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I am a nurse and I never try to diagnose anyone online--but I will tell you my adult son is a recovering alcoholic who is also bi-polar--currently he is on the medication he needs and like a new man.It seems a lot of alcoholics have other issues of mental illness/anxiety/depression ect..which is why they began to like drinking in the first place.Then the one problem becomes two problems and they are alcoholics as well.Once they reach that point there are not many Doctors who will treat them because of the alcoholism. It has taken me years to find one for my son.If they can stay sober long enough usually a doctor will help.
Bi polar is a very dangerous disease--as a nurse I can tell you the patients who I have treated with this disease are notorious for stopping their medications off/on.Used to be all they had was lithium and that didn't make them feel to good.Now they have new medications like Abilify-that work well with little side effects.
As a parent I can tell you living with someone with this disease is frightening at times--if they go off their meds or if they drink alcohol-they become a totally different person-angry-delusional-even violent--depends what type they are.as there are a few different ypes of bi polar.
Do you talk to his psych at all to see where he is at in his treatment? Do you go to a psych for yourself and dealing with all this?Make sure you are safePLEASE!!!!!!
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