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#1
Dec 03, 2011, 07:27 PM
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I don't drink a lot- often or amount- but I do like a drink. I crave if as part of being hypo manic. Anybody else?
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#2
Dec 03, 2011, 07:32 PM
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#3
Dec 03, 2011, 07:36 PM
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I is a Slavic girl. Could drink most of yah under the table. Not braggin', just sayin'
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#4
Dec 03, 2011, 07:48 PM
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Well I know YOU, P!
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#5
Dec 03, 2011, 07:49 PM
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My meds say NOT to. Does your pdoc or t know?
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#6
Dec 03, 2011, 07:51 PM
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My pdoc just told me not to take the Klonopin whenever I drink so I just skip the night time dose.
I enjoy drinking every now and then, and she said it was okay as long as I didn't take that med with the alcohol.
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#7
Dec 03, 2011, 07:59 PM
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Haha Depends, What are we drinkin?
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#8
Dec 03, 2011, 08:00 PM
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Hey I'm a light weight whose recently taken to brandy
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#9
Dec 03, 2011, 08:01 PM
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I witnessed a drunk girl take 3-4 Klonopin in an hours time. She was perty much comatose for a while after that. Had to sling her over my shoulder and carry her to a couch.
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Dec 03, 2011, 08:01 PM
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Yes. Not sure what is up with it, but I agree. The more hypo I am, the more I want to drink. I am currently in a depressive state and I have no desire to drink at all.
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Dec 03, 2011, 08:02 PM
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All my meds metabolise through my liver so of course I'm not supposed to. But hey, ya only live once right?
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#12
Dec 03, 2011, 08:23 PM
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How much do you drink P?
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#13
Dec 03, 2011, 08:50 PM
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On shift: might grab a drink before work if i know its gonna be a rough one.
Off shift: like a fish. October was real bad. Two nights in a row I started the night off with a Fifth of liquor, then drank the rest of the night. A typical bar night is $30-60 @ $2-4 a drink
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#14
Dec 03, 2011, 09:14 PM
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Woah! You could go on vacation for that amount of money.
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Dec 03, 2011, 09:33 PM
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Dec 03, 2011, 10:29 PM
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When I am depressed, I don't even really think about drinking. |
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Dec 03, 2011, 10:53 PM
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I seem to be the opposite. When im feeling down, I drink more to try to make myself feel better
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Dec 03, 2011, 11:49 PM
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I like drinking. I do it every couple weeks so as not to overdo it.
It's something I enjoy, but it doesn't mean I need to do it in excess.  Also it's funny, because I don't think my drinking is associated w/my moods...
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Dec 03, 2011, 11:52 PM
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I'm on 600mg Quitipaine (100mg below the maximum legal dose here in the UK) and I made the mistake of drinking pretty much every day. The toxicity of the meds mixed with the alcohol did take it's toll on me, and I have been warned if I carry on drinking I may cause bad enough scarring to require a transplant.
That's not to say I still don't enjoy a bottle of Hobgoblin ale (or 8 or 9) every now and then. But yeah. Drinking with bipolar full stop can cause a lot of problems: including triggering episodes. It's the same with consuming large amounts of caffeine with bipolar or staying up all night: both can trigger full-blown manic episodes.
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#20
Dec 04, 2011, 12:02 AM
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Hell no! I wanna drink all the time! It puts me in a more hypomanic state! The issue is that, right now, I'm going through a drawn-out episode, where I'm actually hypomanic, but hiding it well. LOL
My fave drink - Captain and Coke - makes me a little more manic than beer does, but I'm able to at least stay at home on the comp and not freak out (which is what I wanna do). I want to go dancing to electronic music every time I start drinking Captain and Cokes, and that's why I like them so much - they exascerbate the state that my antidepressants put me in.
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Dec 04, 2011, 12:07 AM
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with ya 100% on that one sillyfab
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Dec 04, 2011, 12:59 AM
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I had a couple "glugs" of brandy in a glass of milk just now. Yummy!
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#23
Dec 04, 2011, 02:09 AM
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I'm not a big drinker .... Only really drink in social gatherings & such. Maybe a couple drinks once every couple months maybeee. When I was hypo manic a few weeks back I was drinking everynight and it kept starting earlier. Now I'm in semi -depressive state, I have no desire to drink. In fact I have the 1/2 bottle of absolute in the house from a cple weeks ago untouched lol.
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#24
Dec 04, 2011, 08:38 AM
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I love to drink, but I've been taking it easy since starting new meds. And I was starting to get worried about how much I was drinking.
Occasionally I've kept the drunk on for the better part of the day when depressed as a way out of it, not that it works that way (makes me more depressed the next day.) But yeah, when hypomanic, I drink a lot - maybe a bottle and a half of wine in an evening, without any help. I also don't really feel it quite as much. It's as though my tolerance to alcohol magically doubles when my brain goes haywire. The alcohol-mood swing correlation is pretty strong for me. I've been a teetotaller for big chunks of time in the past when my moods were pretty much stable - just didn't feel any need/desire for alcohol. I've also made a straight-up trade of alcohol for pot in the past; the latter is far less dangerous for me. The big problems started to arise when I started mixing drugs, alcohol, and mood swings. But even I could see that was a problem, so that's when I went to get help.
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#25
Dec 04, 2011, 09:55 AM
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I used to drink WAY too much for WAY too long. I ended up masking a depression (not that I realised this). When I quit drinking completely in August the depression was, let's say, unmasked - urgh. That was followed by hypomania and then some cycling.
I was not on any medication before August. I've set myself the goal of not drinking at all for at least 6 months. Then I'll reevaluate whether I'll introduce it in serious moderation. One thing's for sure - it can never again be the way it was. Last edited by Beebizzy; Dec 04, 2011 at 12:07 PM. Reason: Clarify no meds while drinking |
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