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#1
Nov 17, 2015, 02:28 PM
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I've read that alcohol use can cause mania. Have any of you ever experienced this? It's a bit confusing to me because alcohol is a depressant.
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Nov 17, 2015, 02:42 PM
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I don't believe that but some ppl claim it. I think there is a tendency to drink while manic
If I am depressed and drink it is so much worse If I am manic I can drink gallons and not get drunk and am happy
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Nov 17, 2015, 03:01 PM
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Nov 17, 2015, 03:05 PM
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It said can cause depression or mania
Alcohol is a depressant A stimulant may cause mania even in a non BP person
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
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#5
Nov 17, 2015, 03:06 PM
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They won't usually dx if your episode is drug related...well they are not suppose to
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
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Nov 17, 2015, 03:07 PM
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All I know from experience, is that before wising up about it, in the past I would try to use alcohol to help me sleep during dysphoric mania, and instead of helping me sleep, it would just make me feel much worse, and I would end up being up all night anyway, just going through the whole process of being drunk, sobering up and being hungover, all while still awake and feeling miserable. So I don't know from experience if alcohol can cause mania, but I do know from my own experiences that its depressant effect is rendered useless when I'm wound up.
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| Mrs. Mania, Takeshi
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#7
Nov 17, 2015, 03:46 PM
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For me alcohol is a super fuel. When I'm feeling depressed, it makes it worse. When feeling manicy, it feeds the fire to burn hotter, longer, faster, self-feeding to self destruct.
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| Cocosurviving, lunaticfringe, Mrs. Mania, Takeshi
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#8
Nov 17, 2015, 06:11 PM
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All I can say is that I started drinking when I was hypo over the summer, and I rarely drink. Only a glass on special occasions.
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Nov 19, 2015, 12:41 PM
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Drinking causes me so many problems
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#10
Nov 19, 2015, 01:01 PM
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When I'm stable I have no desire to drink...however if I'm hypo or manic I drink and use if I'm around others who do because I make impulsive bad desicions in that state. When depressed I don't use. However if I'm in a mixed episode I seek the alcohol out, it's such a miserable state to be in I'm desperate to change it. But the alcohol doesn't cause my states my state influences weather or not I use it. I don't have issues with dependency so this might be very difficult for someone with a duel-diagnosed
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Nov 19, 2015, 05:21 PM
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Once I passed out at my friend's party, I woke up realizing that I missed the party. I proceeded to wake up several drunk partygoers to beg for a ride home. I NEEDED home. I ended up walking over a mile home....puking and crying  the whole time. Worst night ever!
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#12
Nov 21, 2015, 06:08 PM
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For me, it was the opposite. When I was manic, I partied. A lot. It was a feeling of goodness that put me over the edge and alcohol and drugs were the way I could enhance the mania and enjoy the moment. It really didn't have anything to do with self pity, self abuse, or self medication. I was just in a great mood, carrying all the things that mania gives to us. I guess I could say mania caused me to get lost in the moment.
The downside, of course, is that I would crash on the other side. Alcohol just made the downside worse for obvious reasons - it added to the depression, anger, guilt, and paranoia that tends to accompany a typical manic crash. |
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