7 in the morning on Sunday after an entire Saturday of drinking beer (probably 15 beers throughout the day). Sadly I have been up since 3 am with an incredibly tight feeling in my chest, feeling nauseous and have even thrown up a few times. For some reason the vomiting seems to relieve the chest tightness but only for about 15 minutes. Reading comments on threads like this as well as various yoga poses and taking 1 or 2 Tums usually is able to calm me down and relieve the tightness in my chest but only to a certain degree.
For a little more background,
I used to suffer from acne and I took the much-debated treatment Accutane which I know can have severe side-effects
About 2 years ago and what is the beginning of my Anxiety sad story I noticed a lump in my left breast. I didn't say anything to anybody about it for a couple months and still have the lump to this day. I started doing my own research online about possibilities of it being breast cancer and really started getting myself worried. I was away at school the majority of the time so I didn't really have a doctor but one of the times I visited home my parents and I scheduled an appt with my physician, he felt the lump and told me it felt nothing like breast cancer and that men can have masses in their "breasts" for any number of reasons, ultimately he told me I had nothing to worry about and to carry on with my life. This was very relieving although no actual tests were done.
I used to smoke marijuana on a daily basis, I live in an area where it is relatively easy to cultivate. It seemed that progressively as time went on and I kept smoking, I would notice that my heart rate felt like it was picking up to an uncomfortable point, only when I would smoke though. I've now mostly cut out the marijuana as it still gives me the same effects.
A few months go by and the lump remains but I feel great. Then I notice that one of the lymph nodes in my neck was swollen, and it remained swollen for about 2 months. This really got me worried as swollen lymph nodes for an extended period of time means that something is up. In that 2 month period I revisited a Dr and explained all my occurances (accutane and the lump in my "breast") and he ordered an ultrasound to be done on the mass in my "breast" and for bloodwork to be done. The ultrasound showed the lump to not be cancerous and this was a great relief in a very worry-filled time in my life the bloodwork showed that I was slightly low in Potassium and Magnesium. The swelling in my lymph node subsided and life carried on. Although every day since I noticed the lump in my breast I have had at least some worried thoughts about it. I changed my diet to one higher in both Potassium and Magnesium.
About 6 months ago I went out one night and got completely annihilated drunk with my buddies, as I woke up the next day my chest felt tight, this instantly worried me as Im sure all of you on this feed have felt. I got online and saw that chest tightness can be related to heavy drinking the night before and it went away as I pumped my body full of Gatorade so my worries went away.
Im now realizing how long this post is so Ill jump into this a little quicker.
Now anytime that I smoke or the following day after drinking, I'll feel so weird. Feels like I'm going to have a heart attack and it scares the sh*t out of me. About a month ago I turned 21 and a drinking frenzy ensued. I drank a lot before turning 21 so this binge wasnt the first of its kind for me but it was 3 days of constant drinking and eating terrible food. The Monday morning after that weekend I was up at 3 am doing the same as I was this morning, vomiting, tight chest, worries on my mind and it got to the point that I went to the hospital and got an EKG on my heart and some more blood work done. The EKG came back completely normal and the bloodwork showed somewhat low levels of Potassium and Magnesium, which they thought could be due to the fact that I had been vomiting. They gave me an IV of water and some awesome electrolyte solution because I was also dehydrated, my heart rate and blood pressure were a little high when I initially got there but they dropped to normal levels after I saw the results of the EKG and that I wasnt having a heart attack. They deemed me physically healthy and couldnt explain the tightness in my chest other than anxiety related. They gave me a Xanax and I started to feel exponentially better.
Like I said that was about a month ago, and I havent gotten a good night of sleep since. I constantly think about that feeling I had in my chest and how scary it was. I cut out drinking except for 1 beer every Sunday watching the 49er games. I find myself staying up late and only being able to sleep for about 3 or 4 hours at a time.
