Alcohol Related Brain Injury | Martin Jackson | Ausmed Lectures

[@anthonywhite9912]

My father is a violent alcoholic and a doctor. I still have never witnessed anyone as bad as him when drunk. I also have a drinking problem, but I've stopped 1 year ago and don't want to ever go back to it.

[@seankelly819]

Congratulations

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

Good for you!!

[@aldomeow]

Did it ruin him professionally?

[@edwardcameron5751]

Praise God!! very good you stopped drinking. now it is two years. I hope you are still sober.

[@wolfpower1111]

I was married to an alcoholic doctor. They’re protected, somehow nothing ever happens to them.

[@lauranorth1234]

This is an excellent presentation, Thank you! I am a 51 year old American woman who drank myself into brain damage. I am in my 3rd year of total sobriety and just now, I'm finally feeling my brain function returning. But after surviving a nasty, daily drinking habit-- 5 to 10 drinks per day, for three decades, I will never know truly healthy cognitive functioning. What a shame! Who knows what and who I could have truly become sans booze.......

[@11burnout]

U are you and that is more then enough! Congratulations on your sobriety

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

I'm sorry to hear Laura. My sister did the same thing. Now my sister is finally getting help at a nursing home. Medicated and having to take anxiety pills, etc for the withdrawals. It has been a long time regulating my sister. Her memory is bad. Long-term memories only. The short term she can't retain. Shame she is 70 years old. My sister keeps repeating herself "Oh where did Glenna go" The Glenna she knew was always high and full of smiles and laughter when high on the booze and would crash miserably the next morning. My sister had most of her life from age 22 boozing and never got the chance to know the real Glenna. None of us siblings, friends, husband (also a drinker) really knew the real her. I visit her 2x a week. My sister would be a danger to herself if left alone with her memory as it is. I'm happy to see you are able to use a computer, type, make wonderful sense and your brain is working pretty good here in this text above. My sister will never be able to do what you can still do. Most of her drinking was beer, the hard stuff when she couldn't get the beer. You take care my dear and stay safe!!

[@lauranorth1234]

@@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning thank you! It is NEVER TOO LATE to change, heal and prosper. All the best, Laura

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

@@lauranorth1234 You're very welcome. I'm happy you made it out before it was too late. All the best to you as well Laura.

[@josephzydek2909]

My brother drinks about 10-15 standard drinks a day now and has done so for about 3 years. Before this he worked as a paralegal and had to quit his job due to having major depression. At the law firm he was also drinking consistently and heavily! I don't want to say too much more but birthdays, Christmas parties and family 'events' really fucking suck! I avoid them like the plague! It feels as though these events are just an excuse for them to drink and it's no fun being the only sober adult! I try and help them here and there but I don't really know what to do anymore! If I'm honest, I think I just don't care anymore!

[@CreeperTroll1]

My mom was admitted into the hospital with alcohol related brain injury today. I wish there was more I did to prevent this, it destroys me. It's very scary to see how it's affected my mom. I love her with all my heart and it aches for her. Take care of your loved ones and get them the help they need before it's too late.

[@iflick7235]

If there's anyone more interested in this than an alcoholic, it's someone in love with an alcoholic. You're always thinking "What did I miss?" or "What did I see and chose to disregard?"

[@racheljones1956]

He told me all the symptoms of Wernicke's but I didn't really see it coming to Korsakoff.

[@tactics-mnk6084]

I am 26 and had a Alcoholic Hallucinosis half a year ago. It was very scare, like being in contact with hell. But I now know that they were thoughts. When I started hearing a woman laughing and taunting me viciously, she said “ you went too far, hahaha” over and over again. Maybe half a second in between. 200 times maybe from what I can recall. If you are not aware this your mind playing you, you will jump off of a building. This I know, it’s crazy, scary and a very skincrawling and unpleasant thing. Got chills about it still. Brr

[@emh8861]

My sister would talk crazy like this. Then she would say people were stupid because they believed her . Now I know why she is like that . 😭🤣

[@whiskersredwood]

I think alcoholism is a form of demon possession.

[@Saint.questions]

Yoooooo.... my voice would say the same. "haha we got you!"...... it was awful! hope you are well!

[@tmada8270]

I went through this for a whole month

[@pauljordan4452]

Alcohol in the brain tissue causes auditory hallucinations - as does stroke, which I suffered as a baby.

[@loganodonnell5703]

28 years old struggling with brain burning and cognitive decline . I’m done drinking forever. I got clean and did ketamine treatment and it cured me completely and my dumb ass went and drank the next night. Symptoms are back. So scarred right now. God please send me another miracle I’m done drinking.

