Bipolar + depression + alcohol = ????
My husband is bipolar depressive and LOVES a drink. He had 15 months of abstinence following a 12 week CBT program and it seems like he is well and truly off the wagon now. In addition, he is having his medication reduced with a view to coming off it totally to see what he is like without the medication. This is something that I'm not happy about but then, who knows if the medication is hampering his ability to be "normal"?
I'm at my wits' end anyhow with regard to the way he flat out lies to the doctor about not drinking while reducing the medication when he is drinking. He acknowledged having a couple of binges recently to the doc but I am sick of hearing the empty promises, as is his family. I don't want him to resort to self-medicating with alcohol again, self-harming and having to be admitted to the ED (this has happened twice).
Any advice for me and any for me to offer to him from the perspective of other sufferers of these illnesses?