I got awful anxiety after binge drinks 2 times in a row. Heading to a fraternity in 2 weeks...

Mental health
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I've have very small amounts of anxiety my whole life, nothing that has affected my daily life. and I have always been able to drink and never noticed anxiety after wards, including after binge drinks. I'm a freshmen in college btw. I probably have drank 1-4 times every week for the past few months. Yet every time I drank it was in very large amounts. If I was drinking, I was getting drunk, that was just how it worked. Although about 3 weeks ago after returning from a day drink event with friends at the lake I noticed very bad anxiety. I started to panic and had a panic attack in my shower. Then I noticed the symptoms I had didn't go away. the symptoms included a fuzzy and weird feeling head(I hated this symptom the most, it was awful and I couldn't get rid of it, it made me feel uncomfortable inside my own head and I didn't want to deal with it), and to be honest that was the only symptom. I also was addicted to nicotine at the time, so I decided to quit that cold turkey as well as alcohol. This probably didn't help with my anxiety. The next day I was throwing up and uncomfortable in general, mostly scared that the feeling wouldn't go away. I went to the hospital because of a panic attack the next day and was put into a class type dealio where they taught us how to cope. After about a week and a half my symptoms completely subsided. I couldn't believe that I felt the way I did. Plus I had quit my nicotine habit. That's when I went to my friends lake and drank every night for 4 days. I returned with no anxiety. Then after a few drinking occasions with friends in the following 5 days or so I noticed it start to come back. And I had similar symptoms for about 5 days and today I notice it is subsiding and I'm starting to feel great again. But the problem is I already signed a bid to a fraternity at KU. It's a drinking fraternity and I love to drink. So I'm wondering if I need to stop drinking or if I can keep drinking but keep it to only once a week. It seems like college would be boring with out drinking, but that boredom might lead me to become a more successful person..?

Thank you so much if you read all of that. It's kind of scrambled I just wanted some other people's thoughts.

Thanks

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Two weeks ago i stopped drinking, one night a week, usualy a Friday and a lot. The following day i would get anxiety attacks because felt ill. I think this as been a contributer to how i am feeling now, panic attack after panic attack. I dont think i will ever drink again.

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Joseph, booze and anxiety are a bad mix especially if your drinking in large quantities, you need to cut your intake down before it gets the better of you.

Have a glass of water in between drinks to keep you hydrated and that will help.

Neil 

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Drinking negatively affects pretty much every area of the human body, and makes literally almost every condition imaginable worse, including anxiety and depression.

Best advice is to learn to have fun without alcohol. Trust me, the sober life is not as dull as you think. Not even to mention that if you think you need alcohol to not be bored...you have a much bigger problem on your hands.

Sorry if I sound like an A-hole but I have witnessed firsthand ruin plenty of lives, and I'm only 21 myself. 

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This is the poster here. Thanks for the replies. I'm starting to wonder if it even is anxiety. I got pretty drunk last night and don't have anxiety. Maybe it's something actually wrong with my head that causes anxiety. I get this tingling feeling in the back of my head that makes me fearful and uncomfortable, which leads to anxiety. I hear that it could be a thyroid problem. I hope I figure this out before college.