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Old 03-09-2012, 10:41 PM
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zorah
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Hi ksmaa,

i relate to your situation. i can't tell you about prozac but from my own experience as a bipolar (and still working on getting the right drug combo), alcohol really complicates things. i slipped again recently and what i know is that my pdoc can't really help me stabilize if booze is in the mix. so it's one of those cycles: you drink cuz you feel bad but then this messes with the meds that are meant to help you feel better, so you want to drink again. everyone i know who's got both an addiction problem and a mental health problem does a lot better when they stop drinking long enough to get the meds worked out. this then makes sobriety so much easier because you're not fighting fire with fire (an addictive chemical with a chemically unbalanced mind).

hope you find your way through this.... you're not alone.

Zorah
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