Welcome to Bat Nation. At this time I am speaking about concerning the distinction between hangovers and alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
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Welcome to Bat Nation. At this time I am speaking about concerning the distinction between hangovers and alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
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What you call a crackling inside your body, I think is what I used to call every cell of my body vibrating independently of the others
I spent 7 years addicted to opiates and have been through terrible withdrawals dozens of times. I got sober in 2017. That “crackle” is one of the most unpleasant experiences of opiate withdrawal. I describe it as an electrical pulse or wave. It starts in the head, neck, or upper back, and pulses down and away from the spine throughout the body eventually reaching the tips of the toes and fingers. I could always tell I was heading into withdrawals when the pulses would start. It is a very very uncomfortable feeling, and would make sleeping impossible. After days of insomnia I would finally begin to drift off to sleep and would be jolted awake by an electrical pulse throughout my body. Terrible , terrible feeling. So grateful to be sober and free from the terror. I like your description of a “crackle” better than mine, and am almost certain we are describing the same phenomena … I wish you all the best.
I had only one night with alcohol .. and I just trying to taper off to not go through withdrawals .. 6 days later I had to just stop and man … 3 days of pure hell .. I couldn’t sleep and I got paranoid and hallucinated, cold sweats,
How much is two fifths in ml
you are next level
I've drank a fifth a bunch of times. Without many repurcussions
The crackle is so real. It’s like static crackle of pain. The thing I experienced that was somewhat similar to alcoholic withdrawal crackles was with medication withdrawal, they were called “Brain zaps” (a real , noted symptom). Crackles are like a long shockwave of pain.
You put a lot of words to what I’ve experienced. Also: you are not alone in the thought of “I haven’t shit in a while, this is the end”.
And the alcohol withdrawal of “I am 100% certain I will die”
Watching this has made me realize I should of gone to the hospital many times, I’m happy to be alive, next to you brother
fucking finnland
Amazing channel thank you
It's incredible how accurately you describe things. You definitely have a talent for speaking/writing. When i start having urges or cravings to drink i immediately listen to one of your podcasts and it helps immensely. Be proud of all the help you are providing to your listeners sir and all the best on YOUR journey as well. You are a gifted and inspiring man. Thank you
Youre doing bloody brilliant work,
Convinced myself for a good while that I didnt need to quit. The hangover anxiety would become debilitating though, as youve described here.
This and your other videos have been the final nail in the coffin for my alcohol 'habit', thanks.
Very helpful, thank you Stu🙂✌🏼
Thank heavens i stopped when I did.i never had worse than a hangover although my boyfriend has thank God he's still going strong!
Alcohol related issues kill ☠️MORE Americans than the current opioid crisis ! It is possible to recover …(25yrs now)…Best wishes to those struggling with this poison.
Heh, was not expecting Finland to be invoked suddenly.
I have been binge watching your channel in the last couple days and it's making me rethink how bad my drinking habits were when I was few years younger.
What a great reminder of how bad withdrawal is. I had almost completely forgot how hard it was to get a glass of water to my mouth. My whole body would shake until I had 5 or 6 shots. I couldn't eat until I was drunk. 8 and a half years sober now. I love your channel!!
Wow two weeks just to get over withdrawal. Thats scary
I've had a similar electric charge experience in my nervous system after cold turkey quiting a type of anti depressant.
There was a subreddit called r/cripplingalcoholism that gave me a lot of solace, but then it was banned. This channel brings me a similar solace. The people in my life care about me but you cant know the horror of alcoholism if you havent gone through it yourself
I can't drink at all anymore, even if I slip for one day I go straight to withdrawal symptoms. Been through the dts three times, I think I broke something in my nervous system now.
That 'crackel' throughout your body you describe is the absolute worst feeling ever. The memory of that feeling is what keeps me from ever going back to drinking I hope
Brain zaps brother. They’re terrible, I get them if I try to ween off of antidepressants 19:37
I relate to almost all you preach. Nevertheless, the base and carpet behind us all differs alot. I myself alone cannot reach delerium tremens. My energy when drinking is not enough. The will to continue just burns out. Like all things in my life (another subject). I have no doubt I can reach the state delerium, but it must be a perfect storm. Have been there unfortunately. Not the deadly body craving, but the mental of it. Choosing to live further is difficult…..
I remember how bad the withdrawals were..i think the anxiety was the worst because it was so severe and felt like dooms day world ending type anxiety. I knew i was around people who were safe but i was terrified. I'll never forget that in particular along with the other symptoms like shaking, hallucinations, nausea, sweating etc. It was terrible. I remember how bad it was and it stops me from going back.
