Delirium tremens (DTs) has had extremely bad press. Propaganda movies like ‘Lost Weekend’ makes it seem like the DTs like a bad thing. However, people with DTs may be our ambassadors to a whole other universe. Perhaps all true scientists should have DTs once in a while. :)
Western materialism has condemned DTs as being a pathology of people who abuse psychological pharmaceuticals. However, it could be that people with DTs have a broader perspective than other sober people. They see and hear the spiritual world as well as our own.
We should encourage more people to drink and get high and then dry out, so they can tell us more about the metaphysical universe. We shouldn't discard the perceptions of people with DTs as mere hallucinations! :)
As should the experiences of people with delirium tremens. Withdrawal from alcohol or opiates often results with all sorts of good scientific data. So if a person deprived of heroin starts to feel snakes on the skin and see rats, then we should consider the possibility that there are snakes and rats around unseen by everybody else.
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‘The main symptoms of delirium tremens are nightmares, agitation, global confusion, disorientation, visual and[9] auditory hallucinations, tactile hallucinations, fever, high blood pressure, heavy sweating, and other signs of autonomic hyperactivity (fast heart rate and high blood pressure). These symptoms may appear suddenly, but typically develop two to three days after the stopping of heavy drinking, being worst on the fourth or fifth day.[10] Also, these "symptoms are characteristically worse at night".[11] In general, DT is considered the most severe manifestation of alcohol withdrawal and occurs 3–10 days following the last drink.[9] Other common symptoms include intense perceptual disturbance such as visions of insects, snakes, or rats. These may be hallucinations, or illusions related to the environment, e.g., patterns on the wallpaper or in the peripheral vision that the patient falsely perceives as a resemblance to the morphology of an insect, and are also associated with tactile hallucinations such as sensations of something crawling on the subject—a phenomenon known as formication. Delirium tremens usually includes extremely intense feelings of "impending doom". Severe anxiety and feelings of imminent death are common DT symptoms.’
Western materialism has condemned DTs as being a pathology of people who abuse psychological pharmaceuticals. However, it could be that people with DTs have a broader perspective than other sober people. They see and hear the spiritual world as well as our own.
We should encourage more people to drink and get high and then dry out, so they can tell us more about the metaphysical universe. We shouldn't discard the perceptions of people with DTs as mere hallucinations! :)
As should the experiences of people with delirium tremens. Withdrawal from alcohol or opiates often results with all sorts of good scientific data. So if a person deprived of heroin starts to feel snakes on the skin and see rats, then we should consider the possibility that there are snakes and rats around unseen by everybody else.
http://ift.tt/1q0VHDX
‘The main symptoms of delirium tremens are nightmares, agitation, global confusion, disorientation, visual and[9] auditory hallucinations, tactile hallucinations, fever, high blood pressure, heavy sweating, and other signs of autonomic hyperactivity (fast heart rate and high blood pressure). These symptoms may appear suddenly, but typically develop two to three days after the stopping of heavy drinking, being worst on the fourth or fifth day.[10] Also, these "symptoms are characteristically worse at night".[11] In general, DT is considered the most severe manifestation of alcohol withdrawal and occurs 3–10 days following the last drink.[9] Other common symptoms include intense perceptual disturbance such as visions of insects, snakes, or rats. These may be hallucinations, or illusions related to the environment, e.g., patterns on the wallpaper or in the peripheral vision that the patient falsely perceives as a resemblance to the morphology of an insect, and are also associated with tactile hallucinations such as sensations of something crawling on the subject—a phenomenon known as formication. Delirium tremens usually includes extremely intense feelings of "impending doom". Severe anxiety and feelings of imminent death are common DT symptoms.’
via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1ppJcTn
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