I'm went through an 11 day stay at the hospital (4) in the icu....after 69 days sober I have relapsed just see a doctor and am afraid to take the medicine because the withdrawl hallucinations are so very very very real to the person going through them, seeing this from the perspective of the doctor helps me some, but its so hard that they don't actually know what its like and what the person really remembers after because those "hallucinations" are a permanent part of my memory and have made me question what is real and what is not. Anyway wish me luck, here I go again. this time I hope the permanent fix is life with my kids and not death
well to be honest. since I hate lies...and I'm bad at it...apparently I was .4 above legal imit and that was just normal for me, no one around me noticed. I wasn't a drink for fun thing, it was just like a cup of coffee in the morning for me, which I do not drink and am now vegetarian. I spoke, dorve died every thing correct but I shook all the time. always cold. I was swollen, and went to doc, it was four days in hospital trying to force their food in me theat I started .....the episode. this wasn't my first time...the others were from drugs from when I was a lot younger 10 years or so ago...and that was well.....not fun. i was not aware alcohol would do the same thing. i thaught i was cool then the next thing i new i was running up and down halls..everything was a chaotic stage in a very bad sci fiction carnival and then i woke up in intensive care.....and remember every bit of it... just not the way they tell me they saw it. so it reminds me every day. I will not get another chance and i know that. Talk about sober.... no I'm not completely. but the most sobering thing is realizing that this world isn't what it seams and i am...at least for today..going to choose, not to lose. Bless you back.
BurritoJimmy how did you do this jimmy I am trying to do this at the moment. Didn’t drink for months but relapsed and am dying. I know this is my own fault but I just I am on my own and need to get out of this situattion
I watched a family member suffer from this. I’m so thankful I never became addicted to alcohol. It is a serious disease! How are you doing 7 years later? I hope you are well now.
Witnessed my grandmother going through this. Eventually died from Stage 4 Cirrhosis of the Liver May 25, 2011. I still have flashbacks of her final hours.
Good video. Very informative. Unfortunately, so many patients are secretive about their habit and are admitted for a different diagnosis. Then, surprise! Keep up the good work!
Klonopin, used in a tapering fashion, reliably and effectively stops the neurotoxic hyperexcitable glutamate cascade, even in complicated or severe withdrawal. Other benzodiazepines are not effective in complicated withdrawal and are used in high doses and Intrvenously in ICU settings. Using klonopin in a tapering fashion, will improve withdrawal symptoms in 24 to 48 hours, stop the potential progression to seizures, delirium tremors, and severe dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities and decrease the risk of sudden death. Using short acting benzodiazepines such as Ativan, especially intravenously, leads to too rapid a fall of serum levels of the benzo detox agent and will actually accelerate the hyperexcitable glutamate cascade and cause severe increase in heart rate, blood pressure, dehydration, electrolyte abnormalities, and incidence of seizures and DT's. I use 15 day klonopin tapers using 0.5 mg tid for 5 days, 0.5 mg bid for 5 days, and then 0.5 mg daily for 5 days.. In severe withdrawal, I may use klonopin 1.0 mg as the dose in the 15 day taper. It is important to detox for longer period of time than we have been taught, to attempt to decrease the problems patients face with PAWS,[ post acute withdrawal syndrome}, that may last for 2 years or longer after acute withdrawal.
Really nice explanation but I’ve always been confused on how alcohol withdrawal leads to respiratory failure Like is it because they can go into distress and tire out their muscles which leads to r failiure or is it something else.
It looks like it's been found to be related to depleted glutathione levels in the lungs (the depletion occurs as a result of alcohol abuse over a sustained period-- not as a result of alcohol w/d). Here's an interesting article discussing alcoholism-related ARDS: www.whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/em/2008fall/truth_alcohol.html
You’re right, it's a fact that quitting booze not only makes your world a better place to be in, good things start to “magically” happen and the energy is insane! Steffon Barkload's stuff, that’s the best shortcut I go’ogled that took less than a week to work without suffering withdrawal.
Very good. my ex only drinked coffee and vodka all day and night, at least 5-6 days a week. ofc it was very hard to be with him...and he was telling lots of lies about himself for a long period. But the point is he does not want to be cured. Even if I saw him while he could not breathe anymore...I do not know for what reason...
Alcohol withdrawal sounds so scary, glad I cut down on my drinking couple of years ago.
It's extremely dangerous and hard on most every system in your body.
