How many of you still drink

I am on 6 mgs of Klonopin, I've heard that half life is so long I wonder about when it's okay to drink. I don't drink much at the moment but there are social occasions or other times when you want to just throw a few back. I guess I should ask the doc!

I shouldn't drink but I do to block out the pain. I ended up quiting for four weeks once I found out I was diagnosed with Bipolar but this weekended I gave into some beer to numb myself from the arguing me and my wife have been doing lately. I do find that the drinking is not my friend the next day, for it puts me in a a depressed mood.

wine once in a great while...I am extremley careful since the meds I am on don't click with any alcohol

Flip - I drink nearly 5 days a week. 2 glasses of wine, or beer. But I don't get drunk. It's a social thing

I used to drink to numb the pain. I don't anymore. I enjoy wine and will have a glass or two a few days a week. However, my boyfriend bought me a really nice bottle of wine for Mother's Day. I popped it open last night and was drinking it while I was doing my homework. Before I knew it, I had polished off the whole bottle! Not good. I was literally falling-down drunk. I accidentally drunk-dialed my ex husband at 2am. YIKES! He was cool with it though. Today I'm not feeling so hot. Had to go to a final at noon, but I made it. Obviously I have to pay better attention when I'm drinking!

Just got a new sample med from my pdoc that says NO ALCOHOL, so I guess that six pack in the fridge is going to stay there for a while. If this med finally lets me sleep, it's worth the trade off.

When my bipolar meds are prescribed right & I'm using properly, the rude to drink falls decidedly. It's the worst when the mood stabilizer isn't present or is overwhelmed by the antidepressant.

Every now and then at weddings and special meals out.

Nope, I'm on meds that say not to drink so since drinking on meds equals stupid, I don't drink. Period.

Don't like the taste of the stuff, except Strawberry Daiquiri, so sometimes I will get that at a celebration, only without the alcohol these days. Too many meds and pain killers to take the risk of mixing the stuff. Besides, with the exception of one wild New Year's Eve in college, it isn't any fun for me. Just makes me more depressed. So you you can add me to the list of "don't wanna risk it with my meds".

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I'm still having serious problems with alcohol. It helps me deal with things I can't handle. I don't want to handle these things, and I realize they didn't have to be this way, if I hadn't gotten my calculations wrong.

I can't empathize properly, and I can't feel normal sometimes. Normal is MORE than stability.

I have been clean and sober for 2 3/4 yrs...my 3 yr anniversary is July the 27th....For me, life is SOOO much better being sober.

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I was never a big drinker, so I guess this new med seals the deal. I will miss my hard cider though.

When I was medicated? No, I didn't drink. Now I do, occassionally and in moderation. I have a penchant for ****** coping mechanisms, pain pills was 1 of them, I don't want alcohol to be my next. Lucky I don't like wine or beer, coz I can see how having some in the evening can be acceptable, without question and then (for me) a possible problem...

No. I'm a recovering alcoholic for 12 years. So my BP meds is my excuse for staying sober. Not easy.

in a nutshell-mine-was on prozac and other bipolar meds and was an alcoholic. drank with meds often and ignored the warning re alcohol. one night went into a semi-coma. ended up in the hospital. so for me drinking-no longer now/sober-and meds don't mix. i have heard having just a few doesn't seem to hurt on infrequent situs.

I didn't drink while on meds, but I drink occasionally now. Mostly a beer with friends. Occasionally I wish I could numb the pain with a strong whiskey, but it doesn't help me past the first tot anyway. I hate feeling dizzy or drunk. That is one of the things I hated about some of the meds. I suppose that's a good thing, cos if alcohol worked for me, I would be up the creek without a paddle.

I drank WAY too much to self-medicate for 15 years or so. I quit on 20th August '11 and haven't drunk since.

I cant really drink anymore which sucks because with my social anxiety it really helped me to be able to have a few drinks to loosen up my tightly wound anxious *** to get through a night with friends. I always get so nervous if a few friends are getting together and need that little buzz to lighten my overanxious mood. Its not that they are hard to be around or anything they are all great its just me. Im the same way on all holidays or big events. I just simply can not handle alcohol anymore though. I get severely sick then get a hang over for a day or two and depression sets in deep for like a week. So needless to say its not worth it for me to even try anymore.

I never have been much of a drinker anyways would only have 2-3 coors lights and that is me buzzing and well pretty much on the drunk side. Very low tolerance.

Dr tried helping me with all my anxieties with social situations because it does affect my life tremendously. I cant really enjoy my life in a social way anymore because of it. He gave me xanax and they worked so well, too well and I got hooked. Had to go to rehab to get off of them after a few years.
Now I just try to deal with social situations by myself, but I still struggle and most of the time I dont make it to friends get togethers or even some holidays because of it. I have missed out on a lot of my life and my kids lives because of it, not being able to go into over populated places. Its awful and nothing can be done.....Yuck Oh well sorry to go on and on there.

Red wine is a prime trigger of migraines. If you switch to occasional white wine, you might be OK.

I am paranoid, completely paranoid that coworkers or other people who do not know that I am on psych meds would find out that I am on psych meds, so in social situations in their presence I always drink a little just so that they would not go "Aha! She is not drinking! She must be on meds that she cannot mix with alcohol!" Now I know intellectually that this is silly, that no one spends their lifetime watching my drinking habits or cares a f... whether I drink or not, but that is me.

Pre-meds, I used to like slow French-style dinners with Chianti or Pinot Noir, but then red wine became a trigger for my migraines - even a few droplets. So I developed a taste for Gewürztraminer, Riesling, etc. White wine is inoffensive. In the absence of wine, in a social situation I would drink hard liquor too, not that I like the taste (well I do like brandy a bit) but to keep the image of a gal who drinks without care. And does not take psych meds. I get such social situations perhaps one a quarter, perhaps more frequently, but not too often.

When I do drink, I drink one drink only, and I have never been drunk in my life. The chemicals my brain produces on its own somehow have been sufficient in giving me "interesting" mood states - I've never felt a need for external supplementation.

I drink occasionally, maybe a few times a year. Since January I believe I've been having a hard time with it, it just knocks me out and it makes me feel like I'm not real. Weed does the same thing to me too.

It sucks. I'm 19, I should be hammered like every other college student and now I have to limit how much I drink. I've been off the zyprexa for a couple weeks so I don't know if I'm still affected by it.

Rum, however, seems to be the only drink I can take shot after shot and not feel anything at all.

I quit drinking I used to drink a handle of liquor every other day becamse sort of an alcoholic at 23 I did that for about 2-3 years trying to hide the feelings and tried to go sui on alcohol which almost worked if it where not for my brother. Anyway my short answer is I will never touch it again. I also tried drinking on lithium and got all tripped out after a drink so I figured that was a sign.

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For those of you that still do drink how is your reaction? I wonder because it was like my hypo/mania and depressed because amplified with alcohol.