Posted 9/11/2013 12:30 AM (GMT 0)
Hello HW group, I'm new to the site, and am trying to find someone that has similar symptoms as me, I will tell you what brought me here. I'm a 33 year old male, been very healthy for most of my life into my early 20's, for the last 7 to 8 years I've been binge drinking very heavily, I didn't need booze everyday and never had any signs of anxiety or withdrawal in my life. 7 to 8 years of binge drinking later my body starts to get weird withdrawals without the booze so I give it up cold turkey and decide time to get healthy again!! BAM in the emergency room 4 times in 2 weeks for DT's and HEAVY withdrawal symptoms. I'm glad to say I've been sober for 45 days the mass withdrawals have gone away. But Alas it left me with something I've never faced before. Anxiety BAD case to!! I didn't know anything about it. Now starts the brand new recovery of fighting anxiety. I've had the OMG I'm gonna die problem, the racing heart, massive sweat outbreaks and dizziness, nightmares that are finally starting to go away slowly, NO sleep, and massive fatigue!! I've been able to deal with all that and fight and claw my way back to feeling better with no meds and training myself to say your OK, just your body messing with you. But just a couple nights ago I got Heart Palpatations, my chest was literally moving 1/2 inch during some beats, and fluttering, it would come on for 30 seconds to a min. then go away. They weren't painful but more so annoying and scary. So I go to the ER AGAIN!! They do all the tests, ECG, Ex-rays, Blood work, witch I've done 4 to 5 times within the month already so I knew they were gonna come back good and they did! Plus my liver, thyroid, cholesterol, and every other thing they can test all came back normal and healthy!! I have never smoked, for the last 3 months I have changed my diet, started multi-vitamins, and I go swimming 4 days a week, I knocked off 35 lbs. I should be feeling fantastic, but I still feel exhausted on edge and keep having all these new symptoms pop up. My blood pressure is great now and so is my pulse, that is when the anxiety leaves me alone. Can anxiety cause Palpatations like that? And when it pass's is there any damage that can be done? or is it just another thing in the list of fun things I'm gonna have to learn to handle. Please someone tell me they've gone through this and came out on top!!! Thanks for reading my short story, any tips or pointers are appreciated!! I feel 80% healed up just need to finish that last 20% and keep educating myself on this!
Thanks - Shabba