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[Trailbraken]

i am a 26 year old male. On average i drink 3-4 drinks a day 3 days a week. Now over the holidays i drank alot for 4 days. Problary 7-9 drinks a day. I never had a problem before with withdrawal from drinking. Now i stopped my holiday fiasco i feel like withdrawl. Is this a hangover because i usually dont drink that much or is this withdrawal.

A little backround is i have suffered panic attacks for years. I am also kind of internet hypocandriac(sp?)

i am basically freaking out because i always read everything on the net about health. i am just very panicy right now because of the though tbat it could be withdrawal. I dont why i am thinking this because i didnt drink for 4 days last week and have never felt anything before. Then in turn me freaking out is making it seem like anxiety from withdrawal. I dont ever have any cravings for alcohol. thankds in advance.

ohh and i have been like this for about a day. I was way worse in the morning than now.

[Newyear]

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Hi trail-
Welcome and sorry to hear you are feeling anxious and not too well at the moment.
I'm not an expert but from what you have said, you are not having withdrawals.
Withdrawals normally come after prolonged periods of heavy drinking. Not a few binges.
I think you may be feeling hungover and worn out and anxious. Try to relax.

There is a lot of info here though so you may want to just look around some and do some reading.
Best of luck to you-
Lisa

[Trailbraken]

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Newyear;246276 wrote: Hi trail-
Welcome and sorry to hear you are feeling anxious and not too well at the moment.
I'm not an expert but from what you have said, you are not having withdrawals.
Withdrawals normally come after prolonged periods of heavy drinking. Not a few binges.
I think you may be feeling hungover and worn out and anxious. Try to relax.

There is a lot of info here though so you may want to just look around some and do some reading.
Best of luck to you-
Lisa

thanks for the help. I just had panic attacks about all the stuff i read about the dt's and all that crap. I was gonna go to the hospital but maybe i will just wait for tommorrow. again thanks for the help :goodjob:

[Trailbraken]

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can you get a little tempature from a hangover? Thats why i thought i had withdrawal. i have a temp of 99.6. maybe i am just getting sick or something. Should i go to the hospital. can they even tell if you have withdrawal?

[MyOwnWoman]

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Hey Trail - I'd say that you overwhelmed your body with much more alcohol than you're used to and your body isn't liking it one bit. So you feel like crap. Your bod is dumping out all the poison you poured in and as such you are "detoxing" and that is never fun.
I'd recommend drinking LOTS and LOTS of water and eating fresh foods (no refined or processed foods) to clean your body out.

From what I understand of withdrawal, it's what happens when a body is accustomed to drinking a whole lot over a long period of time then freaks when its not getting the booze anymore. Doesn't sound like you...

I hope you feel better soon.
and stop freaking yourself out, okay?

[Determinator]

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Trailbraken, you can and will get elevated body temperature from a hangover. then afterwords sometimes feeling cold and shakey...you may also be fighting off a bug, or both.

[Trailbraken]

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so basically i should feel better tommorrow. i have progressivly gotten better today but still have my freakout attacks. So if i still feel like this tommorrow, would you go to the hospital?

[memarcie]

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I'd take some mutivitamins, get some rest and if you still feel the need go to the hospital. I really doubt someone of your age would need more than a good dose of rest and relaxation, you probably just have a hangover.. By no means is the medical advice and if you feel the need to see a doc then go!

[dexterhead]

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Trail: can't imagine it could be withdrawal. A hangover can last more than a day and can have some pretty odd symptoms. But you know you and see a doctor if you're still feeling shitty. Also, a bout of drinking can leave you vulnerable to colds and other ailments...
Incidentally, a couple years ago I woke up feeling awful in a way I couldn't remember feeling. I was terrified it was withdrawal!! I had just read Augusten Burroughs' "Dry," where he recounts his experience with withdrawal. Turned out, for me, it was the flu, which eventually turned into pneumonia because I kept going into work when sick (another story) .. but I was happy it wasn't withdrawal Sad to be happy you have a brutal case of the flu!

[trixietrack]

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Hi trail, thanks foir stopping by. sounds like a really bad hangover. It also sounds like you are very sensitive to alcohol. so please be careful.
trix

[Trailbraken]

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dexterhead;246304 wrote: Trail: can't imagine it could be withdrawal. A hangover can last more than a day and can have some pretty odd symptoms. But you know you and see a doctor if you're still feeling shitty. Also, a bout of drinking can leave you vulnerable to colds and other ailments...
Incidentally, a couple years ago I woke up feeling awful in a way I couldn't remember feeling. I was terrified it was withdrawal!! I had just read Augusten Burroughs' "Dry," where he recounts his experience with withdrawal. Turned out, for me, it was the flu, which eventually turned into pneumonia because I kept going into work when sick (another story) .. but I was happy it wasn't withdrawal Sad to be happy you have a brutal case of the flu!

its just that once i get anxiety my mind keeps harping on it. Its amazing how powerful it can be. I read about alcohol withdrawal making you itchy. Within five minutes, guess what i was. yep itchy.

I am/was a major adrenalin junky. Quads, motorcycles, cars. Name it. Lets push it to the ragged edge. Honestly the stuff i have done i have no clue how i am alive. 185mph in car problary 20 times. The thing is that i feel that i put myself in those situations so its my choice. I started having panic attacks because i found blood on my toilet paper. It was nothing. But it made me realize i cant control my health. I always thought i was dying of something. I went to the doctor for a full physical(family friend) a month ago. I was dying waiting for the results. Everything was perfect. Thats why am like this and i dont think alcohol helps my situation. So i want to stop booze and cigs.

[beatle]

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Calm down... definitely not withdrawal -- just a hangover. (Though the symptoms are similar).

However, if you feel bad for more than 2 days, then it might be the flu or something. Usually doctors can't do much for that either. So take the good advice here. Water, supplements, fresh food, lots of sleep, and aspirin if you need it. (applies to both hangovers and flu).

[beatle]

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P.S. You have to drink a lot daily for years to suffer withdrawal. Even then, some people don't have a problem quitting (if they are in excellent health otherwise and take good care of themselves other than drinking). To suffer DTs you have to be a really heavy drinker for many many years. You are far from that. But it is great that you are tackling this problem before it gets outof hand.

[Trailbraken]

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yeah, the dt's thing i read scared me. I read something else that to get them you will problary drink heavy 6 plus drinks a day, for over 10 years.

[KateH1]

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Hi Trail, So good that you are thinking about the effects of alcohol so early in your alcohol "career". A bad hangover is a mild form of withdrawal, just the same as coming out of anethesia after surgery is a mild form of drug withdrawal. Either way, neither is fun. It certainly makes me think, that I would never want to have to go through the whole withdrawal thing.

Janie is right, try taking some b vitamins to help with your anxiety.

I hope you are feeling better today!
Best,
KateH