Alcoholic Hallucinosis
For patients who are withdrawing from alcohol, alcoholic hallucinosis is often confused with delirium tremens. Alcoholic hallucinosis is marked by hallucinations that occur 12-24 hours after last alcohol intake and resolve within 24 to 48 hours – before onset of delirium tremens.
Most commonly, the hallucinations are visual followed by auditory and lastly tactile. They occur in patients who are otherwise awake and alert and who do not have clouding of their sensorium.