So, I never was a big drinker but after reading the piece I realized that unconsciously; I've pretty much completely given it up in the last few years since I developed fibro as I just don't like the effects & was wondering if anyone else had done the same?

Post edited by: bshapiro, at: 11/11/2007 00:57

I once figured, full, high calorie meal with one single cocktail at 6-8 pm and taking Zanaflex at midnight would be fine. HA! I had horribly odd dreams and I talked in my sleep about them. Hubby told me about them the next morning and I remembered the dreams vividly..but not the talking. Never thought of the connection until the next time I had a drink with a meal separated by at least 4 hrs if not longer from taking Zanaflex and same thing happened.

I have multiple reasons for not drinking now. Arava is hard on the liver as is the Tylenol in my Lortab. But even then, I'd just cut back on my meds if I chose to drink. My rheumy even says while he'd rather his patients not drink, he knows that sometimes that is too much to ask and would prefer they combine it to special occasions. So far, I've not had one in over 2 years. Even before starting meds, I'd pretty much stopped drinking. Im foggy enough with fibro fog.

So, I never really thought about it but I did quit drinking right before I was actually dx with Fibro. I didn't put the two together until JUST NOW!! I partied pretty darn hard for a while after I turned 21. Then, all of a sudden...I would go out, have ONE BEER/or DRINK and feel like I had drank all night, closed the bar down and went to an after hours party! It was very sudden and HORRIBLE. So, I gave it up. The next days were soo horrible it just wasn't worth it. I thought at first that maybe I had become allergic to alcohol suddenly, but that didn't make any sense!! GEEZ.......here's my sign!! Soooooooooo...now I'll have a SMALL glass of Baileys on Christmas Eve and maybe a beer or two on New Years Eve. That means EVERY first day of each new year...I'm in bed!!

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