Yesterday was my first "test" ,if you will, of what the following day would be after heavily drinking and my biggest fear has been confirmed, tight chest, nauseous, full of worries about my heart. I've told myself I need to take an extended break from drinking all together but now it's 100% going to start RIGHT NOW
I still have worry around my heart and the lump in my "breast" and even now about which friends of mine are fairweather and who I wont see much now that this break from alcohol is starting
I never thought of anxiety as being able to have physical effects like this but now I have no other choice than to believe it
Everybody has their own circumstance and situation, as long as we are cleared medically we will eventually stop worrying so much as long as we cut out what seems to trigger the worrying
I am a just recently turned 21 year old male, I exercise 3 or four times a week, and I have a pretty well-balanced, healthy diet. I'm in my 4th year in college and am taking 17 units over these next 2 semesters trying to graduate on time so a certain amount of anxiety I expect myself to have.
Unfortunately this is where things take a turn
I'm posting on here at 7 in the morning on Sunday after an entire Saturday of drinking beer (probably 15 beers throughout the day). Sadly I have been up since 3 am with an incredibly tight feeling in my chest, feeling nauseous and have even thrown up a few times. For some reason the vomiting seems to relieve the chest tightness but only for about 15 minutes. Reading comments on threads like this as well as various yoga poses and taking 1 or 2 Tums usually is able to calm me down and relieve the tightness in my chest but only to a certain degree.
For a little more background,
I used to suffer from acne and I took the much-debated treatment Accutane which I know can have severe side-effects
About 2 years ago and what is the beginning of my Anxiety sad story I noticed a lump in my left breast. I didn't say anything to anybody about it for a couple months and still have the lump to this day. I started doing my own research online about possibilities of it being breast cancer and really started getting myself worried. I was away at school the majority of the time so I didn't really have a doctor but one of the times I visited home my parents and I scheduled an appt with my physician, he felt the lump and told me it felt nothing like breast cancer and that men can have masses in their "breasts" for any number of reasons, ultimately he told me I had nothing to worry about and to carry on with my life. This was very relieving although no actual tests were done.
I used to smoke marijuana on a daily basis, I live in an area where it is relatively easy to cultivate. It seemed that progressively as time went on and I kept smoking, I would notice that my heart rate felt like it was picking up to an uncomfortable point, only when I would smoke though. I've now mostly cut out the marijuana as it still gives me the same effects.
A few months go by and the lump remains but I feel great. Then I notice that one of the lymph nodes in my neck was swollen, and it remained swollen for about 2 months. This really got me worried as swollen lymph nodes for an extended period of time means that something is up. In that 2 month period I revisited a Dr and explained all my occurances (accutane and the lump in my "breast") and he ordered an ultrasound to be done on the mass in my "breast" and for bloodwork to be done. The ultrasound showed the lump to not be cancerous and this was a great relief in a very worry-filled time in my life the bloodwork showed that I was slightly low in Potassium and Magnesium. The swelling in my lymph node subsided and life carried on. Although every day since I noticed the lump in my breast I have had at least some worried thoughts about it. I changed my diet to one higher in both Potassium and Magnesium.
About 6 months ago I went out one night and got completely annihilated drunk with my buddies, as I woke up the next day my chest felt tight, this instantly worried me as Im sure all of you on this feed have felt. I got online and saw that chest tightness can be related to heavy drinking the night before and it went away as I pumped my body full of Gatorade so my worries went away.
Im now realizing how long this post is so Ill jump into this a little quicker.
Now anytime that I smoke or the following day after drinking, I'll feel so weird. Feels like I'm going to have a heart attack and it scares the sh*t out of me. About a month ago I turned 21 and a drinking frenzy ensued. I drank a lot before turning 21 so this binge wasnt the first of its kind for me but it was 3 days of constant drinking and eating terrible food. The Monday morning after that weekend I was up at 3 am doing the same as I was this morning, vomiting, tight chest, worries on my mind and it got to the point that I went to the hospital and got an EKG on my heart and some more blood work done. The EKG came back completely normal and the bloodwork showed somewhat low levels of Potassium and Magnesium, which they thought could be due to the fact that I had been vomiting. They gave me an IV of water and some awesome electrolyte solution because I was also dehydrated, my heart rate and blood pressure were a little high when I initially got there but they dropped to normal levels after I saw the results of the EKG and that I wasnt having a heart attack. They deemed me physically healthy and couldnt explain the tightness in my chest other than anxiety related. They gave me a Xanax and I started to feel exponentially better.
