When Schizophrenics Get Drunk, Do the Voices Get Drunk Too?

[curioushat]

For the schizophrenics out there, when you get drunk do the voices in your head also get drunk? Do they tell you sillier things? Do they say things like "Oh man, I'm fucking wasted. I just don't care enough to keep bugging you. I'm gonna go bang this other voice in your head and call it a night."

[The Duke]

I think the voices probably stop or quiet down a bit.

[Vox Ducis]

Am I a schizo if I hear my own voice talking to me ?

[sepht]

Originally Posted by curioushat

For the schizophrenics out there, when you get drunk do the voices in your head also get drunk? Do they tell you sillier things? Do they say things like "Oh man, I'm fucking wasted. I just don't care enough to keep bugging you. I'm gonna go bang this other voice in your head and call it a night."

i have been suggested some pretty wacky stuff in a completely sober sounding voice while drunk

i remember being told to cover the school in cheese so that the air vents would smell of rotting cheese the next morning

i had sex with an imaginary anthropomorphic fox girl on several occasions

[Mutant Funk Drink]

Man, being a schizo sounds cool.

[sepht]

Originally Posted by Mutant Funk Drink

Man, being a schizo sounds cool.

it is rather fun if you dont let it get out of hand

[STD]

I've only ever heard the voices while sober. When I'm recovering after a night of hard drinking, I just see weird fleeting hallucinations....

[officially diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic by three psychologists]

[sepht]

[Zanick]

Originally Posted by The Duke

I think the voices probably stop or quiet down a bit.

This, depending on the person at least. Whether it's a direct physiological response to alcohol, I don't really know. But studies have shown a correlation between alcohol abuse and schizophrenia. Drinking relieves psychological tension that keeps up our internal chatterboxes, and stress plays a big role in aggravating psychotic symptoms in schizophrenic patients especially. Perhaps this mental relief allows the voices to quiet down a bit, or at the very least, gives the patient a way to cope.

[BITCH TITZ]

Originally Posted by Mutant Funk Drink

Man, being a schizo sounds cool.

you're fuckin stupid

[The real slim spud]

who was that guy in SG who made all the videos, he was schizo he could probably tell us

[Pee Vee Proots, M.D.]

Originally Posted by Vox Ducis

Am I a schizo if I hear my own voice talking to me ?

No. Everyone can read things in their head, or have fully fledged conversations up there. Most people can at least. If you can't that's more indicative of a problem than if you can.

[Irukanji]

I'm not schizo but the voices get drunk at a faster rate.

[iMagiNation]

It depends on how much you drink, a serious binge with little to no food or sleep would probably strengthen the voices and cause them to be both a voice of reason as well as insanity. A few drinks can either calm or excite schizoid behavior and several drinks definitely tends to cause feelings of dissociation and many drinks will lead to general incoherence.

Whether or not the subjective interpretations of voices, visions, or hallucinations align with increased intoxication is dependent on the flavor. There are a lot of different schizophrenics that all have their own particular brand of crazy. Schizophrenia in actuality isn't one disease but an amalgamation of several.

[Kwinnie Bogan]

Originally Posted by sepht

..where's the rest? Sepht does not deliver.