Posted by sackhoullier on November 17, 2003, at 15:15:45
In reply to Re: Does Alcohol give you PANIC/ANXIETY ATTACKS?¿? » Sean P, posted by mrporter1 on November 16, 2003, at 22:56:39
I've been drinking pretty heavily since I was 15. I've recently turned 30 - over the past year I've developed these same symptoms. I cut the booze out for 10 weeks for the first time in my life in September but started drinking again a month ago when my nan died - not because of the trauma but because I have a huge scouse / Irish / catholic family that sort of demands it (go on Mark, she'd have been well pissed off if you didn't get hammered at her funeral!) Anyway, the ten weeks off had made me feel a lot calmer, but a few weeks into getting bladdered again and I'm back to square one. Those weird chest fluctuations and gasping for breath when in bed freak me out, Sunday can be utterly destroyed by a half decent session in the pub... - Anyway, I'm packing it in again, maybe for good this time.
As others have said, it's oddly reassuring to discover that this isn't just me.
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