Like I said that was about a month ago, and I havent gotten a good night of sleep since. I constantly think about that feeling I had in my chest and how scary it was. I cut out drinking except for 1 beer every Sunday watching the 49er games. I find myself staying up late and only being able to sleep for about 3 or 4 hours at a time.
Yesterday was my first "test" ,if you will, of what the following day would be after heavily drinking and my biggest fear has been confirmed, tight chest, nauseous, full of worries about my heart. I've told myself I need to take an extended break from drinking all together but now it's 100% going to start RIGHT NOW
I still have worry around my heart and the lump in my "breast" and even now about which friends of mine are fairweather and who I wont see much now that this break from alcohol is starting
I never thought of anxiety as being able to have physical effects like this but now I have no other choice than to believe it
Everybody has their own circumstance and situation, as long as we are cleared medically we will eventually stop worrying so much as long as we cut out what seems to trigger the worrying
I think you nailed it...I have suffered from anxiety disorder for over 30 years...i have had periods of time in my life where i hit the booze harD...The last 2 years (after the break-up of my marriage) I've been binge drinking...I am 50 now and have begun encountering much of what i've read in the above entries...it doesn't happen with moderate drinking, only when I get plowed...a regimen of B-complex will help w/palpitations...concentrate on breathing...hydrate like a mother (over 100 oz), eat moderately, but feed your hunger...and when you start feeling better and think you can get hammered again, realize that you're gonna suffer like this again...and don't do it
I think you nailed it...I have suffered from anxiety disorder for over 30 years...i have had periods of time in my life where i hit the booze harD...The last 2 years (after the break-up of my marriage) I've been binge drinking...I am 50 now and have begun encountering much of what i've read in the above entries...it doesn't happen with moderate drinking, only when I get plowed...a regimen of B-complex will help w/palpitations...concentrate on breathing...hydrate like a mother (over 100 oz), eat moderately, but feed your hunger...and when you start feeling better and think you can get hammered again, realize that you're gonna suffer like this again...and don't do it
I know this is an old post but I just had to reply....I am having stomach tightness and anxiety right now. I am very tired though, and I'm about to go to sleep which will be awesome, because I haven't drank. I could have drank some more alcohol, and I would have felt no anxiety for the day. I would have felt fine. However that is alcoholism. I'm glad that you threw out the rest of that vodka. I know that was back in 2009, but good job. I am glad I decided to try and fight this anxiety and depression without more alcohol tonight. Tomorrow should be much better. I just need to stop drinking period. It's not something I should be doing. It is weird to me this tightness in my stomach....
I have been looking for someone to describe this just as I have. I'm going to try the gasx. Other than that I am telling myself I've lived through this before so its not going to kill me (like I thought the first few times). Drinking triggers the chest/anxiety, but since I drink often it's hard to pull out the culprit. Its like the next level of hangover, which I'm not so keen that I'm acclimating to.
I do experience chronic gas pressure in my tummy so gasx sounds like a great choice of relief.
I do experience chronic gas pressure in my tummy so gasx sounds like a great choice of relief.
Yeah i have same problem.This problem is just a anxiety not a heart attack.I drank lots of whiskey one day and feeling that types of symptoms after vomiting i feel cool..If you feel some major problem i suggest you should concern your doctor.
I have all of the above, but can my heart actually stop beating in the night when i'm trying to get to sleep? Please help!
Robin Jones
Robin Jones
Yeah I got anxiety and withdrawls a lot because I drink to get that feeling gone but comes back with full force when it wears off. I have PTSD. lost my partner of ten years and just makes drink and do the dumpiest things ever,
Read my last post that was right above yours, that is the only advice I could offer to you regarding the hangover. I also binge drink occasionally and have been doing my best to cut back. Like you, I don't consider myself an addict by any means but I also feel it's beginning to take a toll on my body. Once the habit forms it is a hard one to break, but if you choose to continue to drink try doing some of the following:
- Don't start earlier, drink faster, or drink more than those around you. If you're already 4-8 drinks in when your buddies start drinking and you try to keep up it could definitely end badly for you.
- Try your best to mix in water throughout the night or every other drink if possible, not only will it slow down how much you consume but keep you hydrated at the same time. Also try to drink a good amount of water before bed.
