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alcohol dependancy?
I think i may have a problem. My drinking has been getting steadily worse recently, i've been drinking more, and drinking more often. ive been drunk every night this week. and started drinking cider cos its cheap, even though i don't really like it. And i generally do it cos i feel depressed. I'm guessing this isn't good. I cannot shake the feeling that i "need" to drink. God this is horrible 
sorry. i don't know what to do. it may have just been the depression, but after i'd been drinking last night i was in a very bad state (suicidal) and i'm more than a little scared looking back. i know i'm going to have to stop drinking, but i needed to know if anyone else has had problems with drinking and/or depression.
thanx
sorry. i don't know what to do. it may have just been the depression, but after i'd been drinking last night i was in a very bad state (suicidal) and i'm more than a little scared looking back. i know i'm going to have to stop drinking, but i needed to know if anyone else has had problems with drinking and/or depression. thanx
hey honey, you can pm me if you want, I have been diagnosed with severe depression and am also seeing someone about my alcohol dependancy.
i feel so damn ill. yet still want to drink 
i'm not depressed i don't think although i'm taking these St johns wort things because the dark nights are making me feel down.
However, I am a very heavy drinker. 24 units a week?? Maybe in a night.
I think for me its about the social life. ordinarily I wouldn't sit at home and smoke a cigar. i do so because its part of the scene when you're out. Same as drinking. I'm not one to sit at home on my own with a bottle of wine. in fact i never drink alone unless its before a night out and i'm getting ready. its just the situation i'm in encourages boozing it.
I'm going to stay sober for the next two weeks while i sort out a job and stuff tho. the booze is a good laugh as long as you can come away from it and do some serious stuff. If you can't then its time to go on the sober for a bit.
However, I am a very heavy drinker. 24 units a week?? Maybe in a night.
I think for me its about the social life. ordinarily I wouldn't sit at home and smoke a cigar. i do so because its part of the scene when you're out. Same as drinking. I'm not one to sit at home on my own with a bottle of wine. in fact i never drink alone unless its before a night out and i'm getting ready. its just the situation i'm in encourages boozing it.
I'm going to stay sober for the next two weeks while i sort out a job and stuff tho. the booze is a good laugh as long as you can come away from it and do some serious stuff. If you can't then its time to go on the sober for a bit.
I stopped drinking a few weeks ago. I just got bored and usually ended up drinking then feeling really crap about it all. I can't just do one drink and would just keep drinking. Then it sent me spiralling back to places i've been to and i didn't like the things it brought up. So i've decided to now stop drinking for good. I never believed in escapism and it's something i like to keep to - alcohol conflicts with it; so it had to go.
Realising that you have a problem is the first step to sorting it out. Well done, and feel free to PM me. I'll talk on MSN if you want. 
xXMessedUpXx
I think i may have a problem. My drinking has been getting steadily worse recently
Go see your GP
For depression, lexapro (escitaprolam, a recent SSRI ) www.lexapro.com works very well.
As far as pharmacotherapy is concerned ( discuss these with your GP ),
Counselling + naltrexone http://familydoctor.org/130.xml + campral www.campral.com + thiamine is a very effective state of the art combination for alcohol dependence.
AA can be life saving.
You may need inpatient treatment.
I do not drink myself but have known friends and others who have suffered dreadfully from the disease and have benefited from variations of
the combination above.
My mother died of alcoholism at the age of 44. She was drinking in order to forget some particularly awful things she had difficulty with in her life. The grim reality is that if you do continue down this path, you will find it extremely difficult to stop and you may end up with serious problems down the line.
Admitting you have a problem this early is fantastic and you should feel great about being so brave!
Cutting back is usually not enough. You need to stop drinking entirely! Even if it is simply to prove to yourself that you can do it. Seeking the support of others in a similar situation is a good idea for moral support.
Seeking the help of friends and family is also a good first step.
Seeing your GP can be daunting, but councelling can be a good option if it is available. I've found it very useful for the depression I went through in the past.
Please. For goodness sake. Next time you feel depressed, reach out to people instead of a substance. You can't make your problems dissapear, but talking about them with people can help!
Good Luck and feel free to PM me.
Admitting you have a problem this early is fantastic and you should feel great about being so brave!
Cutting back is usually not enough. You need to stop drinking entirely! Even if it is simply to prove to yourself that you can do it. Seeking the support of others in a similar situation is a good idea for moral support.
Seeking the help of friends and family is also a good first step.
Seeing your GP can be daunting, but councelling can be a good option if it is available. I've found it very useful for the depression I went through in the past.
Please. For goodness sake. Next time you feel depressed, reach out to people instead of a substance. You can't make your problems dissapear, but talking about them with people can help!
Good Luck and feel free to PM me.
so what exactly qualifies as alcoholism?
I'd say your an alcholic if you can't function without drink. This can manifest itself as either; a) requiring alcohol to feel normal or b) an inability to stop thinking about your need to drink.
To the OP; talk to friends and/or family, perhaps to a GP.
I have no firsthand experience of this but now that you have recognised you have a problem, try to do something about it before resorting to SSRI's or indeed any form of anti-depressant; namely go tee-total for a month or so.
