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Feeling fed up. My resting heart rate hasn't dropped at all since quitting and garmin shows that my stress levels are constantly high. Even overnight when sleeping. To be fair I think they'd be higher still if I was drinking but its making me feel really bummed out and anxious. I had covid back at the start of September and stupidly ran a half marathon with it (didn't realise until I got home from the race with a temperature and tested!) before going on what was basically a month long bender. I wonder if I've damaged my heart. Doctor seemed unconcerned and basically said to wait it out but I'm constantly having palpitations and adrenalin and it's driving me insane. Feel like if I was drinking at least I wouldn't be fixating on this (sigh)
I've also gone about 3h now without vaping (to see if that brings my hr down) so basically feel tight chested with rage and like finding small children so I can tell them santa isn't real. Kidding. Ish.
Rant over. Iwndwyt.
I had racing heart for sure for the first week. Then palpitations or heavy beating for like 6 weeks to the point I went to a doc and wore a heart monitor. Magically, as I stayed sober, the palpitations all but went away after about 6 weeks. I still use nicotine. Really in any form I can get my hands on except for vaping/cigs.
Being so aware of it is almost certainly contributing to the problem. Your baseline stress level is up and you are hyper focusing on the problem. Get exercise. I also found that when I elevated my heart rate for exercise it would reset my emotions and also my heart rate. Stay the course and your anxiety and stress will come down as your brain readjusts. It DOES take time. 2-3 weeks isn’t acute withdrawal, but you’ve got a lot of brain rewiring to do. Give yourself some grace. Get some activity in. And above all else don’t drink any booze and it’ll get better.
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Ya. You’re in great shape. Just relax. The headline here is you aren’t drinking. You’ll be tired. You’ll have brain fog. You probably won’t be hitting PRs anytime soon. Give yourself some grace. It took more than 19 days to get into the mess. It’ll take longer than 19 days to get out.