Alcohol Withdrawal Made Simple: A Guide for Anyone Struggling with Addiction
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Are you or someone you know struggling with alcohol addiction? When someone who is dependent on alcohol suddenly stops or reduces their alcohol intake, they may experience a set of symptoms known as alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). In this video, we will dive into the science behind AWS and the difference between a hangover and alcohol withdrawal. As a psychiatry registrar, I will share information on the symptoms, risks, and treatment options for AWS, as well as tips for coping and getting support in Australia. Whether you're struggling with alcohol addiction or just want to learn more about AWS, this comprehensive guide has everything you need to know. Watch now to learn more and take the first step towards a healthier, happier life.
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3 years sober now. I had the shakes in the morning, making a drink first thing. I'd get sick if I went too long without. Hated myself. Tried to quit on my own and had a seizure. Luckily my mom was there and called 911. Ended up relapsing twice after that. 3 hospital stays. Now I'm sober and feeling much better, life is looking up again. Its not easy, but it is possible. Finding a hobby to bring my mind out of "drinking mode" greatly helped, as did meetings and speaking with other people who fight the same urges
Are you on benzodiazepines?
@@robertbendik1364that's replacing one addiction for a worse one. Benzo withdrawal has cause many a suicide bruv. Exercise is your best bet. Or sport 😢
But you were user to drink a lot too?
I used the Sinclair method to lose the cravings. I'm back to normal.
awww.... mommy...
I'm on day 18 alcohol free.
the part of the withdrawal equation you left out was how alcohol also inhibits glutamate, which leads to an increase in the amount of excitatory glutamate receptors. i think the firing of these excitatory neurotransmitters are also what causes the rapid heart beat, high blood pressure, panic attacks, etc.
I read that Taurine supplements can help lower those glutamate firings so you experience less of the bad side effects. I currently ordered some after doing some research. I stopped alcohol couple weeks back but still have rapid heartbeat sometimes. Resting heart rate sometimes at 110 so I'm hoping this Taurine will help with that! Thanks for sharing it's important more people know those who are detoxing.
Interesting to receive info on Alcohol withdrawal from a doctor with a hangover. So Aussie!!!
Tone deaf. Laughing about being hungover while ppl are looking at this video to be sober? This guy is as mature as my teenagers.
The benzo withdrawal will crush you more than the withdrawal from alcohol
For me, the worst thing about quitting alcohol was a feeling of dread, although I’m not sure that’s the right word for it. Imagine you’re driving past a little town. You wonder what it would be like to live there. You are certain that life would be an endless, black, featureless horror. A thick, stifling nothingness. The world you can see is only a facade. Beneath it, behind it is the void.
It was like that for months, gradually subsiding. It was better alone. With people I had to pretend it wasn’t happening. You can’t just interrupt a meeting at work to go Kurtz on everyone and say, “The horror. The horror.” Or maybe you can, I guess I didn’t try.
0/10, would not recommend
That's severe anxiety coupled with alcoholic hallucinosis my friend. Gradual consumption reduction or a long acting Benzodiazapine are the only two routes to safely navigate the horrors and very real dangers.
@@sci_ent_ificsui_neg9236 Interesting. It felt quite different than the other flavors of anxiety I'm more familiar with. I don't think I had any overt hallucinations, but then I don't on psychedelics, either.
I'd already proven to myself that I wasn't capable of gradual alcohol reduction. I did use phenibut (and, later, theanine) as one would use benzodiazepines in this context. Kept things at a level I could tolerate, but still very unpleasant.
I was worried about substituting one addiction for another, so tried to be as sparing with my replacement GABA agonists as I could...
@@aspidoscelis I feel you there, but as long as the benzo isn't over a month you'll be fine.
Small town means nature is around so settle there and take folic acid and thiamine and you'll be fine. Detox in urban areas means being around brown and black which is severe anxiety provoking so avoid.
My story: I was a binge drinker for 50 years. How did I stop drinking so easily? I skipped the counseling and anonymous platitudes. I went to my doctor. He gave me a choice of two remedies. The monthly injection of Vivitrol or the daily 50mg tablet of naltrexone. I took the tablets for 30 days to detox and almost immediately lost the cravings for beer. Losing the cravings was as easy as taking Motrin for muscle aches. Mark me safe from alcohol
But you were used to drink lot beer daily like 2 liters or more
@@vitorbarradas7430 Beer on the brain. Everyday there was a plan to drink beer after noon or early evening. The craving was annoying even though I wanted to not drink. Googled my problem and got a video from RUclips about naltrexone and the Sinclair method. Went to my doctor with my problem and got the prescription. 6 weeks later the craving faded away.
