Alcohol induced Psychosis?

[Smithy92]

Good evening, unfortunately another unpleasant one. Looking for info if anyone else has encountered anything similar. In update, dad's still getting iller and iller. Having more occasions where he now doesn't eat for days on end, more falls through being more drunk and weaker due to not eating.
He is now back to laying in bed all day every day and not having the energy / want to do anything other than lay and drink. He is however waking up on multiple mornings / late evenings and can be heard shouting "No, No!". My question is, has anyone had any interactions with someone with alcohol induced Psychosis (i.e. hallucinations) or could he simply be shouting at himself to try to stop himself from going to drink (or is that a stupid assumption?).
Thanks all

@Atla I'll have a read now thanks! I'd say he's at 3/4 and that's without knowing 3 of the answers but the 2/3 of that I'd say are symptoms even on normal levels. Unfortunately there aren't any professionals he trusts, he trusts noone at the moment.

@HuntingoftheSnark @DingleyDel he lives with my mum still but unfortunately he still is hiding his drink so it's difficult to establish what is true previous max was Vs what it is now. It's just noticeable how the bottles are no longer empty on a daily basis.

@DingleyDel very similar to what they did before. My mum had him somewhat assessed mentally, and when expressed her thoughts on his capacity they put him on a drip for 6 hours, sewed up his lip, looked at his tooth and eye socket, have him meds and sent him on his way.

@DingleyDel sorry in relation toental health assessment, they basically said he wasnt severe enough to need sectioning (that was my mum's hope) and they wouldn't take him even if they had have thought he needed it due to the amount he was drinking and how the tablets hadn't worked for him previously.

@HuntingoftheSnark thankyou, we still have some hope but unfortunately it all lies in his hands now. It's rehab (again) or nothing as everything else has been exhausted. Forever living in hope.

@Smithy92 there's always hope. I didn't go into rehab, had no family support at all (I certainly don't blame them for that) and i came out the other side, a day at a time. And reading your posts and the responses reminds me that I was sectioned once, and convincingly talked myself out of the section 2 after two days, so I also recognise the ability to deceive.

(sorry in relation toental health assessment, they basically said he wasnt severe enough to need sectioning (that was my mum's hope) and they wouldn't take him even if they had have thought he needed it due to the amount he was drinking and how the tablets hadn't worked for him previously.*

Sorry to hear this. I should have known you’d already gone down this route. You could possibly ask again if you feel he is becoming paranoid/ psychotic/ having seizures. I know the frustration. They won’t fully asses them when under the influence but they are never not drunk! Is he aggressive to your mum? Is she safe? This would be another thing to emphasise if she begins to feel threatened at all. V. Hard if he’s not fully on board with the cutting down. It does sound like he’s trying but not doing it safely. We had the same issue with db.

Korsakoff’s - often undiagnosed by medics, but the poor family know it all too well OP.

It’s an ARBD - alcohol related brain damage. Tell the GP and try and get him into hospital. If he won’t go, leave.

@DingleyDel no worries at all. Exactly that though, they're never not drunk. That's why my mum was so full of hope when he fell last time (not because he fell, but he was practically unresponsive so we thought we may have been able to finally prove that).

He's definitely aggressive to my mum, had threatened to hurt her if she tells me (he's forgotten I know) and is very aggressive in tone (swearing and telling mum where to go etc). Fortunately he's at a point where even a small bit of alcohol basically makes him bed bound so he's no actual risk. He's definitely trying to cut back, but that's only because we're pushing the rehab agenda again and he knows he has bloods coming up in a few weeks. Once he feels he's 'proved' he doesn't need rehab again it will accelerate again.

@Supersimkin2 I'll ask mum to get them to check B1 deficiency specifically next time they go. But he's not B12 deficient (I can't remember which condition that links too).

Just ask DM to get the nurse to give him vit b injections anyway cos he’s an addict - might not make a difference, but it does 50 per cent of the time.

Then let go. That’s the one thing you can’t do and the one thing that will help.

@Supersimkin2 let go in what sense sorry?

Let go of trying to fix DB. Only he can do that.