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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?
Hi,
It is really good to see people who can relate to me. I have suffered from panic attacks from the age of 20 and i am 28 now. I blame it partly on the media for the shock stories we are exposed too. I have become somewhat of a panic connoisseur and although I have not found the route cause of the attacks and anxiety I do not what triggers an attack, and I know the best methods to prevent an attack.
I do agree with everyone go and get checked out at the hospital check your heart is good, check your vitals are well, have that piece of mind because without that knowledge it is tough to convince yourself.
It is harsh reality for me the bad things in life which i enjoy are my triggers, the things which require effort and are more difficult to include in my lifestyle are the things which help get rid of panick attacks.
Let me explain, smoking and alcohol and no exercise are my triggers. Alcohol the day after and the withdrawal are so tough for me, I experience so much anxiety it prevents me from taking my shirt off or having a shower because for some reason it will make me panick to see my naked chest, for some unknown reason having a shower can trigger an attack as much as i love taking showers. I know if i do not drink I will 95% stop my panic attacks. Smoking, does not help me as i know it is unhealthy but It is not a direct trigger.
When I exercise and dont drink my panic goes away completely, I am no longer a drinker and I have made this lifestyle change solely because of my panic attacks when I am hungover, it is tough at the start but now it is become who I am. I know longer want to feel so empty that I have had enough of the panic that I am ready just to die and have mentally prepared myself for death because of the panic.
Even though it is expensive i would suggest, if all other routes are not working, try some hypnotherapy from a clinical hypnotherapist because they are not trippy they are scientific and use your subconscious to train your body, I have had it, it does work for me but I moved house and did not complete the course.
It is really good to see people who can relate to me. I have suffered from panic attacks from the age of 20 and i am 28 now. I blame it partly on the media for the shock stories we are exposed too. I have become somewhat of a panic connoisseur and although I have not found the route cause of the attacks and anxiety I do not what triggers an attack, and I know the best methods to prevent an attack.
I do agree with everyone go and get checked out at the hospital check your heart is good, check your vitals are well, have that piece of mind because without that knowledge it is tough to convince yourself.
It is harsh reality for me the bad things in life which i enjoy are my triggers, the things which require effort and are more difficult to include in my lifestyle are the things which help get rid of panick attacks.
Let me explain, smoking and alcohol and no exercise are my triggers. Alcohol the day after and the withdrawal are so tough for me, I experience so much anxiety it prevents me from taking my shirt off or having a shower because for some reason it will make me panick to see my naked chest, for some unknown reason having a shower can trigger an attack as much as i love taking showers. I know if i do not drink I will 95% stop my panic attacks. Smoking, does not help me as i know it is unhealthy but It is not a direct trigger.
When I exercise and dont drink my panic goes away completely, I am no longer a drinker and I have made this lifestyle change solely because of my panic attacks when I am hungover, it is tough at the start but now it is become who I am. I know longer want to feel so empty that I have had enough of the panic that I am ready just to die and have mentally prepared myself for death because of the panic.
Even though it is expensive i would suggest, if all other routes are not working, try some hypnotherapy from a clinical hypnotherapist because they are not trippy they are scientific and use your subconscious to train your body, I have had it, it does work for me but I moved house and did not complete the course.
I also have had this happen to me before. With myself it only happens after a heavy drinking session. I had the worst panic attack I've ever had yesterday. I only have these panic attacks when I'm extremely hungover. I felt like I couldn't breathe, but was breathing. Also felt like my heart was racing at times and like I was going to pass out. I also had a warm burning sensation in my stomach and my. Hands were tingling. Does anyone know what this is?
ps if u dont like going for walks. keep urself busy!!!!! esp ur mind. text alot of people all day so ur mind is concentrated on something else. if im not going for a walk i try to text alot and go on facebook and interact there. i also dont mind working on days like this even tho im so sick. im a waitress/bartender so i am constantly moving and my mind is distracted on getting the task done and makes the time go by faster. and if ur laying down watching tv, dont watch anything dramatic or itense. leave light and funny things on. intense things throw me into anxiety . hope some of this helps
wow i am 27 also. u are the most similar case to my own. i am glad i am not alone, but do not wish what we go thru on anyone. with me my anxiety goes thru the roof from when i wake up (more so a couple hours after i wake up) and the anxiety doesnt go away till 24 hours from my last drink even tho im still tired after 24 hours. i literally count down the hours until the 24 hour mark. its hell in my mind and sometimes pyhiscal, it feels like i cant catch my breath, my chest tightens, increased and heavy heart beats, im scarred to choke on anything i eat or drink, feels like somethings in my throat, i hyperventalate and tingle all over my body, the back of my skull tightens, my arms and legs go numb somtimes from poor circulation, im extremely worried and scarred about everything. this kind of hangover only happens if i binge drink and blackout. if i never blackout, this all doesnt happen the next day. its truly scary in my mind even tho i know nothing seriously bad ever happens to me. the only thing that EVER helps is going for a super long walk outside. this is the only thing that calms me down. i heard anxiety is extra adrenaline ur body is producing and sends ur body into "flight or fight" and since u arent do anything at the time, thats why u are so anxious. alcohol withdrawl brings this on heavy. thats why walking for me helps. its using up that extra adrenaline. one time i walked for 13 hours outside, when id stop walking my mind and body would be in hell. i know the solution is to not drink as much or at all, but easier said than done. good luck to all & know u are NOT alone in this madness, and nothing bad is going to happen to u and with TIME it will pass and u will go back to normal, try copeing the best way u know how. and def do NOT be around someone who doesnt understand it or is loud andf obnoxious. if ur going to be with someone, pick a calm person
uncontrollable thoughts that I was going to strangle someone on the bus or go into the bathroom and hurt myself
Why would you ever want to hurt someone?