- If you've been drinking beers all night long and some ladies or tough guys at the party/bar want to do some shots try and sit them out. I am always guilty of not knowing when to turn a drink down.
After drinking for so long my body no longer tells throughout the night that I've had too much by making me feel nauseous or vomiting. I could literally drink to the point of blacking out and drink some more and that's where these killer hangovers come from. Definitely slow it down if not quit altogether before it does some serious damage.
- Don't start earlier, drink faster, or drink more than those around you. If you're already 4-8 drinks in when your buddies start drinking and you try to keep up it could definitely end badly for you.
- Try your best to mix in water throughout the night or every other drink if possible, not only will it slow down how much you consume but keep you hydrated at the same time. Also try to drink a good amount of water before bed.
- If you've been drinking beers all night long and some ladies or tough guys at the party/bar want to do some shots try and sit them out. I am always guilty of not knowing when to turn a drink down.
After drinking for so long my body no longer tells throughout the night that I've had too much by making me feel nauseous or vomiting. I could literally drink to the point of blacking out and drink some more and that's where these killer hangovers come from. Definitely slow it down if not quit altogether before it does some serious damage.
I'm just back from a 3 day stag in benalmadena and have never experienced a hangover like I'm experiencing now.
Over the weekend, I drank a serious amount of alcohol, lost my mobile phone, fell and cut my face twice. The last drink I had was in the early hours of Saturday morning. When I woke on Saturday early afternoon, I felt like I was going to die. I was shaking, my chest was tight and I felt like my heart was going to stop beating, even though when I checked my pulse it was reasonably normal.
I lead a pretty healthy lifestyle, eat well during the week, regularly exercise. However, I would binge drink often, maybe 3 times a month, and mostly to the stage where I can't remember what happened the night before. After this hangover, I seriously contemplate whether I will ever binge drink again, it's just not worth it and surely could be no good for our bodies at all.
I must admit I'm pretty relieved after reading this. I was thinking of heading to the hospital/gp in the morning (it's Monday evening and I still don't feel 100%) but I'm putting it down to my body telling me enough is enough. I still feel young enough as I'm only 28, but don't want to end up with some chronic health problems later in life, just cos I over did it a an earlier age.
My chest is still tight but I feel happier now I have got home and have my family around me. However, anyone who has any advice for me to get completely over this hangover would be much appreciated. I must also say that I don't see myself as having an alcohol problem, like some of the other people who have posted on this forum. I think I could live the rest of my life very happily without having another a drink, maybe I'm wrong but hopefully not.
Over the weekend, I drank a serious amount of alcohol, lost my mobile phone, fell and cut my face twice. The last drink I had was in the early hours of Saturday morning. When I woke on Saturday early afternoon, I felt like I was going to die. I was shaking, my chest was tight and I felt like my heart was going to stop beating, even though when I checked my pulse it was reasonably normal.
I lead a pretty healthy lifestyle, eat well during the week, regularly exercise. However, I would binge drink often, maybe 3 times a month, and mostly to the stage where I can't remember what happened the night before. After this hangover, I seriously contemplate whether I will ever binge drink again, it's just not worth it and surely could be no good for our bodies at all.
I must admit I'm pretty relieved after reading this. I was thinking of heading to the hospital/gp in the morning (it's Monday evening and I still don't feel 100%) but I'm putting it down to my body telling me enough is enough. I still feel young enough as I'm only 28, but don't want to end up with some chronic health problems later in life, just cos I over did it a an earlier age.
My chest is still tight but I feel happier now I have got home and have my family around me. However, anyone who has any advice for me to get completely over this hangover would be much appreciated. I must also say that I don't see myself as having an alcohol problem, like some of the other people who have posted on this forum. I think I could live the rest of my life very happily without having another a drink, maybe I'm wrong but hopefully not.
I have had a variety of this happen to me for the past 4-5 months now and it was extremely frightening at first. This could be totally different from what is causing your anxiety/feelings but here is what I find usually happens to me:
Heavy drinking the night before will lead to a feeling of chest tightness/pressure that makes it feel hard to breathe or hard to breathe deeply. I've found that although it feels like my heart is racing, it really isn't beating much faster than normal, it just feels like each heart beat can be felt throughout my whole body. For me, I have found that drinking heavily causes the chest discomfort and the chest discomfort causes the anxiety. Along with the anxiety comes some rapid breathing, nervousness, numbness/tingling in the extremities.
