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As some of you know, my AH did a partially medically supervised detox at home (neither of us had any experience with that) and I refuse to ever participate in a home detox again. It was very scary and I am in no way medically qualified to monitor someone in that situation. We were lucky that we got him to the ER on day 2-3 and he didn't have a stroke or seizure - that we know of. They gave him a vitamin bag in the IV, potassium and an anticonvulsant in the IV.
The anti-convulsants that they put him on gave him CRAZY vivid dreams. Every time his body would do a little jerk (usually as part of a dream) I panicked wondering if it was a seizure or something. I couldn't sleep with him due to the jerking and shaking and sleep talking, but I was afraid to leave him alone so I slept elsewhere in the same room. He was basically sleepwalking - Once, he believed so intently that the power was out because it was dark (in the middle of the night) he called an employee and had them check to see if the power was out at the office!
It was so horrible watching him try to do something as simple as take a drink of water - he was shaking like a leaf. He was so physically weak - sometimes I just cried. He ate less than my 3 year old. This went on for almost 5 days. He was on several medications and every time he woke up he thought it was time to take another pill because he was so out of it from the anti-convulsant.
Push the issue to the extreme - detox needs to be done in a detox center. For their health and because most likely you have been through ENOUGH already! That was a hellish 5 days.
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