Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 2088

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Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by racer on January 6, 1999, at 0:55:51

Can anyone tell me anything about the various drugs available for anxiety? Before changing to yet another A/D, I want to try adding an A/A to see if treating the sypmtom of anxiety can help with the sleeping and eating.

Names and side effects, or names and effectiveness, or even just names. Anything would help. I want to go in to the doctor's office armed to the teeth so that I don't go through what I went through the first time.

Thanks to all.

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by Matt on January 6, 1999, at 1:34:27

In reply to Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by racer on January 6, 1999, at 0:55:51

Klonopin (clonazepam) is a very effective long-acting benzodiazepine. You might try adding it. I (and many others to whom I've talked) prefer the brand-name in this particular drug. There is, unfortunately, a lot of "benzophobia" brought on by the fact that benzodiazepines are habit-forming. This leads to them being underpresecribed and when prescribed, prescribed in too-low doses. In my own case, I didn't find relief from my anxiety until I moved and found a new p-doc who was willing to trust me and let me raise the dose of the medicine until I felt better (I wound up at 1.5mg).

Best of luck,

Matt

> Can anyone tell me anything about the various drugs available for anxiety? Before changing to yet another A/D, I want to try adding an A/A to see if treating the sypmtom of anxiety can help with the sleeping and eating.
> Names and side effects, or names and effectiveness, or even just names. Anything would help. I want to go in to the doctor's office armed to the teeth so that I don't go through what I went through the first time.
> Thanks to all.

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by Toby on January 6, 1999, at 16:38:59

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Matt on January 6, 1999, at 1:34:27

Hi, racer.

Just names it is:

Buspar, Clonidine, Visteril, Inderal, Clomipramine, Verapamil, nimodipine (30 mg three times per day), Depakote, Remeron, Serzone, all the benzo's (prefer Klonopin as it is long acting and don't get between-dose withdrawal), desyrel, imipramine, zyprexa (2.5 mg), risperdal (0.5-1.0 mg), Wellbutrin (you shouldn't take this with anorexia history, but others may read this and can try it), Nardil or other MAOI's (may not want to try this with anorexia), Revia (an anti-alcoholism drug but nicely helpful for people who dissociate under stress).

 

Hm... Toby, ...

Posted by racer on January 6, 1999, at 17:58:47

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Toby on January 6, 1999, at 16:38:59

You listed Serzone here, which is what I'm on, but it seems to be making the anxious portion of my depression worse. Now, it's not working especially well in general, so it may be me, but can you say anything about that?

Also, can you say anything about Trazadone? WHen I looked up the side effects, it said that it can interact especially badly with alcohol, which worried me. I don't drink much, but if out with friends, I like to be able to have a drink. Usually once a month or less, but it's something that I don't want to give up over a drug. That's not explained well, but I'm concerned that I'll "forget" about that part, or ignore it, and be in real trouble; also that in the course of trying to make my life better, I'll have to give up too many of the things that I derive pleasure from. Argh. Trazadone has come up a couple of times now, so I suspect that it's on the list for the "try next" drug...

Wellbutrin is obviously a bad choice, I just hope that the doctor is willing to listen about it. So far, the response I've gotten to my concerns about weight gain have been based on: "You're slim, you won't have to worry." Mind you, I'm still 30# heavier than I can believe, and my experience with A/Ds is that the weight gain has been over 50# on each. That's really frightening for me. Also, the doctor has not asked anything about the anorexia, although it was listed on my intake sheet. Oh, well.

Thanks again for everything. I hesitate to ask you about some of this, because it does sound as though I'm asking you to prescribe via the computer. I'm not trying to do that, just to get enough information to take into the doctor's office and discuss. I appreciate all the information you've offered so far.

Hypothetically, if I were your patient, can you tell me where you might go now with meds?

And lastly, I really hope that you're as wonderful as you sound here, because I find it so much easier to trust you than my own doctor!

Thanks again.

 

Re: Trazodone with Alcohol

Posted by Shirley on January 6, 1999, at 23:43:54

In reply to Hm... Toby, ..., posted by racer on January 6, 1999, at 17:58:47

> Also, can you say anything about Trazadone? WHen I looked up the side effects, it said that it can interact especially badly with alcohol, which worried me. I don't drink much, but if out with friends, I like to be able to have a drink. Usually once a month or less,

As far as I know, alcohol should be avoided with all of the AD's, even when there hasn't been a demonstrated lethal interaction. I think the reason for the warning is that alcohol affects you differently when you have a mood disorder. I have had some really bad experiences mixing the Trazodone and Effexor I take with the wine I have always consumed. It magnifies my depression to a suicidal level, and my husband finds me less than pleasant to be around. I'm trying to limit my alcohol intake to rare occassions now.

I can't say that it is interacting with the Trazodone specifically, though.

Incidentally, I take just 100 mg of Trazodone at night, and I love it. I should probobly start gradually reducing the dose and discontinuing it, but I never want to go back to that 3 hrs-a-night-of-sleep-for-a-month place....good luck
Shirley

 

Re: Trazodone with Alcohol

Posted by Toby on January 7, 1999, at 9:53:30

In reply to Re: Trazodone with Alcohol, posted by Shirley on January 6, 1999, at 23:43:54

The main problem with alcohol and trazodone (aside from the increase in depression that alcohol can cause) is that trazodone is sedating and alcohol is sedating and the two together can add up to much worse sedation than either alone. This can also cause confusion or forgetfullness, dehydration and a drop in blood pressure.

The main problem with Wellbutrin in a person with anorexia is that Wellbutrin has a slight risk of seizures and the risk is higher in a person with anorexia because the electrolytes in the blood can be off balance in anorexics, leading to electrical instability and more risk of seizure.

Serzone should not cause more anxiety, although I have had patients to report this, as you do, Racer. Sometimes changing the dose to all at bedtime takes this side effect away. If you were my patient, I would be scouring the countryside for an eating disorders program (depression and anorexia get a vicious circle going), I would sit down with you and make a list of every medication you've ever been on, the dose and the length of time on each one (to the best of our ability) and then re-evaluate every symptom you currently have before deciding what to try next. Frequently, when a patient has been seen by a therapist or doctor for a long time, the "diagnosis" gets in the way of seeing what the problem has evolved into. The initial presentation is rarely constant and changes significantly over time. I'll try to give a few thoughts on where to think about going next if you'll list for me what meds you've been on and the other info (you have listed some of them elsewhere but in several different posts and I don't think I can find them all) and also tell me about your CURRENT sleeping patterns, interest level in things you ordinarily like, whether you have feelings of guilt or remorse that other people tell you is unreasonable, energy level and does it fluctuate depending on the time of day, concentration and memory, appetite up or down, do you feel very slowed down so that other people can notice it, does your mood get better if something good happens or are you indifferent.

 

Ok, Toby, here you go:

Posted by racer on January 7, 1999, at 15:10:37

In reply to Re: Trazodone with Alcohol, posted by Toby on January 7, 1999, at 9:53:30

Let's see, the meds I've been on are: Sinequan, nortriptyline, Paxil, and now Serzone. The Sinequan was for chronic pain, rather than depression, but it was a total bust: it lowered my blood pressure so much I couldn't stand up and I shook all the time. The nortriptyline was helpful, though it was not completely effective, but I gained over 70#, not a happy option now! I don't remember how long I was on it, but think it was about a year. There were no other significant side effects. Paxil was wonderful, in that it relieved my depression absolutely. It also made me too tired to stay awake all day, stopped me from orgasm (right now that is not an issue, but if I got over the depression, it would be again), and I gained over 50# on it pretty rapidly. I was on Paxil for about two years, at either 30 or 45 mg (I don't remember, but I do remember that I was taking one and one half pills per day). Serzone is awful, but I don't have the artificial feeling I had on Paxil, and I'm not gaining weight.

Pleasure in what happens to me? No, things that I used to enjoy are not enjoyable anymore. My big cat likes to snuggle, and it's always been a chief joy for me. I have a horse who is so neglected right now I'm in danger of losing her. It takes me days to finish a book. I'm not listening to music, nor am I making efforts to see friends. My SO and I can't remember when we last, well, you know...

