Spironolactone and alcohol

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I have always been a heavy drinker, or alcohol abuser if you prefer. But for

the last few years I have been taking 50 mg of Spironolactone a day and I cut

back dramatically on the amount I drank – going days even weeks at a time

without drinking at all.

Recently my Doctor took my off Spiro to prepare for AVS. Within a few days, I

found myself drawn back to my old practice of daily heavy drinking.

Is it possible that the without the Spiro, I am drinking to self medicate the

stress induced by higher Aldosterone levels. Or am I fooling myself with one of

those rationalisations addicts become so good at?

On separate but related issue – without the Spiro my BP has obviously gone up –

but how high is too high? I am getting numbers like 200/77 and 198/67 -

should I be worried?