How often do you drink?

I know. But when the anxiety is extreme I'm willing to chance it. I use so little alcohol (an ounce of wine?) I just tell myself it's OK. I don't get hungover from it. Just tired.

Ive been feeling so great that I overdid it on the wine last night. Now I'm at jury duty...still drunk. At least it's not work?

Not very often, but I really don't care. I mean, if I want to stuff myself with alcohol, I don't care. If I only want a cocktail, I don't care. I know I should especially for meds, but I actually don't care about anything.

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I don't drink alcohol. Oh, I'll sip an occasional half of a half-pint of Guinness...maybe once a year.

My ex is on a very similar schedule of medications and drinks heavily several times a week.

I have one mixed drink a few times a year, like on vacation, and two or three beers every few months. I've never been drunk and don't want to be, but I enjoy small amounts.

Thanks for your honesty elevatedsoul. If I am honest with myself, I drink more than I should too. Every night. But because I don't 'overindulge' I tell myself it's okay. I know deep down this is something I should change but I guess until I'm really ready I won't. Thanks for bringing this topic up.

once u start the doctor pills drinking is no no

some of the pills react very very very badly with it .......while others if u stop taken to be able to drink cause seizures

even one glass of wine i seen it effect a person oddly while on the pills (she buttered a man head in the middle of bull on the beach)

on doctors meds drinking is not part of the options any more the chance of something odd happening increases above 50/50 this is not counting the body damage with the drink in the blood stream and cell reaction with pills (some pills already damage bio functions )

i am sorry to give u the bad news but that is the way it is ........i tried it every way it is possible there is no way ........pills or drinking pick one and that is the choice

if u do stop to drink understand some pills are assholes if u stop taken them even for a short time they lose the effect that 72 hours while not taken the body chemicals can alter making taken them less effective if they even will work at all anymore for u ........this will result in moving to a new drug and dose playing so 2 months or more of torment

Thanks Justugh!

Question: what does "she buttered a man head in the middle of bull on the beach" mean?

Sounds pretty serious.

moogs

she took her knife cut a hunk of butter out of the dish and buttered his head like it was a roll

it was my mother and little brother ......at this fancy place on maryland boardwalk in ocean city

i have no idea what she was taken but she had 1 glass of wine and it happen i was not allowed to talk about it ever again so they never told me what pills caused it ......never the less we never went back in there good food nice steaks and the seafood is local and fresh

I see. I'm in Maryland for work this week (Bel Air).

Lately I have been drinking too much as well as smoking pot. It does not mix well with my Lithium so I don't take it the nights I drink heavily. Now I am in a mixed state and have an intense compulsion to consume as much alcohol and pot as possible. I have no doubt that the excess alcohol is messing with my metal state but I cannot seem to stop as I spiral down into a bad mixed episode. I know I am self medicating and that I am playing with fire so why on earth do I continue?? Mixed states are so awful I would do anything to alleviate the pain, irritability and agitation, so I drink and smoke. When I am stable I only drink a little on occasion but when mixed or manic I find it hard to stop drinking like a fish. I have a feeling this is going to end badly if I don's stop soon. See my T tomorrow and will try and find some strategies to help me at least slow down. Last time this happened I ended up in hospital as I get wild and suicidal once the mixed state gets worse. I am scared of what will happen next. Stopping the self-medicating scares me and full blown mixed states terrify me.

I pretty much don't drink at all. I did drink once a couple months ago, and it affected me really strongly, a lot more than it did before meds. It was a very crazy night. I will probably try drinking again in the future, but I think i need to keep it to one or 2 drinks at a time

I've been self medicated one way or another since I was a child. I'm 59. I see no end in sight.

I am a recovering alcoholic. Alcoholism/substance abuse often go nand-in-hand with bipolar disorder. Based on this, and on my experience, I would strongly discourage any bipolar person from drinking, if you have not yet stared of even if you have. I am not being a prude about this. Yes, sometimes I resent the fact that I cannot drink when others can. However, I say this hoping others consider my experience when making such decisions.

I never woke up one day saying "well, I'm bipolar, might as well become an alcoholic, too." This illness/these illnesses combined are like a frog placed in a slowly heating pot of water: he never knows he is in trouble until he is dead.

That almost happened to me, in October. I was hospitalized with suicidal ideations relating to both conditions. If I would have been left alone, I would have killed myself. Thankfully, I was not.

Not preaching, just providing input based on my experience.

I used to drink 6-8 beers every night, but I got tired of it. Now if I drink, it's only a couple times a week, and 2-3 beers. I feel SO much better not drinking as much!

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I was drinking everyday, but my meds got tweaked and I haven't had the need to drink in weeks.

I don't every drink. I used to be addicted to pain medication, and shortly after I stopped that, I quit drinking to. Haven't had a drink since 1999.

I never drink -- I used to, but I burned through my quota before I turned 40.

Holidays and concerts

I haven't ever really cared for alcohol. But as I started drinking a little more the last couple years, I found I am intolerant to the sulfates in some alcohols. So its even less appealing to me. Yet, every now and then I still have a drink.

Once I start drinking I am likely to start using it as a mood stabilizer. Not just having a drink, but specifically seeking to get a certain amount drunk. I know when it has happened because it starts to take on this feeling like drinking becomes this incredible relief. I have been basically not been drinking, except I have a drink or two on special occasions. I am a musician, I was on tour recently, and on the last night I though, 'I'll have a drink, what the hell... So I had a few. A. It made me feel disgusting. But B. I think more to the point of your question, it took me completely out of the present, my mental mood state became so powerful, it was as though I was not really there doing what I was doing, like somehow my body was doing whatever it was doing, but my real reality was what my mind was up to, which was like getting in fights with people and strategizing around all of this imagined stuff. It was intense and unpleasant. So I just don't think I can handle it. That's me...

Never, take too many meds.
Do miss having a glass of wine or a mixed drink occasionally.

Only ever drink light beers, and would go months without touching it. Have also cut out coffee for the same reason, they both affect moods and aggression. For me anyways.

If I was being honest with myself, before I finally was diagnosed and starting meds thta actually worked, I was on the path to alcoholism.

My older sister is a full blown alcoholic, which might have helped me some. It at least kept me mindful that it could become a reality for me too.

I was easily a 6 pack a day drinker for a long time. I would drink alone just as much as socially.

Such a double edged sword though. It would "turn off the machine" for awhile, but way too often that frieght train sped right into uncontrolable downward mood swings. Such a bad and scary situation because in that state I lose any sort of coping mechanisms. It was scary for me and scary for the ones that were around me.

Taking Lamictal changed all of this pretty quickly. I had less urge to "turn off the machine". For the times when I did start drinking I would feel awful, which has to be a side effect of the Lamictal. I never had any hang overs previously, other than if I drank enough to almost black out.

Now, I rarely drink. The most I might do is a beer in a social sitation, maybe once a month.