not sure how much longer I can do this
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
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I apologize to folks that i hurt when i say meds are an addiction.
There are all sorts of reasons to take meds. I am offering an opinion for consideration.
Dr.s are so nonchalant about meds. I was taking a statin for cholesterol. I was turning into a zombie.
I quit and told the Dr. He seemed to not care.
Thanks.
There are all sorts of reasons to take meds. I am offering an opinion for consideration.
Dr.s are so nonchalant about meds. I was taking a statin for cholesterol. I was turning into a zombie.
I quit and told the Dr. He seemed to not care.
Thanks.
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 18
Completely agree. There are many amateur psychiatrists that you'll meet in sobriety. They're best to be ignored. Laying unwarranted guilt on someone who's struggling to stay clean really can't be helpful.
John
John
Originally Posted by JJ991 
I take a low dose SSRI, I'm a little offended at the comment that this is an addiction, I don't think such comments help the stigma associated with them already!! I have been on it for a couple of years, before I quit drinking. They work so much better now that I've quit, the help my anxiety no end. I'm working on my anxiety and so will stop the meds when I can, but I see no issue - I have an illness so why shouldn't I take meds for it?
Hope you find a way through.
Hope you find a way through.
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 18
Good move man, thanks. Peace.
Originally Posted by D122y
I apologize to folks that i hurt when i say meds are an addiction.
There are all sorts of reasons to take meds. I am offering an opinion for consideration.
Dr.s are so nonchalant about meds. I was taking a statin for cholesterol. I was turning into a zombie.
I quit and told the Dr. He seemed to not care.
Thanks.
There are all sorts of reasons to take meds. I am offering an opinion for consideration.
Dr.s are so nonchalant about meds. I was taking a statin for cholesterol. I was turning into a zombie.
I quit and told the Dr. He seemed to not care.
Thanks.
I didn't come this far to only come this far
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Posts: 38
First of all, congratulations on 127 days, Cobber3. I'm at 33 days sober today, and can really identify with the brain fog, etc.
I try to bear in mind that it took me a long time to get to where I was with alcohol, and can't expect to heal overnight.
I also remind myself the suffering is not coming from being sober, it's coming from years of drinking poison, aka: alcohol.
Like you, I didn't anticipate feeling this bad a month (or 4 months in your case) after quitting, but absolutely believe it will get better.
I'm not a fan of antidepressants (never really worked for me), but I'm also not an expert. I'd urge caution, though, as you do have good days mixed in already?
Hang tough. You can do it! It will get better.
I try to bear in mind that it took me a long time to get to where I was with alcohol, and can't expect to heal overnight.
I also remind myself the suffering is not coming from being sober, it's coming from years of drinking poison, aka: alcohol.
Like you, I didn't anticipate feeling this bad a month (or 4 months in your case) after quitting, but absolutely believe it will get better.
I'm not a fan of antidepressants (never really worked for me), but I'm also not an expert. I'd urge caution, though, as you do have good days mixed in already?
Hang tough. You can do it! It will get better.
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 572
Cobber3,
To answer your question, yes, I still have bouts of anxiety. But it's the same type of existential anxiety I've always had since I was a teenager. I also get anxiety when I procrastinate, and I am working very hard to stop procrastinating so I can minimize the anxiety. I used to get A LOT of drink-related anxiety, but that has subsided since I stopped drinking. Anxiety, for me, will probably just be a part of normal life, and I can work on lessening it using different tools (mediation, writing, exercising, etc).
Best of luck to you Cobber3.
To answer your question, yes, I still have bouts of anxiety. But it's the same type of existential anxiety I've always had since I was a teenager. I also get anxiety when I procrastinate, and I am working very hard to stop procrastinating so I can minimize the anxiety. I used to get A LOT of drink-related anxiety, but that has subsided since I stopped drinking. Anxiety, for me, will probably just be a part of normal life, and I can work on lessening it using different tools (mediation, writing, exercising, etc).
Best of luck to you Cobber3.
