Delirium

Question: What about stun guns and excited delirium? In a seven-month-old pilot project, Miami police have been using sedatives and cooling solutions to prevent the deaths that sometimes occur in people who have been shot by electric stun guns, also known as Tasers. According to a story in USA Today, the police say that the sedatives and salves – which, they report, may have saved at least a dozen lives so far – are not needed to treat people for the effects of the stun gun but for the reason that the police had employed the stun gun: a controversial condition that has been described as “excited delirium.� Excited delirium is characterized by extremely high body temperatures and other life-threatening symptoms, often as a result of the use of cocaine or other street drugs. The condition is considered controversial since professional medical associations do not recognize the diagnosis and since nearly all reported cases involve people in conflicts with police. http://wap.usatoday.com/detail.jsp?key=6… http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story…

Answer: I'm not sure what journal reported that "professional medical associations do not recognize the diagnosis" of excited delerium. Having worked in the Emergency Department for several years I have treated patients with this syndrome who have injested ecstasy and one who was high on crack cocaine and had been tazed by the police. We treat with cooling blankets and sedatives. The only alternative to this would be to let the patient die as their core temperature can go as high as 105 degrees.

Question: Did anyone go to see delirium by the cirque du soleil in Birmingham last night? what did you think? Sorry but I thought it was rubbish and so did most of the audience judging by the muted applause and people walking out! I am glad you enjoyed it Darren but sorry I didnt. Having seen Saltimbanco I was left very flat, that one was amazing, but I thought the reliance on computer wizardry and sub standard music spoilt it, sorry. Most of the audience agreed with me, there was no atmosphere there at all.

Answer: How could you not enjoy any cirque du soleil show, i saw it in sheffield last night, i live in birmingham and they had no tickets left there. and i just thought the show was outstanding the visual effects and all, i will admit there was not much acrobats, but because its cirque they just made up for that! Overall; It was Amazing!

Question: Do you usually have to be hospitalized for delirium? just wondering and also is delirium something that makes you just unbelievably tired and how long should i ttake to go away?

Answer: "Delirium is a medical term used to describe an acute and relatively sudden (developing over hours to days) decline in attention-focus, perception, and cognition" it's one of those things that you should get checked out, because it's caused by bigger things..

Question: How does one explain the differences between delirium and depersonalization? They seem similar. They both have disorientation.

Answer: yes, but... Delirium can be interpreted in two ways, consciousness alteration; or in psychiatry, delirium is the altered perception of a real object (they think a chair is a dwarf). Delirium is sometimes used as synonym for hallucination,(seeing something that isn't there), but if you want to be strict, they mean different things. Depersonalization is the altered perception of the self being, patients feel as if they were floating and seeing themselves from above, or as if "it was my body, but it wasn't at the same time" (quote). Hope i helped

Question: Which is correct spelling delerium or delirium? I always spelled it as delerium but then google corrected me as 'delirium' but a lot of people use spell it as delerium. Is there two different meanings or something or are they just spelling it incorrectly?

Answer: Delerium is the name of a band, but is not a word in the English Dictionary, according to Merriam Webster. Main Entry: de·lir·i·um Listen to the pronunciation of delirium Pronunciation: \di-ˈlir-ē-əm\ Function: noun Etymology: Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de- + lira furrow — more at learn Date: circa 1563 1 : an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations 2 : frenzied excitement <he would stride about his room in a delirium of joy — Thomas Wolfe>

Question: Have you see the Delirium show of Cirque du Soleil? I would like to take my 3 1/2 grandson and I wonder if he would like it. He managed to sit through The Lion King Broadway show when he was 2 so he does have a good attention span.

Answer: Cirque du Soleil can be quite frightening for young children. The makeup can be really bizarre. Exaggerated and freakish clowns I've seen have set off some youngsters in the audience of tamer circus acts, (including my students and nieces) screaming in fear. Those tickets are so expensive, I would not risk losing them on this type of an adventure. Do you read to your grandchild? I have never forgotten the time spent with me as a child when my mom and dad and grand parents read to me....also when my granddad called for me and took me out for walks in the neighborhood and took me to the beach and how close we bonded. I trusted him and loved him with stars in my eyes! Best wishes.............Lily

Question: Do I have to be in delirium to be diagnosed? I've had sporatic episodes of delirium and was wondering if I have to be in delirium in order to be diagnosed. Or can I recover and then go see a doctor for diagnosis for my prior episode.

Answer: A neurologist should be seen ASAP. You do not need to be delirious to be diagnosed properly.

Question: Does anyone know about delirium tremens? I understand that delirium is often accompanied by language disturbance and loss of clear and coherent thought. I am writing a story about it and would like to know examples of statements or thoughts that someone with delirium would say or think.

Answer: Haven't your professors told you to "Write what you know"- or at least have seen...go volunteer at a soup kitchen or someplace were you take care of alcoholics, and see for yourself.

Question: Is delirium a good alternative too hallucinogens? If I force myself to sleep only 4 hours a day for a month, and then stay up for a few days straight, and then start hallucinating, is that healthier than acid? I'm about halfway through my 4 hours of sleep phase, and I haven't slept in about 30 hours. The white areas on the page behind my text are turning blue as I'm typing. Will effects like these increase, or will I just get sick?

Answer: well i dunno what to say. By acid do you mean orange ? or lsd and such stuff just get to sleep if you dont have an explanation for this you are doing. in the future you may have to work to heal this .

Question: What's the difference between psychosis & delirium?

Answer: Psychosis: A severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterized by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning. Delirium: A temporary state of mental confusion resulting from high fever, intoxication, shock, or other causes, and characterized by anxiety, disorientation, memory impairment, hallucinations, trembling, and incoherent speech.