Thread: PAWS (anxiety)?
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Old 09-16-2011, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by JTele View Post
I'm well over seven months sober, and I continue to get anxiety/panic attacks. I'm also another one who never suffered panic attacks until I quit drinking. Sobriety has been a strange journey for me, for after the first initial month of horrible withdrawal, I seemed to get much better. I would sometimes go for five or six weeks feeling great, then I'd have a three or four day panic bout that would come out of nowhere. This was the norm up until about three weeks ago when I started having more severe panic issues once again. I've seen various doctors and specialists to rule out major health concerns regarding the chest pain and other ailments I get from my attacks, and they all say I'm doing just fine. Anti-depressants have only made me ill while also inducing more attacks, so I refuse to take them any longer. I've read many times that various degress of PAWS can last anywhere from six months to two years, so it appears I may still have a long way to go before I truly begin to feel like myself again. All I can recommend is to hang in there and ride it out the best you can. It certainly beats the alternative.
Ditto, to what JTele said his journey is exactly like mine.
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