In drunk mood but had no alcohol - irrational behaviour

Is there any chance you could be Diabetic ? When your blood sugar is too high ot too low these drunk like symptons can occur. Go and get a blood test at the Doctors. I think you can even have a test at a pharmacy. they just prick your finger and check your level. It is really important that you do this quickly and get the right tratment if you are Diabetic.
Hope this helps.
Regards

Sozzleduk

my bf behaves d same way on fone....i m 2 tensed n worried bout it..i feel d work load n tension triggers this condition in hm

 

Does anyone have any updated information on this? I am going through this same thing with my husband. It's like a switch and I can tell first by his speech, then it's his memory and gross motor skills. He also will get really angry and then 20 minutes later be very loving towards me. It's destroying us...we have been to one Dr. who thought he was getting dehydrated due to him working outside and we live in AZ so it's really hot at times. I will say that during the winter, the episodes were far less, but the weather is warming up and it's happening more frequently...so possible dehydration? But it still happened in cooler weather. I know I am rambling...just at a loss...

My wife goes through this too. I think it is due to her thyroid and fybro. Still waiting for a cure

My girlfriend (47) has exactly the same symptoms. Acts drunk, disoriented, alcohol makes it worse and recovers after 3-4 hrs of sleep. She told me that she was once diagnosed with hypothyroid condition and had some medication, but didn't like the side effects so quit taking it. I'm going to ask her to go back to her doctor.

I am going through the same thing. My husband who is 36 has been having these "episodes" for a few years. They steadily increases over the first few years from once in a great while to sometimes every week- occasionally lasting a couple days at a time with symptoms barely there in the morning and increasing over the course of the day. I also feel its destroying us. He has been seeing a psychologist but since he doesn't know these episodes occur unless I tell him and he doesn't know his symptoms (and won't let me talk to his therapist) I don't think the therapy is helping to identify any potential mental causes. I don't think it's diabetes as he has been tested twice but it does seem that his eating habits change when he has an episode. He went almost a year without a major one- during which he had started a new job and was feeling better about his professional life for the first time in a while. The episodes coming back corresponded with two things that I can identify- one was the decline of the success if the business he helps to run, and two the birth of our first child. He was amazingly lucid and wonderful for the first month and slowly the episodes started again. I think that stress, anxiety, and depression may be contributing factors. I'm going to try and convince him to let me speak to his therapist. I'm so happy that I'm not alone. I feel so helpless and scared that since this is not a "textbook" issue we won't be able to find a way to cure him. When he is ok he is my best friend and an amazing husband and father. When the switch flips, it's like he's a stranger. Any updates from anyone on progress?

I also just found the booze. Guess this was a textbook problem after all. Good luck to everyone.

I am so grateful to have found this! Finally I can feel like I'm not crazy. My boyfriend of 3 years (he is 38) has been this way since we started dating. At first I thought it MUST be him drinking, but I can spend every moment with him and know he is not drinking and it can still happen. If he hasn't had enough sleep, gets too stressed, too hungry or if something makes him emotional or angry, (and of course alchohol makes it worse)he goes into some dark place. He gets angry, irrational, slurry, stumbly, repetitive, asks me the same things over and over. It's like he is a giant (6'3") toddler. I am at my limit! I gotta get him to a doctor cause I don't know how long I can continue like this.

my husband showed similar symptoms for years. I thought it was blood sugar as well. I found out he was drinking in secret.  I expected him to stop when confronted. He could not. His drinking has gotten progressively worse and worse over the years. I wish I had figured this out a long time ago. He is an alcoholic and is struggling with overcoming his desire to drink. An alcoholic will lie, deceive, manipulate, to get their fix. I was naive and unfortunately, am paying a price for my naiveté. I would take this seriously and have your friend, spouse, partner examined immediately when acting like their blood sugar is low--even if you have to go to the emergency room. I actually got rid of all the liquor, beer and wine in our home...this is when I knew that something was up. I myself, have stopped social drinking, so I could be fully available to our children when needed and now I don't miss it. I can tell when he has had something to drink. One last piece of experienced advice----consider keeping a journal of these events and even video the behavior and show it to your loved one so they can understand what you are talking about. 

 

I am sorry to say but I've lived with a alcoholic now for 6 years why I love her and and have 2 children has now said she's stopped and the same as everyone has stated is still happening I didn't drink promise they don't know the reason they do.

Let me know if anyone finds out what this disorder is. I go thru this with my wife. She does have a drug history. It is almost like some kind of bipolar mood swing. She becomes very verbal and sometimes physically abusive and in front of my kids. I'm down to my last option of just leaving. Tired and wore out but she refuses to admit her behavior and won't seek help.???

I have been having the exact same situation with my husband and I am at a complete loss. I always feel it may be dehydration but why would he get dehydrated so often? Have you learned more about this?

To give more context to the above post...my husband has had these episodes for years now. I try to get him to drink water when I'm around thinking it could hopefully prevent these symptoms. You can see it start to happen...he starts slurring, asking the same questions constantly, not remembering a conversation we had 2 minutes ago, his eyes start not being able to focus, and he gets very aggressive and completely irrational. I am grateful when it ends up with him falling asleep because I know when he wakes up he usually snaps out of it. I am so frustrated though and make excuses saying he is drunk when he acts this way around others, even when I know he is not. I worry about whether he is in this mood all the time and I am so concerned thinking it could be some sort of neurological impairment. He absolutely refuses to tell his doctor about this which is beyond frustrating for me. This whole situation is beyond frustrating for me because I am deeply concerned that something could be wrong and malfunctioning in his body. He thinks I am annoying by bringing this up all the time but I am really just concerned. Anyone have any answers or help?

Every you said is exactly what we are going thru. Symptoms can last one day or go 2-3 days, then he just wakes up one morning and he is normal again. He also won't go to the dr....I am at a loss?? Did you find any answers yet?

This happens to my cousin to a tee. When it first happened, it would take a 15 to 30 minute nap then it would go away, but it has been over twenty years and it has changed several times over the years. She remembers more now. We have had MRI's, CT scans, blood work, EVERYTHING. The only thing that the doctor seems to say is that a) her body "checks out" when in pain or overly tired or b) silent seizures. None of which they have no way to prevent or stop. All I know is that all I can do is try to keep her safe and ride it through. You are the first person that I have found who even understands what I'm talking about