Medication of choice?

[elwood]

Ever since I was young, 12 or so, I would always use alcohol.  I tried weed but it didn't agree with me.  I'd like to hear your response as I am curious if I was typical or strange.

Elwood aka Rick

[cadno]

I did do a little of all but for the most part I created a personality to put on infront of people, one that could excuse my actions as just being a clown or being a very angry person on days.  That's why the docs took so long to figure me out, they had to punch through the mask I wore to get at the truth and I wouldn't remove it without a fight.

Cadno

[Ramji]

When I was younger I used various  substances, but for the 20 years prior to my diagnosis I even avoid OTC medications and did not, and still have not used alcohol.  I have no desire to take anythingother than what my dr prescribes ... even with that I wish I did not have to take it and prefer to take as little as possible.
I'm strange enough on my own and don't alcohol or recreational drugs to add to my difficulties.

[Joe Buck]

This is a cut & copy of prior reply:

I go on the premise...it's not the use, it's the abuse. Smoking weed & drugs...was not my bag or vehicle for self medication. My use of drugs was motivated by peer pressure...more than the allure of the high. Consuming large quantities of alcohol was my gig.  In Wisconsin (my home state) , consuming alcohol is a right of passage. I could tell you some off the wall drinking stories & you would believe it was bullshit. I was fortunite to be a big dude that had a unbelievable tolerance to alcohol. Other than a ton of money, down the drain...nothing terrible came of it. I was blessed to have a good relationship with the alcohol god & just plain lucky. When diagnosed with BPD & some knowledge under my belt...my alcohol consumption was greatly curtailed. A valuable tool in the management of BPD is behavioral modification. I did not completely quite alcohol...I cut way back. Quiting cold turkey on anything...sets one up for failure. Behavioral modification is one hard mother f*cker. To this day...I am still amazed that a hard core drinker as myself, could silence the beast. So when the dust settles...the last verse, same as the first...it is all up to oneself.  JB (Bob)   

[Joe Buck]

Sex is a good self medication tool. It's not that sex is all bad...it's just that some are better than others. A male member of babble complained that it was difficult to get the sheep's back legs in the waders. The insistant cry of the lamb, to the mother was quite annoying. Dam those sharp hooves...have to get a new pair of waders & some earplugs.     

[Dreamline]

 

As much as I smoked weed and did drugs all the time, I was obsessed with sex (w/ people).

[The Sock Monster]

Weed and alcohol. When Im depressed I do them all the time and think I cant live without them. When Im hypomanic I give them up straight away and dont even miss them!!

Helen