In drunk mood but had no alcohol - irrational behaviour

As the "Guest" who posted three weeks ago describing my 38 year old wife I am amazed at all the similarities in our stories. One thing that stands out is that we have all been so frustrated that we have searched the net and all landed at the same place. What is this ailment?? All of our loved ones' symptoms are the same....what could this be?? What is going on??

Hi all, I cant tell you how releived I've felt after reading your posts. I am going through the same frustration as my 34 years old husband of 12 years has been having all these symptoms for the last 6 years!!! my otherwise loving and caring husband becomes a completely new person when he switches off...starts with slurred speech, then his nech falling off from one shoulder to another and then all other symptoms follows of a completely drunk man!! he cannot even balance himself standing...and it happens in the evenings only...and it disappears after sleeping. There is otherwise absolutely no problems in our lives... we are both extremely happy with our high paying stressfree jobs, earning good money, no tensions no stress nothing!!! But I can tell you one thing that my husband though very tall is not physically very strong so gets tired easily..so a little bit of exertion triggers this symptoms. I have noticed it happens even when he is verry happy and chatting and laughing loudly with his friends.. as even this can make him tired and symptoms show up when the party is over even if he has had nothing to drink! Well one instant remedy to avoid embarassment in public is to give him a strong black coffee.. he is then fine! SORRY I AM AGAIN ONLY SHARING MY PROBLEM AND NOT SOLUTION AS I CAN EMPATHISE WITH YOU ALL AND WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS KNOWING THAT I WAS NOT ALL ALONE HAS MADE ME FEEL SO BETTER...

 

I have been going through exactly the same problems with my Husband (age47) for the last few years and have nearly lost my mind trying to work it out.  He would go all day being completely normal and then early evening he would start to slur his words, be unsteady on his feet, forget everything and nearly fall asleep at the dinner table. I started to get seriously worried when I tested his breath for alcohol on a breatherlizer and it was 0! Two weeks ago we found out he has Type 2 Diabetes - he would not eat anything all day and then just have a huge meal at night.  His blood sugar levels  were all over the place making him act this way - all symptoms confirmed by the doctor as related.  He is now on medication and eats throughout the day - I cannot tell you what a difference this has made.  I know this may not apply to everyone but testing blood sugars could be a start for some. I do know how distressing this issue is and how it effects everyone in the family, so hang in there and keep trying to work it out.

I have a husband that has been doing this more frequently...using cpap machine seemed to help a bit and now on insulin for his diabetes but if he does anything physical at all he ends up humming and behaviorially like you all describe. I always pray for him to fall asleep on the couch and he does but may talk a bunch before he literally passes out at 7 pm. We are off to a neurologist this week...

My boyfriend has been having the same issues the past few months, and he has headaches after too.

I am having my husband tested tomorrow. Thank you for sharing. I hope that this helps bring some answers.

Update: found the stash. He was drinking all along.

I totally agree that he should have his blood sugar level checked. My neighbor is diabetic and when he hasn't been careful with his insulin and diet, and he gets in a diabetic crisis, he becomes a totally different person. If nothing comes of this, he should get an appointment with a neurologist. My husband had a neurological disorder which affected his speech and balance. He actually lost his job over that. His employer knew that his condition caused him to slur his speech but, nevertheless, it was no good that the clients thought him drunk in the middle of the day.

i am having the same thing happen with my husband. every thing u describe it fits him too a tee.. i have found on another site that sleep apnea can cause some of these issues but he has had his machine for nearly 6 months now and these times are becoming more frequent, and more sever, my husband is having an MRI done on Tuesday.. i hope we find something out as this is really affecting our life. i have been dealing with this for over a year now.. it is starting to take it;s toll on me..i have ordered a breathilzier so i will make sure he is not drinking and i have checked blood pressures and blood sugar during these times and they maybe a very slight increase but not enough to cause these things.. It is too the point we can't go anywhere in the evenings and my husband is over 6 foot tall when he falls this little 5" tall woman can;t get him up.. i need answers like yesterday..

it could be his thyroid. your thyroid is small butterfly shaped, your thyroid can be making to much or not enough of something not sure. I do know it is needed to survive . in runs in the family. I have 7 siblings and we all have it. hang in there. please keep me posted.

My husband has this too...the other night after working a long week, he couldn't stand up, was running into everything, repeated himself over and over, had major mood swings (crying and I love you to angry). He refused to go to sleep, I have to coax him over or ignore him until he falls asleep. High stress seems to contribute. Three hours of sleep and he's normal again. He can't talk, slurring speech, crazy eyes...it's ugly and can be either scary or annoying. He does drink, but I've watched him have these episodes after NOT drinking. I tend to think I must have been mistaken between episodes, but then it happens again. It's the strangest thing. If anyone figures this out PLEASE post! I've found praying and being super patient are my only effective tools, but I'd love to know how to prevent this!

watch the ABC news about a man with very high yeast levels and what happened to him with drunken symptoms and even a DUI without drinking. He is cured now with a low carb diet. You can google it to find the story.

You just described what my boyfriend is going through of 4+ years. This is tearing our relationship apart! I know it's not drinking but I don't know how else to prove to my parents he's an alcoholic. There's been times where I spend all day with him and then he suddenly slurs and can't even stand. He sometimes can't even look at me but past me. He used to talk to a therapist because he suffered from anxiety and depression. I need some answers please!

Sounds like Xanax (alprazolam) or Soma

My partner has been suffering with the exact same symptoms for the past 6 years. He works a lot of shift work so originally I thought it could be to do with the altering sleeping pattern that was making him over-tired. After about 3 years it was consistent enough and bad enough for me to convince him to go and see a doctor. I had to go in with him as he has no idea what the syptoms are apart from him feeling 'tired'. But in relatity he slurs, stumbles, is agressive, talks nonsense at times and is just a complete stranger to me. And he doesn't remember any of this once he snaps out of it - which is usually after he sleeps it off.

Orginally the doctor was thinking all sorts - Epilepsy, MS, stroke and referred him to a Neurologist - they gave him all sorts of scans and they all came back normal. He was then referred to a sleep clinic as I had mentioned that I've notice him stop breathing in his sleep occasionally. He was diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Restless Leg syndrome. The sleep apnea they said is drisrupting his sleep so much that he is probably only getting around 4 hours of restful sleep a night (at the most) and is also starving his brain of oxygen causing him to have these episodes during the day. He has now been put on the CPAP machine and I have noticed a drastic difference in his symptoms. He probably has an episode around twice a month or so now rather then every few days.

However, searching online I have found a condition that describes the majority of his symptoms - Hypersomnia. I am going to give the CPAP machine a little longer as I know sleep deprevation can't be erased after a few good night's sleep - esspecially since he's been deprived for 6 years or longer. But I feel like he shouldn't be still getting these episodes if he is being treated for his condition. So the next route I will be going down is to ask the doctor about Hypersomnia.

I'm so glad I'm not alone though as for years I couldn't find anything online or anyone that could relate to what we've been going through. Its nice to see that I'm not going crazy and other people are experiencing the exact same symptoms as he is. This condition can make you feel very alone as a partner as it seems you are the only person in the world that experiences it as not even the person with condition knows its happening!