Anyone on here a drinker that is also bipolar? I want to know if your drinking tolerances change during hypomanic episodes. I’m a binge drinker. I drink alone and black out when severely depressed - simply to disappear and numb myself. I drink socially to excess when hypomanic simply because I feel invincible and consequences do not exist. When hupomanic there are times when I literally will never feel drunk when my friends who have consumed as much as I have are obliterated and I have a smaller frame than them. Those times I feel like I’m on a different level than everyone else and am extremely charged with energy and acute awareness. Would love to hear your experiences even if not bipolar on changes in tolerance. I’m trying to identify behaviour patterns so I can identify the onset of an episode.

Thank you 🙏🏼 ... and thank you Bizzi for showing me this forum ☺️