What are some common withdrawal symptoms of Alcohol?!
Question: I believe I may be having some moderate Withdrawal symptoms. I have not had a drink in 4 days. I never drank all day, only at night. This is the longest I've went without drinking in almost three years. I'm very wired only sleeping like three hours at night but during the day I just want to lay around. The urges are getting very hard at night(Especially Right Now) If I had some I would down it right now. I'm getting minor aches and pains and my sleep is disturbed by very vivid nightmares. Does anyone know how long this will last. It's just so hard right now!
Answers: I believe I may be having some moderate Withdrawal symptoms. I have not had a drink in 4 days. I never drank all day, only at night. This is the longest I've went without drinking in almost three years. I'm very wired only sleeping like three hours at night but during the day I just want to lay around. The urges are getting very hard at night(Especially Right Now) If I had some I would down it right now. I'm getting minor aches and pains and my sleep is disturbed by very vivid nightmares. Does anyone know how long this will last. It's just so hard right now!
Well I am no expert, but from what I understand, here is what may be happening. (in simple terms) Your electrical signals are sent slower. The receivers in your body are used to getting signals at a certain rate, so when you drink, they are sent slower, recieved slower and this slow delivery is what affects your motor ability. People tend to be sluggish, slow, and response is delayed. So people for who drink a lot, the body tries to compensate for this. This is why heavy drinkers sometimes seem fine when they had a lot to drink compared to normal people. So drinker's bodies try to compensate by having the receiving portion of the electrical system recieve signals faster. The electricty basically speeds across the gaps quicker. Think of it like this for a normal body: a ball is thrown across a stream and someone on the other end catches it. After a couple drinks, it would be like throwing that same ball 15ft in the air across the stream (slow process) But for a drinker, it would be more like 20 consequtive balls thrown rapid fire across the stream. So it speeds up and this is how it compensates against the slow down affects of drinking. Now when a drinker stops drinking, there is no longer any impairment, but the body doesn't know this, so now it makes receiving signals 100 times faster. This is why you feel so jittery. Your body needs time to recompensate and slow down to the normal level. This is serious enough to where severe alcoholics have actually died by trying to quit cold turkey. The electrical receivers are going so fast across the gap, that it is almost a constant electrical charge. "Wired" So your problem is due mainly becuase your body compensated for the heavy drinking. It needs time to recompensate back down to the normal slower level. If you are a severe drinker, or the affects are too great a doctor should be consulted. Experts really know their stuff and may be able to help slow down the signals til they reset.
The only experiences I have with too much alcohol are:
-waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to sleep.
-extreme fatigue
-racing heart
-extreme fatigue
-feeling a little hot
Early symptoms of alcohol withdrawal generally appear 6 to 48 hours after drinking has stopped but can occur up to 10 days after the last drink. Withdrawal symptoms may include:
? Restlessness
? Tachycardia
? Irritability
? Hypertension
? Anorexia
? Insomnia
? Nausea
? Nightmares
? Vomiting
? Impaired concentration
? Sweating
? Impaired memory
? Tremors
? Elevated vital signs
More severe symptoms of alcohol withdrawal may include
? Increased tremulousness
? Increased agitation
? Increased sweating
? Delirium tremens (with confusion, disorientation, impaired memory and judgment)
? Hallucinations (auditory, visual, or tactile)
? Delusions (usually paranoid)
? Grand mal seizures
These symptoms may set in 24 to 96 hours after withdrawal, and require medically supervised detoxification.
Dietary Guidelines
? Moderate consumption provides little, if any, health benefit for younger people.
? Risk of alcohol abuse increases when drinking starts at an early age.
? Moderation is defined as no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men. This limit is based on differences between the sexes in both weight and metabolism.
? Alcoholic beverages are harmful when consumed in excess.
? Excess alcohol alters judgement and can lead to dependency and a great many other serious health problems.
? Taking more than one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men can raise the risk for auto accidents, other accidents, high blood pressure, stroke, violence, suicide, birth defects, and certain cancers.
? Even one drink per day can slightly raise the risk of breast cancer.
? Who should not drink? Women who may become pregnant or who are pregnant. A safe level of alcohol intake has not been established for women at any time during pregnancy, including the first few weeks.
? If you choose to drink alcoholic beverages, do so sensibly. Limit intake to one drink per day for women or two drink per day for men, and take with meals to slow alcohol absorption. Avoid drinking before or when driving, or whenever it puts you or others at risk.
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