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Q&A: What caused my anxiety?

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Question by Freckles: What caused my anxiety?
About 4 1/2 months ago I did ecstasy and got water poisoning at the same time which resulted in my throwing up and barely being able to stay conscious for about an hour or two, but I recovered very quickly and felt completely fine for about a month. In this month I was smoking an drinking about 3 times a week but I was always safe about it (no black outs, no throwing up, etc) then I went on a smoking binge of about 5 days and one night I smoked and had a huge panic attack. I haven’t smoked since and haven’t drank more than one or two drinks at a time since then but I had three more attacks since then, but I haven’t had any in about 2 1/2 months. This was the summer before my freshman year in college. Also, I have never had anxiety, in fact I was the most laid back person ever, but I had depression my freshman year of high school (we didn’t know it then but looking back me and my mom agree that I was suffering from it to a certain extent for most of the year).

So my thoughts are, it could have been:
The drugs (I’ve been drinking and smoking for about 2 years and have never had any negative effects)
The water poisoning
Pre-college anxiety (I wasn’t scared to go but I was less than excited, and my last 3 attacks happened while visiting family where college was the main topic of discussion for about 2 weeks straight and I had to act super excited the whole time, my therapist suggested I got performance anxiety)
Or something hereditary (my mom had anxiety in her 20s) since I had it mildly four years earlier.

And as I said, I’ve barely drank since the first panic attack and haven’t smoked at all (nor have I done any drugs) but I’m starting to want to again. I’m not an alcoholic and its not peer pressure or anything. But I’m in college, I’m around people who are drinking and smoking constantly, it gets very old being sober every night and baby sitting my wasted friends. I’ve always been very smart and responsible about drinking and smoking, I’ve never let it interfere with my friends, family, or school work, its purely a social and recreational thing. I also never drink if I’m in a bad mood, I’ve never seen alcohol or weed as a means of self medication and its the last thing I want to do when I’m upset. So please don’t comment on how pathetic I am for wanting to drink, its perfectly normal for someone my age to want to party especially after having gave up my whole summer and first month of college to be sober. However, I’m terrified that if I drink or smoke my anxiety will be horrible. Has anyone had any experience with this? My anxiety has gotten way better since I’ve come to college but I also get depressed sometimes now, but I’m assuming its for the same reasons I got depressed in high school, the change and missing my old friends.

Best answer:

Answer by Boris Jakovljević
I really couldn’t read the whole novel. In the future, please do a brief summary of your problem, so we all have patience to read your books. Thanks!

Anyway, try visiting the link above. That person knows what he’s doing.

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