I'm taking Bupropion and I have been doing an in-depth look at my experience with the medication (search it on my blog), this is the part two where I will be documenting the interaction between the medication and alcohol.
Today is July 17th 2025, it marks two months on the medication and I felt ready to try alcohol again. I had 1/2 a teaspoon of vodka in my juice, I wanted to start pretty small. I have a headache that I already had going into this, as well as being hot and sweaty but I will have to see if something I'm feeling gets worse or new symptoms.
It's been 2 hours and the 1/2 teaspoon gave me a little tightness and weird discomfort in my sternum, a little breast discomfort and my tummy did feel a little like a creaky floor. I've decided not to increase the teaspoon but just try again tomorrow, my body is not ready to increase.
Today is July 18th 2025 and I have had another 1/2 teaspoon of vodka. Today I didn't go into it with any headache or unwellness, so we will see how it goes.
It's been 2 hours and I felt a little buzzed, a tiny headache and my tummy felt a bit funny but that's made worse by unrelated anxiety and since I mixed alcohol with butter chicken haha. I will do another 1/2 teaspoon tomorrow.
Today is July 19th 2025 and I've had another 1/2 teaspoon of vodka. I was going into it with a tiny headache and feeling disoriented but we will see what happens.
It's been 2 hours and I was slightly buzzed but there was not a single bad symptom from the alcohol. I have decided tomorrow to increase to the 1 teaspoon and see how it goes.
Today is July 20th 2025 and I had 1 teaspoon of vodka. I went into it again with a little headache and feeling disoriented, so we will see what happens.
It's been 2 hours and I was slightly more buzzed than yesterday, with a little increase to my headache, otherwise no other negative symptoms. Tomorrow I will do the 1 teaspoon again, just to get into that a bit more before I increase to 1.5 teaspoons the following day.
Today is July 21st 2025 and I had 1 teaspoon of vodka. I went into it with a headache, upset stomach and chest/breast pain due to personal reasons, so we will see what happens.
It's been 2 hours and my chest and stomach were a bit more upset at the beginning but I felt a tiny bit better emotionally, otherwise I was pretty fine. Tomorrow I decided I will do another day of the 1 teaspoonm before I move onto 1.5 teaspoons.
Today is July 22nd 2025 and I had 1 teaspoon of vodka. I went into it with no negative symptoms, so we will see what happens.
It's been 2 hours and I had a bit of chest/sternum pressure and light breast soreness but otherwise I was fine. I thought I'd be ready to increase to 1.5 teaspoons but I don't want to do that until I have a day with it where I have no negative symptoms.
Today is July 24th, I accidentally missed a day yesterday but I guess it's not that important for me to do this every day, even if that was what I had planned, as long as I am still testing the alcohol and doing this experiment.
I had 1 teaspoon again today, going into it with funny eyesight, a little nausea and lightheadedness, not a great way to be before drinking but we will see what happens.
It's been 2 hours and I had the same symptoms as prior but due to the alcohol I just felt a little chest pressure. I decided to continue the 1 teaspoon tomorrow, I do not feel ready to move onto the 1.5 teaspoons.
Today is July 26th 2025 and I have a mild brain injury, so the alcohol experiment is on hold.
Today is August 11th, I have been having an issue with my heart, so I'm not sure where this will be going.
It's September 3rd and I've made lifestyle changes that have improved my health in ways and I am interested in trying alcohol again soon, sadly I have to start at the bottom, re-do all I did prior, just to be safe.
Today is September 8th and it's been a month since I started my new health journey and today I will be trying 1/4 teaspoon of vodka in my juice. I am going into it feeling a bit unwell, we will see how it goes.
It's been 2 hours and I felt only two moments of chest pressure during that time, otherwise I felt fine. Tomorrow I will try the 1/4 teaspoon again, as I am hoping not to feel anything before increasing to the 1/2 teaspoon.
It's September 9th 2025 and I have done 1/4 teaspoon again today. I went into it with a bit of anxiety, a little headache and hungry, we will see how it goes. I was hoping not to feel any bad feelings today but some stuff came up and there's nothing I can do but we will see if the alcohol calms me or makes my symptoms worse.
It's been 2 hours and my symptoms improved once I had lunch, otherwise I did not have a single negative symptom from the alcohol, not even any chest pressure, that I felt the day prior and since this is the case, I will be increasing to 1/2 teaspoon tomorrow.
