drinking on psych meds ( schizoaffective disorder )
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drinking on psych meds ( schizoaffective disorder )
I have been hospitalized 16 times two weeks every time except last time four days two or three years ago can't remember which. I take medication for mental illness and fibromyalgia and I really don't want to I hate it but if I don't I go into psychosis four months one time two years rapid cycling. I have low testosterone thinking maybe going on testosterone replacement therapy I really don't want to I was not drinking when they checked my testosterone for about a month. But I want to go back to work I'm on disability I live with my parents as I have not been able to take care of myself most of the time. Yes I know I'm not high functioning as there's been no stability to work with until now.I spent 300 $ on amazon on everything suppose to raise testosterone from aswaganda to zinc didn't bug and specialist said the medication I'm on doesn"t cause low T but my prolactin a little high so I'm going to an endocronologist . See I had four years sober in AA and went to ten mental hospitals and stayed sober but when I realized I was not ever gonna get off medication while in psychosis I drank three beers .My brother was over teasing me I don't drink so huge mistake that was seven years ago I don't blame my brother it was the realization that all the faith in God wouldn't heal me so I was very mad at God who basically kept me sober threw ten hospitalizations. Basically I can't drink a lot because off all the medication I take but I'm creeping up there more everyday for a week. I tried naltroxone but still drank on it so I quit it. I made an ass of myself on SR and AA because lets face I was being a lunatic so unstable Dee74 was so nice not to ban me. Basically I have not done nothing for recovery from alcoholism for about a year.I did make all amends while in AA. It took me four years to make around 30,000$ in amends. What I really like to say is I'm sorry for all my bizarre posting I was studying religions and spirituality desperate to be healed of mental illness while in psychosis and I was having thousands of closed eye hallucinations over the years of so much stuff so please forgive me. I just want to quit drinking and get back into recovery so posting on SR is my first step back into it. But I have a question has anyone with schizophrenia spectrum disorder recovered from alcoholism or illegal drugs not talking about medication. It's so hard to come back here after posting hundreds of psycho babble for real. But I'm back I just want to make it threw this day sober and begin the road to recovery. 
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