I have been drinking heavily for 10 years and I am trying to quit. Can you give me any tips on how to beat the physical withdrawl symptoms. It is terrible.
2006-08-07 08:31:51 · 33 answers · asked by cannonball 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Keep up the good work. Don't let the bottle control you. Talk to the doctor he can give you medications to help ease the symptoms if it gets too much. Congratulations!!! Just think, you'll be free again. Free to come and go where ever and when ever you want. Free...........
2006-08-07 08:41:54 · answer #1 · answered by flower 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Good luck with that! There are some good suggestions here! AA is a good program according to a couple friends I have that have been going for the last couple of decades. I don't know about meds that help.
I am 54, and have been drinking most of my life. I've had hang overs, and shakes, but never had the symptoms you describe! I know a support system is a needed not to give in to temptation!
Best of luck!
2006-08-07 08:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't stop immediatly, the D.T.'s can kill you litterally. If it doesn't feel like it could kill you, I try eating (if you can), it takes alot of the edge off. Take a few showers though out the day. Take some Tylonol pm to knock yourself out. Or, if you think you can only have a little, take a few shots to even out. These were the things I did when I used to drink heavily. Good luck, and remember, the definition of insanity, is doing the same dumb thing over and over expecting a different result.
2006-08-07 08:40:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go see you doctor and he can give you a prescription, but I don't know if you want to swap one drug for another. But, my advice would be this: Eat. Eat turkey because it has an amino acid called triptophan... it makes you sleepy. Chamomile tea can calm your nerves. Excercise twice a day. Joggin in the morning, and weight lifting in the afternoon. This will help your body's chemistry get back to normal. Your liver is trying to detox... so that's why you're going through withdrawals. Drink those vitamin shakes, and plenty of juice and fruits and vegetables... Get back into shape. You're young, so you can do it easily. REmember, there is what you do and what you don't do. You can do this, dude. Go for it!
2006-08-07 08:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by punkdrunkard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.hufa.org, and check out how to test yourself for low blood sugar. Now that you are not ingesting the alcohol, you are not intaking sugar at the same rate you used to.
Now you may need to cut down your insulin production, because if your body is expecting that sugar intake, and is not getting it, it could be demanding sugar, by causing the symptoms you are getting.
What will help? Eat protein, salmon or tuna are best, but almost any protein (meat or soy/tofu) is good. Eat fruit and vegetables that do not taste sweet or find a glycemic index and eat the low glycemic foods. Exercise helps too, as that slows down insulin production.
Check out www.hufa.com for more hints and helps, or e-mail me.
2006-08-07 08:46:12 · answer #5 · answered by Pegasus90 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went thru the same thing for years until I finally decided "enough is enough"
so I checked myself into a re-hab center in the Hospital and came out 28
days later free of all the symptoms that you describe. I'm relatively strong willed but I'm convinced now that I could never have done it all by myself.
That was 6 years ago and I'm free now thanks to "Librium" and the desire
to gain control of my life again. Good Luck & Don't wait.
2006-08-07 08:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
see your doctor its seems i read where there is a pill or shot that now helps with the withdrawal symptoms making it much easier to handle the physical aspects of withdrawal. i conmend you for trying to quit as i am sure you have seen and felt the devastation this disease can cause not only to yourself but to your loved ones. also there are many insurance programs that will cover your recovery from this and i want to wish you good luck and good health for the future....
2006-08-07 08:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by hell_in_a_handbasket 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got to suck it up man. No other way around. Also, try to see a doctor; he may have suggestions on how to cope with that.
Last, but not least, try to get into a support group, like AA or such. They've been there and done that. In times like this, you need quality support from people who sympatizes with you, and who know what you are going through.
Good luck.
2006-08-07 08:36:10 · answer #8 · answered by elnyka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my name is e.t. snelll and i think i can help i am 59 yrs old and have hip c one lung and other ailments arthritus etc i take several vitamins but the kicker for thr nervius system is ( Dr. Waltons aloe vera plus). health food stores have it or i can get it direct from Dr. Walton himself. He got hip c from being a surgent and instead of getting a transplant he took his problem to his class and with the doctors att the hepetokogy institute they came up with aloe vera plus. He is a remarkable individual with several degrees and taugt surgery. Kknow that I take aloe vera plusi i can work sometimes 6 hours a day.There has been several times that i run out or forget and i every time i started feeling fatuged and sick. It is also good for people with aids and other amune system problems.I would bet that with your nervous system is under alot of stress from the widthdrawels from your addiction. Give it a try for keeping your amune system in tack'
2006-08-07 08:57:29 · answer #9 · answered by edwintsnell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
congratulations and i wish you the best of luck! the best person to talk to is a doctor or someone from AA. Alcohol withdrawal has serious affects on the body and sometimes can actually cause death.
Alcohol changes the way your body functions and your body will think that it needs alcohol to function normally.
Please call your local crisis center, emergency room or doctor right away.
2006-08-07 08:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