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Ayurvedic Doctor•Lakhimpur Kheri
Alcohol alters the brain’s chemistry and increases the risk of depression. It is often associated with a range of mental health problems. Extreme levels of drinking (defined as more than 30 units per day for several weeks) can occasionally cause ‘psychosis’, a severe mental illness where hallucinations and delusions of persecution develop. Psychotic symptoms can also occur when very heavy drinkers suddenly stop drinking and develop a condition known as ‘delirium tremens’. Heavy drinking often le...more
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Asked for male, 51 years old from Darjeeling
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Set a drinking goal. Choose a limit for how much you will drink. Make sure your limit is not more than one drink a day if you’re a woman, or two drinks a day if you’re a man. Now write your drinking goal on a piece of paper. Put it where you can see it, such as on your refrigerator or bathroom mirror.
Keep a "diary" of your drinking. To help you reach your goal, keep a "diary" of your drinking. For example, write down every time you have a drink for 1 week. Try to keep your diary for 3 or 4 ...more
Keep a "diary" of your drinking. To help you reach your goal, keep a "diary" of your drinking. For example, write down every time you have a drink for 1 week. Try to keep your diary for 3 or 4 ...more
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Two small peg of 30 ml once or twice a week is not considered that harmful. But it should be of good quality.
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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
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
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This is the deception very artfully proposed by the unconscious mind and at a time that you are vulnerable it will convince you that you can quit whenever you want and that it is easy. Then you fall into the trap all over again. You need to identify why you need to drink, and go back into your childhood to find out other influences on your personality that makes you prone to addiction. Meet with an addiction counselor and work with them to sort out this drive. Your already display the classic te...more
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Good afternoon,
A good de-addiction specialist is important for you to consult since you are having problems with sleep-related to alcoholism. Diabetes also needs to be evaluated and if your blood sugars are under control, I believe that you need to show yourself to a consultant psychiatrist to get rid of your problems. I also believe that you need some imaging studies and blood tests which can be done when you consult a psychiatrist.
Look forward to hearing from you. If you need help ...more
A good de-addiction specialist is important for you to consult since you are having problems with sleep-related to alcoholism. Diabetes also needs to be evaluated and if your blood sugars are under control, I believe that you need to show yourself to a consultant psychiatrist to get rid of your problems. I also believe that you need some imaging studies and blood tests which can be done when you consult a psychiatrist.
Look forward to hearing from you. If you need help ...more
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