Alcoholism Support Group

My dual diagnosis BPI/alcoholic hubby has been trying to stay sober. One thing that he and his therapist talked about is Antabuse, or disulfiram, to help him stay sober. Anyone taken this before? Did it have any effect on your BP meds?

Any thoughts on this would be much appriciated! I also posted this on the BP's dealing with alcoholism board, but thought I might get more of a response here.

I took it back in 1988 but was not on any meds. I had a rare side effect with it. I got psychotic which rarely ever happens. It is good for those starting out sober because it makes you extremely sick if you ingest any alcohol.

He is sober right now, knows that the next couple weeks are going to be really hard so wants to be proactive. How long were you on it when you became psychotic? Did you try to drink with it? Also, I wonder if anything has changed about it since then...

Post edited by: ridingthewaves, at: 02/13/2012 03:32 PM

I was on it for 2 weeks. It builds up in your system. NO! Never drank with it. It could kill you.