please help me!

[j17c27]

Its 345am...im laying on my friends couch have a severe panic attack...i have anxiety of throwing up and people drank tonight and are throwing up all around me. Im so scared im gonna throw up. I drank some vodka but im completely sober now just FREAKING OUT that i might throw up, and also freakin out cause ive never have a horrivle panic attack like this outside my house. Everyone with me is 17 and doesnt understand anxiety, and i cant call my mom who usually can always help me cause ill get in huge trouble for drinking. I really dont know what to do right now...im naucious, hearts racing, shaking, sweating (but shivering too). If anyone has any advice or just any voice of reason i really thank you...im so stuck and trapped right now...i feel like the world has me trapped in a corner and i cant handle this! Thanks so much if. You read this or respond.

[j17c27]

I am feeling a lot better now, I got through it by talking to my friends.  When I wrote this it was 4 in the morning and everyone was sleeping (or throwing up) so I was alone.  But once it got to be like 8am people woke up and I felt better being with people so I wasnt left with just my irrational thoughts alone.

[nursegirl6572]

Alcohol was the contributing factor.  It exacerbates anxiety like you cannot imagine.  Plus, you were in an environment that didn't feel "safe" and "comforting" to you, which is something we anxiety sufferers prefer.

Are you feeling better?  How did you get through it?

[j17c27]

thanks so much for your reply...i know i sound super neurotic right now but i take pristiq for depression and anxiety (100 mg a day) and i forgot to take a pill yestersay. Could this be the cause of my hightened anxiety? Or at least a contributing factor?

[ILADVOCATE]

  Yes perhaps what might have happened is that drinking worsened the potential of anxiety episodes occurring and also some of the effects such as feeling nauseous might be real. The best thing to do is speak to someone whom you trust and who can tell you what to do at this point.