alcohol and anxiety.. help

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has anyone ever experience severe anxiety after they quit drinking?? I have been sober now for 7 days. After being drunk almost everynight for a year. I have always struggled with anxiety my whole life, but this time around it is almost too much to bear. Everything scares me, and when I say everything... I mean EVERYTHING.My doctor told me yesterday that I'm suffereing from P.A.W.S. Post ACute withdrawl syndrome. Has anyone ever experienced any of these symptoms?? I really feel lost and alone. I'm suffering from other anxiety symptoms as well. I want to feel like me again.. I just feel like I'm going crazy.. Any suggestions, or thoughts would be great
 
that is a typical reponse to alcohol withdrawal. maybe a sedative would help for short term use.
 
Yep been there. For me I thought I was doing great. Stopped the drink cold turkey and felt I was doing OK no physical symptoms. But the mental stuff crept up on me. I started feeling intense melancholy and yep anxiety. For me it was at 5 weeks that I posted to the board and discovered I wasnt alone feeling like this. On advice from the board I checked out some online AA groups with chat rooms which has helped. Cant say I'm through it yet but its getting better. All I can say is, this is par for the course I'm afraid, we all have to go through it, but stick with it you know it's what you have to do if you want to live. For me at 7 weeks I've actually been able to finally go out with frienRAB and resist the temptation for a drink, just had fun with my soda water. I drank myself into oblivion for over 15 years, so if I can do it you can too. Good Luck and DONT GIVE UP
 
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