what is up with me

[gingerone]

hi all i was on the drink yesterday and today i have been in a bad way. i keep getting thingling in my thoart and my cheast is tight and my neck is sore. i am worried about this please help i am not feeling right help me please thanks


c j giff

[nomorepanic]

Christina

Have you got a hangover? If so then drink plenty of fluids - water is best. You may be de-hyrated.

Something I find that works for the "day after" is Alka-seltzer - have you got any of that?

Nicola

[Meg]

and get some extra Vit C down you too

This is so normal after a night with alcohol.



Meg

'There can only be true courage when first there is genuine fear'

Dr.David Livingstone

[lainey]

Hi Christina

I like to have a few drinks more often than I should and I was talking to a friend of mine who is a clinical psychologist on Friday and she told me that having a drink when you are anxious can triple the symptoms you are getting and as we all know alcohol is a depressant in itself. So I am sure the symptoms you are getting are related to alcohol so try not to worry too much about it. But I'm sure you enjoyed the drink and it helped you to relax at the time.

Take care

Elaine

[grace]

hi everyone
elaine i think you are right. i dont drink very much just the odd one, but the last twice i had a drink i couldnt sleep at all. i dont know why cos i only drank a couple of glasses of wine both times. also if i have had a good drink then the next day i am very jittery

xxx grace

[lainey]

Hi Grace

I have decided as from today I must only drink at the weekend which will be very hard especially in this hot weather! I am also curious to see if not drinking in the week will alleviate my symptoms especially the hot flushes and the butterflies, will keep u posted !!

Elaine xxx

[Meg]

Why I don't drink anymore ( by Tom Edwards, no idea who he is/was ) that summarises its effects neatly :


You should have seen me.

I drank for happiness and became unhappy.
I drank for joy and became miserable.
I drank to become outgoing and became self-centred.
I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely.
I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious.
I drank for friendship and made enemies.
I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity.
I drank for strength and felt weak.
I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency.
I drank medicinally and became sick.
I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job.
I drank to stimulate and blacked out.
I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all.
I drank to forget and became haunted.
I drank for freedom and became a slave.
I drank for power and became powerless.
I drank to erase problems and saw them multiply.
I drank to cope with life, and invited death.

[grace]

hi lainey
good idea, i think drinking a lot is a easy quick fix for us more sensitive people. i really drank a lot at one point, it was a way that i could socialise without anxiety. but it doesnt solve the problem, just masks it for a night and it comes back with avengence the next day.
lets know how you get on

xxx grace

[grace]

hi gingerone
how are you today?

xxx grace

[lainey]

Hi Christina

Hope you are feeling better today.

Hi MEG

What a good poem to summarise how alcohol does affect people, must keep reading it while I'm off the booze !!!

So far, so good Grace, but it is only six o' clock !!

Elaine xxx