Second day after drinking and I still feel anxious
I never used to get anxiety from drinking, but recently something changed and it honestly scared me.
After drinking a couple nights ago, I started getting intense anxiety/panic feelings that I’ve never experienced before. My heart felt weird, my body felt “off,” and mentally I felt completely overwhelmed. The scary part is that it’s now the second day after drinking and the anxiety is STILL here. I genuinely don’t understand what’s happening to my body or why alcohol suddenly started affecting me like this.
I’m starting to think I might have to reduce drinking to only special occasions because this feeling is unbearable and not worth it anymore.
I also wanted to ask if anyone here has experience with taking something like Xanax the next day to calm down after alcohol-induced anxiety/hangxiety? Part of me thinks it could help, but another part of me feels like that sounds like the beginning of a dangerous habit or dependency.
Has anyone gone through something similar? Did alcohol suddenly start causing severe anxiety for you out of nowhere?