Drugged in jail or alcohol withdrawal?

[nirim]

Is 'silver' a street name for any drug?
My sister went to jail after a week long binge starting Monday, drinking about 3- 1.75L of vodka that week. On that Thursday she is taken to the hospital because she's passed out, she was released four hours later around midnight and possibly drinks more. Friday morning she's arrested on an old warrant after my mom called them. I was able to talk to her on Saturday around 4pm and she sounded normal, just tired and very hungover. After that she goes dark. Then on Monday she's set to be released after her arraignment, but instead I get a call at 7pm saying she isn't getting released because she is saying weird outlandish things, so she will need to be transferred to the hospital at 11pm. They don't transfer her until 8am the next day, and when I talk to her she is saying that some of the women in the jail poisoned her water with "silver" on Saturday night, and after they told her she was going to die. She then explains how after that she started hallucinating just the wildest things, and by Monday she was convinced she was a 9 year old girl with aids (she is 26 and doesn't have aids) and that basically the guards just made fun of her and did nothing to help. The hallucinations range from thinking she was pumping her own heart with her boob to watching people get murdered in front of her. Can this all be from alcohol withdrawal? Is silver a name for any drug at all? I am at a loss, all I can think to do is try to get the videos from the jail to prove this one way or another, possibly with some type of medical negligence case. Is there any way her story is true?

 

[negrogesic]

My guess is that it is alcohol withdrawal. No drug would last as long as that. No idea what silver is, but the most common drug one would encounter in jail would be a synthetic cannabinoid.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Is 'silver' a street name for any drug?
My sister went to jail after a week long binge starting Monday, drinking about 3- 1.75L of vodka that week. On that Thursday she is taken to the hospital because she's passed out, she was released four hours later around midnight and possibly drinks more. Friday morning she's arrested on an old warrant after my mom called them. I was able to talk to her on Saturday around 4pm and she sounded normal, just tired and very hungover. After that she goes dark. Then on Monday she's set to be released after her arraignment, but instead I get a call at 7pm saying she isn't getting released because she is saying weird outlandish things, so she will need to be transferred to the hospital at 11pm. They don't transfer her until 8am the next day, and when I talk to her she is saying that some of the women in the jail poisoned her water with "silver" on Saturday night, and after they told her she was going to die. She then explains how after that she started hallucinating just the wildest things, and by Monday she was convinced she was a 9 year old girl with aids (she is 26 and doesn't have aids) and that basically the guards just made fun of her and did nothing to help. The hallucinations range from thinking she was pumping her own heart with her boob to watching people get murdered in front of her. Can this all be from alcohol withdrawal? Is silver a name for any drug at all? I am at a loss, all I can think to do is try to get the videos from the jail to prove this one way or another, possibly with some type of medical negligence case. Is there any way her story is true?

The hallucinations you describe are not common from alcohol, but possible. She may have underlying issues like undiagnosed schizophrenia. Possibly alcohol hallucinosis or delirium tremons. In which case she needs to be hospitalized or else she will die, imminently. DTs would be abnormal in a 26 year old, though.

Its likely the jail was negligent, they will intentionally deprive medical attention to addicts going through withdrawal.

Do you have more info what the hospital did?

My guess is she's having some sort of mental break, exacerbated by alcohol abuse and withdrawal.

In any case, it's very important she gets medical care right now.

 

[WellTram]

My guess is that it is alcohol withdrawal. No drug would last as long that. No idea what silver is, but the mostly common drug one would encounter in jail would be a synthetic cannabinoid.

Meth and other uppers are called silver between more exclusive users spending a lot and having suppliers so fond of u, that they not let u wait Hours but immediately drive to your location. But in jail i ak not sure.

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

that's totally a schizophrenic episode if you ask me - whether it was drug induced or from alcohol withdrawals or whatever, who knows - but that's clearly an episode

if she's in her 20s, that's usually when that happens with females who are schizophrenic

 

[Señor Moreno]

if she's in her 20s, that's usually when that happens with females who are schizophrenic

So true. Have seen also in men. Schiz is a disease that rarely shows up under 18 or past 30, 35 tops.
Alcohol wd didn't help, sure, but it sounds more mentally related to me.

