motox&mascara
29-04-17, 10:02
Hey :)
Not sure if posting this in the right place but seeing as I do have health anxiety and this particular incident is triggering it il try here and see if it gets moved.
Any who. Im 26 and gave up drinking 14 days ago :yahoo: and plan to stick with it. Both to help my anxiety which was spiralling out of control and because I obviously had a serious problem with it and was a horrible person to be around. Not a daily drinker but a very bad binge drinker. I don't like the person I had become and want to get the "old" me back albeit a little more anxious than before lol. I actually never thought that all the drinking I have done over the years could have actually helped contribute to my mental health problems now. My family and friends think it could be he case and considering I've never actually given the sober life a chance, I wouldn't be surprised if booze helped trigger this all off to begin with.
Anyway I was feeling good up until a couple of days ago, have hit a wall and my health anxiety has been super bad as in I am fixated on the fact I am ill and am going to just die (even though I've had a clean bill of health and every single test I've had done has always been perfect). Currently worried about strokes (did post earlier about a blood clot fear duh). Yay!... :lac:
Been in a constant state of anxiety all day today. I was guttered cos I was starting to feel a lot more positive in regards to my negative health thoughts. Then I had a thought about whether this setback could be related to my recent quitting of alcohol.
Has anyone else who has given up the drink experienced anything similar.??
I'm not on my meds at the moment (expect diazepam when neeeded) but plan to get back on them as I am feeling the depression really bad today crying all day over the smallest things and that feeling of "what if I'm stuck like this forever" which is always the case when I start getting depressed.
Sorry for the novel guys but any input would be much appreciated :D
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Not sure if posting this in the right place but seeing as I do have health anxiety and this particular incident is triggering it il try here and see if it gets moved.
Any who. Im 26 and gave up drinking 14 days ago :yahoo: and plan to stick with it. Both to help my anxiety which was spiralling out of control and because I obviously had a serious problem with it and was a horrible person to be around. Not a daily drinker but a very bad binge drinker. I don't like the person I had become and want to get the "old" me back albeit a little more anxious than before lol. I actually never thought that all the drinking I have done over the years could have actually helped contribute to my mental health problems now. My family and friends think it could be he case and considering I've never actually given the sober life a chance, I wouldn't be surprised if booze helped trigger this all off to begin with.
Anyway I was feeling good up until a couple of days ago, have hit a wall and my health anxiety has been super bad as in I am fixated on the fact I am ill and am going to just die (even though I've had a clean bill of health and every single test I've had done has always been perfect). Currently worried about strokes (did post earlier about a blood clot fear duh). Yay!... :lac:
Been in a constant state of anxiety all day today. I was guttered cos I was starting to feel a lot more positive in regards to my negative health thoughts. Then I had a thought about whether this setback could be related to my recent quitting of alcohol.
Has anyone else who has given up the drink experienced anything similar.??
I'm not on my meds at the moment (expect diazepam when neeeded) but plan to get back on them as I am feeling the depression really bad today crying all day over the smallest things and that feeling of "what if I'm stuck like this forever" which is always the case when I start getting depressed.
Sorry for the novel guys but any input would be much appreciated :D
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