I get extreme anxiety the day after I drink

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I don’t drink to excess...maybe occasionally I over do it. The problem is, the next morning I seem to get an extreme reaction and experience acute anxiety. It will last all day, but disappears the following day.

Does anyone else experience this ? And if so have you found any solutions ?

The only thing that seems to alleviate it is to drink more which isn’t really an option

Interesting thread...until fairly recent I though it was just me who experienced post drinking anxiety! ☹️

I've been drinking too much for a while ... I now really want to stop and am going to work hard on doing so .... I'm 52 and getting terrible wine fear ... waking in the early hours very down and anxious .. I didn't drink in January and felt 100% better ... I'm worried I'm alcohol dependent... I need to sort this

This is really common and I too am getting to the point where the anxiety and tearfulness the next day is not worth the fun the night before.
I’ve had a few nights out where I didn’t drink and to my surprise it hadn’t made me enjoy the night out less. You really don’t need to drink to enjoy yourself and I wish I’d realises that years ago.

Read Alcohol explained by William Porter, he explains how this is a real thing

I get is SO bad. So bad that I think I'm going to die.

I'm definitely going to read that

This is why I stopped drinking 4+ years ago. Couldn't deal with it at all. It had gotten progressively worse over the years. Awful. Glad I don't have to do it any more.

I used to get this when I drank, I looked it up one day.

Its something to do with all the little nurons in your brain being temporally dulled when you're drunk, so that when the alcohol wears off they start firing back up again and it causes feelings of anxiety.
This feeling is the amplified if you've done or said something regrettable (which usually isn't that bad, but the fear always makes it seem so much worse) or if some of the night is blacked out, you'll worry even more that you've done something terrible.
It's a horrible feeling and I don't miss it one bit.

I am the same, it all started when I was about 19 (I’m 24 now) it got so bad that I stopped drinking for several years. I went away for the weekend wasn’t bothered about drinking etc/ but a friend wanted one and I thought ah what’s the harm in one? Well I can’t just have one .. so I had a a few pints but that to me is a lot. It’s Tuesday now and I still feel dreadful, anxiety, trouble sleeping, on edge. Keep racking my brain of all the stupid things I said (WHY DID I SAY THAT)
My only option is to not drink again, because in my mind I NEVER want to feel like this again. It’s horrific. I would recommend to anyone if you’re getting this it doesn’t get better but worse! If you’re thinking about stopping drinking, do it!

This is me and one of the reasons today I have decided I don't want to feel like that anymore 👊

When I was young and a party animal, we used to call this The HORRORS. capital letters. Also the fear. But the fear was mild compared to the HORRORS!
I wish I had never started drinking tbh. I dread the idea that my kids will be anything like I was back in those days.

Yes it's called the fear.
I think if you know that's what it is it makes it easier to deal with.
Maybe a bit of alcohol depression

I get this more and more now. I had a really bad episode earlier in the year after getting particularly drunk at a friend's birthday party. Felt awful for a full week or more after. I am trying to drink less and actually quite often choose to drive to events so I have no choice but to stay sober. I can't handle the feelings of doom and gloom after one too many drinks.

I've always had this, but when I was younger I didn't realise it was alcohol related (hindsight is a wonderful thing!) Over the years I've had non alcohol related depression and anxiety. I haven't quit drinking completely, I still drink a few times a year, but I only drink around certain people I feel very safe with.
I'm considering quitting though. It would take months for anyone to notice!

Defo beer fear/ boozers gloom/jitters etc. I’m 48 and it’s definitely a thing with women of this age. My tolerance has also dramatically diminished , used to be able to slug pints of lager and now about 4 halves make me giddy. The last 5 years I’ve become very active at the gym and tbh that gives me more pleasure than boozing does.

Have you had your blood pressure / liver function tested?

I posted on this thread back in May under an old username. I'm still living 'fear' free.

Yup, massively normal. I'm a recovering alcoholic, so naturally I experienced heroic levels of The Fear on an almost daily basis in my drinking days.

I don't miss it. Life is 100% better without alcohol, for me anyway!

Thanks very much for posting this. I'm beginning to realise this is me too. Maybe not after one night with alcohol, but definitely if I have a few in a row, the anxiety is really quite bad. Have been cutting down - need to carry on...

Gin is the worst for this, and it's had a major revival recently as well, but gins a major depressive and known to be a tear jerker.

I never knew this was a thing! I get this too occasionally. Barely drink but it is there when I do.