I'm new to my diagnosis but not new to the symptoms. I was diagnosed only 2 weeks ago.
For years I've known something wasn't quite right but was continuously pushed away by doctors. My symptoms were frightening, disabling and getting worse and worse.
In the past, I turned to drink as this was the only thing that eased my symptoms. I developed a daily drinking habit/problem as it was the only thing the dulled the symptoms.
I stopped drinking in 2017 as drinking every day, although it eased my FND symptoms it brought with it other health issues!
I just wondered what everyone else's experience of drinking has been in relation to their symptoms. Did it make it worse or better? Has anyone else developed a drink problem as a result of their symptoms?
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Me father died in 2013. You have my sympathy it's not easy. I too drank excessively after he went. I couldn't cope with the symptoms and the grief. The. I couldn't cope with the symptoms without the drink. It's difficult
I'm the same with the drink. I have to assume I'm an alcoholic.... albeit through circumstance that's not the point. The drinking went too far. It makes me angry too not being able to....a few drinks down the pub was what made me feel normal and not alone. Now I'm in a room full of people, sober as a judge but feel lonely as hell. Even with my immediate family around me I still feel lonely. I'm only 33 as well!
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