am I going through alcohol withdrawal?
I am asking to see if I am suffering from Alcohol withdrawal or something else. During the summer I was on percocets for 3 months for a bad back. I took it on and off. I stopped about 4 weeks ago, no sweat. I also drank on occasion during the summer, I have been drinkin for about 19 years. over 2 weeks ago I drank 5 out of 7 days, the last day drinking WAY too much. Next day as my hangover subsided, I had a panic attack. the next 3 days afterwards i was anxious but not too bad. Then the following Friday, another attack, followed by 3 days of pure anxiety, paranoia, shakes, I thought I was either going to die or go nuts. Went to ER, they dissmised it as a panic attack. Went to my primary the following Monday, he chalked it up to anxiety. A week of slightly feeling better goes by, I go back to my primary this past Tuesday and explain in detail what happened. He says it is anxiety brought on by alcohol withdrawal. I went through the same thing about 9 years ago, it subsided. Is this what I/m goin through? I feel a little better each day but I have moments where I am like WTF??
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sounds like your right on track, it’ll get better w/ time though.
Dude -you need to quit
You have come this far so lay off the drinks. The worst is over. You can make it.
Sounds like you have an addictive personality. Between the drugs and the alcohol..I think you have a problem.
they are right when they say it is anxiety, but it is anxiety brought on by withdrawel from alcohol, alcohol depresses your system, since your system is no longer being depressed, you are feeling the anxiety that sober people deal with everyday, I would avoid medication if you could, if the symptoms get worse or you feel like you are in danger I would go back to the ER or your doctor, but give your system some time to clean itself up. Good luck.
yes I think you are I have went through the same thing there is not much you can do caffiene makes it worse time makes it better
you are addicted you need to go to AA meeting and that will help you alot
sounds like your primary would know what he is talking about. why don’t you just quit drinking and see if it goes a way.
Yeah! I think it’s withdrawal.
Think about it. You have all of this “stuff” in your system even after you stop.
If it were me, I would do a full detox with Chlorella. Look it up on the internet if you aren’t familiar with it.
I would also go to counseling ( someone who specializes in this area)on a temporary basis for questions and validation of the withdrawal symptoms you are going through.
ER rooms are nice for emergencies, but they are hurried and can only observe quickly what they see on the outside dispite what you tell them. They sometimes don’t have all of the answers you may need to get through this.
Also, a support group wouldn’t be a bad idea just to get a hold on it all.
*Blessings & Congrats for getting off the sauce.
I hope this helps you out.
My sister suffers from panic attacks now. She is a recovering alcoholic. So you can be suffering from both. It is hard to determine since you do not state how much you drink every day or do you need to drink every day. Two web sites listed below list the symptoms. Read them and see for yourself what you think. Be honest.
http://www.medicinenet.com/anxiety/article.htm
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are: shaking, sweating, puking unstoppably, possibly also hallucinations and finally death(yea, it’s fatal)..
(it’s not called withdrawal either, it’s delerium tremens (the “DT’s”)
if your alcoholism is not as chronically progressed as that,however, then the withdrawal will be more like 3 to 8 days of pretty much a different symptom each day first day.-.not too bad…second day -feel awful … third day- flu symptoms and insomnia… fourth day- depresssion.. fifth day more of any of these previous symptoms (and also shaking of the hands ) ..and then, as you lift out of it, you get a day or 2 where your senses come back, but everything is a little TOO amplified (colors are too bright, food tastes extra great, youre a little TOO happy…by the 8 or 9th day you finally feel normal again
so …if this was from alcoholism, you’d either experience all that (for 3 to 8 days)
OR you’d go into DT’s and require hospitalization, so you dont die
inbetween being progressed enough to have weeklong withdrawal periods,
and being that bit worse (where you cant stop puking if you dont drink, and see things, and need medical help to detox or death results),
is the phase where you are having week long withdrawals( if you dont drink that long!)….and your hands have become permanently shaky…and if you manage to go about 5 or 6 weeks without drinking, you’ll notice a lot of memory and ability to think clearly will suddenly return one day (so this shows that yes the “withdrawal” can take months, not days,) (because even after your body detoxifies (purges the chemical from it completely), there is still a lot of brain impairment that has been caused, and it takes time for the brain to rewire itself around the damaged areas)..