[@cindyl3916]

I abused drugs and alcohol for 47 years. Brain damage is SO real. As is death from cirrhosis.

[@mammadingo9165]

Its so heart breaking 💔 so many beautiful minds damaged 😭😭😭😭 and families hurt. Years and years lost decades 😢

[@MegaRbase]

Alcohol takes more than it gives

[@lightbeing8174]

what does alcohol give?

[@MegaRbase]

It has no benefit... I was still trying to justify reasons to drink. The fact is it’s a poison!

[@tactics-mnk6084]

Some fucking relief from not wanting to deal with shit.

[@Aluminata]

What it gives is rather temporary. What it takes is more permanent.

[@ndcoach29]

💯

[@nellieponks]

This is absolutely brilliant! Thank you Martin Jackson, for explaining the incredible enigma that is ARBI.

[@margotorres4226]

My sister was just diagnosed with Korsakoff Syndrome and is hospitalized. I am looking for any resources for the family as well as her. Long time alcoholic 25+ years. thank you

[@Amy-fu1tp]

So sorry.

[@eviain]

This helped a very close family member, thank you.

[@FresnoBrownPride]

Im 44 years old. Been drinking between a 12 pack and a 20 pack of beer every day for nearly 15 20 years. Just recently for like the last few months, ive cut my drinking down way less than half. Im now seeing a Neurologist, ENT, trying to figure out whats going on with me now. I have a 24/7 everyday allday feeling of lightheadedness/dizziness, and brain fog. I get more lightheaded with head movements and eye movements. Like my brain and eyes not on same page. Problems with short term memory sometimes. I Have light sensitivity, which causes strained eyes. Very lightly blurred vision. My eyes feel wierd, My vision feels very dreamlike. Which cause anxiety. Its basically feels like im buzzed up constantly even when Im sober. But doesnt feel good though. Ive had Brain MRIs, Abdominal CT. And they say every thing fine, except a little damage to my "Cerebellum Atrophy" from alcohol which controls balance. Neurologist jus thinks i have "Migraine" and possibly light brain damage. She says i dont have wernickes korsakoff or anything like that. I can still drive and do what i have do independently. But im doing it with a irritated buzzed like feeling. Does anyone know of anyone going thru exactly what Im explaining, or going thru it theirselves? And if so is their still hope? About a year ago i did 6 months completely sober, and i kinda still felt the same, so i had started drinking again. As of today im 3 days sober again

[@yourprincecharming]

Don't drink in 26 i know what you are going through get help

[@FresnoBrownPride]

@@yourprincecharming are you saying your heavy drinking has caused you to feel the symptoms im explaining?

[@asolh1184]

Why was this cut? Upload full lecture pls, this is really brilliant

[@micksridewithced1806]

6 years ago, after 3 days in a FL hospital being with old alcoolic peoples almost dead in a room , I decided to quit drinking when I saw the sun on me exit and never drunk again, I was 54 years old and so damage....I would not be writing here today......thanks God....one day a t a time, it is possible,,,

[@chrissharkeyai]

I love this guys presentation style! Great stuff thanks for sharing!

[@wiredog771]

25 year heavy drinker. 9 years sober. Brain scan shows white matter disease and shrinking well beyond my years. Had I known that this was a possibility, I probably would have stopped early. Sucks when there’s nothing you can do about it now. Memory is shall we say, not what it used to be.

[@mp5249]

There are intervenous NAD and hyperbaric oxygen therapies. Gaba supplements, as well as other including lots of b1. Of course, it's pricey. Watch Amen clinic videos.

[@marcocaru]

This is super informative, thanks for the lecture.

[@beautifulsoultress3078]

My guy that I'm with is an alcoholic and drinks about 3pints a day. He has been drinking over 10 years and in his 30s. I can tell it is affecting his cognition and can't remember the day before was like or he will ask me the same question or repeat a story. It getting annoying and l have been encouraging him cut back or get treatment but he is not ready. God help him

[@keariewashburn4680]

Yes, these are symptoms of the damage. It's awful I'm so sorry 😞 My aunt has this very bad.

[@marystele1197]

Yes, l agree ARBD is hugely overlooked in my experience and misdiagnosed or ignored.. The medical profession, especially UK GP's need to be radically retrained to pick the often tragic disease up earlier. Good video. Thank You Very informative

[@kajsadanielsson-personalaf1559]

Is there anywhere I can see the brain scans you refer to at around 16 minutes?

[@codyjames9376]

I asked my doctor for help, and all she said was "stop drinking. " She was obese and I wanted to tell her that she was fat and should stop eating. Be careful where you seek help.

