Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome | Karen-Ann Clarke | Ausmed Lectures

[@richardsorel201]

I wake up every morning and have almost every one of those side effects. it's a horrible experience. and then I drink one or two beers and everything goes away. It sucks to be an alcoholic.

[@richardsorel201]

Thanks Dee. We'll see what happens.

[@mirandavaughan8767]

Wait until it's so bad that it's not beer that's going to help..and need vodka.. or else have a massive seziure. Yep. Sux!

[@Brian-gh2ij]

How you going now richard?

[@richardsorel201]

@@Brian-gh2ij worse than ever.

[@Brian-gh2ij]

@@richardsorel201 im in Australia where are you?

[@southwestphilly4934]

Withdrawal is hell and sends u to another dimension

[@bigjohnson9606]

I feel worse on day 30 than I did after the first week. Mentally that is. Terrible backlash of anxiety!

[@alexanderthegreatsdad.3831]

Me too, now

[@bigjohnson9606]

I started drinking again

[@bigjohnson9606]

@Brian No I think I needed to give it more time

[@bigjohnson9606]

@Hartley Hare I'm having 3 days off a week, still drink way too much on the other days (bottle of vodka) but I do have the days off.

[@bigjohnson9606]

@Brian I'd love to know what it would feel like to be 6 months sober

[@exeuroweenie]

I could hear a speech about politics or deep rectal spasms in an Aussie accent and still love it.

[@samlatulippe5908]

Alcohol is one of the drugs with the worst withdrawals in my opinion, i quit using heroin last year and i went to treatment for alcohol last month and i had pretty bad withdrawls for 9 days and the other time i had quit i spent 14 days in the hospital because of alcohol withdrawals heroin only lasted a week but it was horrible

[@dka9756]

For me it's definitely insomnia and maybe headache

[@splezzayanowhat6784]

Stoped drinking 4 days ago and now I have the flu

[@petersmith9771]

I need a drink

[@thunor3656]

Cheers

[@colormen12]

No u don’t

[@eangie35]

Okay so I have been drinking a bottle of wine (and an extra glass or two ) every day now for 12yrs straight, I consider myself a very well "functioning alcoholic" I never got a DUI, I've been at my job now for 20yrs and my bills and mortgage are always paid, I am on my 3rd day of no alcohol, and I feel great! I have no with drawls, im wondering it this will change? also wondering if i really am alcoholic? BTW I feel less swollen and clear headed and extremly energetic but again im concern it this will change? , I plan to stick with it :)

[@Onwardsandupwards85]

for me that would be breakfast so i wouldn't worry yourself too much tbh. careful tho dont let it get out of hand like i did.

[@toby621]

@Dresden Black how bad is your pain why im asking i have been in pain for a while now 5 doctors cant give me any answer last week i drank heaps havent drank for a few days now my pain is so bad i cant get out of bed same symptoms as you said flu like mabe it has always been alcohol as i wright this i cant hardley move a musle

[@toby621]

@Dresden Black i have only ever been a binge drinker once a week twice tops but since i have had anxiety and panic attacks i drink fore that reason now but i think it is making me worse or the years of drinking caused my anxiety sorry to hear you grew up in that troubled house hold i was lucky in that way hope you get the bottom of your problems and the bottom of your last drink 😊😊😊

[@toby621]

@Dresden Black im hearing you and thanks i think it my time to have a good long break

[@Zenon120476]

Dears, I need advise... every year for lent, I stop drinking. 40 days straight. I restart for Easter. I am now on day 34... I am suffering from panic attacks... i even thought i was having a heart attack, but my heart is perfect... we are confined due to covid. You think my panic attacks are linked to Alcohol? I am a very moderate drinker... 1 -2 beers a day

[@kevonjames1994]

Hey same here, don't worry all will be well in jesus name..

[@mikem6176]

I’m a nurse. We see this shit every day. And her descriptions are, honestly, pretty mild. DT’s (delirium tremons) is quite possibly the most humiliating, dehumanizing disorder that people can suffer from. It reduces the condition of a proud, highly evolved human being to that of a mindless savage, robbing from them of every shred of human dignity they ever laid claim to. And the saddest part is that it’s so unnecessary. Alcoholism is insidious. No one ever set out to be an alcoholic. But over time, with consistent and progressive alcohol intake, the body develops a tolerance and a dependence on it. Turn it off, and the previously “well adjusted” person goes totally off the rails.

[@Jason-pf8qc]

very serious here... if i have one drink a day for a month... will this make it safe for me to quit completely at the end with little side effects ?

[@rsmith7195]

One drink??

[@princessbutalsoawarrior3676]

One drink a day is normal. I think this is geared more towards alcoholics, as myself, that drink morning till night. And it physically hurts in every way imaginable to stop.

[@NG-pp1oc]

No

[@philvujosevic7303]

Imo, 100%. Im on a bender as I write this. About 2-3 weeks of 2 to 3 bottles of wine a day. I think you're tip top it's the anxiety messing with your mind. It's funny I just asked others on here will I be fine because I intend to stop and am fearful of the comedown. Alcohol sucks.

[@OscarModzz]

@@philvujosevic7303 you're crazy if you think one drink matters I was a bottle of vodka a day deep

[@jordan9164]

I have bad withdrawals after 1-3 without drinking. I shake, I sweat which leads to my anxiety and insomnia. My withdrawals can last up to 7 days. I can lay in bed for a few days without sleep. It sucks.

[@thesinisterminister8966]

I'm the same it really sucks but it does get better, you have to ride it out.

[@tonirose5076]

Oh boy can't wait......

[@BernardO-g7s7u]

Well, watching my hives and inflammation dissolve every day until it all disappeared was definitely appeasing, I went with what I mentioned and after 20 days my urticaria disappeared. I just go'ogled the latest by Shane Zormander and now my skin is as smooth and healthy as it has ever been!

[@georgiageorgia5772]

No one wants to talk about it

[@tactics-mnk6084]

Thank fuck I did not have a seizure, checked all the others one time..

[@newbornwiccan948]

I think I'm an alcoholic 🤔🥴🍷

[@insanelyinsensitive4059]

I'm here to help me through giving up and I clicked on this because I saw a good looking woman in a tight top......wtf is wrong with my brain...