Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
Before I was ill I used to drink, take drugs etc.It suited me as I wasn't alcoholic or addicted, I was just out for a party and often it would be free cos of the work I was in.
Now
However, the difficulty is in socialising with friends that have known me for ages.
When I do go out,aside from the obvious BP hang-ups, it's always easy to drink again.Tolerance was high so I'm on the shorts in no time.
It's stupid, it inhibits my meds and fucks my head.England is based on the drinking culture.There is a pub on nearly every road where I live.
Friends find it difficult NOT to buy a drink for me."JUST an OJ!!"
I'd like to be wrecked again just for one fucking night but...nah.It's like I was looking to get out of my head all the time.That's impossible now.
I don't want to avoid friends in order to avoid alcohol so I stick to being good.
What do you do.In order to remain faithful to your illness and it's demands?
Now
However, the difficulty is in socialising with friends that have known me for ages.
When I do go out,aside from the obvious BP hang-ups, it's always easy to drink again.Tolerance was high so I'm on the shorts in no time.
It's stupid, it inhibits my meds and fucks my head.England is based on the drinking culture.There is a pub on nearly every road where I live.
Friends find it difficult NOT to buy a drink for me."JUST an OJ!!"
I'd like to be wrecked again just for one fucking night but...nah.It's like I was looking to get out of my head all the time.That's impossible now.
I don't want to avoid friends in order to avoid alcohol so I stick to being good.
What do you do.In order to remain faithful to your illness and it's demands?
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We seem to be getting a number of people, new members and people who don't seem to be bipolar either telling people to use "treatments" other than meds, implying meds aren't needed or that you can add further chemical based treatments (like herbal suppliments bought on the net) without discussing it first with a pharmacist, doctor or other proper medical practitioner.Jan and I are extremely...
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What would YOU do if you won the lottery? If I won I would find a program or place that treats the WHOLE body, not just with chemicals or talk therapy, to find a mental health regimen that would FINALLY work for me. I would work to get off of my meds altogether. (Years and years of taking meds that don't help have left me frustrated and fairly angry.) Treatment for mental illness is not for the...
You CAN'T mix it with your meds - very bad for you.
what's your favorite non-alcoholic bev?
i guess a virgin daiquiri would be too girlie, huh?
mb
Thanks, you are right.
I stay in cos of that alcohol stuff.I prefer playing my guitar and writing all day.Sad but true.
They are marvellous.All people I know have been told by me.
It's also the taste and being with women that clicks me into 'false' relaxation.
Thanks for your replies so far.I'm going out tonight with renewed determination!!
cheers
I have a pint of lager, then juices, another pint.The locals in my pub even get me pints of water now.It took time.
I've had dangerous things with drink/lithium/sleepers.
the mini ebnironment in my pub is nice but can be a bit of a surprise.I relax with a woman then she says "Oh, I may be BP too, I think!" hahaha.
"See ya later!!"
I like this bourbon someone got me..Woodford Grange Kentucky Bourbon.
I have to WATCH it!!
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