[@KAdams-dr4pc]

You totally should have said that to her !!!

[@kingjames2076]

alcohol is a poison any amount is bad , drinkers like to talk amount moderation too justify there drug habit .

[@SLang-xk4dj]

*their

[@pauljordan4452]

Having suffered a stroke, I stopped drinking alcohol 39 days ago because any amount was to release dopamine.

[@andrewp5180]

@@EL1NINERIt is a drug though and a powerful one even a couple of pints on a Friday will increase your cortisol stress levels the rest of the week till you get to drink again

[@ddtt958]

I used to drink a lot before. I've been sober about 7 months. I suspect the alcohol has damaged my brain a bit (gaba receptors etc). I feel better now than I did when I first decided to quit but I still deal with some anxiety and depression though I probably had that to a smaller degree while I was drinker also but I just didn't notice it then. I think my brain is slowly recovering. Would I set my recovery back or damage my brain receptors etc more if I were to use benzodiazepines for example in small amounts maybe once a month?

[@stephanielambert7279]

Thiamine and B12?

[@kimstrickland2761]

@@stephanielambert7279 And Omega 3s

[@buffster948]

13:35 As far as I understand this issue, the chemical component that is introduced when alcohol is used is the main difference to starvation here. Alcohol misuse introduces a lot of acetaldehyde into the system (a very close cousin to formaldehyde - the stuff they use to preserve dead bodies etc.). Whilst it's not lethal in small doses, it's incredibly toxic for our system. Ketosis does not induce the same state, although of course it can and does continue to kill many people in our world today. Once fat stores are used up, the body will process proteins (i.e. your vital organs) to try and survive. But, when alcohol is included in the mix, there is the additional pressure on the liver, kidneys etc. to process the extra toxins. Still a bit surprised that people aren't talking more about 'alcoholic bulimia' or 'alcohol-induced anorexia'...I'm not even sure there's a formal name for that condition, yet. But it's hard to spot and almost impossible to fix, as it stands. Dr Gabor Mate has some amazing insights into addiction and alcoholism. Well worth a watch, if you want to.

[@derekbuxton6626]

I don't get hangovers and vomit anymore but I can tell it's affecting my brain. How do I know? I get dizzy spells and walk like I am drunk even when I'm sober but my medication can also be the cause for that or the mixture of both which isn't good.

[@happylocksmith]

Have you stopped drinking alcohol completely and if yes has it improved your dizzy spells / balance ?

[@derekbuxton6626]

Nope haven’t stopped and my condition has improved after taking a diuretic water pill.

[@happylocksmith]

Thanks for your reply.

[@simplemindsme]

Thank you. I have some questions.

[@justinford9469]

Ive got a brain injury from drinking my frontal lobes are fucked can't process information like I used to and my speech isn't as good now.

[@staraffinity]

Is it any better now? Hope so...

[@lanitawolfe1003]

What’s really sad is many psychiatric professionals either don’t understand that alcohol is the cause of personality and behavior disorders. They think patients drink alcohol to cope with personality disorders. Then, psychs prescribe benzos and SSRIs to alcoholics, inappropriately and to the point of toxicity by failing to closely monitor titration levels. And, when a patient isn’t honest about the abuse, yet has a medically logged history of alcohol related healthcare treatment, it should be standardly practiced to acquire prior medical reports to be sure the outcome is worth the risk of other negative outcomes. Even worse, ego-driven professionals refuse to validate concerns of loved ones. The loved ones are the victims of the addiction. Psych professionals need to check THEIR EGOS at the door!

[@WABP860]

Always someone else's fault for the alcoholics

[@iCa11]

Sheila zilinsky podcasts, explain s many help you

[@iCa11]

Demons have entered and psychiatric help is hard, unless deliverance is available..... check out Neil Anderson on u tube

[@AGAU1022]

"1 in 8" is an understatement. I guess it would be technically accurate to say "at least 1 in 8". We have no reason to believe smaller amounts of alcohol are completely harmless, and more recent studies suggest it is not. The claim that "there are actually safe levels of alcohol consumption" is simply false.

[@kekeh.5696]

What recent studies suggest it isn't 🥴

[@jameshadfield5624]

your body usually gives you signs (warnings!)of a coming illness. It's a defense mechanism. One can look at a Blackout as a Red Flag that should be similar to a red light in traffic. have "driven" through blackouts regardless, but not too many traffic lights. oncoming traffic can be seen but the oncoming problems with booz are often invisible until your in the break down lane. like in child birth the pain is forgotten after the "reward", the hangover is excepted for the "happy" time. But too many of these will ruin not only the experience but your vital organs. Cheers to spring water or TEA!

[@DaniellaWilliams]

How long can someone live with wet brain with severe alcoholism?

[@vtecpreludevtec]

True Iv always lied to docs over amount

[@pauljordan4452]

You cannot lie to anaesthetists about it though.

[@recon0x7f16]

i have a question can 6 to 8 months drinking everyday cause a brain aneurysm

[@LordVoltRod2c]

So that's why I walk like a Star Wars AT AT Walker and feel like one in a mechanical walking sense.

[@rafaelg4878]

I'm a drunk and trying to find the courage and education to stop, but you have to love the irony with him needing audience assistance in recalling what he's talking about; especially when referring to alcohol having a great impact on the brain. I've heard a lot of times psychologist are far crazier than their patients, makes sense in theory and proof is often found in the pudding with this. However, this creates an amalgamation of comedians referring to treatment adverts for illnesses, wherein the side effects of their treatment, include the original problem doubled. Almost EVERY advert for asthma in the mid 2000s had a side effects that MAY include shortness of breathe. All in all, I hate being this way. However, I might be cynical, but would you ever hire an overweight personal trainer?

[@monolyth421]

Losing your train of thought is normal

[@bruno12_3]

There’s no safe level ov drinking a highly addictive drug

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

OMG, he said 4 drinks a day is not a lot. I say IT IS a lot. Then it becomes more and more over time. 4 a day I'd say there is a problem. Maybe not for permanent brain damage. But it is a lot. Only a weak person would drink every day 4 or more. I think it starts with can't beat them join them, not having a mind of their own, Inhibitions, escape from reality, make them confident to do things they normally would not do, part of escaping from reality. I've never been a drinker. My father was an alcoholic, my sister now has a wet brain and slowly killing herself. I say my sister won't be around more than a couple of years or less at the rate she is going at 68 years old, falling and getting cuts or broken bones with wet brain damage now. Not being able to do simple instructions or remember what was just told to her a minute ago. No new memories. Her boyfriend saying she has notes to herself all over the place. He said the home looks like a serial killer like out of a movie notes stuck everywhere but the notes to herself still don't do any good. She started drinking on weekends only at about age 30. Heaviest drinking the last 10 years of 3-12 drinks of beer per day. My sister lives 1300 miles I can't support her much more than I do now.

[@linstowell3785]

Consuming a substance changes the brain and makes you crave it. The solution is never to consume it to begin with. Kids should be taught this in school. Some people's brains are more susceptible to addiction.

[@tactics-mnk6084]

Lost me at “only a weak person”. You lack sympathy and also knowledge.

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

@@linstowell3785 I totally agree!

[@badrobot114]

@@tactics-mnk6084 I agree

[@randomcomputer7248]

I think he meant "not alot" as in the perception that you need to be an alcoholic, like a bottle of vodka a day or something like that

[@danashannon8234]

I really need someone to talk to.

[@wobblybobengland]

Kevin O'Hara

[@wendyhannan2454]

Danashann Please seek AA, they will help you get sober. Good luck.

[@karencarney7595]

I had the seizures and week long blackouts. Night scares, hearing whispers and not eating for days. I can say outbof all the substances I've tried and used, alcohol was by FAR the worst, most quickly damaging. Pray for those who are still afflicted. Edibles and weight training saved my life. Much love 💘

[@mp5249]

I love to hear recovery stories! Hope you are keeping on.

[@directAction3389]

Edibles? You've merely swapped one brain damaging substance for another then. A fairly common thing of course, but it hasn't really saved your life from alcohol. Now it's the cannabis that will mess your brain up instead provided you start to abuse that. Ever heard of weed induced psychosis? It's a very real thing indeed. I know plenty of stoners laugh it off, and think its just "big pharma" propaganda or something. They would be wrong though. Weed absolutely shrinks your brain, and damages it in a very similar fashion to alcohol. The man said as much in this very lecture actually. Do keep up your weight training though. Nothing wrong with boosting your metabolism by growing some more lean body mass!

[@danashannon8234]

How do I stop alcohol and clonazepam?

[@Passportkassa]

"Quit drinking expert" on You Tube is a start. Mixing is dangerous. Your doctor will have a strong opinion. Often times, however, that sedative is prescribed (in clinic setting) when you quit booze. Good question. If I were you, I'd quit the booze first (check out quit drinking expert)...good luck💛

[@Xyphra]

Don't be afraid to go to rehab

[@anthonywhite9912]

My nephew had an addiction to alcohol and benzodiazapams, he is a total mess now, with diabetes and has bouts of pancreaticis. Doctors say he will die if he continues to drink. Such a shame....waste of life. He can't seem to stop himself.

