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Hi,<\/p>\n
What’s new?<\/p>\n
I hope things are going well for
you and you had a good day
yesterday.<\/p>\n
I wanted to write about something
that I don’t think that I have written
about before. But it’s a serious
problem that has to do with bipolar
disorder.<\/p>\n
I got an email from someone who
asked, “Can you drink when you
have bipolar disorder”<\/p>\n
At first I thought, \u201cWhat a silly
question,\u201d because you see
commercials all the time on TV
about how not to drink alcohol
when taking this or that medication,
whichever one they\u2019re advertising
for. But then I thought, well, they
never advertise for bipolar ones,
so maybe it\u2019s a valid question
after all.<\/p>\n
Either way, I decided to answer
it here, because I\u2019m sure there are
more of you out there with the
same question.<\/p>\n
First let me say, I have
never had a drink in my life.
I am not saying that to brag
just to let you know I don’t
speak from experience.<\/p>\n
BUT, I haven\u2019t jumped off a cliff either
doesn\u2019t mean I have to do that
to know how bad it would be for
me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
But I have done a lot, and I
mean a lot, of research into
bipolar disorder, as you know, and
along with that, there is a lot of
mention about people who have
the disorder who also have problems
with alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n
Even by itself, without bipolar
disorder, alcohol can be a huge
problem. See, alcohol is a
depressant. Which is kind of
funny, because people who are
depressed don\u2019t know that, and
they turn to alcohol to make them
feel better when they\u2019re depressed.<\/p>\n
And too many people end up as
alcoholics, with or without the
bipolar disorder to deal with as
well. But since I\u2019m only talking
to people who have the disorder,
I\u2019ll only talk about it in relation
to that.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s just talk in terms of your
medications. There are all kinds
of warnings not to take alcohol
with your medication, aren\u2019t there?<\/p>\n
So it\u2019s kind of a moot point to even
ask if you can drink if you have
bipolar disorder because of course
you will be taking medication for
your disorder.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the simplest answer I can
come up with!<\/p>\n
Drinking alcohol can be bad enough
in itself, but can be deadly for the
person with bipolar disorder, when
mixed with their bipolar medications.<\/p>\n
In addition to this, there are so
many other bad things that alcohol
brings.<\/p>\n
It can and usually does cause weight
gain. It causes people to eat more
when they are drinking. It causes
people to engage in relations with
people they normally wouldn’t.
It causes people to say things they
normally would not and get them
into trouble.<\/p>\n
It causes them do possibly drive
drunk. It causes people to spend more
money they shouldn’t spend.<\/p>\n
The reason why I have this list in my
head because I had this conversation
with a person in the gym that said, “How
come you never ever drink.” I gave her
the reasons. <\/p>\n
As much as she wanted to NOT believe
what I said, she had to believe it
because everything was totally true.<\/p>\n
This person by the way does drink and
and alcohol has caused many problems
for her.<\/p>\n
If you go through my courses\/systems
below, you will not find one high functioning
person with bipolar disorder that drinks.
I don’t know of one person at all. <\/p>\n
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And many of the people in my courses USE TO
drink and they indicate it made it almost impossible
for them to get their bipolar disorder under
control.<\/p>\n
Oh, I forgot one more bad thing with alcohol.
Some who drink become violent.<\/p>\n
I seriously might have 3000 horror stories
of people with bipolar disorder that were
drinking and not stable. If you think that
a person with bipolar disorder who is not
stable is bad, when you add alcohol it makes
it 100 to probably 1000 times worse.<\/p>\n
This is going to sound crazy, but I would appreciate
if some people with bipolar disorder that use
to drink would post how bad drinking is on
my blog and warn others.<\/p>\n
Now if you have a loved one with bipolar
disorder and that person doesn’t drink and you
the bipolar supporter does, I would recommend
you stop drinking. I would recommend you
get rid of alcohol in the house as well.
It’s just a good policy.<\/p>\n
Well, I\u2019m off again! So many places I
have to go.<\/p>\n
Catcha.<\/p>\n
Your friend,<\/p>\n
Dave
–
P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/p>\n
P.P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/p>\n
P.P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
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