Any suggestions would be wonderful, and there's one more thing to consider in all this: I've got a slight congenital deformation of the collegen in my connective tissue which effects drugs on my system. Alcohol is the only sedating substance that effects me, and so I can only have one drink in any 24 hour period without getting drunk. Other sedating drugs do nothing. I had to take 80 mg of valium for a dental appointment once, and the dentist was amazed, because she had me get up and walk around to prove I wasn't going into a coma and I could talk coherently to her. Another time, having my wisdom teeth out, they used a drip IV of sedatives, and they didn't turn it up enough, so I woke up to find them breaking through my jaw to get the teeth out. They thought any more sedative would be too much. Not on me. I do think this has something to do with my resistance to the A/Ds, because the doctors start making sounds about Borderline Personality and all that, but if/when they raise the dose enough for it to work, that talk stops and they apologize. But getting the doctors to consider raising the doses, or to consider trying another drug can be hard. The doctor I'm seeing now says that the drugs are fine, but something's wrong with me. (Gee, you think? Depression, maybe?)

Thanks for all your time, you really are wonderful to spend so much time and energy on our behalf.

 

Re: Meds

Posted by Toby on January 7, 1999, at 16:07:08

In reply to Ok, Toby, here you go:, posted by racer on January 7, 1999, at 15:10:37

You've only been on four medications and somebody wants to call you borderline personality? Shame on them.

Based on your previous reactions to those medications, I think you might want to try Effexor. Here's why: at 37.5 mg per day it acts like an SSRI (like Paxil), at 75-125 mg per day it acts like a tricyclic (like Pamelor and Sinequan) and at doses over 150 mg per day it acts like an MAOI. Since you had partial to good responses with those types of medications but their individual side effects got the best of you, Effexor may be a good choice because it has properties of those meds but most of those side effects have been cut out. It doesn't tend to cause weight gain (at least not in the realm you got with the others), it won't bottom out your blood pressure, it is helpful for anxiety and I have only had 2 people get sexual dysfunction with it and they were on doses greater than 300 mg per day (and there are remedies for that if it comes down to it). It has a minimal drug interaction risk (a boon for your one glass of wine) and it is excreted in your kidneys (a boon for your connective tissue disease). It is very effective in severe melancholic depression.

 

Thank you Toby.

Posted by racer on January 7, 1999, at 19:29:37

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Toby on January 7, 1999, at 16:07:08

I moved my next appointment up to tomorrow, so I'll bring it up then.

Thank you so much for your help with all this.

 

In this context, Matt...

Posted by Paul on January 8, 1999, at 10:23:07

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Matt on January 6, 1999, at 1:34:27

This is sort of a tangent, but my question is this: How does one ask for higher doses of a controversial drug without being perceived as engaging in "drug-seeking behavior?" For example, I feel that my 30mgs of Ritalin a day is simply not quite enough, yet I fear that if I ask for a higher dose, the doc will become suspicious. I read in Answers to Distraction that some people require 60-80 mgs a day. I think my doctor will misperceive me as being a stimulant fiend, when I actually think I just require more.

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by Elizabeth on January 8, 1999, at 15:30:40

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Toby on January 6, 1999, at 16:38:59

Hi. Some comments on these:

BuSpar: good for GAD, doesn't work for panic disorder. Personal opionion: the recommended doses may not be high enough for many people. Higher doses also work for depression, BTW.

clonidine: sedating for most people, supposed to help increase frustration tolerance. May cause dry mouth, constipation, low blood pressure.

hydroxyzine: an antihistamine. I think its supposed anxianxiety properties are overrated - haven't heard much good about it. Can be pretty sedating.

propranolol (and other beta blockers): can be good for certain specific types of anxiety (such as "stage fright") and physical symptoms associated with panic attacks. There isn't so much evidence that it works particularly well for the emotional experience of anxiety, though.

tricyclics: good stuff, better for panic perhaps than for GAD. Too many side effects (constipation, dry mouth, orthostatic hypotension, lowered seizure threshold, sexual problems, sedation, blurred vision, weight gain, tremor, ....)

calcium channel blockers: never heard of using these for anxiety, just for mania. ?

Depakote: heard about some success with this (including with panic), lots of people complain of weight gain, tremor, nausea, and drowsiness though.

Remeron, Serzone, trazodone: not sure how much of the antianxiety effects are just due to sedation. May also have other side effects (orthostatic hypotension, weight gain with Remeron, vivid dreams with trazodone).

Zyprexa: this can be pretty sedating for many people, even at very low doses. Also a major offender in the weight gain department.

Risperdal: also notorious for weight gain, but may be less sedating than Zyprexa.

Wellbutrin: I've *never* heard of this helping with anxiety, only of making it worse!

MAOIs: can be amazingly effective in both GAD and panic disorder. Why not Nardil with a. nervosa? It seems to me Nardil would be the perfect antidote to this. They can cause serious insomnia, though.

ReVia: how does this work for dissociation? I was talking to a doctor who's used opiates (both agonists and antagonists) in mood disorders a lot and he wasn't too impressed with the mood effects of this - said it tends to make people feel lousy, basically.

Oh yeah, and the antihypertensives may cause - guess what - sexual dysfunction!

Surprised you didn't mention the SSRIs, as they are frequently used in mixed anxiety/depression with success. Have to start low/go slow, though.

Good luck!

 

Re: Meds

Posted by Elizabeth on January 8, 1999, at 15:34:17

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Toby on January 7, 1999, at 16:07:08

> You've only been on four medications and somebody wants to call you borderline personality? Shame on them.

Shame on them in general! BPD doesn't simply mean "depressed and doesn't seem to respond to medications." :-P

Toby, where do you get the stuff about Effexor acting like various other types of antidepressants? As far as I know it has no MAOI activity, it's just a nonselective reuptake inhibitor. It is a good drug though.

 

I think what they're saying is...

Posted by racer on January 9, 1999, at 12:16:28

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Elizabeth on January 8, 1999, at 15:34:17

That I'm not a very pleasant person to be around when I'm depressed. If you've never seen me when I'm not, you might think that this is my normal personality, so maybe I don't blame them as much...

THanks, though, for everyone's help.

 

Re: Meds

Posted by Toby on January 11, 1999, at 10:33:11

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Elizabeth on January 8, 1999, at 15:34:17

The pharmacology of Effexor is as I described. At low doses it blocks only serotonin reuptake. At medium to high doses it blocks both serotonin and norepinephrine and at very high doses it blocks dopamine as well as the other two. Stephen Stahl, MD PHD has written some very clear and concise articles and texts on the pharmacology of antidepressants and antipsychotics, if you are looking for a good reference.

 

Re: In this context, Matt...

Posted by Toby on January 11, 1999, at 10:45:47

In reply to In this context, Matt..., posted by Paul on January 8, 1999, at 10:23:07

If you feel your Ritalin isn't working well enough then you must have specific reasons for that. The best thing to do is to make a list of the problems you are still having that, as you understand it, the Ritalin is supposed to be helping with. If you have friends or family who are willing to give you some feedback on both improvements that have been made as well as any problems they still see, that would be helpful to write down, too. There is a checklist of symptoms called the Adult ADD Checklist that the doc may be able to give you to take home to monitor your porgress. It's best to write this stuff down beforehand since it is often hard to think of specifics as you sit in the doc's office for the limited time available.

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by Matt on January 12, 1999, at 8:03:16

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Elizabeth on January 8, 1999, at 15:30:40

I agree with Elizabeth about the SSRIs--don't neglect them, esp. Celexa.

Remeron is quite good on anxiety, and its anxiolytic proprties go beyond those of being sedating.

Matt

 

Re: In this context, Matt...

Posted by Matt on January 12, 1999, at 8:14:04

In reply to In this context, Matt..., posted by Paul on January 8, 1999, at 10:23:07

> This is sort of a tangent, but my question is this: How does one ask for higher doses of a controversial drug without being perceived as engaging in "drug-seeking behavior?" For example, I feel that my 30mgs of Ritalin a day is simply not quite enough, yet I fear that if I ask for a higher dose, the doc will become suspicious. I read in Answers to Distraction that some people require 60-80 mgs a day. I think my doctor will misperceive me as being a stimulant fiend, when I actually think I just require more.

Well, if you can't basically tell your pdoc what you just told me, and not have him trust you, it may well be time for you to get a new pdoc. It's important that there be trust both ways in the doctor-patient relationship. I would explain your concerns about the appearance of your asking for more medicine (though, maybe not if you're sure you won't have any problems in asking for more, though it seems as if you feel you might), and assure him that you want more because your dose isn't effective.

Btw, I know the frustration of not being trusted. At my old HMO my doc didn't trust me with benzodiazepines. I have no idea why. But I resented it. I was leaving the HMO anyway, and I have a terrific relationship with my current pdoc. He knows more than any other pdoc I've encountered; however, he knows I read (*cough* perhaps a bit compulsively) about psychotropic drugs. As a result, our relationship very much is a mutual working relationship. This is how it should be, at least if the patient has some knowledge of medications.

Best of luck to you,

Matt

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by saintjames on January 14, 1999, at 0:43:03

In reply to Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by racer on January 6, 1999, at 0:55:51

> Can anyone tell me anything about the various drugs available for anxiety?


James here....

Matt gave you a good list of what is used...Buspar
is an excellent med for anxiety and is non-addicting. Like AD's it does not work till you take it for a while. I took it for a short time with no side effects. The right AD can do wonders
for Anxiety...it did for me. Even if anxiety is because of biochemical reasons talk therpy can do wonders to reduce it.

james

 

Re: Meds

Posted by Elizabeth on January 19, 1999, at 1:05:49

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Toby on January 11, 1999, at 10:33:11

> The pharmacology of Effexor is as I described. At low doses it blocks only serotonin reuptake. At medium to high doses it blocks both serotonin and norepinephrine and at very high doses it blocks dopamine as well as the other two. Stephen Stahl, MD PHD has written some very clear and concise articles and texts on the pharmacology of antidepressants and antipsychotics, if you are looking for a good reference.

Okay, so it *doesn't* act as an MAOI. That's what I thought.

I'm not so clear that the means whereby neurotransmitter concentrations are increased is irrelevant. There seem to be quite a few differences between MAOIs and mixed reuptake inhibitors, even though they would seem to have the same effects, if you just look at which neurotransmitter levels are affected.

Also, I think that saying that Effexor "acts like an MAOI" at high doses may have confused/alarmed some people (because of all the food and drug interactions associated with MAOIs).

 

Re: Meds

Posted by alan on January 21, 1999, at 23:18:51

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Elizabeth on January 19, 1999, at 1:05:49

> > The pharmacology of Effexor is as I described. At low doses it blocks only serotonin reuptake. At medium to high doses it blocks both serotonin and norepinephrine and at very high doses it blocks dopamine as well as the other two. Stephen Stahl, MD PHD has written some very clear and concise articles and texts on the pharmacology of antidepressants and antipsychotics, if you are looking for a good reference.
> Okay, so it *doesn't* act as an MAOI. That's what I thought.
> I'm not so clear that the means whereby neurotransmitter concentrations are increased is irrelevant. There seem to be quite a few differences between MAOIs and mixed reuptake inhibitors, even though they would seem to have the same effects, if you just look at which neurotransmitter levels are affected.

To follow up: A drug that increases or decreases the total level of a neurotransmitter
may have quite different effects at diffferent subtypes of receptors for that neurotransmitter, the drug not being the neurotransmitter itself. And that too is gross oversimplification. Thus two drugs that increase the total level of one neurotransmitter may initiate very different cascades of effects downstream, creating very different activity levels of various neurons, and thereby different active circuits. Different effects can be expected. The brain is not a neurotransmitter soup ('H'mm, this needs a dash more of salt/dopamine.); the brain is, functionaally, a set of possible cicuits. The neurotransmitters work a complex set of switches. If I'm not just all connfused--a distinct possibility--this conceptualization may provide some clarity. The striking fact of great similarity of effect of different drugs acting on one system is what most impresses me; not the differences. I hope I'm making sense.

 

Re: Hm... Toby, ...

Posted by Carole on January 15, 2001, at 22:08:45

In reply to Hm... Toby, ..., posted by racer on January 6, 1999, at 17:58:47

I've been taking Trazodone for 6 months now. Could not tolerate Paxil, made the anxiety worse. I have no side effects from the Trazodone at all, except sometimes I find myself forgetting things..just a sometime brain fade..forgetting a phone number or name or something like that. I believe it has somewhat helped me although i do have to take Xanax for a few days during the month (PMS). I would suggest trying it. I take it at night and it helps me sleep. I have heard others say it makes them groggy all day, but it does not affect me that way..maybe I'm wired different ! Good luck.


