Hi There, Back About 30 Days Ago While Drinking Moderately

Posted on Thu, 26 Nov 2020

Question: Hi There, back about 30 days ago while drinking moderately I was drugged and passed out for approximately 8 hours. After that I experienced retrograde amnesia for about two weeks leading up to the event. Also I have been having trouble hearing and been suffering generalized muscle weakness. Experienced significant loss in autobiographical memory after the event.I havebeen to the hospital 4 times for severe anxiety. Negative CAT scan but no MRI has been performed to date. Been experiencing disrupted sleep cycles as well. Thanks and have a great day

Answered by Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Drugs and alcohol make anxiety worse.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question. Hope I can be of help for you today. Severe Anxiety can cause you suffering generalized muscle weakness and hearing loss and deafness in the ear symptoms and some memory loss. For you with anxiety disorder selection between cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and medication can be based on treatment availability and patient preference. How old are you? For younger patients may do better with CBT than older patients. CBT is goal oriented psychotherapy treatment that practically helps with problem solving. Medications such as serotonergic reuptake inhibitors (SRI) with CBT are also very helpful in some patients. Talk to your doctor about it. Drugs and alcohol make anxiety worse. So you should avoid alcohol and drugs.

I hope that I can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. I Hope your son has good health.

Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj