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Suggest Medication For Pain In Arms And Breathlessness Due To Excess Drinking

I'm nineteen years old and it all started a year ago when, after one night of drinking with some friends to celebrate a friend's death, I woke up to find that I did not remember most of the night and that I threw up so much in my sleep that it eventually looked like I was throwing up water, and that my arms and legs were numb. I went to the Emergency Room and the Doctor there told me that the drinking probably just lowered my potassium level, and that I should feel fine in about a week. But I didn't. I now have chest pains that has recently developed into arm pains as well and I have shortness of breath. I recently had an ekg and chest x-ray done but they came back normal. My blood pressure is also normal. The Doctors tell me that it is probably anxiety attacks, but it's not. It's not anxiety that causes my symptoms, it's my symptoms that causes my anxiety. What do you think it is?
Mon, 20 Apr 2015
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Hi! I'll help you with this. Since you agree that your symptoms cause the anxiety, you are right. This is because you know that alcohol causes these symptoms and they cause anxiety. You know you want to stop drinking, maybe not now, but tomorrow and if not then, then the day after. You know you have cravings to drink. No one can understand these cravings. They are beyond your mental control. Your only defense against drinking is to first accept that you have a problem with drinking, you already accept this. If not, you would not have asked for help. You need love, affection and support. You need acceptance. You need respect. Join AA over the internet. This is a free service to stop drinking, not forever, but just for today. Take it one day at a time. No one can stop drinking forever. No one can stop drinking by will power. AA is Alcoholics Anonymous. When you join on internet, you can feel safe and anonymous, private and practical to speak out in AA forums. Take a blank notebook and write the story of your life, everything that happened to you, good and bad. It cannot be done in one day. This is a self created problem that started slowly. Once you accept responsibility, you are powerful. You are then 99% free of alcohol problems.

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Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
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Suggest Medication For Pain In Arms And Breathlessness Due To Excess Drinking

Hi! I ll help you with this. Since you agree that your symptoms cause the anxiety, you are right. This is because you know that alcohol causes these symptoms and they cause anxiety. You know you want to stop drinking, maybe not now, but tomorrow and if not then, then the day after. You know you have cravings to drink. No one can understand these cravings. They are beyond your mental control. Your only defense against drinking is to first accept that you have a problem with drinking, you already accept this. If not, you would not have asked for help. You need love, affection and support. You need acceptance. You need respect. Join AA over the internet. This is a free service to stop drinking, not forever, but just for today. Take it one day at a time. No one can stop drinking forever. No one can stop drinking by will power. AA is Alcoholics Anonymous. When you join on internet, you can feel safe and anonymous, private and practical to speak out in AA forums. Take a blank notebook and write the story of your life, everything that happened to you, good and bad. It cannot be done in one day. This is a self created problem that started slowly. Once you accept responsibility, you are powerful. You are then 99% free of alcohol problems. I want to interact with you and get to know you as a human being. You are free to contact me at this link http://www.bit.ly/askdrneel Please send an email to customercare@healthcaremagic.com Kindly put the subject of the email as Attention: Dr. Neel K You know that you have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying this treatment just once, just for today. Best wishes, Dr. Neel Kudchadkar Medical consultant www.healthcaremagic.com