> You listed Serzone here, which is what I'm on, but it seems to be making the anxious portion of my depression worse. Now, it's not working especially well in general, so it may be me, but can you say anything about that?
> Also, can you say anything about Trazadone? WHen I looked up the side effects, it said that it can interact especially badly with alcohol, which worried me. I don't drink much, but if out with friends, I like to be able to have a drink. Usually once a month or less, but it's something that I don't want to give up over a drug. That's not explained well, but I'm concerned that I'll "forget" about that part, or ignore it, and be in real trouble; also that in the course of trying to make my life better, I'll have to give up too many of the things that I derive pleasure from. Argh. Trazadone has come up a couple of times now, so I suspect that it's on the list for the "try next" drug...
> Wellbutrin is obviously a bad choice, I just hope that the doctor is willing to listen about it. So far, the response I've gotten to my concerns about weight gain have been based on: "You're slim, you won't have to worry." Mind you, I'm still 30# heavier than I can believe, and my experience with A/Ds is that the weight gain has been over 50# on each. That's really frightening for me. Also, the doctor has not asked anything about the anorexia, although it was listed on my intake sheet. Oh, well.
> Thanks again for everything. I hesitate to ask you about some of this, because it does sound as though I'm asking you to prescribe via the computer. I'm not trying to do that, just to get enough information to take into the doctor's office and discuss. I appreciate all the information you've offered so far.
> Hypothetically, if I were your patient, can you tell me where you might go now with meds?
> And lastly, I really hope that you're as wonderful as you sound here, because I find it so much easier to trust you than my own doctor!
> Thanks again.

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by Can't Sleep on January 24, 2001, at 13:38:09

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Matt on January 12, 1999, at 8:03:16

While being treated for depression (am currently taking a whopping 50mg Zoloft daily), I was still having trouble sleeping--was waking frequently and then had trouble getting back to sleep. Dr. said it was anxiety and prescribed Neurontin for me to take at night. Oddly enough, the research I've done on this drug is that it's used as an anti-seizure drug. I had a seizure disorder and was taking 300 mg Dilantin daily until six months ago (all the while taking the Neurontin at night). I was just wondering if anyone else is taking or has taken Neurontin for this same reason. Thank you.

 

Dr. Bob question?

Posted by Gracie2 on January 26, 2001, at 15:38:30

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Can't Sleep on January 24, 2001, at 13:38:09


I was given depakote after complaining about anxiety and insomnia. Depakote is also an anti-seizure medication. I took 500 mg at night and it worked quite well, knocked me right out. Maybe
Dr. Bob would tell us if anti-seizure medication is routinely prescribed for sleeping problems? It seems so.
-Gracie

 

Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?

Posted by Neal on January 27, 2001, at 11:41:21

In reply to Re: Anti Anxiety drugs?, posted by Can't Sleep on January 24, 2001, at 13:38:09

Matt- I take Neurontin during the day and I take 1500mg at bedtime. It dosen't put me to sleep but it does help me stay asleep and to sleep longer. If you still have problems after trying that, I find that 7.5mg of Remeron an hour before bedtime can help.

 

Bad alcohol interaction..please advise

Posted by JeanHamlin on August 3, 2001, at 18:06:56

In reply to Re: Meds, posted by Toby on January 7, 1999, at 16:07:08

I have been on several medications during the past 3 years, including: Doxipin, Serzone, Zoloft, Paxil, and Effexor. None of them worked, but i never experienced any bad alcohol interactions until the other nite. I'm taking celexa and trazadone, and had only 3 beers over a 3 hour period. I was extremely drunk (which is odd for me, i have a large alcohol tolerance) and was very hot and felt nauseaus and dizzy, although i was unable to vomit. I also had a hallucination that the bed was shrinking, and everything around me was getting smaller, as well. Is this just a normal alchohol interaction, or am i sensitive to this medicaton (i've been taking it for 2 weeks now) Please advise.
JeanHamlin


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