I’ve cut down a lot on drinking. However my anxiety is bad. My psychologist thinks I’m self medicating PTSD. Anyone else here have this ?
Benzos are like alcohol but stronger, they calm anxiety by stimulating GABA neurotransmission.
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I have PTSD but I don’t have a dependency on alcohol. I did on other drugs. I can tell you once you get passed the dependency things are better, but it did take therapy for me and working through the trauma. And in the end, letting go of the trauma which was simultaneously easy and hard. Or should I say simple yet hard. The dependency it’s self is physical and you might need help from a doctor depending on how much you drink. Sometimes, from what I understand, people take benzos to come off alcohol.
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I Used to Drink Alcohol A Little Bit Every Day. It Took Large Amounts to Catch Any Kind of Buzz. I’m Talkin’, Like a Gallon in Five Minutes, (In Order to Feel Anything), So I Cut it Down Drastically. I Actually Enjoyed Having One or Two Beers a Night. Never Caught a Buzz, But Kinda Like Smoking. I Had Something to Fill The Gaps in My Palms.
One Day, I Was Informed That I Had to Go to a Rehabilitation Center, Because of My Drinking Habit. Mind You, One or Two Beers a Night. So. I Was Confused. I Was Taken to The Center. Was There For Three Days, And Signed Myself Out.
I Haven’t Had a Beer in a Very Long Time. I’ve Had Some Moments Where I Felt Like it Would Be Extremely Helpful Jus to Buy Some Tequila And End The Pain.
I Chose Not to. And Sit Here, Very Proud of Myself For The Choice I Made.
It isn’t Easy, But if You Push The Desire Away. And Fill Your Free (Tough), Time Constructively.
You Can Be Proud of Yourself Also, @Qwerty!.
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Yes, when i suffered badly from anxiety i used to self medicate with alcohol. If you stop, it probably will take a couple of weeks to get used to handle the anxiety without alcohol,
I actually in the long run experienced a decrease in anxiety when sober.
I still drink in periods, but now it’s not due to anxiety but depression / negative symptoms. At the moment i’m sober, but miss alcohol especially during the day. But i like the feeling of sobriety in my body.
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Your anxiety could be due to abilify.
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Thanks guy for the replies.
@everhopeful I don’t think it’s the abilify cause it started back when I was taking paliperidone.
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Abilify used to cause anxiety at me.but i m not sure if its affect everyone same way.
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