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Alcohol hangover anxiety :(

butcher22

butcher22

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there may already be a thread about this somewhere but as i get older my hangovers have completely changed. i used to just take a tylenol and drink a shitload of water and go on about my day. now my hangovers come with absolute crippling anxiety and sense of pure dread. the ironic thing is, i drink in part to deal with anxiety issues but if i tend to binge drink a lot and when i do my anxiety is so bad i've went to the ER for it several times because im convinced that im dying, and sometimes i feel suicidal during these times as well. i always pop a valium and it helps some but im getting low on them and wont be able to get more for a while so im trying to stretch them out. any other tips to make this shit more manageable? other than "drink less", im an alcoholic so thats not happening any time soon. please, any advice would be wonderful :?
 
also, i am supposed to have a booty call over tonight and i dont think i could even look her in the eye right now, so a remedy is extra important to me today
 
some adderall could help me if i was in your place,dont know about you..
also,a much more intense orgasm would be nice for you too,I assume.
 
Hair of the dog, drink in the morning. It is not recommended but if you cannot stop drinking it is a practical solution. I have gotten bizarre paranoia and anxiety some mornings after heavy drinking even though I only binge once and a while. Also aspirin is better for the morning because the Tylenol is a double stressor for your liver since there is undoubtedly still some alcohol in your system when you wake up.
 
I also get anxiety the day after drinking,however, it's not as bad as what you are describing because I've never even considered going to the ER because of it, I just wait it out and it only lasts the day after drinking.

Don't take Tylenol the day after drinking, take Alieve, Asprin or Advil, you don't need the extra stress on your liver.

Try to sleep as much as possible the next day and try to drink only when you don't have anything to do the next day.

Not getting enough sleep is a MAJOR cause of anxiety and makes my hangovers ten times worse.

Try to sleep off as much of the hangover as possible.

Also, I completely disagree with the "hair of the dog" idea, I mean maybe if it was only a few beers but getting drunk again only creates a further cycle and personally I avoid alcohol completely the next day.

Drink as much water and gatorade as possible, and also some caffeine, preferably green tea and not coffee, helps a lot.

Just try to wait it out because the anxiety shouldn't last beyond the day after drinking...or at least for me it doesn't.

And if you have any extra benzos, you can use those for the anxiety.
 
pretty sure adderall would be a horrible idea for me. im trying to slow my heart down, any upper would send me over the edge. i cant even drink coffee. i had some hair of the dog, a few mixed drinks and it has helped some but i know i am just prolonging the inevitable and probably making it worse in the long run. the orgasm isnt a bad idea though. might try to crank one out. the release of dopamine and tryptophan might be helpful
 
its a bit late on the hair of the dog thing but i am not going to get wasted again, might have just one more vodka and coke and take another valium. im almost certain 10mg more of valium will help me a lot but i am also a benzo addict so im trying not to run out too soon, but fuck it. im going for it
 
Ya, I always get that after drinking to..I hate it. Never drink but did last night, but after I woke up to a Sub strip with 20mg of valium and I'm fine..still gotta headache tho. Opiates are the ultimate hangover cure for me, but don't really wanna suggest you start taking opiates reguraly. If you are running low on valium you use for hangover, ever thought about ordering some RC benzo's online..the ones I've seen lately are Etizolam,Diclazeapm(probly closest to valium) Flubronzapam I think?? And Phenzapam popped back up. Or go to a doctor and get a script for valium...
 
i order my valium online but wont have money until next months and it takes a couple weeks for them to arrive from the UK to the US. a legit doc will no longer give me a script because of my drinking. my psych dropped me without even any kind of tapering off plan
 
thanks for the tips guys. im just going to have to suffer through this shit and keep reminding myself that it'll pass. got no one to blame but my fucking self
 
Being addicted to benzo's is making you anxious "the morning after". They are both GABAnergic drugs. Your fix had good reason not to want you to drink, but dropping you without even a taper was ficking stupid, I mean he could of at least have given you 2mg Valium, just to ease the drop.
 
Lorne??? said:
Being addicted to benzo's is making you anxious "the morning after". They are both GABAnergic drugs. Your fix had good reason not to want you to drink, but dropping you without even a taper was ficking stupid, I mean he could of at least have given you 2mg Valium, just to ease the drop.
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Why does having a benzo addiction necessarily make one anxious the day after drinking?

You mean if he didn't he wouldn't get anxious the next day?

(I also take benzos by the way).
 
Well it's complicated, but pharmacologically, they both effect GABA. Both reduce anxiety.

The stress of having both drugs effecting that NT is hard on you...
You wake up, after getting smashed. The benzo is obviously out of your system by the morning, as well. So the effects of having neither results in "rebound" effects, like increased anxiety. As he said, a benzo(at sufficient dose) would nix the problem, but he has to conserve them.
 
Lorne??? said:
Well it's complicated, but pharmacologically, they both effect GABA. Both reduce anxiety.

The stress of having both drugs effecting that NT is hard on you...
You wake up, after getting smashed. The benzo is obviously out of your system by the morning, as well. So the effects of having neither results in "rebound" effects, like increased anxiety. As he said, a benzo(at sufficient dose) would nix the problem, but he has to conserve them.
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This isn't the case with me though.

I take Klonopin which has a very long half life, and not only is it not out of my system entirely when I wake up after drinking (and I don't advise anyone to drink on benzos...) but then I immediately take more and it doesn't 100% kill the anxiety of a hangover.

However, I have found that later on in the day another small dose sometimes really helps.
 
Yes, but the duration of action of clonazepam isn't as long as the half life; for most people, it holds 8-12 hours.

But like I said, it's complicated. Well, in a way it's not. Your ficking with an important parts of your brain and it inevitably increases anxiety. And the very fact your mind was swimming in both of these GABAnergic substances means that both substances will have a reduced effect immediately following(fucking TP!). So, you'd likely need a larger dose of benzo to relieve symptoms,.
and in any case, hangovers suck anyway.

But my father always took a handful of Valium after a long night, he'd wake up with tremors, though...(severe alco/benzo addict)
 
i took another valium (i'll worry about withdraw when i run out) and had 4 or 5 drinks and it worked like a charm. going to eat a big meal and keep drinking Gatorade and hopefully all stays well. again, thanks for the responses guys. i love this forum. its not exactly smart to take medical advice from strangers on the internet but there are a lot more people who actually know what the fuck they are talking about than say something like 4chan, and the lack of judgement is a plus as well
 
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Lots of potassium(bananas n such), magnesium(400mg chelated, ish), and some vit C might help slow your heart rate down, as booze depletes the body of these nutrients and they're important for regular heart function. I used to get this all the time...only thing they could ever find wrong with me was potassium depletion.

This is called holiday heart, btw, look it up.
 
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