anxiety and alcohol

[Black16]

I have had anxiety for years, tried lots of different anxiety meds and they don’t seem to agree with me. Unfortunately I have started yo drink more as this helps my anxiety although it doesn’t long term I know. I have recently started with muscle twitches. Doc done tests for vitamin b etc. and they have come back normal. I come if amitriptyline almost 5 weeks ago. It was mentioned that it could be due to that.

I am wondering if anybody has had this and could it be due to the extra alcohol. I need to stop drinking

[fauxartist]

I know alcohol is a depressant after the first couple of drinks you feel euphoric, then it's down hill from there, one way or another....it's also expensive and addictive. You end up trading one problem for another really. Therapy would be probably at least maybe help you get to the root of your anxiety and then maybe you can learn better coping situations. I never found any answers to my depression and CTPSD at the bottom of a bottle when I self-medicated, just another problem to deal with.

[Black16 in reply to fauxartist]

Thank you so much for replying. You are so right. I have been to therapy a few times but didn’t really help me. The only thing that really helps is exercise which I do a lot. I know I really need to give up as it’s no good for me and you just feel worse the next day