Again this is simply what I have found works for me, but I have tried many, many things to remedy this feeling and so far I have the following:
- I strongly believe that the chest pressure and shortness of breath is gas-related. Gas pressure pushing up from the stomach on the diaphragm and putting pressure on the lungs. I have also been told that gas pressure can be felt in the chest/back/shoulders.
- Following this thinking, during one of my hangovers I took a 300mg Zantac to try and relieve this pressure. DO NOT ever take Zantac with alcohol in your system, I immediately felt like my face/head was on fire and vomited for 2 hours. (I haven't vomited from drinking in 3-4 years)
- Just yesterday, after a heavy night of drinking of Saturday, I was feeling a bit hung over, ate Easter dinner, and immediately felt the pressure and anxiety hit me. I took a GasX (my new favorite buddy) and laid down for 15-20 min and the chest pressure was gone. I could still feel some small discomfort in my left chest/shoulder area but just a small soreness.
- On some really bad days, and this has only happened once or twice for me, this anxiety/discomfort will hit again at night when I'm ready to go to sleep. Again I will take a GasX and a 5mg melatonin (natural sleep aid) and before I know it I am waking up the next morning feeling pretty good, just a little drowsy from the melatonin.
- For the anxiety aspect, I have found there's nothing to do other than stay calm as best as possible. For me, I have had this happen 10+ times so I tell myself "OK, you've had this feeling 10 times and it hasn't killed you or done any serious physical harm yet, just wait it out."
Lastly, let me add that after the first time I felt this chest pain I consulted a walk-in medical care place near my house and they hooked me up to an EKG and also tested my lung capacity. Always consult a doctor if you have new chest pain or anything out of the ordinary.
Heavy drinking the night before will lead to a feeling of chest tightness/pressure that makes it feel hard to breathe or hard to breathe deeply. I've found that although it feels like my heart is racing, it really isn't beating much faster than normal, it just feels like each heart beat can be felt throughout my whole body. For me, I have found that drinking heavily causes the chest discomfort and the chest discomfort causes the anxiety. Along with the anxiety comes some rapid breathing, nervousness, numbness/tingling in the extremities.
Again this is simply what I have found works for me, but I have tried many, many things to remedy this feeling and so far I have the following:
- I strongly believe that the chest pressure and shortness of breath is gas-related. Gas pressure pushing up from the stomach on the diaphragm and putting pressure on the lungs. I have also been told that gas pressure can be felt in the chest/back/shoulders.
- Following this thinking, during one of my hangovers I took a 300mg Zantac to try and relieve this pressure. DO NOT ever take Zantac with alcohol in your system, I immediately felt like my face/head was on fire and vomited for 2 hours. (I haven't vomited from drinking in 3-4 years)
- Just yesterday, after a heavy night of drinking of Saturday, I was feeling a bit hung over, ate Easter dinner, and immediately felt the pressure and anxiety hit me. I took a GasX (my new favorite buddy) and laid down for 15-20 min and the chest pressure was gone. I could still feel some small discomfort in my left chest/shoulder area but just a small soreness.
- On some really bad days, and this has only happened once or twice for me, this anxiety/discomfort will hit again at night when I'm ready to go to sleep. Again I will take a GasX and a 5mg melatonin (natural sleep aid) and before I know it I am waking up the next morning feeling pretty good, just a little drowsy from the melatonin.
- For the anxiety aspect, I have found there's nothing to do other than stay calm as best as possible. For me, I have had this happen 10+ times so I tell myself "OK, you've had this feeling 10 times and it hasn't killed you or done any serious physical harm yet, just wait it out."
Lastly, let me add that after the first time I felt this chest pain I consulted a walk-in medical care place near my house and they hooked me up to an EKG and also tested my lung capacity. Always consult a doctor if you have new chest pain or anything out of the ordinary.
Your going threw withdrawal. Drink alot of water,take a vitamin and ride it out. Next time don't drink so much.
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