[@iCa11]

How many people can control their drinking, not many

[@bovinejonie3745]

I love how he forgot that he was talking about memory loss.

[@justinwarnick8432]

Could anyone suggest help for me I've been drinking 15 beers a day for years and started when I was teen n I am now 33

[@turnandfacethewall]

Quick search on your phone for local AA - a number for some advice should be very easy to find. Also salvation army help lines - this is what comes to mind initially -

[@charleybrul]

Try looking up The Sinclair Method to curb your alcohol use. I wasn't keen on AA's religious/deprivation method so TSM (The Sinclair Method) was the direction I took. It uses the drug Naltrexone to help change behaviors. It really made sense to me when I read about it. Good luck to you.

[@anthonywhite9912]

I was a heavy binge drinker, I drank to get drunk... 5 D.U.I s, loss of relationships, self hatred. Always wanted to stop, so I made up my mind and picked a date and stopped cold turkey 🦃. I used KZbin, A.A meetings, anything to give me inspiration to keep going. Have been sober for 15 months now and it's not as hard as you might think it is. Just treat alcohol as a poison that it is and remove it from your life. Good luck with it.

[@anthonywhite9912]

@Imin Shapman Geez, well I binge drank from my early teens until my mid 40s, so a long time. I was never a drink every day drunk, but I would drink to excess when I drank. Since stopping, the first thing that makes a Big difference is my sleep patterns improved dramatically. Also my cognitive abilities did improve because you are always clear headed and can think through situations without the fog that substances bring. No hangovers is GREAT because they are awful and waste allot of time recovering. It's not drastically noticeable until you look at the big picture of your sobriety. Life's easier to deal with sober, that's just a fact. After 15 months I'm starting to.forget what being drunk is like and have no intention to start anytime soon. I hope that I can be of some help, and godspeed to everyone's recovery.

[@danashannon8234]

If you come to Kentucky there is one of the best programs in the country.

[@sativajaunita]

Thank goodness the chances are decent

[@vincentmcgarry3598]

Can you have a first time seizure after drinking 15 beers the night before?

[@danashannon8234]

I need an attorney.

[@elwolf8536]

I binge drink and my frain si bine

[@Crypokeeper2275]

Chris Lates this made me laugh.. even though this is serious shit

[@kirkmbutterfield]

Im at 36 hours of not drinking for the first time in years. My brain fog is pretty bad right now. This made me laugh.

[@ndhickson3599]

😂

[@amyh4312]

You waffled on but hardly provided any information about symptoms of ARBI :(

[@Project7-qj1yp]

The worse addiction in the world🎉

[@princecrid8009]

Am not here for a long time but for a good tym

[@MJ-fy4yj]

🙄

[@simon_says88]

Where did you get this bar

[@KAdams-dr4pc]

prince, Then party on ... just don't expect people to clean up the mess you make out of your life.

[@wendyhannan2454]

Then your not ready, to give up the drink .

[@2WheelsForever]

Wrong ! There are NO "safe levels of alcohol consumption". This guy lost all legitimacy with his contrary statement..

[@sandracairney6007]

LG 65inch

[@andrewcruz3837]

But i like drinking!

[@KAdams-dr4pc]

Then keep drinking. You and only you will have to deal with the damage later in life. So .... do what you want ... just don't expect people to feel sorry for you when you become sickly .... and you will .... so party hardy. 😆😃😅😆 It's YOUR life and YOUR health. Just don't expect people to take care of you or change your diapers when you're old.

[@pauljordan4452]

My psychiatrist said drink tonic water instead. People mask a lot of shit with alcohol. Think about why you consume it.

[@lowendassassin]

TMDNWU

[@catherinerosa-baker2937]

I don't want to hear you babble We want to hear what happens when you're family member detoxes from alcohol I'm going through several KZbin videos and everyone wants to just talk I want to see a real video about a real person detoxing

[@KAdams-dr4pc]

So .... you want to see people suffering. Reading isn't good enough ... 😆😅😃

[@Professional_Nobody]

the narcissism in the Pelosi Dynasty is what made me want to never drink another drop of alcohol again 😂 I would rather be cheech or Chong but never a Gavin, Paul or Nancy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@buffster948]

19:39 If someone is heavily dependent on alcohol, withdrawal is extremely dangerous and can easily induce seizures and cause further damage. GABA levels go WAY out of whack, alongside a whole bunch of other factors. Please see the references and article listed if you want more information: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14594442/ (might need to use a VPN to access that site, depending on your country or your subscriptions to medical sites).