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Addiction and Substance Abuse |
Post withdrawal symptoms05/12/2008 |
after abrupt discontinuation of alcohol,and bipolar meds(celexa,seroquil,lithium )is it possible for a chonic alcoholic to suffer withdrawal symptoms 9 days after last drink and bipolar meds --hallucinations,altered mental status ,confusion,agitation and memory loss of such episode--can acutr withdrawal symptons last a long time
Thank you for the good question. Alcohol withdrawal can occur in two phases. An initial phase that lasts for 3-4 days is characterized by:
- sweats
- shakes
- insomnia
- anxiety.
Then a delayed phase ("DT's") that can occur 3-7 days after the last drink, typically lasts for a few to several days once it begins, and is characterized by a reoccurrence of the sweats and shakes accompanied by:
- delirium
- confusion
- hallucinations
- and no memory after it has resolved.
It sounds like this may have been what happened. DT's are rare (~3% of people with sever drinking problems have them) and are very serious sometimes being fatal.
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Ted Parran, MD Associate Professor of General Medical Sciences School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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