anti-depressant withdrawal symptoms

Alcohol withdrawal refers to a group of symptoms that may occur an individual will abruptly discontinue the use of alcohol after a chronic or a long period of ingestion.

Not everybody who stops drinking will experience withdrawal effects, but most individuals who have been drinking for a long period of time, or drinking frequently, or drink heavily when they do drink, will be experiencing some form of withdrawal effects if they stop drinking abruptly.

There is no way to predict how people will respond to quitting. If you plan to stop drinking and you have been drinking for years, or if you drink heavily when you do drink, or even if you drink moderately but frequently, you should consult a medical professional before going "cold turkey" off the alcohol. Alcohol can be one of the hardest substances to quit if the addict is drinking for a long period of time

Withdrawal Symptoms:

Mild to moderate psychological effects:

• Feeling of jumpiness or nervousness
• Feeling of shakiness
• Anxiety
• Irritability or easily excited
• Emotional volatility, rapid emotional changes
• Depression
• Fatigue
• Difficulty with thinking clearly
• Bad dreams

Mild to moderate physical effects:

• Headache - general, pulsating
• Sweating, especially the palms of the hands or the face
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Loss of appetite
• Insomnia, sleeping difficulty
• Paleness
• Rapid heart rate (palpitations)
• Eyes, pupils different size (enlarged, dilated pupils)
• Skin, clammy
• Abnormal movements
  • Tremor of the hands
  • Involuntary, abnormal movements of the eyelids

Severe effects:

• A state of confusion and hallucinations (visual) -- known as delirium tremens
• Agitation
• Fever
• Convulsions
• "Black outs" -- when the person forgets what happened during the drinking episode

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