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Originally Posted by Secretum
I was feeling rather high the other day; 'twas lovely. Then, my parents let me have a glass of wine (I'll be 21 in less than a week), and I felt....EUPHORIC. It was a wonderful high. Is alcohol known to do this, intensify hypomania, that is? If so, can it make you feel like that during a depression? Is that why so many bipolar individuals are addicted?
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I think it does intensify hypomania. And when I'm hypo, I crave it strongly, among other drugs, out of regular character for me. I was feeling hypo yesterday, and tempted. Some lady friends came over and I had about 3 beers... did the right things and called it a night at midnight
It could have gone all night into mayhem if we went out to the bars.
And when you drink during a depression, for me, it intensifies that depression. Might numb me a bit. But usually I just feel more depressed.