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Originally Posted by shikantaza
You know a psychiatrist really cannot properly diagnose you while your using alcohol and drugs.
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That depends on the level of consumption of drugs and which drugs you're consuming. They might tell us that we need to be completely clean for any diagnosis to be made, but that is a lie.
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Originally Posted by shikantaza
Alcohol will cause what looks to be "bipolar disorder". I wore that label "bipolar" for several years and used it to justify my drinking - when my real problem is that I'm an alcoholic and a drug addict. 7 years 7 months sober now thank God. Go check out aa, you may find that your solution "is" your problem. After I had been sober for some time, saw a psych and they told me "your not bipolar", good grief, that's after some 25 years of meds, shrinks, docs and torture. Med free now. Grateful to be a recovered alcoholic. There's a "test" from the Big Book of AA for quitting your drinking and drugs (the Marty Mann test), see if you're an alcoholic. You might not be bipolar.
Best of luck!
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Yes, I've heard this once before, it's really strange! For me though I'm sure it's not the case, because I drink on average once or twice a week. Some months I don't drink anything at all, but my moods still cycle with about the same intensity. I don't think of myself as an alcoholic, but I know I would have been one if I hadn't discovered weed (I actually think I would have been much worse off without weed and the opportunities it gave me socially and psychologically, but it's time for a change now). Good job on your recovery, man! That's awesome.
Thanks!
