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Podcast: Well, hello anxiety with Dr Jodi Richardson
Episode: 92. Shaky hands, social phobia and self-medicating anxiety with alcohol w/ Megan Webb, Alcohol Recovery Coach, Co-Host She's Sober Sydney Podcast
Description: Meg Webb’s Generalised Anxiety Disorder started young and originally presented as constant worrying. It was incredibly difficult, but not a symptom others would notice. The anxiety she was struggling with eventually became more conspicuous during a high school presentation when her hands began to tremble uncontrollably. Later, in her first job, she experienced daily dread that she’d be asked to do something that would mean her colleagues would notice her shaking. She wouldn’t eat or drink in social situations and eventually found them all too difficult. Eventually, Meg self-medicated with alcohol, which only made her anxiety worse...