Posted by T_R_D on November 12, 2003, at 12:14:04
In reply to Can drug/alcohol abuse cause Bi-Polar?, posted by panic_attack on November 11, 2003, at 9:52:05
> My neighbor is a therapist and he really strongly beleives that I am bi-polar. I have never been diagnosed as Bi-Polar but with Panic/anxiety disorder. I did alot of recreational drugs as a teenager and heavy drinking. One night I OD on cocaine and I have never been the same. I am 23 y/o now and still dealing with alcohol abuse. I take Lexapro and Risperdal. After I go out drinking, I am in a complete mania all day long. Just feel real crazy and psycho and do not feel like myself. Feel like I am going to die and want to know if this could be Bi-Polar that I am experiencing? What do you think?
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> Thanks.It's tough to say...kind of a chicken/egg thing, I think...a vicious cycle where once tends to exacerbate the other. There have been links made of drug induced schizophrenia. In fact, I know of a case...a woman I knew from childhood. She was an artist, went away to Europe and did way to much *who knows* and had to be shipped back to Canada in a completely schizophrenic state...she got really messed up. Granted, the nature/nurture explanation could also factor in...basically LH's response.
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