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giachan
02-07-2015, 12:52 AM
About a month ago I accepted two jobs. One was a part time job working nights, and the other was a day job that is only for the summer. When I accepted the part time job working nights I knew I didn't want it. It gave me major anxiety before I even started. The summer job I was actually excited for. I worked the night job for almost a month. Every day my anxiety worsened and I've been drinking non stop everyday before I even started working there. I kept forcing my self to go in, even though I dreaded every moment. I started getting very depressed, and getting suicidal thoughts. I have always been too afraid to quit a job. So I got wasted one day last week, and my sister and boyfriend helped me send a text to call out. I eventually quit through text, as I was too nervous and scared to quit in person or over the phone. I've been binge drinking since. On Sunday night I took a bunch of Percocet and Prozac while I was extremely drunk, and got very sick. My mom refused to take me to the hospital. I was hoping to go to get help because I feel I need it. On Monday, I was supposed to start my summer job, but besides feeling sick from drinking a ton of alcohol and taking pills, my anxiety was so high. I felt nauseous, shaky, sweaty, and sick. I felt like that all night. I had my mom call out for me on my first day of a job! I'm such a failure!!!!! I promised to go on Tuesday, but again I had too much anxiety. I ran away while everyone was sleeping, but they found me. My mom called me out again. I begged for my boyfriend to buy me some alcohol and he did as long as I went to see a Dr asap. So that afternoon, I went. The Dr told me I'm severely depressed. She said my blood pressure was high, my heart rate was extremely high, my oxygen levels were low and I am underweight. I was so anxious, but I also think I was having alcohol withdrawals. I told my mom I think that, and she told me not to tell the Dr I think that. Anyways, I got prescribed propanolol and Zoloft. When I got back from the Dr, my boyfriend wasn't home and my mom left out some money for milk. Since my family hid my wallet to prevent me from buying alcohol, I took the milk money and snuck out and bought some vodka. I ended up getting pretty drunk and got caught. I promised again I would attend work tomorrow. I took the propanolol and felt less anxious. My boyfriend just got a new job though working 10pm-6am, which scares me now because I hate being alone. I tried sleeping last night, but after about an hour of sleep I woke up very anxious. I was covered in sweat and felt dazed. I barely slept. Today I didn't even bother calling out. I feel so sick and out of control. And like a failure. I want to just fade away. I can't stop thinking and dreading going to work. I can't stop drinking either! Please help me!!

Pi.R^2
03-07-2015, 11:33 AM
I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling so much. Could you go back to your GP and see if they can refer you to an alcohol service who could give you some support with quitting drinking? Your GP may also be able to sign you off work for a bit to give you some time to get back on track.

RemoteControl
18-07-2015, 01:44 AM
I'm not sure how much of this you will take on board, but I don't think your mum's advice is very good at all. I know a lot of us have probably had families that aren't exactly going to win any awards, but it sounds like you really needed to go to the hospital and I really believe that your mum should have taken you. I definitely think you need to be 100% honest with your doctor. You will not get the help you need if you don't.

Is there any possibility that you could not work at the moment whilst you're struggling so much? I don't know what your money situation is or anything.

It sounds like you really need help. You're not a failure - you're struggling.