With regards to the description of that weird body sensation… For me its like a "fluxing" of electrical energy usually up and down my spine including the top of my head, a little like pins and needles, a little like when the hairs raise on the back of your neck when psychologically aroused, but pretty much all over your body in waves. I assume this is literally your cns going into over drive.
Im enjoying your content very much, gives me peice of mind. Thanks.
Keep up the good work!
Thankfully I never had delirium but the anxiety was through the freaking roof!
Technically both are withdrawal, the difference is in the timeframe. A hangover is technically called "acute alcohol withdrawal," because acute alcohol tolerance has already developed in the course of drinking for a few hours. Withdrawal in people drinking for a long period of time is a more prolonged withdrawal because of the long term neurotransmitter adaptions, which is given the name alcohol withdrawal syndrome. things like hallucinations and delusions are more likely if you've been drinking for a while, but that's not to say that someone who is generally sober and has a particularly bad hangover can't experience hallucinations, psychosis, seizures or severe shaking. I've seen them all in 'mere' binge drinkers, everyone is experiencing a form of drug withdrawal when hungover.
Incorrect: hair of the dog stems from a folk remedy for rabies when being bitten by a dog.
I've heard that electric shock feeling is your nerve endings going crazy from the withdrawal, it's a similar feeling to neuropathic nerve pain
I started drinking at 15. By 21, i was drinking a fifth a day. My father died and i wanted the same. I was a full fledged alcoholic and one day decided to stop. Almost died going through withdrawal. Now ecery time i convince myself to drink anything, i spiral and go into immediate withdrawal.
I literally cant drink a drop anymore.
My centeral nervous system is broken now. Everything scares me and makes me jump. It's horrible.
Holy crap dude. I had anxiety disorder from 28 and never before thought that it was a symptom of alcohol withdrawal. At the time I was drinking every night but never thought I was an alcoholic because I never had any other withdrawal effects.
Found your channel via LD and really enjoying your video content and style
Janet 🇬🇧
Your videos are compelling to me. I am coming out of a horrid period-lost my job, assaulted a family member and arrested. Broke. 2 weeks sober. Keep the vids coming, you are helping.
Thank you for this enlightening information. I am not an alcoholic but have loved many and was raised in a home with an alcoholic father. I am learning so much from watching your videos and I am grateful. Thank you and God bless!
Laying in a Hospital bed, your whole body physically shaking, hot and cold sweats, with even the hairs on your arms standing up in an effort to cool the skin, trying to drink out of an adult sized sippy cup from the geriatric ward. Dying for the next round of librium or diazepam, an IV of glucose, and an IV of Pabrinex, then the Thiamine tablets, half falling asleep, then you get that audible (to you) crackle from inside your head. . . From 1989-2005, I was clinically detoxed 21 times. I found out that in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, they marked alcoholics bed notes with 'PA' for Piss Artist.
Even though I drink to excess and always have. I don't think I've ever experienced withdrawal. Some brutal hangovers, sure. And sometimes I drink to get rid of the hangover. But thank god, I've always managed to step back from the brink of taking it too far. I did once come a cropper after abusing benzodiazepines for a while though which I believe is similar. Everyone said not to mess with those things. I had an easy source and I was eating them every day for a few weeks. My god, when they ran out. The horror… the horror…
I used to call it 'The hair of the beast that tore my head off the night before' !
Thank you for these videos. I went on a severe 5 or so day bender last year and then quit cold turkey. At the time, i worked hospitality night shift Friday, sat, sun, so I was able to get away from this for awhile. I did not realize that I had DTs or AWS. But I had hallucinations, saw clown and shadow people in my apartment, was awake for 3 or so days straight, my RHR in bed was over 120. I couldn’t sleep, eat, or function at all. It was terrible. I realize now that I definitely could have died.
For reference, I am a 78 pound female that also has anorexia. So when I relapse, imagine not eating, drinking, or functioning as usual. All goes out of the window
When you've gone to A&E and done 35 inpatient detoxs since April 2020 and on my last one explained what the kindling effect is to the alcohol nurse, whos job it is to know? And the benzo regime not implemented by nurses who don't speak English so your life is in danger and also when they think ye asking for extra librium/oxazepam, to get a benzo buzz, whilst there's 4 fellars in the same room shitting they're kecks and your going thru this as a young man and they're all 80 odd shouting for their mothers and then you do it again and then again ad hominim- thats when ye know its time to realise ive gotta change me circle of friends- listen to Mongolian chanting, buy a didgeridoo and hope to become enlightened on a mountain one day far far away from the failed NHS rip
Was of it nearly 90 days hit it for two lo days but went training sweated like crazy for the 85. Days I was training and I fealt great physically so strait of it again this morning, the last bender was 3 months before that for 5 days so 2 days drinking is not as bad as the last one,