A Case Report on Alcohol Dependence Syndrome with Relation to Insomnia

Abstract

Alcohol dependence is a pattern of substance use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress; chronic alcohol abuse has been known to disrupt the normal sleep cycle and lead to sleep disorders, including sleep terror disorder. A male patient of age 42 years was a known alcoholic for 24 years, and the patient does not have any previous psychiatric history. Then, he stopped drinking for four days and developed insomnia. The patient gave an account of emotional outbreaks from 2 days; vital signs included blood pressure 140\90 , pulse rate 81 bpm, respiratory rate 20 , and oxygen saturation 97%@RA and the patient's GRBS level was 210 mg\, and the patient was immediately given with medication in. 4mg (IV), . (2 amp in 100 ml NS, BD), . Panto 40mg (IV), the same drug, was continued for three days, and there was no complaint of visual hallucinations. The patient felt symptomatically better and was discharged on the 4th day with no fresh complaints. The patient was advised to continue Tab. 2mg for three days. The preliminary case investigation evaluated the link between insomnia and alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS).