Thank you so much for everyone sharing. I appreciate it. For a long time my husband didn't believe me. I finally took pictures and video. He was angry but then embarrassed. We've assumed it has to do with PTSD, combat related, so we've been working it from that angle. He's switched regular beer for 0% alcohol and this seems to have helped. I think he's more committed now too. I have no idea if the symptoms were a result of a disease like auto brewery or if he was simply sneaking a drink. Diabetes runs in his family big time, but I had him take all the blood tests and the results were negative. Is there a way to test for auto brewery, Jay? I would love to know. Thanks again and hang in there everyone.
I know a person who is acting exactly how you describe this illness. This person isn't drinking and yet acts as if they are really badly drunk slurs words and ihas irrational behaviour . It comes on suddenly and they sometimes can't eat or sleep. They can't remember what happens the next day or when they are back to there normal behaviour. They are very sorry to the close relatives.that are upset by them . This person is one of the nicest you could ever meet normally. Has always been in complete control, and normally is a very responsible person
Please can someone help we are desperate, to find out what is wrong. We have checked blood sugars and they are normal, Whether they are showing all the symptoms described above
Please can someone help we are desperate, to find out what is wrong. We have checked blood sugars and they are normal, Whether they are showing all the symptoms described above
Well it seems like my wife has all the same symptoms as most people have posted here, but she had a drinking problem for about a year and tried to stop. Drinking has definitely slowed down, but has not stopped. In addition to all the drunk behavior, my wife would have these "episodes" like she was possessed by a devil. She would literally be flipping around on the ground and legs moving back and forth, being really mean and vulgar. I always chalked it up to her being drunk but wouldnt be surprised if it was some kind of mental illness. One night when she had been drinking vodka most of the night, I walked down stairs to find her out side talking to herself mumbling something about killing people. I asked her about it the next day and she didn't remember, and the strange thing is that she didn't seem bothered as to what I told her what she did. I believe that she had drank herself into psychosis.
today these episodes happen about 2 times per week where she gets really mean, eyes bloodshot, leg sometimes shakes, speech slurs, sometimes I smell alcohol, other times I don't. I have been chalking up all the strange behavior to drinking. Also when I check her phone location, she sometimes will be driving around in circles through neighborhoods or say she is somewhere, but when I check her phone location, she is somewhere else. All of these strange behaviors seem to point to alcohol abuse, binge drinking particularly. She is very clever in hiding it, but sometimes I will find the alcohol bottle in the neighbors trash. I confront her and she gets really mad.
a few times that I have been with her for multiple days in a row and she never left my sight, the symptoms never appear. Sometime I would notice that she would send me to the store to get something, then when I returned, she would be acting weird. But only after she would be out of my sight.
Once she was in the hospital for 3 weeks, not one time did she act weird while there. Only when we got back home and she would be away from me would she exhibit the weird behavior.
she sometimes will slip and say something honest like "I am working on my drinking problem." Other times I ask her if she has been drinking and she will say she does not do that anymore or no I have not been. She always gets offended if I ask her about drinking. I think this is hallmark behavior from someone with an addiction.
anyway, after I found this posting I found it really does match my wife's behavior. She is seeing a therapist and psychiatrist but they don't seem to be helping.
If you want to make sure that your person is not drinking, you will have to make sure they don't leave your sight "ever". My wife even hide alcohol in the toilet back, so even letting them out of your sight for 1 sec to use the restroom could give them space to drink. Try something like taking them camping or where there is no access to a store or anything. I know this is unrealistic for most people, but its the only way to absolutely be sure they are not abusing alcohol.
today these episodes happen about 2 times per week where she gets really mean, eyes bloodshot, leg sometimes shakes, speech slurs, sometimes I smell alcohol, other times I don't. I have been chalking up all the strange behavior to drinking. Also when I check her phone location, she sometimes will be driving around in circles through neighborhoods or say she is somewhere, but when I check her phone location, she is somewhere else. All of these strange behaviors seem to point to alcohol abuse, binge drinking particularly. She is very clever in hiding it, but sometimes I will find the alcohol bottle in the neighbors trash. I confront her and she gets really mad.
a few times that I have been with her for multiple days in a row and she never left my sight, the symptoms never appear. Sometime I would notice that she would send me to the store to get something, then when I returned, she would be acting weird. But only after she would be out of my sight.
Once she was in the hospital for 3 weeks, not one time did she act weird while there. Only when we got back home and she would be away from me would she exhibit the weird behavior.
she sometimes will slip and say something honest like "I am working on my drinking problem." Other times I ask her if she has been drinking and she will say she does not do that anymore or no I have not been. She always gets offended if I ask her about drinking. I think this is hallmark behavior from someone with an addiction.
anyway, after I found this posting I found it really does match my wife's behavior. She is seeing a therapist and psychiatrist but they don't seem to be helping.
If you want to make sure that your person is not drinking, you will have to make sure they don't leave your sight "ever". My wife even hide alcohol in the toilet back, so even letting them out of your sight for 1 sec to use the restroom could give them space to drink. Try something like taking them camping or where there is no access to a store or anything. I know this is unrealistic for most people, but its the only way to absolutely be sure they are not abusing alcohol.
this really doesn't help the people that know for a fact their partners are not drinking
Thank god im not your wife !!!
Thanks so much for sharing. Praying for you and your wife and this does give some comfort and ideas as we all seem to be struggling to find an answer.
My boyfriend is exactly like this and can't find any answers it's so so hard :(
Hello! My husband also suffers from similar symptoms as those being described here! Doing some research online I discovered something called Auto-Brewery Syndrome where an overgrowth if yeast in the gut causes the body to actually ferment food- making the person drunk! Has anyone heard of this or think this could be the cause of what they’re dealing with??
So, my husband has exactly the same symptoms, it used to be very very bad and has improved considerably over the last couple of years although he occasionally will have ‘episodes’ . I too thought it was auto brewery so I had him go on a candida diet and almost instantly we noticed a huge improvement. This only became possible after he finally accepted that he had these issue. He started seeing a holistic doctor who said he had a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and put him on an SCD diet which was very similar to the candida diet. It’s anazing how improvements in gut health can help other functions such as the brain. Good luck.
My friend punched the door and screamed as****e a twerked and cursed everyone randomly please say what it is
Yea My Teacher Might Have Experienced This But I Don´t Know.
Thank you for the lead on gut fermentation/auto brewery. It seems there are many of us who deal with this and grateful to maybe have an answer.
I notice very similar symptoms in my girlfriend who is 21 and we have been together for over a year now. It am 29 and I know about drinking from years of it and how she acts is very similar when we have had too much to drink. Symptoms such as repetition in conversations and nonstop talking along with mild balance problems. I am convinced she is an alcoholic because she grew up in an alcoholic family. I have not caught her but I ask in many different ways and she never admits so I feel it is not alcohol but it's always on my mind that it may be...
Do you have any updates on your husband? My husband has been going through this also. I have assumed he has drank too much and been angry with him for doing this but I bought a breathalyzer and tested him the last two time this has happened and it comes back okay. I am really frightened as he played college football and had a lot of "head dings" as they would call them back then.
My husband has same symptoms. Has anyone found diagnosis or help for symptoms