[Wander]

Does anyone else feel like (and does) drink like a fish when hypo/manic? I am a week into hypo mania and can't get enough beer into me. I also drink when depressed but this is like a deep urge or craving. And I also seem to be able to drink more without feeling the effects.

[iaem85]

Yes.
I have the same thing.
When I'm depressed it's more like self-medicating. But when I'm hypo I just can't get enough. It's like a cycle, I'm already feeling good and as I drink more I feel better and better until I'm making a fool out of myself. It usually ends up with me being aggressive with my bf afterwards. Not good.
But I honestly think in my case I already have some sort of predisposition to alcoholism. I've never had a healthy relationship with alcohol, I started drinking in my early teens so my body developed a high tolerance to alcohol. I can have large amounts of alcohol (which usually someone my size would not be able to handle) and still just feel tipsy.


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[Brophy]

I find that drinking more than a single drink whether that's beer or wine or liquor makes me hypomanic and then the more I drink the further down the hole I go.

[Sunnyhunny00]

I enjoy being tipsy/drunk very much but I rarely drink. Alcoholism runs in my family and for some reason my body decides to reject it.

I can only drink beer and I can only handle it once every few months.

There was a time when I was drinking everyday. I think its the reason I feel nauseous when thinking of drinking.

[Toodles333]

I drink more. I can go weeks without a drink but when I'm "up", I want to go out and drink all the time. I think it's the social/flirting element that I enjoy.

[hopeless2015]

I haven't drank in 3 weeks, I was on prozac at that time and I think it was making me manic. Recently diagnosed bipolar and adjusting to new meds. Do I want a drink...hell yes! But I don't think it would turn out so good for me right now. I would say I was definitely drinking more during that manic period!

[Row Jimmy]

For me, absolutely yes.

In some ways, I can take alcohol or leave it. I didn't need to drink every day. But, when I did drink, I'd go on benders. Around midnight, I'd take over the music and then when everyone was gone, I was politely asked to leave. I was just getting warmed up around 3 AM.

I don't drink anymore - it was becoming an obvious problem and it was interfering with me staying centered. After I would drink, it seemed I would have a much harder downside depression than I would if I simply lived a more healthy lifestyle.

[wildflowerchild25]

I don't drink very often, but when I am hypo/manic I want to go out and PARTY. Normally I hate bars and clubs but when I'm a little manic it's all I want to do. I'll settle for grabbing a bottle of wine and drinking at home if I have to though.

[violet66]

Sometimes. I drink the most when I'm mixed to slow down my thoughts.

[lunaticfringe]

Absolutely yes. When hypo/manic I definitely get the urge to drink and party. I'm currently in this state and pretty insatiable.

[cashart10]

I know in the past you mentioned you fear you might be on the verge of alcoholism. Please tread with caution; that's a rocky road! I wish you well!

As for me, YES. I drink more. Typically, I rarely drink. Right now my mood is mixed. I am drinking alcohol (in my version of "like a fish"), which is, by the way, contributing to my spending. God help me. We are broke and I am spending like there is no tomorrow. I'm a whiner I know. It's almost funny. Sorry, didn't mean to change the thread's subject, but the drinking is kind of hysterical too. I'm one of those "typical" drunks these days. Have you ever seen the "drunk uncle" skit on the weekend update (SNL)? I am like the female version of him (with much different subject matter though ), lol. If you've never seen the skit it's funny stuff:

[Nammu]

I crave the alcohol when I'm mixed, I think I'm trying to self medicate.

In a hypo In the past I would do anything people I hung around did, drugs or alcohol if that's what they did. On my own I didn't crave or use, I would spend my time writing or researching. I've learned I need to be carful who I hang around when I'm hypo or manic because I lack good judgment and go to extremes.

[Wander]

Originally Posted by cashart10

I know in the past you mentioned you fear you might be on the verge of alcoholism. Please tread with caution; that's a rocky road! I wish you well!

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Thanks for your concern. I am trying to drink less now as I know it could become a big problem. Only had three beers last night and plan to have less tonight. It is just so difficult when I crave it so much. I have been missing meds too as I didn't want to take them with alcohol so I really need to get myself sorted.

[UCMATH]

I don't drink anymore, but I drank a little more just before I was diagnosed with depression. It calmed the agitation and irritability I was feeling. Actually, I may have been a bit drunk when my housemate dragged me to the university medical center. I don't think I drank more when I was hypo or manic, though. My cousin, on the other hand, goes on week-long benders when he's getting manic. I think it's a pretty common thing.

I just drink lately.

I dont even plan to, somehow someone comes round with alcohol, so I drink, like 3 drinks, then want more, so they take me to the bottoleo (I avoid driving very strictly if I have been drinking, if I have no one to drive me then I dont go) and somehow we end up with a carton that lasts 3 days at best. Then it starts again....

I've been missing meds too... more because I ran out, but I've been skipping a morning med if I know Im going to be drinking/smoking. Headed for trouble once again... Might as well just admit ourselves now haha.

[Wander]

Damn, I am drunk again...

Im not but 3 drinks pizza too much soft drink and friends passed out. Im about to have my own little party.

[Wander]

Originally Posted by Supanova

Im not but 3 drinks pizza too much soft drink and friends passed out. Im about to have my own little party.

Enjoy

[Wander]

Drunk again, on a whim. Loving life. Will try and behave tomorrow

[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

I like drinking wine and margaritas - not much else. I've been having a drink almost every night, though - usually the equivalent of one margarita or 2 glasses of wine. In the morning I think I won't have a drink that night, but by dinnertime I really want that glass of wine. I think I'm heading down the slope right now, so that might be part of it. When I'm up, I want to drink and drink and drink, typically socially. It's usually at someone's house (sometimes ours), though, like a dinner party. It's still not a ton by some standards, but it might be almost a bottle of wine by myself or 3-4 margaritas if our friend is making them. I drain them, and they fill up, so I drain them again. Once I get started drinking, whether I'm up or down, I have to finish what's in my glass. With the wine, it's almost a compulsion to pour the 2nd or 3rd glass - so I try to get a smaller glass and pour small amounts each time so I feel like I'm having more than I actually am. With the margaritas, if it's in my glass, I'll drain it. I won't go to the effort to make myself a 3rd; often I won't even make a 2nd. But it someone else makes it, down it goes. It's on both ends of the cycle, though I don't do nearly as much socializing generally when I'm down, so the drinking is probably less.

[raspberrytorte]

When I'm starting to feel a little up I tend to sabatoge (sp) by drinking because up makes my anxiety worse.

[RisuNeko]

When I'm hypomanic I crave hard drugs that I've never even done and I think I do drink more. It's weird. I guess an impulsivity thing combined with the desire to feel even more euphoric.