When I was first diagnosed and seeing the first outpatient psychiatrist, I was drinking wine more than what is normal for me, I rarely drink and when I do it is only a glass or two of wine, I don't like to get drunk. I was drinking to try to turn my brain off and relax so I could go to sleep though, I had such a hard time sleeping and I was always so exhausted. I had a lot of night terrors, so when I drank some wine, that seemed to help but never got me through the entire night. I can understand "why" someone with PTSD would want to have some alcohol, but it really doesn't help the PTSD, in fact it can aggravate it for the next day.

I hardly ever have wine, I can go for months and not have any, but I admit there are times when I just want a glass of wine so I don't think and can just zone out some and relax.

OE