[xxblackrosesxx]

I know that I drink a ton when I am manic or mixed. Saturday just gone I had 8 cocktails and 2 shots. I was still standing and was dancing for hours with loud music blasting out at a club.

Then when I got into the taxi with my boyfriend I thought it'd be funny to tell th taxi man the wrong directions back home. Hahaha.

Then I changed my mind abotut staying at mine and stayed at my boyfriends. Didn't tell my parents my where abouts. Almost had unprotected sex. We didn't sleep till at 2am or something. Woke up. No hangover.

We went into the city and walked to one city to the other without being worn out. Only had 1 glass of wine that day so that was ok.

Went to work today and all I had were songs in my head and I wanted to dance and laugh. It's now almost 12am here...been up since 6am and did a 12 hour shift at work.

Then did some more walking with my boyfriend.

Tomorrow I am heading into town to get my phone which I have damaged from anger. So I've had no professional to talk to since 25th Jan.

This whole thing will either end very bad or ok.

[gina_re]

I am not much of a drinker anymore. My tolerance is way down compared to where it used to be about ten years ago. But over the summer I had started drinking. I craved the alcohol. Come to find out I was in hypomania. Now I know that is clue that's where I'm headed.

[Keegan2015]

I definitely used to drink heavily when manic as a way of "bringing things down a notch" mentally, my drinking REALLY goes off the rails though when I'm depressed... like on average 2 bottles of wine and a 6 pack of beer each evening.

Butttt right now I've got 30 days of sobriety under my belt so I'm hoping those days are behind me

[wildflowerchild25]

I drink when hypomanic. I just want to have fun and drinking is fun to me. I sometimes drink when depressed too but that's generally a bad idea. Usually leads to me harming myself. So I try not to drink very often.

Yes. I try to limit myself when hypomanic. When manic I drink too much.

[Ocean Swimmer]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who ignores the warning against drinking on medication.

But I can't drink too much or I immediately get sick. I was like this before the pills too.

Once I didn't even have a drink for 12 years. But I was trying to show my alcoholic father something. He told me I was wasting my time on that score as I'm not an alcoholic.

I think I prefer a few drinks when depression has been my mood for a long time to relieve it a little.

When hypo or manic I'm too strung out to concern myself with alcohol.

I quit drinking a long time ago. I wasn't diagnosed at the time but in hindsight my drinking covered up my bipolar symptoms. And I say cover up, but not in a good way, because it made my life completely chaotic. Alcohol is kryptonite to me.

[Hashi/bipolar mom]

I'm an alcoholic and I can stay sober until a manic episode. It's usually one day (binge drinking). Sometimes nothing bad comes of it except for my husband and son's disappointment. Other times, it ends up with me in jail or the ER. I wasn't diagnosed BP until June when I had another incident and it was bad. We couldn't figure what was going on. I'd be fine and then all **** would break loose. We figured out it was a BP cycle that would happen about 3-4 times a year. I would cycle between hypo-manic and depression, but the other times it would be full on mania.

[Christopher1990]

it's strange, but when I'm manico/hypo drinking has more of an effect on me and I don't need much to feel good. When I'm steady mood or low, alcohol doesnt do much for me at all, just makes me tired and **** the next day.

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[Nammu]

For me it's the mixed episodes with the rage and irritability that get me craving anything to change it. Alcohol or drugs don't matter.

[Wander]

Absolutely hands down drink more when (hypo)manic. Seems my tolerance is increased and my recovery time decreases too. I crave alcohol intensely.

When I am manic I can drink 2 drinks and I start slurring, and I am not drunk.

[xxblackrosesxx]

Originally Posted by Wander

Absolutely hands down drink more when (hypo)manic. Seems my tolerance is increased and my recovery time decreases too. I crave alcohol intensely.

yeah my tolerance goes sky high when i am manic/hypomanic. i get no hangover as well. i can do almost anything. last night i could hardly sleep but i am so distracted. i am still in bed at 1:22pm. if i could focused more i would of been out of bed hours ago lol.

[xxblackrosesxx]

Originally Posted by ValentinaVVV

When I am manic I can drink 2 drinks and I start slurring, and I am not drunk.

i don't ever slurr when i drink and manic. it's just so odd. but it often leads to me feeling even more horny.

[gina_re]

Originally Posted by xxblackrosesxx

i don't ever slurr when i drink and manic. it's just so odd. but it often leads to me feeling even more horny.

Me too!!

[xxblackrosesxx]

Originally Posted by gina_re

Me too!!

glad i'm not the only one

[xxblackrosesxx]

i can't concentrate

[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

Originally Posted by Keegan2015

I definitely used to drink heavily when manic as a way of "bringing things down a notch" mentally, my drinking REALLY goes off the rails though when I'm depressed... like on average 2 bottles of wine and a 6 pack of beer each evening.

Butttt right now I've got 30 days of sobriety under my belt so I'm hoping those days are behind me

Congrats on your 30 days!

[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

I drink more frequently when I have anxiety or am depressed. I start thinking about drinking early in the day when in those moods - that has been a new thing in the last year or two. I feel so ashamed that I'm watching the clock to get to a time when it's "acceptable" to have a drink. Thankfully, that part is not a frequent thing. When I drink in these moods, it's often just a drink or maybe two. Sometimes a third glass if I'm drinking wine.

When I'm hypo, I tend to drink more volume because I'm out more and engaging in more social activities where alcohol is a part of it. I drink more when I'm hypo because I'm having a good time and if we're at a gathering the alcohol flows pretty freely. If we're entertaining at home, I just keep drinking as long as the bottles are open. If we're not at home, I can taper my intake a little better. I guess I hadn't really put too much thought into that before...