 [ Symptoms ] my husband sometimes seems drunk but says he has not had any alcohol what else can cause slurred speech and droopy eyes  when he gets like this he swears he is not drunk but his speech is slurred his eyes are droopy or bloodshot and he is slightly unsteady maybe he is just exhausted he gets very little sleep probably 5 hours a night average but i have this nagging doubt and it is really causing problems for us could it be anything else he is also very overweight and has high blood pressure controlled by medication and is on cholesterol lowering medication and diuretics thank you so much for the help [ Disease ] the signs you have described can also be caused by hypo or hyper glycemia have a doctor do some simple blood tests to make sure he does not have diabetes