I felt the need to join because I feel I need to post to people who have an idea what Im going through.

Pretty long post but will help take it out of my mind.

I used to drink two energy drinks a day to get through work(About 400mg each having 200 each) and looking back now it would explain why sometimes I would wake up in middle of the night feeling panicked and all. But that would be sometimes.

A week ago I started the Keto Diet but this time I added exercising to the equation. It was Monday afternoon after work that I went on a 5 mile walk in the hot sun and a 1 liter water bottle with me. After I finished my walk I rested on my bed and sweated all out until hours later I got up to get some lunch.(Foolishly not drinking water to make up for what Ive lost)

Then going to sleep I woke up a few hours later at 1:30am feeling unable to sleep and fully awake which quickly changed to anxiety attack. I got up out of bed made myself some tea and decided to read until I was tired again. To no avail I couldnt and I texted a friend. I decided it was close to getting ready for work so I decided to stay up. “Ill feel better at work. I have distarctions”

For the first time it didnt work, the anxiety followed me to work. I couldnt focus, I felt shortness of breath, panicking to the point I called boss to request to get sent home. I called a friend over so I wouldn’t be alone and we were trying to see if an event triggered me. During that time my emotions were beyond what I ever felt, small things felt big, I was trembling. I kept asking “Whats causing this?” Which made it even worse. I bought calming tea which worked at the moment but at night I kept waking up with anxiety. I didnt want to go to work where I would have to push through.

I had no appetite for someone who eats full meals. Then during work a friend said “I think you pushed yourself to hard when you went on a 5 mile and dehydrated yourself, plus you drink a lot of energy drinks” I searched up “Energy Drink Withdrawal” and all that came up with articles of caffeine withdrawal. Idk how but it seemed that that I overexerted and dehydrated myself I caused my body into shock. I felt at peace and more calm knowing what I might be going through.

I been drinking a bunch of water, taking Electrolyte drinks. Im on day 5 and gradually getting better. Yesterday I went mostly the whole day feeling like myself, I just had a slip where I felt anxious in middle of day. Only hurdle I really have to overcome is Insomnia. Im getting better sleep but still wake up.

At times I feel like Im going crazy when I get hit but I have supportive friends pushing me through it. I never had anxiety this bad that its followed me for days, but a lot of friends I told came to the same conclusion “Do you think its because the energy drinks you have everyday?” And these friends dont all know each other.

Yes I know I quit cold turkey, I wasnt well informed and found out later what that was. At this point Im too scared to drink even a bit of caffeine thinking its gonna start me over from square one and Im on Day 5. Its just been affecting my work life where I went home early first day and called out recently so I can rest and not have to deal with it at work. Sometimes my mind does get to me “This is gonna last a very long time and will I ever get back to how I was” But my friends rebuke me saying “Dont think that, we see you getting better than when this whole thing started” They gave me a limit, Lets wait it out 2 weeks. If you still feel shortness of breath and keep losing sleep because of it or it follows you at work we’ll see a doctor

I read many articles where people go through symptoms but not many mention that anxiety was a main issue they went through. I know its a long post and dont expect many to read it, but I felt like writing it all out kinda helps me even a bit.