@@vitorbarradas7430 My reply got deleted somehow. I use the Sinclair method.
First thing that happens with alcoholism is depression. Not everyone is fortunate to have insurance or a GP. ...But congrats.
Another awesome video, Dr Syl! Plus extra kudos for doing it while hungover 😅
I’d like to say as well that no one’s immune to alcohol dependency. I’m a qualified Alcohol & Other Drug Counselor and I still spiraled into dependency, even with knowing what I know.
It started with planning my days around getting everything done ASAP so I could go home and start drinking, and soon I was drinking a *lot* daily. I won’t go into full details, but let’s just say that eventually I started my days with ciders and also had my lunch breaks in my car (three guesses why 🙈😅), and I still drank at home every night too.
My psychologist asked me to pick one day of the week to not drink on to see how I’d go - when I struggled with just one day of not drinking I had that moment of clarity (finally lol), so I went cold turkey and I haven’t drank since. That was about 4 years ago.
The thing that I found difficult was not being believed or taken seriously. Close friends would insist there was no way I had a problem, and I’d have to point out that I’d been making sure no one realized how much I was drinking because I didn’t want anyone to try and stop me. I had to literally argue with friends that I had a problem even when they knew I was a D&A Counselor. I mention this because anyone can have struggles like these going on privately/secretly, even if they “don’t seem like that type of person”. If someone confides in you, please believe them 🙏🏻💞
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Much respect to you and congrats on 4 years🎉
Congratulations, and good for you telling the truth. So many people have the incorrect impression that an alcoholic is someone predisposed to abuse alcohol. The fact is that alcohol is a highly addictive poison. Like cocaine or opium/heroin. Developing alcohol use disorder is just a matter of the amount and frequency of use. Addicts do not want to hear about anything that leads to suggesting they not use, and thus this information is very unpopular when I speak about it.
@@AG-su4ij thank you so much 🙏🏻💖
@@RinoSchiavoCampo Thank you for your kind words 🙏🏻💖 And you’re definitely correct about alcohol being addictive. Anything that can dampen emotional pain has the chance of being abused, because people are usually trying to cope with unbearable and overwhelming feelings but not knowing how to do that, and things like alcohol do that very effectively (unfortunately). I think it was Dr Gabor Maté that said we should ask not why the addiction but rather, why the pain? Because substance abuse usually stems from unbearable emotional pain…
I’m happy to say that I’m still sober, and I calculated the actual date and it’s 4 years next month 😇 I joined a sobriety group on RUclips too, just to put in some additional support networking (you can never have too much).
If anyone else is on a sobriety journey or wanting to get sober, I highly recommend The Life Boat on RUclips. They go live twice a day to operate kind of like AA/NA meetings or check ins. They have a Facebook group and Discord server too, and everyone there is so so kind and supportive! 🙏🏻✨💖
Please keep up your videos. I have a 45 y.o. Son and it’s helpful to hear an almost psychiatrist teach
Not enough psychiatrists in the world to help our loved ones
Thanks
Thank you man, I’m 25 and realize I have a problem. This helps get the process started.
It's *so* important that people don't go around saying "You have to stop drinking - Just stop!", because - as you said - it doesn't work that way.
Quitting Cold Turkey is really dangerous. I should know, I've had DT two times. Hopefully the last times in my life, but even the second time around, I got told by some people to "Just quit drinking".
Eeeh... no.
Great information for those people!
just stop. you know what i wana do once i hear that? once you leave ima drink
@ccxfrank109 omg fr
I'm slowly weening myself off until finally I'll be at zero. I'm confused if I'm experiencing DT or not. I wake up early every morning regardless of how late I go to sleep, then I toss and turn and I keep stretching my legs straight and then my body shakes and I'm almost shivering for a while. Then I have a drink and I feel good. Slowly drinking less and less every week but just wondering if these are DTs or just a morning stretch.
We need more psychiatrists!
We need better diets, exercise, hobbies, friends, family and a relationship with God. Oh.... and less internet.
@@rjthomasindyusa no, we need more people to take mental illness seriously. Blowing off illness with "oh you just need diet, exercise, ect" is patronizing. You probably wouldn't say that to someone who needed cancer treatment.
@rjthomasindyusa ✨LesS InTeRneT✨ ur on ur fycking phone dumbas sorry for shit spelling 👀
Speedy recovery from your hangover Dr Syl 😊
5 years sober now and i feel great with no more DTs and hangovers with seizures. That is a horrible way to live and I lived it for years. Thank you Lord for delivering me from that bondage
Going to rehab in 4 weeks 😮😢
Read this and saw that u wrote it abt 4 weeks ago, congrats and hope ur doing well :))
How's it going?
