Hi All,

I have been a social drinker for 25 years, occasionally drinking more at parties, weddings and Christmas.

I have been suffering from depression for over a year, and in September this year I began to self-medicate. My drinking peaked in October when I estimate I drank around 500 units of alcohol, including 2 36-hour binges where I drank 2 bottles of spirits and 2 bottles of red wine on both occasions.

Since then, I have been troubled with pins and needles, numbness and burning in all 4 limbs, poor balance, blurred vision, and difficulty starting to urinate.

My own doctor did some basic tests, which were normal. I was then hospitalsed for 4 days, during which time different doctors performed various rwflex tests which they said were normal, and also a CT scan and an MRI scan, both of my head, both of which were normal.

All of the doctors I have seen have said that one month of heavy drinking would not cause these symptoms and the symptoms do not represent alcoholic neuropathy.

However, I am extremely worried.

What do you think?