Most often, hallucinosis affects women alcoholics. Cure this disease is difficult, but with persistent therapy and refusal of alcohol, its manifestations can be removed.
Alcoholic Hallucinosis: Symptoms and Species
This kind of psychosis, as well as "white fever" occurs after taking a lot of alcohol for many years. The difference from delirium is that the hallucinosis proceeds with a clear consciousness, the orientation in time and space is also not violated. People retain memories of what happened to them during psychosis .
Alcoholic hallucinosis is characterized by the appearance of auditory hallucinations, tactile and visual are very rare. Auditory hallucinations can be dialogues, in which case the patient hears two voices, and one can scold him (a slacker, a parasite, a drunkard), and the second - to calm down (that's stop drinking and everything will go well).
Alcoholic hallucinosis can be subacute, acute and chronic. The acute form can last from a couple of days to a week. Acute alcoholic hallucinosis begins with a hangover syndrome and is characterized by the following symptoms:
- auditory hallucinations - individual sounds, hail, various voices;
- rare tactile or visual hallucinations;
- persecution mania - the feeling that someone wants to laugh at him or wants to kill him;
- gloominess, gloomy mood, fear;
- arming with various items for the purpose of self-defense;
- attempts to escape or hide;
- an attack on others.
The subacute form of the disease can last several months, it is characterized by periods of exacerbation. In this case, fear is not more characteristic, but anxiety. A person becomes inactive, often in bed, listening to voices. It seems to him that someone accuses him, that's why suicide attempts are not uncommon.
Chronic hallucinosis happens after the acute form of the disease. Immediately there are auditory hallucinations
Alcohol hallucinosis: treatment
Treatment of alcoholic hallucinosis depends on the form of the disease, so in case of acute illness, immediate hospitalization with the appointment of psychotropic drugs and detoxification solutions is required, and chronic hallucinosis requires the appointment of long-term courses of treatment using labor and vitamin therapy. But for any course of the disease, the general rule is a complete refusal of alcohol, otherwise the effect of treatment will not be.