I drink one or two every now and then. However, my Geodon makes me so sleepy when I drink that I tend not to drink at all.

When I started this post I was quirous on how many people were doing the same thing I was doing. To be honest I`m struggling to keep my beer drinking under 10 to 12. I`ve been doing it for 18 years and have built up a tolerence to alcohol,benzodiazapans and Seraquil. I would not recommend drinling that much with thier meds. That is what it takes for me to sleep. 10 to 15 beers rozerem,dalmane and klonapin. Year ago not trying to kill myself in 18 hours I took 26mg of klonapin and drank 20 beers. I woke up 3 hours later and could feel the toxic effect of the klonapin. I did`nt even call for help I rode it out and lived. I personally think a couple beers with most psychropic meds or seraquil or benzodiazapns may help you relax or sleep better. What I do is from years of tolerence and works for me. Don`t drink that much unless you have built up a tolerence over yaers. Acouples ok but don`t drink more than 1 or 2 it may not work for you. I think I blew the sratonin in my brain from crack and alcohol. Thats why ssri don`t work for me. Remeron works on adrenaline and is pulling me out of the depression.If I go manic from the remeron I got plenty of Seraquil and Klonapin to mellow me out.

Hey all-there is some really great and very true comments here...just adding my cents worth.
I am recovering alco/addict and love to self medicate and stats are high to validate that bi-polars do this. I too did it for sleep but that is bull%*@$ as it induces mania and depression and its kinda fun when your in it but friends etc don't feel the same.
My diet was Bourbon on weekends and no sleep at all and 1/2 case beer on weeknights & did this for 20 years.
I have cirrhosis of the liver and have run out of drugs and options my body cant take it anymore-hey don't get to where I am if you can.
Sounds like you too might have a problem also, I know its not what you want to hear as it took heaps of sh#* for me to give up but there heaps of good listeners and support here!
Anyway Cheers (lol) and bottoms up!!!!!!!

Iknew a woman on seroquel, who just drank one beer and went out of her gourd for a month. She did'nt know her husband of five years or her three children. I admit that I do drink on occasion, but I don't want to fry my brain and forget my kid. I'm not judging anyone. Alcohol scares me.

Oh God. Here goes. In my humble, very humble opinion, and from my years of experience, nothing works like a dip in a wood-burning hot tub, a few hits of marijuana from a bong, and then a good roll in the hay with your significant other.
You'll sleep like a baby, wake up with a clear head and a happy heart, and you'll float through the day on a brain filled with endorphins.

(Had to quit Abilify because it obliterated my libido, stopped Wellbutrin and Adderall because they caused insomnia and escalated hypo-mania, and now my only problem is TMJ and a weird tongue disorder.)

I keep asking my husband to tell me if I'm off kilter, but as long as we have our nights, he says the days are fine.

So, today I found ZenHabits.com, and think I'll follow them step by step to an uncluttered house and healthy bliss.

Hi there,

I have to say if getting to sleep is your major problem then maybe you don't need any drugs. If you are playing around with drugs like this you are negating any positive treatment aspects, if any, and may as well stop and start afresh as you have clearly got some very bad habits.

Ask yourself one question, not for me, for you.

Are you serious about dealing with your illness? If you are then stop playing and start listening. If not then why bother at all?

It took 7 years, 2 separate in-patient treatments, $32,000, and 3 psychiatrists and a deep crack in our marriage for Mitch and I to really really REALLY get it: alcohol COMPLETELY negates his meds. Once he stopped drinking 3 months ago, things took a startling change for the better and his life is now fairly even (meaning the highs aren't as high and the lows aren't as low).
Good luck everyone; we all know the facts, but I hope your learning curve isn't as steep as ours.