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- Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- NelmNelm
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I love a mojito.
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- NelmNelm
- Date posted
- 4y ago
It depends on your reasom for drinking. If it's for compulsion relief then you'll eventually end up in a bad way
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- Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Definitely not for a compulsion, just wondering if OCD/anxiety symptoms would be made worse with light alcohol usage added to the mix. Before if I went out with friends to dinner I would have one cocktail or something along with the food so wondering if something like that would be okay once in a while or if it would be best to not partake all together
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- EstridEstrid
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Evelyn4416 I think you have to figure out this for yourself, what works best.
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- CoreyCCoreyC
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I do drink alcohol but not ever to the point that I’m getting drunk or even like a good buzz.. never like to feel like that since it kinda goes hand in hand with anxiety + ocd that I never really knew I had until the last year... but by textbook no you probably shouldn’t drink alcohol since it’s a depressant which can make symptoms worse.. but it’s really up to you. I personally love beer so it’s just hard to give up.. just don’t abuse it
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- Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Thanks for the reply! I was thinking like one drink once in a while but if it’ll make symptoms worse then it’s not worth it
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- Vavina_4Vavina_4
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I cut out alcohol as well thinking it’ll make my symptoms worse and it made it worse (for me cause everyone’s experiences are different) only because it was my 21st birthday and I abused it to the max. Never again will I drink that much and now I decided to drink once in a while a beer or two the max but that’s it.
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- Vavina_4Vavina_4
- Date posted
- 4y ago
So far that has been a good limit, my ocd and anxiety don’t go haywire when I limit myself to 1 or 2 beers.
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- EstridEstrid
- Date posted
- 4y ago
If you are on medication its important ti be aware of how it affect in combination with alcohol. SSRI for example can add the effect.
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- Ocd_istheworstOcd_istheworst
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- 4y ago
As long as it’s not abused / becoming an addiction , you are good to make that decision with whatever you feel is best! Yes, it will make depression / anxiety worse after the buzz wears off, sometimes worse than other times, & sometimes not as bad. It’s up to you if once and a while you’re okay with having to deal with the onset of the symptoms here and again. Personally I take that risk every once and a while. I still like to feel buzzed once and a while, rarely now bc my ocd got bad again this year but some times my ocd isn’t as severe and I’m like eh I could have a glass of wine or go to the bar with friends and just enjoy myself. I just won’t drink if I’m already depressed because that’s a completely different road.. I only have a drink or two if I’m already happy/mentally stable at the time.
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- FindingAnswersAskingFindingAnswe...
- Date posted
- 4y ago
no! that’s called avoidance and is counter-intuitive! instead, allow yourself to drink in moderation. when you feel anxiety around whatever it may be, work on making peace with the fear and accepting yourself regardless of conditions. also, ERP may be effective here, where after drinking you could do ERP on the fear in question. may be an effective way to help treat it.
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- EstridEstrid
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Agree.
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- hannie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Does anyone have advice for intrusive thoughts while tipsy? I haven experience this before and then a random thought hit me! Had this happen. The buzz had warn off but it still freaked me out cause I don’t know it was OCD or an actual thought. I got anxiety really bad after.
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- VicVinegar
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Alcohol and OCD: A cruel mistress! Hi all. I wanted to share my thoughts and potentially start a discussion about the role of alcohol in OCD. Certainly in my case I think it is a fundamental contributor to my suffering, and I'm not surprised about the statistics related to how many OCD sufferers also suffer from problematic drinking. My current obsessive themes are Real Event/guilt OCD and are often related to situations and events where I was incredibly drunk with fuzzy and missing memories, or my drunkenness contributed to certain actions that I now obsessively regret. Whilst this was in the past, alcohol is still contributing to my suffering, and I'm starting to wonder whether I would be much happier without it. I find that after sometimes months of feeling fine, most if not all of my major relapses have occurred directly after a night of heavy drinking, and that spark has sent me spiralling for days and sometimes weeks. I then became obsessed about limiting my drinking in certain situations, I had a fear that if I was drunk I would end up committing some horrible crime or cheating on my partner. Now though I'm finding that I'm drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on a very regular basis, just to take my mind off my obsessions, which is very unhealthy. When I have a drink, even just one, it feels like my thoughts just almost vanish in importance, it's like a beautiful break from all the suffering. This feeling scares me a little and I now worry that I might be verging on some form of dependency on alcohol. I'm not looking for any reassurance here, just wanted to share my experience and chat with others who might also be struggling in this way.
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- NrseKris
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Alcohol and anxiety.
Does anyone drink? I used to binge drink a lot but started realizing my anxiety would be a lot worse the next day so I’ve been trying to cut back but last night had some drinks and I’m kinda upset at myself . I think I just need to go sober but it’s hard. Has anyone dealt With this
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