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 82
Originally Posted by daredevil
Cobber3,
To answer your question, yes, I still have bouts of anxiety. But it's the same type of existential anxiety I've always had since I was a teenager. I also get anxiety when I procrastinate, and I am working very hard to stop procrastinating so I can minimize the anxiety. I used to get A LOT of drink-related anxiety, but that has subsided since I stopped drinking. Anxiety, for me, will probably just be a part of normal life, and I can work on lessening it using different tools (mediation, writing, exercising, etc).
Best of luck to you Cobber3.
To answer your question, yes, I still have bouts of anxiety. But it's the same type of existential anxiety I've always had since I was a teenager. I also get anxiety when I procrastinate, and I am working very hard to stop procrastinating so I can minimize the anxiety. I used to get A LOT of drink-related anxiety, but that has subsided since I stopped drinking. Anxiety, for me, will probably just be a part of normal life, and I can work on lessening it using different tools (mediation, writing, exercising, etc).
Best of luck to you Cobber3.
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 82
Originally Posted by Stephan2018
First of all, congratulations on 127 days, Cobber3. I'm at 33 days sober today, and can really identify with the brain fog, etc.
I try to bear in mind that it took me a long time to get to where I was with alcohol, and can't expect to heal overnight.
I also remind myself the suffering is not coming from being sober, it's coming from years of drinking poison, aka: alcohol.
Like you, I didn't anticipate feeling this bad a month (or 4 months in your case) after quitting, but absolutely believe it will get better.
I'm not a fan of antidepressants (never really worked for me), but I'm also not an expert. I'd urge caution, though, as you do have good days mixed in already?
Hang tough. You can do it! It will get better.
I try to bear in mind that it took me a long time to get to where I was with alcohol, and can't expect to heal overnight.
I also remind myself the suffering is not coming from being sober, it's coming from years of drinking poison, aka: alcohol.
Like you, I didn't anticipate feeling this bad a month (or 4 months in your case) after quitting, but absolutely believe it will get better.
I'm not a fan of antidepressants (never really worked for me), but I'm also not an expert. I'd urge caution, though, as you do have good days mixed in already?
Hang tough. You can do it! It will get better.
Congrats on 33 days man, thats HUGE!!!! It sounds like you have the right head space with your eyes on the prize. Keep it up dude!!!
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 27
Cobber, I'm going on a little over month now (Should be 4 mo, but i relapsed a couple times). I have all kinds of anxiety related problems, but just like others have said, i have good and bad days. I also have good and bad weeks. Anyway, I'm not a big fan of meds either, but i think the SSRI i'm taking is helping. If nothing else, it's helping to calm the obsessive thoughts.
For me the obsessive thoughts are the worst because they try and convince me that i'm going crazy and that leads to more anxiety and more symptoms. The only drug that i've read you need to take caution with in recovery is any type of benzo. Benzo's can be used for physical withdraw, but they are detrimental for the mental side of the house (PAWS). I'm no doctor so take what i'm about to say with a grain of salt, but apparently benzo's work on the same area of the brain as alcohol. So in effect, taking them is the same as drinking.
That said, there are many of us out there doing the right thing and fighting this readjustment period away from booze. Keep posting your progress and i'll do the same. Hopefully doing so will provide hope on the bad days/weeks.
Take care and keep throwing those addiction fighting round-houses!
For me the obsessive thoughts are the worst because they try and convince me that i'm going crazy and that leads to more anxiety and more symptoms. The only drug that i've read you need to take caution with in recovery is any type of benzo. Benzo's can be used for physical withdraw, but they are detrimental for the mental side of the house (PAWS). I'm no doctor so take what i'm about to say with a grain of salt, but apparently benzo's work on the same area of the brain as alcohol. So in effect, taking them is the same as drinking.
That said, there are many of us out there doing the right thing and fighting this readjustment period away from booze. Keep posting your progress and i'll do the same. Hopefully doing so will provide hope on the bad days/weeks.
Take care and keep throwing those addiction fighting round-houses!
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 27
Thanks madgirl 
! I'm at a turning point in my life. I'm in my early 30's have a great family and an amazing job. I have no choice but to push through and be healthy. Just as cobber said, hearing the stories of those who have gone before us helps tremendously!!!
! I'm at a turning point in my life. I'm in my early 30's have a great family and an amazing job. I have no choice but to push through and be healthy. Just as cobber said, hearing the stories of those who have gone before us helps tremendously!!!
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