Do Dts Always Manifest As Hallucinations?

[sandyRoe]

If someone started to wake about 4 or 5 in the morning and, having immediate thoughts of decrepitude or death (with crushing anxiety) , starts drinking, could that be DTs?

[Mamyalynne]

The symptoms are many and varied and of course include those you have mentioned and more.

[Sqad]

"could that be DTs?"

Yes it could...providing of coarse that you have been for years, a very heavy drinkers and that you stopped drinking a couple of days ago.

I am no expert.

[wolf63]

Sleep paralysis?

[Peter Pedant]

erm - - - well njingdoing any of this

of course not - DTs is from acute abstinence not drinking
and yes I have seen it - you are getting the label ( DTs) and making the diagnosis fit even tho a leading sign is absent ( hallucinations )

the leading sign here is anxiety innit early morning waking and anxiety
see a doctor rather than trying to do this yourself with well meaning help from various walk-ins

[Peter Pedant]

// njingdoing//

not doing ..... ssozza
ignore as needed