Posted by Kreedi on November 6, 2005, at 13:57:16
In reply to Re: Acohole Survey » FrequentFryer, posted by Larry Hoover on November 6, 2005, at 9:26:35
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> If you are drinking approx. 8 standard drinks per day, your antidepressant has zero activity. Alcohol profoundly upsets neurotransmitter release in the brain. That is why it is intoxicating. Alcohol also changes kidney function, and you just excrete the drug before it can do you any good.
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> If you hope to resolve your depression (presumably why you are taking an antidepressant), you must first control your alcohol dependency. There are specialized treatment centers, for dual diagnosis individuals. I strongly suggest you find one. You have to treat the substance abuse first. Then, if necessary, you treat what is revealed in the sober individual.
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> Lar
>Is this true or somewhat hyperbolic? I've read that alcohol is a CNS depressant, that ADs can potentiate the effects of alcohol, and that the use of the two together should be avoided or minimized. But I've never come across any literature stating or suggesting that heavy drinking completely wipes out AD efficacy. I'd be grateful for more information/references/stories on the subject.
Thanks,
Kreedi
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