Why after a night on the drink...do i have dreadful anxiety the next day!!!

[perrydog]

[ellabella]

My daughter experiences this after a night out. She wakes up with it and it stays with her all day. She has a pet name for it even. I have no idea why it happens, but it goes away with a hangover.

[JillEBean]

Hiya, I get the exact same thing! Awful, unbearable anxiety, feeling I'm going to die, strong feelings of doom and horrible thoughts. It lasts all day long and it's awful. I'm not sure why it happens but I have to just not drink very much nowadays because I can't handle the way I feel the next day. I'd love to know if there is any other way of stopping it but I think you just have to ride it out.

[hairyfairy]

I had this problem when I was a binge drinker years ago, & I would either spend the day in bed hiding under the covers, or have a hair of the dog. I don`t drink much these days so I haven`t felt like that for years. Maybe it`s caused by dehydration affecting the brain, but that`s only my guess.

[Hidden]

It's likely to be that alcohol is a stimulant to the adrenal glands and also being full of sugar it will in the end lower your blood sugar levels (putting large amounts of sugar into an empty body prompts the pancreas to churn out insulin, but if it produces too much you then get blood sugar that is lowered too far and it makes you feel weak, trembly and afraid)

The answers are - (1) Don't drink, (2) Drink smaller amounts, (3) Drink but never on an empty stomach, (4) Cut down or cut out other stimulants to your adrenal glands, such as coffee, energy drinks, cigarettes, etc

[Lynsey90]

I believe it was alcohol that brought anxiety out of me. I was fine one day and decided to drink vodka (not much) i never had vodka before. I got drunk n couldn't cope.. I felt like crap. Next day watching a horror film and that's when I felt I'll, shaking, sweating.. Etc. I didn't know I had anxiety. I was so scared and eventually thought I was gonna die and called ambulance. I never will drink again, anxiety is ruining my life

[kjm1987]

I also feel worse after alcohol. I tend to steer clear of it for a while, then when I think I'm feeling better I go out with my mates have a brilliant night, then back to square 1 the next day. Its driving me mad not being able to do the things I use to x