Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline

Minor withdrawal (6 to 36 hours) - Tremulousness, mild anxiety, headache, diaphoresis, palpitations, gastrointestinal upset; normal mental status

 • Seizures (6 to 48 hours) - Single or brief flurry of generalized tonic-clonic seizures, short postictal period; status epilepticus

 • Alcoholic hallucinosis (12 to 48 hours) - Visual, auditory, and/or tactile hallucinations with intact orientation and normal vital signs

 • Delirium tremens (48 to 96 hours) - Delirium, agitation, tachycardia, hypertension, fever, diaphoresis



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