@WaryWitchWandering Would you say that your panic attacks have subsided due to the contributing factors of sobriety?

@Levenrack oh that for SURE enhanced all of my issues (the drinking)… I would get massive hangxiety, it would wake me in the middle of the night and stick around until later the next day and then I would start all over ha.


But, I had panic attacks even before I started drinking (in early adolescence and onward).

@WaryWitchWandering Same. And I know that.... I knew it was affecting my anxiety.
It definitely made everything worse, physically, but kept that train (abuse cycle) on moving.

Ok, serious talk for a minute.
When I stepped up the alcohol, I began seeking treatment for my anxiety and depression. I tried quite a lot of different meds that didn't work.Well duh, alcohol will do that. I had to start up with a new provider, cause the one I had, he decided to roam greener pastures.

But that was the best thing that could have happen for me. My new doc, asked me if I wanted to try a different approach and recommended Genesight. If interested, look it up.

It basically reads your DNA and recommends the best medication that matches your DNA. I tried the first one at the top. Which was the Pristiq. Once I started it and it was dialed in, I was able to concentrate on getting sober. It really worked.

@Gabber 90% of Gen Z gets diagnosed with that. It is over-diagnosed.
Kind of like how all middle aged people are labelled diabetic and all smokers with COPD.

The moment a child has trouble paying attention in some boring classroom, suddenly it is like, "Welp Mrs. Jenkins, your kid has Autism".

@HoeBag kewl

@ThePatientAnarchist A lot of them have frappadingueitis.

@GuidanceCounselor Man, why would you even think you had to put that on here? 🤨