Alcohol withdrawal symptoms and their timelines
| Timeline from last drink | Alcohol withdrawal symptoms |
|---|---|
| Onset: 6–8 hours | Generalised hyperactivity, tremor, sweating, nausea, retching, mood fluctuation, tachycardia, increased respirations, hypertension, and mild pyrexia |
| Peak: 10–30 hours | |
| Subsides: 40–50 hours | |
| Onset: 0–48 hours | Withdrawal seizures |
| Onset: 12 hours | Auditory and visual hallucinations may develop that are characteristically frightening |
| Duration: 5–6 days | |
| Onset: 48–72 hours | Delerium tremens: coarse tremor, agitation, fever, tachycardia, profound confusion, delusions, and hallucinations |