Hi!
I'm a 27 year old male and I've never considered myself an alcoholic but I've definitely been a problem drinker on and off, mostly as a way to stave off suicidal thoughts and be able to function socially. These past few months I've been drinking twice a week, not to the point of blacking out or anything, but I've been drinking quite a lot. I had hangovers that lasted 2-3 days but that didn't deter me from drinking. Last friday I drank at a club with my friends and it got a bit out of hand. Following this, I had a hangover for a week and on the eighth day I started feeling tingling in my feet and numbness in my hands along with tremors. This affected my balance and I felt "round" underneath my feet. This alone made me vow to stop drinking entirely and I think I'll be able to do that, but I'm worried about permanent damage to my nerves and that this will last forever. I went to the hospital and got a vitamin B1 injection. I've read that alcoholic neuropathy is reversible if caught early and the alcohol intake is ceased but I'm scared to death that this will last a life time. I'm now taking vitamin B supplements daily and I'm on day 10 since my last drink. My balance is slightly improved but the tingling is still there.
I had been enjoying a few months without suicidal thoughts up until this point and I was able to enroll back in school for the fall semester. Now I feel like I've hit a hurdle that I just can't bear. I feel like I'm doomed to forever have bad balance, slow reaction times and tingly hands and feet. I know this might not be rational seeing as from the literature I've read, this is in many cases completely reversible if you stop drinking and take vitamins. But I can't help feeling that as soon as I get better, a spanner is thrown into the works and I have to start all over again. I'm bipolar, which is a big enough of a daily struggle but if I were to get permanent nerve damage from overindulging in alcohol, I don't know how I would cope. Does anyone here have personal experience with this condition or maybe you know someone who's had it.
I already felt disabled mentally due to my bipolar disorder and now I'm readying for a life of physical disability too. I just want to end it all.
I'm a 27 year old male and I've never considered myself an alcoholic but I've definitely been a problem drinker on and off, mostly as a way to stave off suicidal thoughts and be able to function socially. These past few months I've been drinking twice a week, not to the point of blacking out or anything, but I've been drinking quite a lot. I had hangovers that lasted 2-3 days but that didn't deter me from drinking. Last friday I drank at a club with my friends and it got a bit out of hand. Following this, I had a hangover for a week and on the eighth day I started feeling tingling in my feet and numbness in my hands along with tremors. This affected my balance and I felt "round" underneath my feet. This alone made me vow to stop drinking entirely and I think I'll be able to do that, but I'm worried about permanent damage to my nerves and that this will last forever. I went to the hospital and got a vitamin B1 injection. I've read that alcoholic neuropathy is reversible if caught early and the alcohol intake is ceased but I'm scared to death that this will last a life time. I'm now taking vitamin B supplements daily and I'm on day 10 since my last drink. My balance is slightly improved but the tingling is still there.
I had been enjoying a few months without suicidal thoughts up until this point and I was able to enroll back in school for the fall semester. Now I feel like I've hit a hurdle that I just can't bear. I feel like I'm doomed to forever have bad balance, slow reaction times and tingly hands and feet. I know this might not be rational seeing as from the literature I've read, this is in many cases completely reversible if you stop drinking and take vitamins. But I can't help feeling that as soon as I get better, a spanner is thrown into the works and I have to start all over again. I'm bipolar, which is a big enough of a daily struggle but if I were to get permanent nerve damage from overindulging in alcohol, I don't know how I would cope. Does anyone here have personal experience with this condition or maybe you know someone who's had it.
I already felt disabled mentally due to my bipolar disorder and now I'm readying for a life of physical disability too. I just want to end it all.
