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Dear Raj,
Please motivate your brother to stop alcohol. Explain to him about the benefits he will have without alcohol. Please give him the medical treatments available for him to quit alcohol.
Since alcohol is a sedative, when he stops drinking there is difficulty in sleeping. The brain gets used to the drinks. It will ask him to give drinks by disturbing his sleep.
So, doctors' first medicine when he stops alcohol is a Calmpose kind of drug. There are many types of such drugs - bo...more

Dear Anil,
Alcohol addiction and depression go hand in hand. Becoming irritable and hyper is possible in both intoxication and withdrawal. Get treated for both.
Since alcohol is a sedative, when you stop drinking there is difficulty in sleeping. The brain gets used to the drinks. It will ask you to give drinks by disturbing your sleep.
So, doctors' first medicine when you stop alcohol is a Calmpose kind of drug. There are many types of such drugs - both tablets and injections. Few a...more

Diazepam, is to treat alcohol withdrawal and should not be mixed with her drinks. From your description and her usage of other substances, I suggest that you admit her in a rehabilitation center. It will be difficult for her to handle this condition on her own or in the surroundings of her home: she has gotten conditioned to the environment and there will be too many stimulants around her making it really difficult. In the rehabilitation center they will consider her requirements for medication ...more

Dear lybrate-user,
Craving for wine will continue for many months or years. It will not go away in 15 days. Please continue to fight it out with continuous motivation, find out who and what will help you to distract you from wine. Also find out who and what situation will increase your craving. Tackle them one by one in different ways. Assess yourself how much you succeed in your plan - always a % not total. Work on a daily basis for 12 weeks. Later you can make it on weekly basis for 1 year...more

Hello,
Thanks for writing to us.
I have read your case and can understand your situation.
There is systematic program for de addiction which involves detoxification and then rehabilitation.
This requires you to be admitted under surveillance of doctor / trained professional. First 3 to 4 days, you would be detoxified in which you would be started with I V fluids, multivitamins (B1 mainly) and benzodiazepines. This would correct electrolyte disturbances, replete vitamin deficienci...more

Alcohol dependence is associated with significant physical, mental and social problems. Physically, there can be liver failure, jaundice, vomiting of blood, passing blood in stools, stomach ulcers, damage to nerves of the body, swelling of legs, fluid collection in abdomen, and many more. Mentally, there is irreversible brain damage, worsening of anxiety or depression, triggering of psychosis and mood disorders, dementia, etc. From a social point of view, there may be isolation from neighbors or...more

Addiction is a brain ailment that is characterized by irrational engagement in satisfying stimuli despite of argumentative circumstances. Addiction is an ailment where the brain's Reward system malfunctions and only responds to persistently greater level of addictive stimulus like morphine, cocaine, etc.

There are many varieties of addiction like alcoholism, gambling, sexual intercourse, etc. These force a person to isolate himself from the entire society and indulge in his or her addic...more

Alcohol dependence involves intense craving or desire to drink alcohol. People drink for pleasure or rationalize it on external factors like family problems, work tension, etc. They drink continuously, i.e. Almost daily or even weekly once or twice with withdrawal symptoms, tolerance, bodily damage, etc.
You need to consult a psychiatrist and go for 3 steps of de addiction. 1st is detoxification, when alcohol is stopped and the withdrawal is made smooth with minimal discomfort, 2 nd is maint...more

Dear lybrate-user,
Your husband seems to be dependent on alcohol. He may be normal without alcohol. Tell him you like him at that time. Motivate him to sleep without alcohol. Since alcohol is a sedative, when he stops drinking there is difficulty in sleeping. The brain gets used to the drinks. It will ask him to give drinks by disturbing his sleep. So, doctors' first medicine when he stops alcohol is a calmpose kind of drug. There are many types of such drugs - both tablets and injections. ...more