Posted 12/12/2008 7:29 AM (GMT 0)
Zibbba
Thank you for your post. Welcome to healing well a/p forum you have come to a good place were we all help each other and support when needed. You seem to have a good understanding of your issues and that is a positive thing and im glad the celexia seems to have worked for you and that you can be in social situations and be fine with that. You are right support groups really do help and i relate to you saying that you drink to hide your anxiety and how paranoid you get as that is why i drink.
My problem is if i drink i can not stop drinking i just keep going until i am smashed for me it is not just one or two drinks its 20 drinks and over the years i have really abused alcohol and other substances which i cant go into here. On a positive for me i have not had a drink for 7 weeks and it has been hard i have had to stay away from social gatherings with my friends so i wont drink it has been tough for me as i feel im missing out and get really depressed about that and i am not looking forward to the coming festive season because of this. I have had some great support here from friends on HW and with out there support and advice i dont think i would off managed 7 weeks with no drinking.
Yes i do take meds and have tried lots of different AD but they dont seem to work for me i think i may know why but that is a long story, i currently take 150mg of Effexor and 20mg of Tamazepam.
Thank you so much for your post and we are here for you and can support you as well. You may want to post in the newbie thread and tell us a bit about you and what you have gone through and feel free to start your own threads.
My thoughts are with you Zibba and thanks again for your support it means so much
Ben