Why would you ever want to hurt someone?
Dear Drew
Reading your thread made me feel how I did just last week. I arrested for being drunk in a public place twice in one week. I woke up one morning and my whole apartment was smashed, glass everywhere. I went to a party and woke up with a cigarette burn on my wrist and a black eye, I guess someone punched me out because when I drink I am argumentative and extremely blunt, I tell people how I feel and don't care if it hurts them. It's the truth.
I figured the best thing for me to do was to run and go to my grandmothers so I would be forced to not drink. I swore to myself I would never drink again. I was on the bus to Toronto and had not drank for 2 days and all of the sudden I felt like I was out of my body and got feelings and uncontrollable thoughts that I was going to strangle someone on the bus or go into the bathroom and hurt myself. It scared the living **** out of me and I never want to feel like that again. I thought I was going insane. I ran to the hospital downtown Toronto as soon as I got off the bus.
My relationship ended and I wound up in a place I hated, I guess that's why I went so nuts with my drinking. This was just literally a few weeks ago. I woke up one morning and I was sweating, shaking, freezing cold and thought I was literally going to snap and turn szhizophrenic. I went to the hospital and they gave me 50 mg diazepam and I calmed down. However it took me 7 days to get my mind back on track and not feel like I was going crazy.
I keep swearing to myself I wont drink and only end up drinking time after time again. I know that if I continue I will end up in mental institution or in jail.
My life has been not one of an easy childhood and many hard experiences and looses I chose not to face....so I drink and I drink to the point I black out and am a danger to myself and others.
The only thing I can do to be a good person is not to drink...but I am petrified every day of my life to get wasted and feel the way I do after wards with anxiety, and feelings of losing control and going insane. I think it is what you said a psychosis and it is not fun.
Just writing this blog gives me the chills and brings me back to that feeling. You would think that one would do anything to avoid that feeling and be able to never drink. Not drinking is better than going through all of those terrible shakes and mental problems, but after a few days when my head is on straight again, the desire to drink comes back due to habbit.
Tried AA
Went to rehab
Seen addictions councellors
Psychitrist who just gave me a prescription so I ripped it up because I overdosed on lorazepam when I was drunk, so I figured it is best not to have pills in the house and now...pretty lost on what to do
Reading your thread made me feel how I did just last week. I arrested for being drunk in a public place twice in one week. I woke up one morning and my whole apartment was smashed, glass everywhere. I went to a party and woke up with a cigarette burn on my wrist and a black eye, I guess someone punched me out because when I drink I am argumentative and extremely blunt, I tell people how I feel and don't care if it hurts them. It's the truth.
I figured the best thing for me to do was to run and go to my grandmothers so I would be forced to not drink. I swore to myself I would never drink again. I was on the bus to Toronto and had not drank for 2 days and all of the sudden I felt like I was out of my body and got feelings and uncontrollable thoughts that I was going to strangle someone on the bus or go into the bathroom and hurt myself. It scared the living **** out of me and I never want to feel like that again. I thought I was going insane. I ran to the hospital downtown Toronto as soon as I got off the bus.
My relationship ended and I wound up in a place I hated, I guess that's why I went so nuts with my drinking. This was just literally a few weeks ago. I woke up one morning and I was sweating, shaking, freezing cold and thought I was literally going to snap and turn szhizophrenic. I went to the hospital and they gave me 50 mg diazepam and I calmed down. However it took me 7 days to get my mind back on track and not feel like I was going crazy.
I keep swearing to myself I wont drink and only end up drinking time after time again. I know that if I continue I will end up in mental institution or in jail.
My life has been not one of an easy childhood and many hard experiences and looses I chose not to face....so I drink and I drink to the point I black out and am a danger to myself and others.
The only thing I can do to be a good person is not to drink...but I am petrified every day of my life to get wasted and feel the way I do after wards with anxiety, and feelings of losing control and going insane. I think it is what you said a psychosis and it is not fun.
Just writing this blog gives me the chills and brings me back to that feeling. You would think that one would do anything to avoid that feeling and be able to never drink. Not drinking is better than going through all of those terrible shakes and mental problems, but after a few days when my head is on straight again, the desire to drink comes back due to habbit.
Tried AA
Went to rehab
Seen addictions councellors
Psychitrist who just gave me a prescription so I ripped it up because I overdosed on lorazepam when I was drunk, so I figured it is best not to have pills in the house and now...pretty lost on what to do
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