Bipolar and alcohol.

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I have schizoaffective bipolar type which means all the symptoms of bipolar 1 plus episodes of schizophrenia. I have asked for people with bipolar to answer as it's more common and very similar I believe.

I'm just wondering what you do with regards to alcohol? Dh wants me to give it up completely as he says it makes my mood unstable. So was wondering what others have done and how alcohol affects them?

My partner has bipolar and PTSD and alcohol makes him manic, he doesn't touch it at all but on the 2 occasions he had a couple of drinks I could definitely notice a difference and he didn't sleep.

I have BPD and don't drink. I used to, heavily. The last 2 years I've had probably 4 units in total, 1 drink at my wedding 1 drink at my Great Grans funeral. I like being relatively stable. I now have a quiet head. For the first time in my life I am not hounded by a million thoughts going in a million different directions at a million miles per second. It is absolute bliss and I avoid avoid avoid anything that makes me feel anything else.

The last time I drank, the manic psychosis reared its ugly head for the first time in 6 years and it genuinely terrified me as I thought I'd slayed that particular demon. I am a danger to myself and others, I am so lucky I didn't accidently kill myself that night.

I've had PNP, PTSD, BPD1/2.

A good friend of mine has BPD. She doesn't drink at all anymore.

I have a history of depression and PTSD. I drink very rarely. Twice a year maybe. On the times I do have a glass of wine and I mean only one glass I feel terrible the next day. Depressed, unstable, teary, anxious. I changed how I drink over 2 years ago and have never regretted it since. One of my better decisions