Paws/ptsd?
I did some reading on post acute withdrawal syndrome, and saw that it can cause you to be jumpy. Nice to know that's normal, because I haven't been this jumpy in years. I have a touch of PTSD (self diagnosed) that comes from having my own person stalker in high school (yay me!) ... it flared up again after Sept. 11 (I was in NYC) and in the past few years it's calmed down a lot. I almost thought it was gone, since I couldn't remember the last time someone scared the pants off my just by walking around the corner of the hallway.
It's back, big time. I am screaming like a thrasher movie heroine 10 times a day. Now I'm wide awake because someone's car alarm in the neighborhood went off, somewhere far down the block, and I woke up with a racing heart and thought we were being robbed.
Please, someone tell me this goes away. Please. I can't stand this feeling.