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Originally Posted by Thoughtbubble
Thanks for the quick post,  I have a way of being overlooked on forums.
I suppose the only reason I justify drinking these days is it's similarity to benzos. Alcohol treats my anxiety and tremors just as well as a benzo, and I am very afraid of benzo addiction (irreversable brain damage is common in longterm use, even more so than alcohol.) so I kind of switch between the two to stay afloat without any daily use. An incompetent Pdoc once told me marijuana was just as bad as alcohol for bipolar, but there is no evidence  . To be clear, alcohol in particular is a drug that increases the severity of bipolar episodes? what about other drugs? (antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, psychedelics, benzos, opiates, ) It just seems like alcohol= bad for bipolar must mean diazepam = bad for bipolar because they act on similar receptors?
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All medications are acidic in reaction. They all have an acid residue or ash. Individual sensitivity to medications is a very personal biochemical reaction.
Alcoholism is the same in one sense. Some people are alcoholic, some are not. To use alcohol to fight symptoms of bipolar illness is like adding gasoline to a fire. And I did mention that it kills brain cells. I have not seen information that would lead me to believe that all psychotropic medications kill brain cells. Some are not tolerated by bipolar patients; that's for certain.
The best chances for healthy living with bipolar illness are effective changes in the diet, exercise, meditation, using the least effective dosage of medication prescribed (if your system can tolerate it) and having a spiritual foundation supporting one. Having a good support system is helpful and healthy,too.
That's the best I can say about this for you as an eighteen year old.
You've got to come to some conclusions about what you want if you
want to live a healthy life.
At one time it was believed that marijuana could affect DNA replication and could affect one's offspring years later. I don't know if that is true, but time
will tell where in the body and how in the mind marijuana has its consequences--just as smoking cigarettes was revealed in 1963 by the Attorney General's Report which made me give up cigarettes.
Good wishes,
Genetic