Hi, thanks for your post. You might not believe this because you sound pretty sure, but I drink alcohol at all. I hate it! It makes me sick. At least it did the last few times I tried it which was several years ago. I did when I was a kid. In social situations but I am 48 now. I am scared to mix it with my meds, and I am a Diabetic. Plus, from what I remember it made my body flush and hotter. That is a big no, no for me. So, no I don't drink. I drink a lot of crystal light though and have been wondering about all the dye that is in the one I drink. It has that red 40 or whatever. I read that it gives allergies to kids and hyperactivity. But I don't know about adults.
I also don't put salt on any of my food. I never have. So, that can't be a problem. And swelling and bloating is huge for me. I know I have got to be allergic to something. Although, I had a food allergy test done a long time ago and it said I wasn't. I have wondered about salt before though because of all the salt that is put in prepackaged food, t.v. dinners, etc. anyway. Everything we buy like that has a lot of salt that automatically is put in it for flavor. But as far as adding it myself. No, never. Except when I make my chicken noodle soup.
I keep it really cold in my room or else I would never fall asleep or stay asleep at all. I have comfy stuff that I went all out doing for myself. And I have it completely dark because I am weird about that too.
Oh, I do vape though. It has nicotine in it but the lowest amount. I have been told I need to stop and that it would help but right now I really don't know if I want to. I have been smoking since I was 13 years old. As it is I went from almost a pack a day to vaping the lowest. No more cigarettes though.
As far as anxiety goes. I have tachycardia and this is a problem for me because that can feel like anxiety. It is sometimes hard to tell the difference. I am on a beta blocker for it. I have been for a long time. But lately, my heart rate has increased so I will be going back to the doctor to increase my dosage. I don't have so much generalized anxiety anyway. I have social anxiety. That is one of the reasons I don't go out. But I get bad anxiety if I know I have to go somewhere, even to the doctors, or do anything. Whatever date it is I will be worked up until that day and then have a full panic attack. This has gotten worse for me as well. I have no idea what to do about that. No anti-depressant has worked. It is hard enough to have my Resoril at night. Doctors don't want to prescribe anything that is addictive. As it is my last doctor brought down the milligrams. I have no money to go see someone. Not because of insurance but because I would have to drive at least an hour to get to anyone. Same problem with regular doctors. And I would have to get someone else to do the driving because my diabetes has affected my eyesight. It is kind of funny because in order to go get help from a psychiatrist or something you have to do the very thing that gives you the panic attack in the first place and this makes me not want to try. I feel like I am always going in circles.