solta
07-05-2013, 02:59 PM
Hey,
I'm currently 25 and had my first panic attacks about four years ago. They did disappear after I cut down on coffee (I used to drink anywhere between one and two pots a day). Still held on to drinking and snus, though. About a year ago I started having the same symptoms again. I felt "panicky" throughout the day and if something bad happened I had a minor panic attack. This went on for a while until I started getting panic attacks when I went to sleep which led me to really focus on changing my habits. I started working out, eating healthy foods and even started socializing more which helped a lot. After I while I noticed improvements
To make the story short, I started drinking again because I felt like I was safe from the anxiety and panic attacks. Alas, I was wrong. I started getting extremely bad panic attacks throughout the day and even started feeling anxious which had never really happened before. For the past several weeks I've felt extremely anxious and desperate. I feel as though I will never be able to enjoy anything; there's nothing that life could offer me anymore. I don't even enjoy the things that I used to love doing. It has gotten better but I still go through those phases every single day and its hard to cope with it. Dealing with panic attacks was much easier.
I don't really know what's wrong with me. Is it GAD? Is this just one symptom from alcohol withdrawal? I feel like I've done this to myself with all the drinking.
Here's what I've done to improve my situation: no caffeine except for one or two cups of tea a day, no drinking except for the occasional beer maybe once or twice a week, no B vitamin supplements, lots of socializing, healthy foods and exercise. I even got the courage to talk to a friend of mine so I now have someone to support me through all this.
Well this got way longer than expected and I even tried to keep it short. Mostly I'm just looking for some help to battle the feeling of hopelessness. And of course, hello everyone :)
I'm currently 25 and had my first panic attacks about four years ago. They did disappear after I cut down on coffee (I used to drink anywhere between one and two pots a day). Still held on to drinking and snus, though. About a year ago I started having the same symptoms again. I felt "panicky" throughout the day and if something bad happened I had a minor panic attack. This went on for a while until I started getting panic attacks when I went to sleep which led me to really focus on changing my habits. I started working out, eating healthy foods and even started socializing more which helped a lot. After I while I noticed improvements
To make the story short, I started drinking again because I felt like I was safe from the anxiety and panic attacks. Alas, I was wrong. I started getting extremely bad panic attacks throughout the day and even started feeling anxious which had never really happened before. For the past several weeks I've felt extremely anxious and desperate. I feel as though I will never be able to enjoy anything; there's nothing that life could offer me anymore. I don't even enjoy the things that I used to love doing. It has gotten better but I still go through those phases every single day and its hard to cope with it. Dealing with panic attacks was much easier.
I don't really know what's wrong with me. Is it GAD? Is this just one symptom from alcohol withdrawal? I feel like I've done this to myself with all the drinking.
Here's what I've done to improve my situation: no caffeine except for one or two cups of tea a day, no drinking except for the occasional beer maybe once or twice a week, no B vitamin supplements, lots of socializing, healthy foods and exercise. I even got the courage to talk to a friend of mine so I now have someone to support me through all this.
Well this got way longer than expected and I even tried to keep it short. Mostly I'm just looking for some help to battle the feeling of hopelessness. And of course, hello everyone :)