Panic Attacks and Alcohol

Posted By sk on March 15, 1999 at 07:09:40:







I suffer from panic attacks occassionally.  Because they don't happen that often, I'm on no medication.  I do seem to get them after going out and drinking.  If I have only a couple drinks, I have no problem.  It's when I go and even drink sociably that I'm noticing the attacks.  I'll go to bed, and bamm, I'll wake up in the middle of the night and have an attack.  They usually only last from 5 to 10 minutes.  I know, the smart think to do would be do just quit drinking.  Easier said than done.  I'm by no means a heavy drinker all the time.  It's that I have two small children and I just can't handle alcohol anymore.  So, I'm just wondering what the correlation between panic attacks and alcohol is.  Thank you.