Clean! Not without struggles but holding on!
Just found your channel, maybe I'm just stopping by your most recent video to say I hope you keep making video's since I'm really enjoying watching them. I might have another reason for watching this video specifically who knows.
Thank you for this video Dr Syl. I believe you hit the nail on the head when you said it's essentially a " no brainer". Exactly! If you've drank excessively most your life being a casual drinker is not an sensible option .
The upside is ones life can be enriched by a sense of clarity and purpose. This is my truth.
Wow, thank you for sharing! I really like the way you phrase things here. A key point that i know will really positively impact my life is,
"youre stuck with your body and you've got to get along with yourself"
A big reason i personally drink is bc of the self hate. I'm 32 and i know i have to face this. Telling myself "i'm stuck with this body" kind of feels like i'm disconnecting one from the other, if that makes sense. For example, just bc i hate myself doesn't mean i get to treat my body like this. Which then can allow me to focus on what i can do to help this "body im stuck with" instead of feeling like I have to make it through each day with this body. IDK perspective is key!
Thank you for sharing. my kind of information
"You gotta get along with yourself. That requires a lot of work" and OMG if I didn't feel so seen! LOL
You guys never talk about the extreme, extreme cravings. It feels impossible to resist.
I feel it now I want coors light so badly to get rid of the anxiety
Start running. I swear it works wonders
If one drinks once in a blue moon, around 10-20 beers, it is possible for the hangovers to develop into withdrawals? Is the only solution to cutout drinking entirely?
Just drink if you are enjoying it. I have a problem also. I drink heavily on weekends. But I’m a professional driver Monday to Friday so I don’t drink whatever on those days. If drinking is affecting your life or job I would be worried. If not, cheers🍻🥂
Please, please evaluate BoJack Horseman. It has many facets of addiction, abuse, mental illnesses and passed on trauma(s)
I'd love to see more of psychiatric analysis from footage of people with different mental disorders
Hi, I am in treatment now for alcohol dependency, but I also suffer from depression and anxiety, I am not like most other people who suffer from this, I am in full time work. My main concern is that I have to deal with multiple agencies, and yet still keep a full time job. It is getting hard for me to deal with everything, and yet, keep my head above board
The last time was the last time for me. I had terrible withdrawal after going on a weeklong bender of about 30 oz of liquor per day. I was in absolute agony. Went to my GP, who prescribed Librium (chlordiazapoxide). It took me from hell to wonderful relaxation. I think the dose was 25 or 50 mg. Thank God for that stuff.
Thank God for substitutes, right? ;)
@@sergedenovo2389For the short term, yes. I took Librium for a few days, maybe 5, then I was good.
I have a sugar addiction 😢
Thanks for your honesty. Have you tried counselling?This may help and the benefits may be surprising. You got this.🎉
AG 74 I did but unfortunately I go back I to my bad habits and I work for a pediatric dentist. Shame on me...
@@crystalmckinney3151 Please don't be mean to yourself. 🌹
The first step is acknowledging your addiction. So well done for that alone. Maybe talk to your GP. A dietician might be an avenue you could pursue.
My thought is to substitute the sweets slowly by interchanging with sweets with chewing gum? Then delish sweet fruits. I'm not a pro. So seek advice from a professional dietician but I wish you success. 💯
I went to hospital two days ago with alcohol withdrawals. They sent me home. I'm waiting to do a home detox. I've been drinking heavily for 10 days. The doctor who saw me said I wasn't in withdrawal. I'm terrified of keeping drinking at home alone until I have to detox.
Can you get dts if you've had a drink because you've drank more than usual for a week or do you only get dts when you've totally stopped drinking
Any advice for someone waiting for a detox bed? Whos had prior seizures? Thank you
Ease off with beer tappering off slowly decreasing beer everyday
Wait, why are you laughing about being hungover trying to help people get sober?!
I’ve been drinking heavy for 40 years now. Only on weekends though. I don’t drink whatsoever Sunday to Thursday . Is this a problem? Or just enjoying partying every weekend?
As long as ur not constantly craving alcohol I wouldn’t say that’s a massive problem but binge drinking to any extent is bad for your physical health hope thus helped :)
@@EvieWainwright-ny2owThanks for the reply. I’m drinking now but I’m taking a couple of months off. Hopefully.
..My daughter is 7 days in, and still feels like crap..
Would it be safe to quit cold turkey if you're a weekend drinker?
One million percent!!
Good luck on your journey :D
Doc when are you reacting to more Scrubs?
