Deleted User wrote: » Good man Will you be "getting in touch" again?
Babybuff wrote: » we're going for a beer in bout half an hour ( i really don't want to spoil the moment by stating my actual gender either )
@rti-shm@rti wrote: » Nah - but would love a good spoon. I think that would cure it
donalg1 wrote: » What is "the fear"? Is it a hangover, if so why not just say hangover, where did all this fear stuff come from. Sounds like a load of bollocks to me
Deleted User wrote: » Coffee isn't dehydrating.
Sea Filly wrote: » Yeah, I've only heard about this "fear" stuff in the last six months or so. Still have no clue what it is!
TeddyTedson wrote: » It's nothing new, people have used it for years. It's just become widely used lately. Some people use it instead of hangover, others use it when they fear they did something the night before. These are both incorrect uses of the original slang meaning. The fear is part of the withdrawal process from alcohol that happens to people generally after 10 years or so of drinking. You experience anxiety amongst other symptoms, you actually fear being in public some times, you feel social anxiety, paranoia and become agoraphobic. You might also being thing you see things while in your house while trying to sleep, rats or monsters more often. You also might think you're having a panic attack or heart attack whilst trying to sleep. The fear is truly awful, as another poster said, you'll know it when you get it.
anhedonia wrote: » To clarify, the fear that you all seem to be describing is a form mild of delerium tremens (DTs), that is alcohol withdrawal. It is a medical condition, look it up. A quote from the symptoms section of the wiki article: "Delirium Tremens usually includes extremely intense feelings of "impending doom". Severe anxiety and feelings of imminent death are symptomatic of DT." For me personally, I will experience mild DT smptoms after 3 nights heavy drinking in a row, or more than 24 hours straight drinking without sleep. Any GABA-agonist medication will help: valium,xanax,rivotril stilnoct,zimovane etc. Antidepressants/SSRIs will be no help. In the absence of helpful medication, you can either drink again or ride it out. suggested cures like fatty foods or hangover sex are laughable.
flutterflye wrote: » That's really interesting. I didn't know that at all. I thought only alcoholics experienced dt's, after long binges.
TeddyTedson wrote: » Yea it's mad what a homless alco must go through while trying to stop for the first time in years.
LH Pathe wrote: » Is this like.. one of them parties where someone finsd the stash a dealer's stash down teh back o teh couch.. n so we're never gonna leave, despite the not too subtleties of you crashing teh hoover into our shins
SunnyDub1 wrote: » Serious case of the fear today Back to work to dreaded taught of someone mentioning seeing me in town the weekend. I was in a bad way to say the least - all day drinking is not my Friend. Either are the bouncers in fitzsimons temple bar Help me
weemcd wrote: » Second time I got it very badly, I went to see shutter island....Watching the film was what I can only describe as absolute terror, tears streaming down my face, hididng behind the seat etc. I thought I was going to have to leave the film.