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Originally Posted by Cecily
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It's part of an alcohol withdrawal assessment. Pretty common. Kind of a big deal. Shit can kill you.
It'd be nice to expect the genpop to understand are you experiencing visual or auditory hallucinations, but those are big words. And it's good to know if someone is experiencing them!
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Hmm, I’m not medical but our etoh withdrawal assessment is usually how much alcohol have you had today, and when was your last drink?
Then if someone is behaving psychotic or not appearing to understand the question, we would ask about hallucinations. A bigger sign of etoh withdrawal in my experience is the shakes, visual trembling, which can be a sign of other things tho as can hallucinations
But ya, I def know about the risks of etoh withdrawal. Brought dozens of people to etoh detox. Detox is unpleasant in my state, you aren’t given an IV with fluids which is what would really help, instead they are just laid down on a hard flat cot with plastic sheets since so many people piss themselves. From there you’re monitored by burnt out staff. They will only do medical procedures in emergencies
It’s part of the reason my success rate when asking alcoholics if they want to go to detox is less than 10% if they’ve already been there before :/