 

[Jen X]

The jail is cruel and criminal . I had to spend a long weekend in the drunk tank after blacking out on booze. I was on clonzepam and they wouldn't let me see a doctor so by day 3 i had seizures, my cell mates would call the guards but they just laughed. To cover their butts they let me see a doctor 1 hour before i was discharged.

Some jail guards are just plain cruel . Sorry about your sis. Here in Canada meth and fent are in all the jails but i couldn't say what caused her s much problems.
I know in Canada you can call your MP(member of parliment) and sometimes they can help.

Get her to a doctor as soon as you can. I should have sued the jail, it got shut down a few months later for abusing prisoners. I just was happy to leave and quit drinking.

I hope she's ok, must be a big worry

 

[phall]

I've seen a couple of ppl get like an alcohol related fear. They've been heavy drinkers over years ghough. One got to the point he was scared without drinking so drank only to gradually get worse. When I says scared I mean like petrified ,thought the devil was after his kids so would make deals that hed down a litre of vodka .stuff like that.

He'd been told its kill him if he had another drink. The physical side that is. Unfortunately for him he didn't die but got stuck in this paranoid fear to the point they had to lock him up. He's been sedated to the point he can't talk now for nearly a decade.

Hopefully it'll improve without continued drinking. If it was a trigger for mental health issues they can be dealt with according but only if sober.

Gl.

If it was meth or summit it's not affecting her now apart from the trigger aspect. If it was summit else it's gonna show in a blood test or she would get worse progressively. But I doubt this the case.

 

[Keif' Richards]

I'll piggyback what others have said. This is unlikely to be the result of drug intoxication.

Alcohol withdrawal is a possibility. I would assume that between the person suffering and even a lackadaisical medical staff would identify a serious problem.

They're not doctors but I'm sure they've seen alcohol withdrawal before. Even the shittiest jail in 2023 is likely to do a detox protocol as they don't want the liability of a death in their jail.

It's an interesting case. That's my opinion. Either the alcohol or an underlying mental illness.

 

[acid23425]

My guess is that it is alcohol withdrawal. No drug would last as long as that. No idea what silver is, but the most common drug one would encounter in jail would be a synthetic cannabinoid.

considered GBL/GHB? works like a charm for delirium. Withdrawal is short, a couple days like alcohol.

 

[RyGly76]

Is 'silver' a street name for any drug?
My sister went to jail after a week long binge starting Monday, drinking about 3- 1.75L of vodka that week. On that Thursday she is taken to the hospital because she's passed out, she was released four hours later around midnight and possibly drinks more. Friday morning she's arrested on an old warrant after my mom called them. I was able to talk to her on Saturday around 4pm and she sounded normal, just tired and very hungover. After that she goes dark. Then on Monday she's set to be released after her arraignment, but instead I get a call at 7pm saying she isn't getting released because she is saying weird outlandish things, so she will need to be transferred to the hospital at 11pm. They don't transfer her until 8am the next day, and when I talk to her she is saying that some of the women in the jail poisoned her water with "silver" on Saturday night, and after they told her she was going to die. She then explains how after that she started hallucinating just the wildest things, and by Monday she was convinced she was a 9 year old girl with aids (she is 26 and doesn't have aids) and that basically the guards just made fun of her and did nothing to help. The hallucinations range from thinking she was pumping her own heart with her boob to watching people get murdered in fro

It's alcohol withdrawal, was a real bad alcoholic One night I got arrested and had to go to jail I went through withdrawal pretty pretty bad I was hallucinating thinking that there was people above me watching me it was pretty bad!

nt of her. Can this all be from alcohol withdrawal? Is silver a name for any drug at all? I am at a loss, all I can think to do is try to get the videos from the jail to prove this one way or another, possibly with some type of medical negligence case. Is th ere any way her story is true?

 

[spammie nurse]

I know I'm very late to respond, but I want to educate y'all. Alcohol can kill a person with withdrawal. Agitation and hallucinations are common with withdrawal. It can also cause seizures. I hope she was taken to a hospital for treatment. These situation are very serious and time is of the essence. I'm a recently retired ER nurse and have treated these conditions. I'd like an update on her. Best wishes