It's September 10th 2025 and I have done 1/2 teaspoon, I felt a bit light/foggy-headed and a touch of nausea going into it, due to a condition I have and a very exhaustive day.
It's been 2 hours and it's hard to tell how I feel about the vodka, I feel as I did before but I can say it did not make it worse. I've decided to continue the 1/2 teaspoon tomorrow, give myself a chance to get comfortable with it before I increase, hopefully tomorrow goes even smoother.
Due to a busy schedule I was unable to do the 1/2 teaspoon today, as I only start it between 1pm and 330pm said day and today I missed that window.
Today is now September 12th 2025 and I have done 1/2 teaspoon, I went into it with a little discomfort in my head, almost a headache and a touch of dizziness.
It's been 2 hours and I feel no different, so I'm happy to report there were no bad symptoms, just my lingering previous symptoms. Tomorrow I will increase to the 1 teaspoon.
I discovered why I felt unwell, I completely forgot to take my morning medication, I ended up taking it late afternoon.
Today is now September 13th 2025 and I have done 1 teaspoon, I went into it with a bit of lightheadedness.
It's been 2 hours and I achieved a little tipsiness, which is so cool for me but had a little chest pressure and still maintained my lightheadedness. I want to continue the 1 teaspoon tomorrow.
It's September 14th 2025 and I have done 1 teaspoon, I went into it full unlike the other day when I was hungry. Also I had lightheadedness due to my condition, as well as running an errand. I'm not sure how the food will go with the alcohol but we will see, as in my youth drinking while eating was the worst, it was much better to drink on an empty stomach and now my stomach prefers to eat with it, or maybe not we will see.
It's been two hours and immediately after drinking I got a pressure in my forehead which sucks but otherwise I felt as I did when I started. My body didn't react poorly to me having had eaten prior to the vodka today. Tomorrow I will continue the 1 teaspoon.
Today is September 15th and I'm not feeling well enough to drink today, we will see how I feel tomorrow.
Today is September 16th 2025 and I've been too unwell again today to have a drink, I wanted this to go smoother but this is the real me, my real life, so we will see.
It's September 18th 2025 and I am having 1 teaspoon. I am drinking at 830pm, as something has come up and I could use this. I'm going into it upset physically and mentally, as well as lightheaded.
It's been two hours and I felt relaxed, just what I needed but otherwise I didn't feel anything, including anything negative, so next I will increase to 1 and 1/4th teaspoons. I decided not to force myself to do it each day when I can't or I'm not up for it, I was just trying to do it each day to speed up the process but some days I'm just not able and that's okay, I'm not even in a rush.
Today is September 26th 2025 and I accidentally gave myself 1.5 teaspoons instead of the 1 and 1/4 I was going to do, so we will see how it goes. I'm going into it with a bit of upset and pressure in my forehead, feeling a bit unwell.
It's been two hours and I had a bit of chest pressure, otherwise nothing else. I will continue the 1.5 teaspoons then.
It's September 29th 2025 and I am having a drink at 10am due to some upsetting news I received, I need to relax. I have done 1.5 teaspoons and I am going into it with upset, a bit of a headache and fatigue, so we will see how it goes.
It's been two hours and I feel pressure in my head, especially my forehead and my chest. I was doing alright mentally until what I'm going through, has come up again and I am feeling so sad, the alcohol helped for a while, so it wasn't so bad. Next time I'm doing the 1.5 teaspoon again.
Today is October 8th 2025. I am having a drink, due to deep mental turmoil, I will drink 1.5 teaspoons
It's been two hours and I felt nothing for a while but near the end I was a bit fuzzy headed and tipsy but a bit tight in my breasts, otherwise fine. Next time I may increase to 2 teaspoons.
Today is October 31st 2025 and I am doing 2 teaspoons of vodka. I'm going into it in a bad mood but otherwise I'm fine and have no symptoms.
I immediately feel better upon first sip and that's great, we will see how things go for me mentally and physically.
It's been two hours and I felt great, I reached a great level of almost drunkenness. I had a bit of chest pressure but not in a bad way I felt prior, just in the way that alcohol does to me. Today are the results I look for in alcohol, I was able to reach the physical state and head high I had prior to the medication, when drinking.
I think 2 teaspoons for now will suffice going forward, I am posting the blog post now but will update in the future if things change, including new symptoms or I'm ready to try drinking more. I know I am still limited, not only due to the Bupropion but the Lurasidone I'm also taking but anything can happen later on. Thank you for taking this journey with me thus far.
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