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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:15 PM
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How does alcohol effect you guys? Does it help calm you or make you worse ? Personally ?
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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:22 PM
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absolutely. I try to avoid it. But sometimes I give in.
When I'm depressed and feeling suicidal, alcohol has been the tipping point to put thoughts into actions. When I'm anxious, I crave alcohol to sooth me. Alcohol has sent me into a very bad mixed episode on a few occasions. I don't drink much, or often, but I want to give it up completely, because I feel it could be the death of me someday. Suicidal ideations are sometimes too hard to resist when my judgment is impaired further by alcohol. |
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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:28 PM
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I only drink occasionally and never go overboard with it so it never causes a problem for me, I feel calm at most
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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:38 PM
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I very rarely drink, and generally only one drink when I do, so no, it doesn't have much effect on my bipolar disorder. I've just never have felt the need to drink to any amount of excess that would impair my ability to do anything, even before I started taking meds.
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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:39 PM
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If I want to ensure a prolonged and painful death, I can simply pick up a drink.
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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:44 PM
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I drink when im restless and alone. With others i drink moderate. When i drink too much i have the impression my depression gets worse. I also drank a lot during my mixed manic state. I guess it was some kind of selfmedication.
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Jul 29, 2015 at 05:53 PM
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I don't like alcohol and I don't drink. A few years ago I took a couple of sips of my son's beer and became extremely anxious, similar to a panic attack. That really scared me. Alcohol and I just don't get on. I think that for those of us on psych meds alcohol can be dangerous in many ways.
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Jul 29, 2015 at 06:00 PM
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Alcohol is a depressant, so it can definitely drag you down. I stopped altogether and feel like it's much better and safer this way. It's not important enough to me to have all of the risks that come with it, and I'm not aware of any real benefit to doing it.
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Jul 29, 2015 at 07:47 PM
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The high sugar content in alcohol might be partly responsible for some of its effects. |
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Jul 29, 2015 at 08:09 PM
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It really depends, honestly. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it turns me into a mess with no mouth filter and I end up saying hateful things.
I draw the line for drink at being sick. If I throw up, or feel like throwing up, the I know I've had too much. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk |
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Jul 29, 2015 at 08:40 PM
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Over the years I've lost the taste for it, but over the fourth of July weekend I had a few drinks for the first time in who knows how long. I think that was the beginning of my hypo phase...??
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Jul 29, 2015 at 09:02 PM
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Oh my, does it ever. I have no tolerance for alcohol, two glasses of wine, and I go to the darkest depression for days afterward. I just avoid it altogether. I still want a drink on occasion, but I just don't.
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Jul 29, 2015 at 09:35 PM
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Alcohol was a great escape from the negative thinking, makes me high and super-elated. I just took it sips by sips to savor every precious drop, and forget about everything for a moment.
Comes to a night where I break out in rashes, and can't sleep. Then everything just hits back at me, worse than I thought. Plus, alcohol is definitely bad if you use it as a gateway instead of using it to celebrate for a good cause. __________________ 
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Jul 30, 2015 at 01:00 AM
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I am happy, chatty, and hyper when I'm drunk. I've noticed it worsens my mania the next day. I don't usually drink too much. Just a few drinks on social occasions. A long time ago I would binge drink to treat my social anxiety, almost every weekend and sometimes during the week too. But I don't have much social anxiety now that I'm older and have had a lot of therapy. Most alcohol makes me sick because of my history of binge drinking and getting alcohol poisoning all of the time. But I can manage a few beers from time to time.
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Jul 30, 2015 at 02:18 AM
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Alcohol exacerbates any mood you are in.
If you are in a bad state I would advise against it. Wishing you good health and luck in all your endeavors. Respectfully..... |
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Jul 30, 2015 at 02:24 AM
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Alcohol can basically stop the drugs. You can have like a glass of wine or half a beer on them but again this is highly not recommended for anyone in anti-psychotics.
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Jul 30, 2015 at 03:30 AM
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Alcohol helps me. I don't drink often, maybe twice a month. I'm coming out of the worst depression I have ever had. I know alcohol is a depressant, but it loosens my mood, picks me up, and relaxes me enough so I can actually enjoy human contact, which I desperately need in order to get better. My pdoc knows and he doesn't mind that I have a few drinks here and there. I do feel sluggish the next day, but I don't have any regrets if it allowed me to feel normal for a few hours.
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Jul 30, 2015 at 08:35 AM
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Roll of the dice for me. Sometimes it just turns out normal, I get drunk, sleep it off, back to normal the next day. Other times it makes things worse, and it could make my insomnia worse, or it could make my depression worse, or both. The way I see it, is that once I'm in a bad episode, alcohol cannot help. I have experienced getting totally ****-faced, sobering up and being hungover - all while awake, from night to dawn. I've also been spoiled with weed from years ago, so alcohol really does feel like a poison by comparison.
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Jul 30, 2015 at 02:20 PM
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I struggle with alcohol from time to time especially if I am unmedicated. It is a quick fix for me but it doesn't last long and usually will ultimately make things worse. It never seems to solve anything for me. it only numbs the pain or anxiety that I am experiencing in that moment and maybe several moments afterwards, but the problem is still there waiting for me
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Jul 30, 2015 at 02:24 PM
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When I am manic and drink. I go superwoman manic and drive everyone up the wall. It caused me to ruin a chat room due to me being hyper and not making sense and spamming the room.
When I am depressed and drink. I turn to self harm and I cry a lot. __________________ Bipolar affective disorder 2 Possible cptsd not yet dx Seroquel 300mg Lithium 600mg Propranolol 30mg |
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