Will a Vitamin B Injection Help Me Avoid the Seizures and DT’s Associated With Alcohol Withdrawal?
Question by Mike K: Will a vitamin B injection help me avoid the seizures and DT’s associated with alcohol withdrawal?
I am an alcoholic and I’m currently weaning myself off alcohol, I’m afraid to go cold turkey because I tried that once before and had a couple seizures, hallucinations & DT’s, the Dr’s at the time told my family that I might not survive, after 5 days in ICU I did recover and stayed sober several months but about a month ago I sucumbed to my addiction at started drinking heavily again. I want to stop drinking but I don’t want to risk death in doing so. This time I hope to wean myself by gradually reducing my daily intake of alcohol. I’m currently down to 10 beers a day and my plan is to reduce my daily intake by one beer a day until I get down to no beers a day. Is this weaning method safe or do I still run the risk of severe alcohol withdrawal even if I wean myself vs stopping cold turkey. I’ve heard the Vitamin B is essential for the proper function of the nervous system, will a vitamin B shot help minimize the chance of me experiencing severe withdrawal systems? Please advise.
Best answer:
Answer by nursekuba
Well, B vitamin deficiencies are common among alcoholics, but that deficiency is not really related to the problems with withdrawl like DTs that you are referring to, that I know of. I would suggest if you need to go through withdrawl, do it in a detox center where they can medically supervise you and give you medications to help with the DTs, seizures, and hallucinations. That’s the safest way to do it. They probably will give you B vitamin supplements to help with nutritional deficiencies as well. If you need the names of good detox centers in your area, contact your local AA and I’m sure they can refer you to good ones, and you can also find out meeting times and such so you can start attending them.
Answer by 2Q&Learn
Congratulations on your effort & persistence! However,
A person with your history needs to be under the care of a Dr. who is familiar with the dangers of alcohol withdrawal.
There is another –newer– option available, too:
EFT — Meridian Therapies…
One of the many things it is helping people to do,
is to ‘loose’ their addictions.
Run a Web search on:
I use EFT myself, & with my family & pets,
because I find that it works. (;
EDITED IN LATER:
The DTs are nothing to take chances with.
EFT only works if used properly.
There are EFT coaches who specialize in treating addictions.
The answer to your Q:
“Will a vitamin B injection help me avoid the seizures and DT’s associated with alcohol withdrawal?”, seems to be, “No.”, from looking at:
Drug Misuse, Abuse, Addiction, Dependence http://www.uic.edu/classes/pmpr/pmpr652/Final/Bailey/subabuse.html#ALCOHOL
[Click on, “Alcohol;then, scroll down to:
“D. Medical Complications” & “E. Withdrawal”]
This indicates that traditional vitamin therapies are not just a single dose–as other treatments aren’t, either. It is much more complicated than that!
Other things that EFT is extremely helpful with, are:
fear / anxiety / worry / anger / hate, etc…
It is free to learn, & easy to apply, but,
for serious issues, one ought to have the supervision of someone very experienced in the matters at hand.
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