I'm never going to give up drinking alcohol... They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no".
my BF is a doctor. he uses social reasons as excuses to drink, often several dozens of glasses of wine per week now. We've been seeing the criteria of hyper alcoholism together at some of his home training; yet a few days after, he went above 5 glasses per 2 hours during the whole night...and the second night of doing that, he insisted on taking his car after 3 hours of sleep (his smell of alcohol was still so strong it gave me nausea, and i know he had smoked pot too). the more he drinks, the more he's convinced i want to "manipulate" him :'( and says that the problem is not his drinking, but my reaction to it ( though most of the time i have none, knowing how sensitive he is....) . The more he drinks, the more he doesn't respect me (not showing up at meetings with our shrink, saying my fatigue is an excuse though i recently had cancer treatment and still anemia+ long covid, getting mad for nothing more and more often ...) he was seeing an addictologist until this year (he was almost sober in jan/feb after 3 months of selincro) but he stopped seeing hem , although he keeps on drinking more and more on average. I think he considers he's still in control, although not following any of WHO's guidelines for alcohol intake. ... is there anything i could do? do you have any advice for the BF/GF of a person suffering from alcoholism?
I would say that you need to try to figure out why exactly he’s doing it, there tends to b reasoning behind excessive drinking like stress and stuff, u said he’s a doctor and u said bf rather than husband so I assume ur young ( correct me if I’m wrong tho* ) if he’s new to the job he might be stressed cos being a doctor is obv extremely mentally exerting, anyways once u figure out what might b causing it u can do further research to figure out how to lift some weight off his shoulders. Btw don’t take my advice too seriously cos I’m literally a child like I’m not gonna say how old I am cos like ✨StRaNgEr DaNgEr✨ but I’m a child, the only reason I’m offering my advice is cos I personally struggle with alcoholism and I have a drink every morning, (although it’s better than it was like I used to be drinking continuously thruout the day) and in my personal experience it’s because my parents got divorced and my brother has a drug problem wich is stressy asf anyways feel free not to read this because I have no idea what I’m talking about 👍👀👍 Hope ur bf ends out ok :))
I hope he either stopped or you left him. It sounds very abusive tbh and by trying to save him you are bing co dependent and facilitating his behaviour x update is if you can. The insanity of a doctor refuting exhaustion in partner to deflect is seriously concerning
Great vid. Nice and clear. I need to taper, in a country that throws us into communist-style prison hospitals if we admit ourselves. Just. Need. To . Taper. Swimming and exercise are the best way to move forward. Plus the mild benzos and anti-seizure meds (Carbamazepine).
Doctor won't give me ativan. Hospital would not help. So I bought 2mg Xanax bars one time from a paramedic friend.
It worked but I would rather have lorazapam from a doctor.
Remember, No one likes a quitter.
In the UK, a GP will not help at all, they simply direct you to a recovery service which takes weeks to months to access. Despite the fact they could prescribe Chlordiazapoxide to be recieved daily at the chemist each day. This truly is a dying country. Hospital is our only option here. Just info to save time for my fellow English counterparts.
Plus we’re the 9th most heavily drinking country on earth we’ve gotta get our shit together lol
Youre right they won't help. I asked on behalf of a friend after they suffered a withdrawal seizure, they wanted to put a referal in to the addiction team they where already under. No help at all!
@@becky2235 I was alcohol dependent and asked for help. They reffered me to a recovery service which took 3 month to even have themfirst appointment. Due to this any time I didn't have the funds to drink I would be told to go to A&E. Whilst in they would give me chlordiazapoxide to stop me from having seizures, then discharge me a few hours later ... but NOT admit me ... despite me telling them I would be back in as soon as the meds wore off (due to not having money.
This happened many times until I met with the recovery service, who promised to give me the meds for a home detox ... they procrastinated over several weeks until I bit the bullet myself and just stopped (taking the risk) ... I persevered on my own with no help and on day 10 of abstinence I had a tonic clonic seizure in Tesco, dropping from standing and smashing the the left side of my face in from the fall. Broken orbital socket.
In the end I had to take a stupid risk to end that cycle ... at times it felt like the recovery place were trying to keep themselves employed ... a little cynical but NOT entirely untrue.
I'm alcohol free now and have been for several months, unfortunately I had to do it the hard way.
i e been battering 🍺 for 10+ years now + i have other additions on top,i was drinking 60 units a day sometimes and i’m on day 7 now of about 8/9 units i’m already on benzos can’t take naltrexone LOL😄 i’m not looking forward to this !!!!
@@dface6447just got prescribed librium. The pharmacist said that I could take my first dose if waited a couple hours after my last drink. Do you think that that is ok to do?
Ur cute doc.. U can b my Dr. Anytime.
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