The thing is though, xXMessedUpXx is using alcohol to cope with her depression. So she probably will be able to cope without it, but will then resort to something else instead.
xXMessedUpXx, you really need to see a doctor or counsellor. They'll be able to help you sort your depression and then you'll find that the other related problems like this will go away on their own. But you won't be able to say, "I'm gonna stop drinking" and suddenly do that without having some other methods of coping.
xXMessedUpXx, you really need to see a doctor or counsellor. They'll be able to help you sort your depression and then you'll find that the other related problems like this will go away on their own. But you won't be able to say, "I'm gonna stop drinking" and suddenly do that without having some other methods of coping.
Do you drink when you are on your own too?
I had a flatmate who used to drink alone and she used to get very depressed too I have another mate who doesn't drink at all because she has depression and she knows booze makes her worse.
Alcohol makes you feel **** so it isn't going to help really.
I had a flatmate who used to drink alone and she used to get very depressed too I have another mate who doesn't drink at all because she has depression and she knows booze makes her worse.
Alcohol makes you feel **** so it isn't going to help really.
viviki
Alcohol makes you feel **** so it isn't going to help really.
xXMessedUpXx, get yourself to a councellor or the doctors. This is just another coping method that's actually harming you more than it's doing good. It'll get better, just do something, please
I very rarely post as I don't spend much time on this forum, but this thread caught my eye.
Look, hun, you sound in a really bad way. A lot of people confuse being a bit down with clinical depression, there's a huge difference and I'd hazard a guess you either are, or are on your way to the latter.
Get to your GP. If your GP is useless, see another. Do not stop until you've got a referral to a decent counsellor. I don't know if you need anti-depressants, but they may help.
I speak from experience. I didn't go to my GP until I was suicidal. I had to have psychiatric nurses visit me multiple times a day in my own home to keep me out of hospital. I can't tell you it made me better, because it turned out I was undiagnosed bipolar (a manic depressive) and flicked over into mania during crisis treatment. Anyway, the crisis team did do their job in that they delayed what was an inevitable suicide.
The point is that I'm making is that you don't want to wait until things are that bad. Admittedly, I have a very different illness, but if I'd seen my GP about my depressional periods earlier, my illness might have been caught when it was in a much milder stage.
You're already feeling suicidal some of the time. This is a huge warning sign. Get help. When you're depressed as hell, you believe nothing can help, but trust me, it can. There's so many different treatments out there. Give it a go. When you're suicidal, you have nothing to lose. You can afford to hang on a few days, weeks, whatever because death is such a final solution.
Give yourself the chance to get better.
(And yes, I am ignoring the drinking because it is a coping strategy. People with mental illness are fabulous at ignoring their problems and self medicating. Been there, done that.)
Keep posting and let us know how you get on, yeah?
Look, hun, you sound in a really bad way. A lot of people confuse being a bit down with clinical depression, there's a huge difference and I'd hazard a guess you either are, or are on your way to the latter.
Get to your GP. If your GP is useless, see another. Do not stop until you've got a referral to a decent counsellor. I don't know if you need anti-depressants, but they may help.
I speak from experience. I didn't go to my GP until I was suicidal. I had to have psychiatric nurses visit me multiple times a day in my own home to keep me out of hospital. I can't tell you it made me better, because it turned out I was undiagnosed bipolar (a manic depressive) and flicked over into mania during crisis treatment. Anyway, the crisis team did do their job in that they delayed what was an inevitable suicide.
The point is that I'm making is that you don't want to wait until things are that bad. Admittedly, I have a very different illness, but if I'd seen my GP about my depressional periods earlier, my illness might have been caught when it was in a much milder stage.
You're already feeling suicidal some of the time. This is a huge warning sign. Get help. When you're depressed as hell, you believe nothing can help, but trust me, it can. There's so many different treatments out there. Give it a go. When you're suicidal, you have nothing to lose. You can afford to hang on a few days, weeks, whatever because death is such a final solution.
Give yourself the chance to get better.
(And yes, I am ignoring the drinking because it is a coping strategy. People with mental illness are fabulous at ignoring their problems and self medicating. Been there, done that.)
Keep posting and let us know how you get on, yeah?
xXMessedUpXx
I think i may have a problem. My drinking has been getting steadily worse recently, i've been drinking more, and drinking more often. ive been drunk every night this week. and started drinking cider cos its cheap, even though i don't really like it. And i generally do it cos i feel depressed. I'm guessing this isn't good. I cannot shake the feeling that i "need" to drink. God this is horrible sorry. i don't know what to do. it may have just been the depression, but after i'd been drinking last night i was in a very bad state (suicidal) and i'm more than a little scared looking back. i know i'm going to have to stop drinking, but i needed to know if anyone else has had problems with drinking and/or depression.
thanx
sorry. i don't know what to do. it may have just been the depression, but after i'd been drinking last night i was in a very bad state (suicidal) and i'm more than a little scared looking back. i know i'm going to have to stop drinking, but i needed to know if anyone else has had problems with drinking and/or depression. thanx
Ive had problems with depression and still do now, not sure what else to put right now but feel free to pm me anytime.
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