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Posted by magdalena on March 10, 2004, at 14:43:27
I was just wondering if anyone drinks while talking their meds, does anyone notice anything weird if they drink, i havent yet but my b-day is comming up and would like to go to a club (hopefully) with my friends and i would like to have a couple of drinks, i was just wondering about anyone elses experiences with alcohol, mainly beer, while taking paxil.
curious,
Magdalena
Posted by nicky847 on March 10, 2004, at 15:05:51
In reply to alcohol and Paxil?, posted by magdalena on March 10, 2004, at 14:43:27
I do drink on Lexapro now on then..my advice to you is its ok to have a couple but be careful not to overdo it...not so much b/c something awful can happen from drinking on an SSRI but the next couple days are alot rougher than they would be otherwise if you drink too much...try and limit yourself to one drink per hour or something like that..give your body time to process the alcohol b/c if you get it backed up its going to take longer to get out of your system then it would if you were not on meds..
> I was just wondering if anyone drinks while talking their meds, does anyone notice anything weird if they drink, i havent yet but my b-day is comming up and would like to go to a club (hopefully) with my friends and i would like to have a couple of drinks, i was just wondering about anyone elses experiences with alcohol, mainly beer, while taking paxil.
>
> curious,
> Magdalena
Posted by Metalblade on March 10, 2004, at 15:26:19
In reply to Re: alcohol and Paxil?, posted by nicky847 on March 10, 2004, at 15:05:51
I have drunk large quantities of alcohol on paxil many times with no trouble. It doesn't even make me sleepy to drink on it like effexor does. Don't drink on wellbutrin though if you ever take that. It intensifies the alcohol big time.
Posted by greywolf on March 10, 2004, at 21:30:49
In reply to Re: alcohol and Paxil?, posted by Metalblade on March 10, 2004, at 15:26:19
Moderate drinking with paxil never caused me any problems, but I mixed in a fair amount of non-alcoholic beverages to stay on the safe side.
From experience, never mix alcohol with wellbutrin and lithium. Very problematic.
> I have drunk large quantities of alcohol on paxil many times with no trouble. It doesn't even make me sleepy to drink on it like effexor does. Don't drink on wellbutrin though if you ever take that. It intensifies the alcohol big time.
Posted by theo on March 10, 2004, at 22:28:02
In reply to Re: alcohol and Paxil?, posted by greywolf on March 10, 2004, at 21:30:49
Posted by Mats on March 11, 2004, at 11:58:33
In reply to A depressant defeats the purpose of an AD (nm), posted by theo on March 10, 2004, at 22:28:02
A depressant doesnt always meens that it will make you depressed.
Posted by theo on March 11, 2004, at 18:53:34
In reply to Re: A depressant defeats the purpose of an AD, posted by Mats on March 11, 2004, at 11:58:33
Alcohol is a Central Nervous System depressant, case closed. If you can show me documentation that it's a stimulant or another class, I'd love to see it.
Posted by snapper on March 12, 2004, at 1:02:53
In reply to Re: A depressant defeats the purpose of an AD, posted by theo on March 11, 2004, at 18:53:34
Well for me anyhow ... In the initial first few drinks it was a "euphoriant" so to speak then yes it was and is a DEPRESSANT!!
Posted by King Vultan on March 12, 2004, at 19:11:39
In reply to Re: A depressant defeats the purpose of an AD, posted by theo on March 11, 2004, at 18:53:34
> Alcohol is a Central Nervous System depressant, case closed. If you can show me documentation that it's a stimulant or another class, I'd love to see it.
It's true that alcohol is classified as a CNS depressant, but it does have stimulating and/or euphoriant effects in many cases. One only need read the diverse experiences of people taking a particular antidepressant to realize that people can obviously have very different reactions to alcohol also, which is just another drug. I do not subscribe to the philosophy myself of avoiding alcohol entirely while taking antidepressants, but I think that people clearly need to exercise caution.FWIW, on the 10 different antidepressants I've tried, I only had serious problems with alcohol on one (Prozac), on which I developed alcoholism. Two others where I noticed an interaction were Effexor, which made me sleepier than I would have otherwise been drinking alcohol, and Wellbutrin, which limited my ability to drink. It was like I was full or something and just couldn't drink as much. I assume this is some dopamine thing related to its anti-smoking properties.
Todd
Posted by Questionmark on March 14, 2004, at 2:46:44
In reply to Re: A depressant defeats the purpose of an AD, posted by theo on March 11, 2004, at 18:53:34
> Alcohol is a Central Nervous System depressant, case closed. If you can show me documentation that it's a stimulant or another class, I'd love to see it.
That is not "depressant" in the sense of "it depresses you." It just means that it inhibits activity of the CNS (or parts of it). Stimulants are also very capable of depressing the **** out of a person when you "come down" (certainly me). And depressants often make one feel emotionally better until it wears off and the hangover-type effect sets in. So it's all fairly relative.
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