I have a question how much did you drink a day
I'm went through an 11 day stay at the hospital (4) in the icu....after 69 days sober I have relapsed just see a doctor and am afraid to take the medicine because the withdrawl hallucinations are so very very very real to the person going through them, seeing this from the perspective of the doctor helps me some, but its so hard that they don't actually know what its like and what the person really remembers after because those "hallucinations" are a permanent part of my memory and have made me question what is real and what is not. Anyway wish me luck, here I go again. this time I hope the permanent fix is life with my kids and not death
well to be honest. since I hate lies...and I'm bad at it...apparently I was .4 above legal imit and that was just normal for me, no one around me noticed. I wasn't a drink for fun thing, it was just like a cup of coffee in the morning for me, which I do not drink and am now vegetarian. I spoke, dorve died every thing correct but I shook all the time. always cold. I was swollen, and went to doc, it was four days in hospital trying to force their food in me theat I started .....the episode. this wasn't my first time...the others were from drugs from when I was a lot younger 10 years or so ago...and that was well.....not fun. i was not aware alcohol would do the same thing. i thaught i was cool then the next thing i new i was running up and down halls..everything was a chaotic stage in a very bad sci fiction carnival and then i woke up in intensive care.....and remember every bit of it... just not the way they tell me they saw it. so it reminds me every day. I will not get another chance and i know that. Talk about sober.... no I'm not completely. but the most sobering thing is realizing that this world isn't what it seams and i am...at least for today..going to choose, not to lose. Bless you back.
I hope you are doing much better now and managing to stay sober! Congrats on going vegetarian. Best wishes for a sober future with your kids :)
BurritoJimmy how did you do this jimmy I am trying to do this at the moment. Didn’t drink for months but relapsed and am dying. I know this is my own fault but I just I am on my own and need to get out of this situattion
@@samirabehn4592 how are you now ?
I watched a family member suffer from this. I’m so thankful I never became addicted to alcohol. It is a serious disease!
How are you doing 7 years later? I hope you are well now.
Witnessed my grandmother going through this. Eventually died from Stage 4 Cirrhosis of the Liver May 25, 2011. I still have flashbacks of her final hours.
That's deep, deeper than an open wound rubbed in salt. Take good care of, Yourself 👊🏾pain is weakness leaving the body. Poison Kills
Good video. Very informative. Unfortunately, so many patients are secretive about their habit and are admitted for a different diagnosis. Then, surprise! Keep up the good work!
Klonopin, used in a tapering fashion, reliably and effectively stops the neurotoxic hyperexcitable glutamate cascade, even in complicated or severe withdrawal. Other benzodiazepines are not effective in complicated withdrawal and are used in high doses and Intrvenously in ICU settings. Using klonopin in a tapering fashion, will improve withdrawal symptoms in 24 to 48 hours, stop the potential progression to seizures, delirium tremors, and severe dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities and decrease the risk of sudden death. Using short acting benzodiazepines such as Ativan, especially intravenously, leads to too rapid a fall of serum levels of the benzo detox agent and will actually accelerate the hyperexcitable glutamate cascade and cause severe increase in heart rate, blood pressure, dehydration, electrolyte abnormalities, and incidence of seizures and DT's. I use 15 day klonopin tapers using 0.5 mg tid for 5 days, 0.5 mg bid for 5 days, and then 0.5 mg daily for 5 days.. In severe withdrawal, I may use klonopin 1.0 mg as the dose in the 15 day taper. It is important to detox for longer period of time than we have been taught, to attempt to decrease the problems patients face with PAWS,[ post acute withdrawal syndrome}, that may last for 2 years or longer after acute withdrawal.
Awesomely informative and perfectly explained! Thank you so much! 😊😊 15/3/2019
Really nice explanation but I’ve always been confused on how alcohol withdrawal leads to respiratory failure
Like is it because they can go into distress and tire out their muscles which leads to r failiure or is it something else.
It looks like it's been found to be related to depleted glutathione levels in the lungs (the depletion occurs as a result of alcohol abuse over a sustained period-- not as a result of alcohol w/d).
Here's an interesting article discussing alcoholism-related ARDS:
www.whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/em/2008fall/truth_alcohol.html
You’re right, it's a fact that quitting booze not only makes your world a better place to be in, good things start to “magically” happen and the energy is insane! Steffon Barkload's stuff, that’s the best shortcut I go’ogled that took less than a week to work without suffering withdrawal.
Very good. my ex only drinked coffee and vodka all day and night, at least 5-6 days a week. ofc it was very hard to be with him...and he was telling lots of lies about himself for a long period. But the point is he does not want to be cured. Even if I saw him while he could not breathe anymore...I do not know for what reason...