Andy699
09-09-13, 12:02
Hi guys, I haven't posted on here in a while and I'll try and keep it short. Basically about 2 months ago my anxiety hit an all time high and I started drinking heavily to self medicate. Bad idea considering I was on Prozac at the time. I'm only 19 btw. Anyway, my drinking had become so bad that one day I decided to stop. BAD IDEA. I started to have severe withdrawal symptoms, the shakes, sweating, vomiting, hallucinations, the works. I had to spend a week in hospital undergoing a detox. Whilst I was there my tests all came back normal apart from a slight liver abnormality which I wasn't really worried (it made sense because I was drinking up to 3 bottles of wine per day). I haven't drank since, it was hard at first but it's getting easier every day. This is the strange thing... When I came out of hospital, my anxiety had vanished! Not a single blip of anxiety since. I stopped taking my Prozac because I felt better. Now it's a month later and my sleeping pattern is messed up due to watching tv until 3am. Last night I decided to do an all nighter to fix my sleeping pattern. But around 9am this morning after staying awake all night, out if nowhere I had this HUGE surge of anxiety and almost had a panic attack... Now i'm worried :( can a lack of sleep make people feel anxious? Thanks guys